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Festival of Learning and Teaching
Professor Pascale QuesterDeputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President
(Academic)
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A Demand Driven-Sector
• The Bradley Report and its fall out
• Graduates fuelling economic growth
• National targets
• Removal of funding caps for undergraduate degrees
• Increased competition in the sector
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A Student-centric approach
• Focus on student needs
• A shift towards learning and learning outcomes over teaching focus
• Students must be active participants in the learning process– Group and collaborative work– Problem-based learning– Case studies– Internships and work placements– Study abroad
• Flexibility is the key: Students live multiple lives!
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The Social Imperative: National goals
• Ambitious access and participation targets
• Increasing diversity of the student population
• New pathways for entry and growing cohort heterogeneity
• A customised approach that leads to students ability to fast track/slow down or change pathways
• Supporting differing needs at different times with different modes of delivery
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SATAC Offers by Entry Cohort
Cohort 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Graduate Entry 2% 1% 0% 1% 1%
Special Entry 5% 6% 8% 10% 10%
TAFE 1% 2% 2% 3% 3%
Tertiary Transfer 7% 7% 6% 7% 7%
Year 12 86% 85% 83% 79% 79%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Source: Offer Model
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The International Challenge
• Student mobility - a wider view of internationalisation
• The European experience: Global education is here to stay
• Integrating international experience into curriculum:– Study abroad– Study tours– Intensive offshore experiences or internships – Singapore and off campus teaching
• Normalising the semester abroad. What would it take?
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E-learning: Opportunities and costs
• The digital generation
• Clear trends in terms of online adoption:– Social media– Wireless users– Increasing use of recorded lectures and podcasts
• Designing learning activities using technology
• The need for strategic investment: it is not a cheap substitute!
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Increase in wireless usage at the University of Adelaide, 2007-2011
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Increase in recording of lectures at the University of Adelaide, 2003-2011
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Program Structure
• Worldwide changes:– Bologna– The Melbourne Model– 3 + 2 or 4+1 and the AQF
• Rationalise and focus – Removing low intake units
• Relevance – Aligning to student and workplace needs
• Properly integrating the research-teaching nexus: not in terms of content but in terms of skills and attributes
• Structuring the academic year to allow flexibility
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TEQSA and Regulation
• The creation of TEQSA in 2012 and its first ‘cycle’
• Risk profiles and re-registration vs Comprehensive audits
• Self-accreditation for Universities
• Complying with standards (provider, learning and teaching)
• Public scrutiny of operations and performance with the MyUni website
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Conclusion
• A new era is dawning for the sector
• Student choices will be a major driver
• New providers will emerge
• Success will be dependent on better meeting market needs
• A drive toward differentiation and rationalisation
• Prosperity will come from our successful response to these changes