2006 projects

2006 Leadership for Excellence in Learning and Teaching projects

 

Project

Lead Institution

Grant

Partner(s)

Improving the leadership capacity of academic coordinators in postgraduate and undergraduate programs in business

University of South Australia

$195,370

 

Academic leadership capacities for Australian higher education

University of Western Sydney

$175,768

ACER

Developing multilevel leadership in the use of student feedback to enhance student learning and teaching practice

RMIT

$200,000

 

Development of distributed institutional leadership capacity in online learning and teaching

Australian Catholic University

$186,825

 

Closing the gap in curriculum development leadership

The University of Queensland

$186,509

 

An institutional leadership paradigm: transforming practices, structures and conditions in Indigenous higher education

Batchelor Institute

$200,000

Australian Catholic University

Enhancing the student educational experience through school-based curriculum improvement leaders

Murdoch University

$199,069

 

Australian Law Postgraduate Network

University of New England

$192,216

Australian Law Schools

Building academic leadership capability at the course level: developing course coordinators into academic leaders

Curtin University of Technology

$197,000

Australian Technology Network

COMPASS directions: leading the integration of competency based assessment tool in speech pathology learning and teaching

The University of Newcastle

$93,160

The University of Sydney
Charles Sturt University
Flinders University

Distributive leadership for learning and teaching: developing the faculty scholar model

University of Wollongong

$180,472

University of Tasmania

Leadership and assessment: strengthening the nexus

Macquarie University

$199,093

 

Leadership for implementing improvements in the learning and teaching quality cycle

Monash University

$190,820

 

Leading for effective partnering in clinical contexts

Griffith University

$172,000

Various health providers

Quantitative diversity: disciplinary and cross-disciplinary mathematics and statistics support in Australian universities

Queensland University of Technology

$133,578

 

Tiddas showin' up, talkin' up and puttin' up: Indigenous women and educational leadership

Flinders University

$181,855

Australian Catholic University

Raising the profile of teaching and learning: scientists teaching scientists

Flinders University

$187,850

The University of Adelaide
University of South Australia

 

2006 Competitive Grants projects

2006 Competitive Grants

Project

Lead Institution

Grant

Partner(s)

Physclips: multi-level, multi-media resources for teaching first year university physics

The University of New South Wales

$81,380

 

Development, deployment and educational assessment of an advanced immersive learning environment for process engineering design and operations

The University of Queensland

$195,000

Curtin University
Monash University
The University of Melbourne
The University of Sydney

Teaching and assessment meta-attributes in engineering: identifying developing and disseminating good practice

University of Wollongong

$134,030

University of Queensland
RMIT
University of Sydney
Engineers Australia

A new enabling technology for learning and teaching quantitative skills

The University of Queensland

$134,749

 

Educating the Net Generation: implications for learning and teaching in Australian universities

The University of Melbourne

$177,929

University of Wollongong
Charles Sturt University

The impact of web-based lecture technologies on current and future practice in learning and teaching

Macquarie University

$192,175

The University of Newcastle
Flinders University
Murdoch University

Bridging gaps in music teacher education: developing exemplary practice models using peer collaboration

University of Southern Queensland

$149,243

University of Tasmania
Deakin University
Griffith University

Creating a student centred online learning environment for report writing in the sciences and engineering

The University of Sydney

$147,144

The University of New South Wales

Embedding development of intercultural competence in business education

The University of Sydney

$167,826

The University of New South Wales
The University of Melbourne
University of South Australia
Queensland University of Technology 

New technologies, new pedagogies: using mobile technologies to develop new ways of teaching and learning

University of Wollongong

$115,157

The University of Sydney
Charles Sturt University
Flinders University

Project EnRoLE: Encouraging role-based learning environments

University of Wollongong

$199,240

Macquarie University
The University of Sydney
The University of New South Wales
University of Technology, Sydney

Diversity: A longitudinal study of how student diversity relates to resilience and successful progression in a new generation Australian university Edith Cowan University $161,601  
Remotely accessible laboratories - enhancing learning outcomes University of Technology, Sydney $97,488 Curtin University
Innovation with quality assurance: Online curriculum development for the University of New England's multi-institutional collaborative programs in German at UNE, James Cook & Newcastle Universities The University of New England $195,005 James Cook University, University of Newcastle
The Academic's and Policy-Maker's Guides to the Teaching-Research Nexus: A suite of resources for enhancing reflective practice The University of Melbourne $200,000 James Cook University
Digital Learning Communities (DLC): Investigating the Application of Social Software To Support Networked Learning University of Canberra $100,000 RMIT University, Queensland University of Technology
Australian Writing Programs Network (AWPN) University of Canberra $135,070 University of New England, Queensland University of Technology
Disseminating strategies for incorporating Australian Indigenous content into psychology undergraduate programs throughout Australia University of South Australia $182,168 Australian Psychological Society, Victoria University
Peer Instruction in the Humanities Monash University $101,809 University of Melbourne
Sessional Teachers in Australian Higher Education (specially commissioned project) The University of NSW $199,621 University of Canberra, University of New England, University of South Australia, Southern Cross University, University of Western Australia, University of Wollongong

 

2006 Priority Project Program projects

 

2006 Priority Program

Project

Lead Institution

Grant

Partner(s)

LinuxGym: a sustainable and easy-to-use automated development assessment tool for computer scripting skills

University of Technology, Sydney

$192,943

The University of Sydney
The University of New South Wales

Designing next generation places of learning: collaboration at the pedagogy-space-technology nexus

The University of Queensland

$200,000

Wilson Architects

Benchmarking clinical learning in speech pathology to support assessment, discipline standards, teaching innovation and student learning

The University of Sydney

$139,152

Flinders University
Charles Sturt University

Generating Academic Standards for Planning Practice Education RMIT University $171,000 La Trobe University Griffith University
Develop and implement a pilot program of 'External Peer Review of Teaching' in four Australian Universities The University of New South Wales $199,170 The University of Adelaide
University of Canberra
Griffith University
Development of the Clinical Assessment of Physiotherapy Skills (CAPS): A standardised and valid approach to assessment of clinical competence in physiotherapy Griffith University $155,847 Monash University
La Trobe University
Dancing between Diversity and Consistency: Improving Assessment in Postgraduate Studies in Dance Edith Cowan University $149,523 Queensland University of Technology
Deakin University
Tertiary Dance Council of Australia
Ausdance (Australian Dance Council)
Improving the Formative and Summative Assessment of Novice Computer Programmers University of Technology, Sydney $196,340 Monash University, Queensland University of Technology, University of Sydney, University of Southern Queensland
Supporting student self-and-peer assessment in large group work projects (Computing and Information Science) University of Technology, Sydney $200,000 Queensland University of Technology and Curtin University of Technology
Computer Aided Feedback & Assessment System University of South Australia $113,216
Benchmarking Archaeology Honours Degrees at Australian universities The University of New England $113,309 University of Western Australia, University of Sydney, Flinders University, The University of Queensland