Transforming Learning Contexts through the 4Cs
UndergraduateTAS-EPR3062027
Course information for 2027 intake View information for 2026 course intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 14 Feb 2027
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Price from
- $2,690
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Transforming Learning Contexts through the 4Cs
About this subject
On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:
- Articulate your understanding and analyse the value of communication, collaboration, creativity and critical thinking (4Cs) in contemporary educational practice.
- Assess and redesign a learning sequence to embed cross-disciplinary and multimodal learning opportunities that embed the 4Cs.
- Apply the 4Cs approach by planning and teaching a learning sequence with school students, community participants or student peers.
- Collect, analyse and reflect upon data about the effectiveness of the learning sequence.
- Module 1: What are the 4Cs? Why do they matter?
- Module 2: Communication
- Module 3: Creativity
- Module 4: Collaboration
- Module 5: Critical Reflection
- Module 6: 4C's Capabilities in Planning, Teaching and Assessing
- Module 7: Back to the Future! Evaluation
Our world is in constant flux, changing in ways and at speeds never seen before. As education systems, in response, try to shift a 20th Century preoccupation with what is taught to an emphasis on how to learn, how might contemporary educators design learning that empowers students with the skills and dispositions needed to address uncertainty and complexity, and thrive in contexts of change?
This subject invites you to engage with the evidence-based 4Cs approach to learning design and practically test its impacts. You will explore and apply each of the 4Cs of transformative learning - Creativity, Critical Reflection, Communication and Collaboration – in contexts of curriculum and pedagogy design, and assess their transformative impact on student engagement and achievement. Your own ‘learning about learning’ in this subject is enhanced through real world applications and embodied experiences of the 4Cs that will enrich and expand possibilities for creative learning transformation in your professional and personal worlds.
- Learning Sequence (35%)
- 4Cs Presentation (25%)
- Video and Reflection (40%)
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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:
Elective
- TAS-EDS-ADG-2027 - Associate Degree in Education Support
Additional requirements
- Other requirements - In this subject, you will encounter a new module of material (recordings and resources) each fortnight. To support your learning, there are fortnightly Zoom workshops and active weekly Discussion Board interactions. As this subject is based on experiential learning about pedagogy (how to teach), you are strongly encouraged to sign up for the Zoom workshops as these will comprise practical and experiential activities that will best enable the development of practical knowledge and skills to meet your Learning Outcomes.
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Associate Degree in Education Support
UndergraduateTAS-EDS-ADG