Annual Report 2008 - Central Queensland University

Strategic Plan
2009-2012
Learning & Teaching
OUR AIMS
WHAT DO WE WANT TO BE?
CQUniversity will help students on their learning journey to
achieve their goals by providing a flexible learning environment
and personalised support that meets their needs.
OUR ASPIRATIONS
WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO?
• Provide a multimodal educational platform supported by appropriate technology.
• Ensure that programs meet future industry and community needs.
• Provide multiple pathways and a seamless fit for articulating students.
• Improve student retention and progression rates.
• Support collaboration within and across campus and administrative structures
to ensure successful student learning.
• Develop and reward staff capability in innovative curriculum design, teaching
and assessment, and the scholarship of learning and teaching.
OUR DELIVERY
HOW WILL WE DO IT?
• Progress the implementation of the Student Learning Journey.
• Benchmark programs against relevant industry and labour market needs.
• Review graduate attributes and improve integration into programs.
• Provide formal and informal mentoring for new academic and
casual teaching staff.
• Identify, develop and support learning and teaching leaders.
• Support staff to engage in the scholarship of learning and teaching and develop
innovative practices.
OUR QUALITY
ASSURANCE
HOW WILL WE KNOW THAT
WE ARE DOING IT WELL?
• Improved Course Experience Questionnaire (CEQ) and Graduate Destination
Survey (GDS) outcomes against benchmarked universities.
• Improved Learning and Teaching Performance Fund outcomes.
• Increase in the quality of Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC)
awards and grants applications and maintenance of success in an increasingly
competitive arena.
• Improved student engagement as measured by the Australasian Survey of
Student Engagement.
• Improved Student Evaluations of Teaching and an increase in the number of
students participating.
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