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Internationalisation of the Curriculum

Unit Code: LTS505

Duration	Contact Hours	Campus	Prerequisite	Corequisite
One teaching period	3 x 3 hour workshops and online study activities	Hawthorn, Sarawak	LTS501 The Practice of Learning and Teaching	Nil

Duration

Contact Hours

Campus

Prerequisite

Corequisite

One teaching period

3 x 3 hour workshops and online study activities

Hawthorn, Sarawak

LTS501 The Practice of Learning and Teaching

Nil

Credit Points: 12.5 Credit Points

Related Course/s:

A unit in the Graduate Certificate in Learning & Teaching (Higher Education)

Aims & Objectives:

This unit is designed to assist you to identify a broad range of concepts around what "internationalisation" means in a Higher Education context and how to practically internationalise an aspect of their curriculum and associated with that, their teaching practice. Participants will be challenged to consider current teaching and curriculum design processes to address cultural diversity in the classroom and offshore delivery. Participants will select an aspect of internationalisation pertinent to their role, carry out a critical review of practice, and implement evidence-based adaptations in a continuous evaluation cycle.

After successfully completing this unit, you should be able to:

articulate influencing factors for, and contemporary concepts of, internationalisation in the Higher Education context;
identify curriculum and teaching practices that effectively engage diverse cohorts;
work collaboratively to identify challenges in your own practice relating to diverse cohorts or transnational teaching;
adapt curriculum and /or teaching practices in an evidence-based cycle of evaluation and improvement;
carry out a scholarly presentation of the outcomes of the evaluation process, which engages with the theoretical and practical issues found in your study.

Teaching Methods:

LTS505 has been designed to be experiential in nature enabling learning to take place concurrently. This will evolve teaching practice and engage participants through peer and self-reflective practices. The teaching methods employed will include:

workshops, presentations;
online reflective discussions;
recommended readings and provision of online learning resources;
reflection on teaching practice and related curriculum review;
activities which address challenging, and often unfamiliar problems relating to an international context and developing intercultural communication skills.

A range of online learning material is provided.

Assessment:

Discussion paper 30%.
Documentation of implementation and evaluation outcomes 40%.
Scholarly presentation 20%.
Evidence of working collaboratively throughout the various activities within the unit 10%.

Generic Skills Outcomes:

In this individual unit of study participants are encouraged to develop some of the following key generic skills:

teamwork skills
analysis skills
problem solving skills
communications skills
ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
ability to work independently

Content:

The unit activities and resources relate to the following themes.

· Higher education in an international context.

Engaging with diverse cohorts.
Issues for trans-national teaching.