Support for academic staff

The goals of the Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching are to:

• Support quality teaching programs across the University;
• Recognise teaching innovation and excellence through providing support for University teaching awards, grants and other forms of promotion and publicity;
• Provide high quality academic support for staff to enhance the student learning experience;
• Provide support and leadership in the development and delivery of Work-Integrated Learning across the University to enhance the student learning experience;
• Support staff in developing their research supervision capacity;
• Provide leadership in the Scholarship of Teaching;
• Develop leadership capacity across the University;
• Develop and maintain partnerships within Flinders University and across the sector to investigate and strengthen teaching practices.

The Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching achieves these goals through the provision of:

• University-wide and faculty-based projects to improve learning and teaching;
• Support for publishing in learning and teaching;
• Support for those wishing to apply for internal and external awards and grants
• Professional development activities including:
  • Flinders Foundation of University Teaching
  • Graduate Certificate of Education (Higher Education)
  • Workshops addressing institutional priorities
  • Support for curriculum design and development
  • Support for Sessional Staff
• Accessible information about learning and teaching in the institution including guidelines and resources
• The Flinders University Leadership Program
• Faculty based projects
• Support for the development of Work-Integrated Learning
• Action learning projects
• The development of networks across the university to support the development of institutional priorities such as the Pathways to Excellence Project, Work-Integrated Learning, and First Year Curriculum