Design Patterns

The Group Presentations activity intends to encourage students to participate in team work either through multiple channels or multiple locations. The activity is developed over a number of weeks and is designed to be scaffolded by the work done in lectures and tutorials as the course develops.

Anyone who has instructed both mature age students and recent high school graduates can attest to the significant difference in their learning styles, McKenzie and Gow, (2004), (Martin, Wilson, Liem and Ginns (2013). Mature age students are often more motivated, more organized and focused, and achieve better learning outcomes....See more

Pathways are a necessary part of many teaching curriculums and underpin key learning concepts.
Often students don’t understand pathways and resort to rote learning techniques. Rote learning is useful to provide foundation knowledge, but does not support the application of knowledge for integrated learning.

New, innovative and sustainable teaching strategies are required to enhance student engagement and to maximise learning outcomes.  This pattern addresses the conversion of our traditional face-to-face pathology tutorials into a flexible, blended-learning experience....See more

This pattern can be used to set up and execute an authentic virtual WIL experience with Partner Organisations (POs) within a course....See more