Deakin Teaching Capability Framework

AREAS OF ACTIVITY

Typical activities undertaken by those who enable teaching and learning 

A1 : Learning design

• Design and develop learning materials and activities that are engaging, inclusive and accessible in collaboration with teaching teams
• Develop professional learning activities and innovations to support teaching teams to enhance learning design

A2 : Teach and support learning

• Collaborate effectively with teaching teams to support student-centred, active and inclusive teaching practice in a range of contexts
• Evaluate and implement educational technologies and innovations for teaching and learning in collaboration with teaching teams
• Develop professional learning activities and support for teaching teams to enhance their practice

A3 : Assess and give feedback

• Design and develop authentic, accessible and inclusive assessment tasks and rubrics utilising a variety of assessment types which support learners to develop evaluative judgement and encourage academic integrity
• Evaluate and implement educational technologies and innovations for assessment and feedback in collaboration with teaching teams
• Develop professional learning activities and support for teaching teams to enhance their assessment and feedback practice

A4a : Learning environments

• Design and develop accessible and inclusive learning experiences and resources and adapt materials for diverse learners where necessary
• Enable learning environments that promote collaborative learning opportunities among learners, teachers and communities
• Evaluate and implement educational technologies and innovations to support the development of effective learning environments
• Develop professional learning activities and support for teaching teams to develop their understanding of effective learning environments

A4b : Student support and guidance

• Design and develop learning activities that scaffold learning to build towards achievement of graduate learning outcomes
• Design and develop learning resources that incorporate academic and other student support

A5 : PD, research and scholarship

• Engage with and contribute to research in learning and teaching to inform practice
• Evaluate practice and innovations through evidence and evaluation frameworks
• Contribute to professional bodies and communities of practice in teaching and learning
• Engage in relevant capability professional learning activities

CORE KNOWLEDGE

What enablers should know about teaching and learning 

K1 : Discipline knowledge

• Relevant and current learning design standards and frameworks
• Ability to translate discipline specific activities for a general audience

K2 : Knowledge of effective teaching practice

• Current teaching practices in the discipline
• Alternative designs and learning materials to deliver on the same outcomes to facilitate a diverse range of students to learn equitably

K3 : Knowledge of how students learn

• Ways to design and develop support materials for learners across a course
• The implications of learners’ discipline backgrounds on the unit or course design

K4 : Knowledge of effective use of learning technologies

• Minimum standards and best practice in design and development of digital resources
• Application of accessibility standards for creating premium digital resources
• Ways to implement innovative, accessible and inclusive educational technologies

K5 : Knowledge of how to evaluate your teaching

• Ways to evaluate practice and the impact on student learning and experience
• Ways to use evidence to implement changes to practice

K6 : Quality assurance and enhancement

• Deakin and Faculty Teaching and Learning Policies and procedures
• Ways to review and monitor student feedback of practice
• The practice and importance of evidence-based teaching practice for teaching teams

PROFESSIONAL VALUES

Activities undertaken by those that enable learning and teaching that demonstrate these values

V1 : Respect diverse learners

• Design inclusive and accessible learning environments, activities, resources and assessments
• Demonstrate and promote indigenous and other cultural competence and awareness in teaching and in student interactions

V2 : Promote participation and equality

• Design a variety and choice of learning activities, resources and assessments to support the success of all learners

V3 : Use evidence-informed approaches

• Engage in reflective practice for teaching
• Contribute to scholarship of learning and teaching through sharing of practice, developing evidence-based approaches, research into dissemination and/or application of research
• Seek opportunities for relevant professional learning activities

V4 : Acknowledge the wider context

• Implement university, faculty and discipline priorities into practice
• Be aware of trends and issues within the wider HE context around curriculum within higher education
• Be aware of the changing nature of student demographics and implications for practice