Publications

Communication in Context (pdf file - 141 pages)
In 1997, with the assistance of a grant from the Commonwealth Staff Development Fund, a number of Curtin staff undertook projects aimed at improving teaching and learning of communication skills. This volume reports on the outcomes of these projects. Edited by Alex Radloff.

Distance Education Guidelines
These guidelines set out the responsibilities and expectations of Curtin's distance education providers as well as the policies and procedures which guide these.

Distance Education
This website (which includes the list of distance education units) is designed to help students function effectively as a distance education students and to answer many of the questions they may have about studying through distance education.

eVALUate
eVALUate is Curtin's online system for gathering and reporting student feedback on teaching and learning. The instrument prompts students to reflect on what helped and hindered them in their achievement of the unit learning outcomes and is only available in the online mode.

Frameworks for Internationalisation
This program aims to meet the diverse needs of staff by offering the choice of a number of different learning modules. Each module represents a different role that is undertaken by Curtin teaching staff or Curtin partner staff.

Internationalising the Curriculum and the Classroom Projects (Quality in Practice) (pdf file - 88 pages)
The projects reported in this publication were part of the Internationalising the Curriculum and the Classroom program which was funded from the 1996-97 Quality Assurance in Higher Education Program. Edited by Anne Butorac

StartUp Website
StartUp is designed to help students with their studies. It provides essential information and software resources necessary for students to ensure that their time at Curtin is both successful and fulfilling.

Teaching and Learning at Curtin
This booklet aims to help you understand and fulfil your teaching obligations and responsibilities. It provides an overview of the structure of the organisation, the students, Curtin's aims in teaching and learning as well as the policies and procedures necessary to fulfil teaching requirements.

Teaching Learning Forum
Teaching Learning Forum is a series of annual conferences held in Perth, Western Australia, by the TL Forum partners Curtin, Edith Cowan University, Murdoch University, Notre Dame University, and the University of Western Australia. Abstracts and papers are available for the period 1995-2006.

Useful publications at other Australian universities

LD: Learning Disabilities
This site provides information and resources about learning disabilities (LD). A learning disability can affect the way in which a person takes in, remembers, understands and expresses information. The site includes teaching and learning strategies, assistive technologies and support practices.

Online Collaborative Learning
From Central Queensland University, this is a web site devoted to best practice in online collaborative learning in higher education, and related topics. You'll find links to online articles, books, journals, and other relevant information.

Teaching Large Classes
From the University of Queensland, this project was funded by the Australian Universities Teaching Committee (AUTC).

Training, Managing and Supporting Sessional Teaching Staff
This project was funded by the Australian Universities Teaching Committee (AUTC) . It is intended for university administrators and managers, heads of department and heads of schools, course/subject coordinators, supervisors of sessional teachers and sessional teachers. While some of the resources on this site are relevant for anyone concerned with the management, training or support of sessional teachers, other resources are tailored for specific audiences, such as the teaching ideas page, which is expressly included for sessional teachers and their supervisors.