The Learning Cycle: Design and Curriculum
PostgraduateCUR-EDHE5012025
Further your knowledge as an educator. Learn how to apply design thinking to areas of your profession including curriculum, assessment, evaluation and feedback. Consider the diversity of learners to creative innovative approaches.
- 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
- $2,735
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
The Learning Cycle: Design and Curriculum
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- construct curriculum, assessment, feedback and evaluation designs by applying a design approach that is structured on learning cycle frameworks
- demonstrate knowledge of assessment, feedback and evaluation modes and practices in tertiary contexts
- develop learning sequences demonstrating an understanding of specific aspects of effective teaching and/or learning support methods and student learning
- appraise one's own learning and teaching practice based on critical reflection in light of key concepts, research and theories of learning and teaching in higher education settings
- integrate knowledge of contemporary university learners and learner diversity in teaching practice and learning design and development.
- Scholarly teaching and the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (SoTL)
- Learning and teaching theories
- Teaching approaches
- Learning cycle and curriculum alignment
- Assessment and feedback
- Collaborative learning: Harnessing student interactions for deep learning
- Design, implement and support online learning
- Teaching today’s diverse learners
- Strategic directions in University teaching
- Evaluating teaching and learning
This subject is intended for experienced educators who wish to formalise and extend their knowledge, skills and capabilities as facilitators of learning, curriculum designers, and reflective evaluators of their teaching quality. The subject begins with a review of the diverse nature of contemporary adult learners and their varied learning needs and expectations. It examines theories and practices, curriculum design, assessment, evaluation and feedback in the contemporary context from a design thinking perspective. The application of design thinking to curriculum development affords innovative approaches to the facilitation of learning and assessment practices. In engaging with this approach learners will develop the capacity to design curriculum responsive to educational advancements and evaluation outcomes. Learners should be able to utilise their learning in application to professional accreditation bodies (HEA, HERDSA) at an Associate Fellow level, and to their professional teaching portfolio.
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- Peer Discussion (10%)
- Learning Sequence (40%)
- Professional Statement (50%)
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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