Resources

Capstone Experience Report: This report investigates existing international and national capstone experiences at several different institutions and outlines examples of these for academic staff to consider when designing activities that will provide maximum benefit for students in the Faculty of Economics ad Commerce.

Guide to Effective Lecturing in the Faculty of Economics and Commerce at the University of Melbourne: This has been written for people who are new to lecturing in the Faculty.

Activities for large groups: This resource provides some examples of activities that promote active learning.

Student preferences: This document outlines research into student preferences for learning.

Teaching portfolios: This document outlines ways to present your teaching for the purposes of confirmation and promotion.

Further Reading: A brief list of resources and research in the area of teaching and learning in higher education

How to start your first class: A guide for sessional staff

University Assessment Policy: Summary of the 2008 University-wide policies for assessing students work.

Faculty Assessment Guide: Faculty guidelines for assessment

Grading Guidelines: Faculty guidelines for grading work

TEP (Teaching Enhancement Programme): Additional resources and guides for new lecturers in the Faculty of Economics and Commerce.

Teaching Matters: An e-newsletter produced by the TLU, for academic staff in the Faculty of Economics and Commerce.

Faculty teaching guidelines: Guidelines developed by the Faculty and the TLU that focus on key issues that may affect your teaching.

Useful websites and papers: Recommended educational resources which may assist your research in teaching and learning.

Higher Education Journals available by discipline and higher education research: The Teaching and Learning Unit has compiled a collection of journals related to education issues within each of the Economics and Commerce disciplines, and more broadly across Higher Education. Where available, the Aims and Scope described for each journal have been reproduced here.

The Eberly Center for Teaching and Learning at Carnegie Mellon University: a very useful site identifying common teaching problems and providing strategies to address them.

The University of Melbourne has devised its own Nine Principles of Teaching and Learning. These can be found here: http://www.unimelb.edu.au/student/nineprinciples.html

Improving Feedback to Students: The TLU has recently created a web resource on feedback practices entitled "Feedback - Sharing Good Practice".

Educating the Net Generation Publications:These publications are the main outcomes from the Educating the Net Generation project, which was a collaboration with researchers from the University of Melbourne, the University of Wollongong, and Charles Sturt University. The project investigated student and staff use of new technologies and conducted a number of case studies in which new technologies were implemented in a range of learning settings across the three participating universities.

Other Resources

In addition to material prepared for lecturing staff there is a large quantity of material prepared for tutors. Some of this may be of interest to you in your teaching.

• How to Start the First Tutorial (PDF, 865Kb)
• How to Structure and Teach a Tutorial (PDF, 890Kb)
• Encouraging Student Participation in Tutorials (PDF, 780Kb)
• Tutor Roles and Responsibilities (PDF, 842Kb)
• Tutorial Questioning Technique(PDF, 816Kb)
• Teaching International Students in Tutorials (PDF, 917Kb)
• Evaluating Your Tutoring (PDF, 853Kb)
• Activities to Use in Tutorials(PDF, 886Kb)