The Office of the Vice-Provost (Learning & Teaching) (OVPLT) is delighted to partner with faculties and the university community to present a Learning Lunch Box professional learning series.

These are practical workshops held over lunchtime once a month, where attendees can bring their lunch and learn tips, tricks and ideas which could be incorporated into their own teaching units very quickly.

They will generally feature 3 x 10 minute sessions, plus Q&A. They will be held at different campuses each time on various days, with the option of connecting virtually where possible.

Tuesday, 4 March 2014

Learning Lunch Box March 2014

Wednesday 26th March 2014, Peninsula

The next Learning Lunch Box, presented by the Office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Learning & Teaching), will feature presentations by Dr Justen O'Connor, Dr Ruth Jeanes, Dr David Manallack and Dr Denise Chapman.

Date: Wednesday 26 March 2014
Time: 12pm - 1pm
Venue: A117, Peninsula Campus (Building 601, level 1)

Presentation 1: Transforming the traditional lecture/tutorial: Challenges and opportunities
Justen O’Connor & Ruth Jeanes, Senior Lecturers, Faculty of Education
Transforming a lecture-tutorial-based unit into one incorporating workshops, flipping the classroom and online resources presents many opportunities and challenges. We provide a case study of our attempts to transform a second year undergraduate community, physical activity and wellness unit. Learners presented both positive and negative responses to the changes and we have thrown some ideas out and are trying new ones. Repeating introductory content knowledge in repeat tutorials is one place we have imagined time savings. Team teaching also presents new opportunities. We look forward to sharing some answers and highlighting some problems.

Presentation 2: A curriculum mapping exercise for first year pharmacy students
Dr David Manallack, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
In second semester 2013 we ran a mapping activity for the first year students where they were asked to build a pharmacy curriculum. The mapping task (in the form of a board game) involves building a 4 x 9 wall of subjects to represent a pharmacy curriculum. Roving tutors fuel the process prior to a general discussion on the curriculum. A survey after the exercise showed that 80% of students agreed they had a better understanding of curriculum–subject needs following the activity. International students particularly valued the activity and overall, students and staff considered the activity to be highly worthwhile. This presentation will give an overview of the mapping exercise and the results of the student survey.

Presentation 3: I know everything and you know nothing… Now tell me what you know
Dr Denise Chapman, Lecturer, Faculty of Education
The assessment process is intended to guide education students’ learning and encourage them to shape children's futures. For many university students going into teaching, assessments are stressful as they can indicate capacity for prepping children for the future. This presentation proposes that one way of ameliorating this is through the use of e-Instructions, which capitalise on assessment as a literacy experience. E-Instructions use multiple types of text (pictures, video, and other digital means) to create a community of learning that encourages students to feel welcome, even excited, to join in the assessment process. This collective experience not only made a difference in the number and quality of questions university students posed regarding the assessment tasks, it also changed the role of lecturer to community participant and co-mediator of the assessment process with students.

Videoconferencing with other campuses will be available. 

 Places are limited, so please book early.

Register Here

RSVP by Friday 21 March 2014

If you would like more information on this event, please contact Rachel Saffer at rachel.saffer@monash.edu or telephone 99034478.
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