CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY: FLEXIBLE LEARNING FOR THE

PROFESSIONS

Professor Mike KeppellProfessor of Higher Education

Director, The Flexible Learning InstitutePresident, ascilite

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OVERVIEW

Location

Structure

Professions

Statistics

Support & Strategic Change

Teaching Fellowships

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MULTI-CAMPUSES

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Charles Sturt University Regional University

Multiple Campuses

STRUCTURE

Nine Campuses (NSW & Canada)

Four Faculties Arts, Science, Business, Education

24 Schools Professions

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1 International School of Business & Partnerships

2 Accounting3 Business4 Computing and Mathematics

1 Graduate Policing2 Communication and

Creative Industries3 Humanities and Social

Sciences4 Policing Studies5 Psychology6 Theology

1 Agricultural and Wine Sciences

2 Animal and Veterinary Sciences

3 Biomedical Sciences4 Community Health5 Dentistry and Health

Sciences6 Environmental Sciences7 Nursing, Midwifery and

Indigenous Health

1 Murray School of Education (Albury-Wodonga)

2 School of Education (Wagga Wagga)

3 Human Movement Studies (Bathurst)

4 Information Studies5 Teacher Education

(Bathurst)6 Teacher Education

(Dubbo)7 CSU Ontario School of

Education

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Arts Education

Science Business

PROFESSIONS

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Total students 34,659

Domestic 29,640

International 5,019

On campus 9,214

Distance education 21,327

Mixed mode 4,118

Academic staff 672

General staff 1094

Courses/Degree 400

2009

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LEARNING AND TEACHING

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SUPPORT & STRATEGIC CHANGE OF LEARNING & TEACHING

Division of Learning and

Teaching Services

The Flexible Learning Institute

The Education for Practice

Institute

• Sakai• Professional

Development• Educational

Designers

• Teaching Fellowships

• Standards• Learning

Spaces• Policy

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MAJOR INITIATIVES

First Year Experience

Course Redesign

Teaching Fellowships

Research Fellowships

Standards

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TEACHING FELLOWSHIPS13

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Flexible learning: flexibility in !me,  place  and  pace  of  study.  Using  a  wide  range  of  media,  environments  and  technologies  for  learning  and  teaching.

Blended  learning  u!lizes  both  physical  and  virtual  environments.  RELATIONSHIP  between/with  face-­‐to-­‐face  and  online  learning.  

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BLENDED & FLEXIBLE LEARNING

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BLENDED & FLEXIBLE LEARNING

Activity-Level Blending

Subject-Level Blending

Course-Level blending

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PARADIGMS OF BLENDED LEARNING

Enabling blendsAccess and equity

Enhancing blendsIncremental changes to the pedagogy Transforming blendsTransformation of the pedagogy

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DIVERSITY OF LEARNING SPACES

Physical Virtual

Formal Informal InformalFormal

Blended

Mobile Personal

Outdoor Professional Practice

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REDESIGN OF COURSES & SUBJECTS THROUGH

BLENDED AND FLEXIBLE LEARNING

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TEACHING FELLOWSHIP SCHEME

Funded by DVC (Academic)

Development of potential leaders through Distributive leadership

Facilitate collaborative professional relationships

Proactively redesign courses and subjects

Promote and facilitate CSU Interact as a pivotal teaching and learning hub.

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TEACHING FELLOWSHIP SCHEME

Participation of all twenty-four schools at the university

2008 - 6 fellows; 2009 - 5 fellows; 2010 - 5 fellows; 2011 - 6 fellows

The Fellowship scheme provides a .5 release from regular teaching duties over a 12 month period.

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http://www.csu.edu.au/division/landt/flexible-learning/

http://www.ascilite.org.au/

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