Each year the University offers a number of full fee scholarships for study in the Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching. These scholarships are available to ECU lecturers and other staff who impact on the student learning experience (for example, learning advisers and librarians). The scholarships are to support study in one unit per semester in this 4-unit course.
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The Course Management System (CMS) is a stand-alone database which populates the ECU online handbook and other core publications. The CMS is the definitive source of course and unit information at ECU. It is a workflow management system which monitors and promotes the development and management of quality courses as well as enabling access to information to comply with legal centralised reporting requirements to DEEWR.
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Camtasia Studio is a desktop capture software designed for the preparation, development and distribution of lecture and training materials in a variety of different formats. Please note, Camtasia Studio is not MAC compliant.
Camtasia Studio is deployed to your ECU computer via Managesoft. CLT offers regular workshops for beginners as well as the more advanced user. The most recent version of Camtasia Studio is v.6 and more information may be accessed from the Techsmith website. Techsmith provide a comprehensive Learning and Support Centre including tutorials and documentation as well as a user-to-user forum.
Visit Orian to register for a Camtasia workshop.
Posted 27 November 2008 Filed in the section Academic Development
Vice Chancellor’s learning and teaching award application form 2009
Vice Chancellor’s learning and teaching award guidelines 2009
There are two levels of teaching and learning related awards that might interest ECU staff. There are the local ECU awards and the national awards. The local ECU VC L&T Awards mirror the national Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) Awards for obvious strategic reasons. Winners of VC L&T Awards in any given year are therefore in a very good position to press for ECU nomination in the corresponding ALTC category in the same year.
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General information
The ALTC Awards for University Teaching replace the former Carrick Australian Awards for University Teaching (CAAUT).
The ALTC scheme and the sub categories have been used to design the VC L&T scheme so that local award winners in each category are well placed to commit themselves for ALTC nomination by ECU. This ALTC scheme has three major categories with total funding of over $3,000,000. The ALTC Awards for University Teaching include the following categories:
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The CLT Research Consultant provides support for postgraduate research students and staff through the identification of research skill requirements and delivery of research skills training and developmental workshops.
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The academic development team organizes a range of activities to support staff in their learning and teaching roles.
For course details visit ORIAN
Any ECU staff member can attend academic development activities, unless they have been designed for a specific team of staff, or staff in a specific role.
Posted 11 November 2008 Filed in the section Academic Development
