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Grants for excellence in teaching and learning

Tuesday, 9 December 2014

The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide has been awarded two grants from the Office for Learning and Teaching to improve the quality of learning and teaching in ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n higher education.

The grants are among 30 projects announced today by the Minister for Education, the Hon. Christopher Pyne, to ensure ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥'s higher education institutions better meet the needs of students.

Ms Sophie Karanicolas, Senior Lecturer in the , will lead a $225,000 Innovation and Development project 'Translating concept into practice: enabling first-year health sciences teachers to blueprint effective flipped learning approaches'.

Flipped learning is a pedagogical approach to improving student engagement and outcomes.

In collaboration with the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n Catholic ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ and the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Tasmania, Ms Karanicolas will develop a 'Flipkit' to help first-year health sciences teachers turn the 'flipped learning' concept into quality teaching practice.

The project team will also evaluate the learning outcomes of flipped classrooms in health sciences produce across a broad range of courses.

Dr Matthew Dry, Lecturer in the , has received a $22,000 Seed Grant for the project 'Assessing the utility of an online adaptive learning tool in a large undergraduate program'.

In recent years there has been growing interest in the use of e-learning tools that are adaptable to the ability levels, needs, or preferences of individual learners.

This project will test an online adaptive e-learning tool within an undergraduate Psychology course to assess academic outcomes.

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