Graduate Certificate of Higher Education (Learning and Teaching)
| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2024-03-01 | - |
| 2024-07-01 | - |
| 2024-11-01 | - |
Program Overview
The Graduate Certificate of Higher Education (Learning and Teaching) equips educators with advanced knowledge and skills in designing effective learning programs, creating supportive learning environments, and implementing effective assessment and feedback approaches. Delivered online part-time over one year, the program aligns with the Fellow in the Higher Education Academy dimensions and prepares graduates for academic teaching, research supervision, and leadership roles in higher education.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The Graduate Certificate of Higher Education (Learning and Teaching) is designed for both new/early career and experienced teachers/academics who wish to consolidate their knowledge, skills and capabilities in relation to:
- Designing and teaching effective learning programs
- Creating and sustaining digitally enriched, supportive learning environments
- Developing and implementing effective approaches to feedback and assessment
- Engaging in productive evaluation and professional learning The program reflects the essential teaching capabilities required to be an effective educator who meets the learning needs of diverse learners in a broad range of higher education disciplinary contexts. The course has been developed to align with the dimensions of Fellow in the Higher Education Academy and provides a scaffolded mechanism for graduates to achieve this level of international recognition of their teaching capabilities and practice.
Outline:
The program comprises a total of 4 credit points including:
- 4 credit points of core units (EEE740, EEE741, EEE742, EEE743)
- DAI001 Academic Integrity Module (0-credit-point compulsory unit)
Core Units:
- EEE740 Designing and Teaching Student-Centred Learning Programs in Higher Education
- EEE741 Designing and Implementing Assessment for Learning in Higher Education
- EEE742 Establishing Effective and Inclusive Learning Environments in Higher Education
- EEE743 Transforming Professional Teaching Practice Through Scholarship in Higher Education
Schedule:
The program is offered part-time over 1 year and is available online.
Teaching:
The program is delivered using Deakin's Cloud First principles, enabling students to experience firsthand the digitally enabled modes of learning afforded by 21st Century digital learning technologies. On successful completion of the assessments in the course, Deakin academics will be eligible to receive a Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). For those students who are external to Deakin University, the successful completion of the assessments in the course will provide them with the evidence required to support an application to become a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Careers:
Graduates of this program will advance their professional understanding and be prepared for academic undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, research supervision and for leadership roles in higher education, particularly in universities and tertiary institutions.
