Research for the Scholarship of Learning and Teaching
PostgraduateCUR-EDHE5042025
Apply learnings from Scholarship of Learning and Teaching (SoLT) to bring a research project to life. The skills you gain will help you prepare for teaching awards, personal development and integration into the academic community.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 24 Aug 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Start dates
- 3 Mar 2025,
- 1 Sept 2025
- Price from
- $2,727
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Research for the Scholarship of Learning and Teaching
About this subject
At the compleion of this subject students will be able to:
- critically evaluate the quality of learning and teaching in one’s professional practice utilising available data to identify an area of focus and need that is appropriate for action research.
- assess SoLT research literature, methods and approaches in the context of contemporary teaching and learning contexts.
- design an action research project informed by SoLT literature, methods and approaches related to a specific areas of learning and teaching need.
- communicate learning and teaching research consistent with SoLT conventions and practices.
- integrate knowledge of contemporary university learners and learner diversity in teaching and learning in SoLT project.
- Introduction to Scholarship of Learning and Teaching (SoLT)
- Exploring SoLT research and the SoLT mindset
- Rationalising a study (Empathise)
- Design thinking and SoLT research (Define)
- A SoLT methodology - Action research (Ideate)
- The SoLT project proposal (Ideate)
- Framing the research project (Ideate)
- Methods and instrument design in SoLT (Prototype)
- Analysing and evaluating (Test)
- Rinsing, Repeating, and Looping (Test)
- Disseminating: Presentations and papers; Grants, Promotions, Awards, Fellowships
- What next with your research in SoLT?
In consultation with the subject coordinator, learners will problematise their teaching context and apply the fundamentals of Scholarship of Learning and Teaching (SoLT) approaches and research methods to design, implement and evaluate a SoLT project. Learners will undertake the design of an original, small scale action research based project exploring a dimension of their learning and teaching. Dissemination is a central facet of SoLT. In this subject you will give a presentation outlining your research project, rationale for the research design and initial findings or observations. This subject is designed to help learners initiate the journey toward dissemination of their project(s) for teaching and learning awards and citations, teaching and learning oriented conferences, and submission to education research and SoLT journals. This is intended to enable learners to contribute to the broader academic community and to evidence their scholarly approach to their professional development.
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- Evaluation of practice report (25%)
- Research proposal (50%)
- Presentation (25%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- CUR-EDH-GCE-2025 - Graduate Certificate in Higher Education Innovative Learning and Teaching
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Graduate Certificate in Higher Education Innovative Learning and Teaching
PostgraduateCUR-EDH-GCE