Title: Professional Learning Model in Higher Education
1Professional Learning Model in Higher Education
- Professor Margaret MazzoliniPro Vice Chancellor
(Learning Teaching)Acting DVC
(Academic)Swinburne University of
TechnologyAugust 2009
2The Professional Learning Model
- Within the Swinburne Professional Learning Model,
undergraduates - Undertake a range of real-world learning
activities, - Receive feedback on their development of
employability skills - Become increasingly capable in their chosen
disciplines.
adding value to students' learning, to their
employment prospects on graduation and to their
career skills and options for the future.
3Professional Learning Model - Implementation
- 3 main initiatives
- The Curriculum Framework Project
- 5 year renewal process across the undergraduate
programs in all Faculties, - Emphasises real world student-centred learning,
and - Based on existing examples of good practice that
can be generalized across Higher Education. - The Swinburne Flexible Academic Calendar, and
- The Swinburne Flexible Degree Structure for
3-year degrees.
4Professional Learning Model - characteristics
- The Professional Learning Model development
opportunities for students include - Real world learning opportunities,
- Complementary studies,
- Career development,
- Professional placement options,
- International study options,
- Industry-focused capstone projects as a
transition to professional practice. - Flexibility and options to speed up, slow down or
spread out studies.
5The Professional Learning Model Features
- Swinburne Real World Learning opportunities
include - Industry, community and research-based projects
- Industry-Based Learning, professional placements
and internships - Industry and research visits and speakers
- Case studies and scenarios
- Study tours and external profession-based
competitions - Problem-based studio-based learning
6The Professional Learning Model Features
- Professional Learning development opportunities
include Complementary Studies - Electives Plus
- Minor Studies designed to strengthen
employability and broaden career skills,
including Establishing and Running a Business,
Sustainability, Effective Communications, Design
for non-designers, - Wide range of major, co-major and minor study
combinations - Possible cross disciplinary combinations such as
Design with Innovation, Psychology with
Marketing, Commerce with Japanese,
7The Professional Learning Model Features
- Professional Learning development opportunities
include Career Development - Careers in the Curriculum
- All Swinburne undergraduates complete a
zero-cost unit to develop career planning and
career management skills - Normally undertaken in second year
- Delivered by Careers and Employment Unit
Extensive support offered in final year to
graduating students - Continuing support available for 2 years, post
graduation
8The Professional Learning Model Features
- Professional Learning development opportunities
include Professional Placement Options - Industry Based Learning (IBL)
- Scheme in place for over 40 years
- Placing typically 500 second year students each
year - Design Industry Placements
- Internships, Work Integrated Learning projects
- Professional Year opportunities
9The Professional Learning Model Features
- Professional Learning development opportunities
include International Study Opportunities - One of top 10 Australian universities for student
mobility - Study Abroad options
- Wide range of study tours
- Study with Swinburne in Kuching, Malaysia
- Full semesters
- Winter Term Electives Plus
- Study Tours
10The Professional Learning Model Features
- Professional Learning development opportunities
include industry-focused Capstone Projects - providing professionally focused learning
experiences as the transition to professional
practice, - real-world activities and challenges in a
supportive, collaborative environment, - externally-sourced industry and community
projects, competitions, research-based projects
or internally developed briefs.
11The Professional Learning Model Features
- Structured support for student learning
- Academic Orientation coordinated across all
Faculties - Academic Success Programs
- Language and Academic Support, Analysing
Writing English - Student Advocacy, Counselling, Health services
- Swinburne Student Amenities Association
12The Professional Learning Model Features
- Swinburne digital learning environment
- All campuses fully wireless networked,
- Late lab computer access,
- Laptop loans,
- Extended hours library access online access,
- Blackboard course management system,
- Student News blog,
- Lectopia podcasts, iTunesU
13The Professional Learning Model Degree Types
- Swinburne undergraduate degrees include
- Wide range of 3 year degrees with professional
outcomes - Specialist 3-year degrees (incl. Aviation,
Bachelor of IT) - New tagged 3-year degree outcomes,
- 4 year engineering degrees (incl. civil,
mechanical, electrical, robotics mechatronics,
telecommunications, product design engineering) - Flexible double degree combinations
- 1 year Honours degrees
14The Professional Learning Model 3 Year CMS
Degrees
- New Common Modular Structure for Major, Co-Major
and Minor studies - Standardised rules
- Ensuring sufficient depth of knowledge and skills
- Providing greater choice to take broadening
studies or further specialist studies (breadth
or depth) - Professional Majors incorporating Professional
Learning features - Emphasising choices of Major/Co-Majors/Minor
studies rather than individual units of study - Creating new industry-relevant degree
combinations from across disciplines
15The Professional Learning Model Professional
Majors
- 3 year CMS degree types and typical Professional
Majors - Bachelor of Arts Digital Media, Journalism,
Sustainability Mgt, ... - Bachelor of Commerce Entrepreneurship
Innovation, Commercial Law ... - Bachelor of Business Management, Public
Relations, Tourism Mgt, - Bachelor of Science Biotechnology, Environmental
Sustainability, ... - Bachelor of Social Science Community Health,
Politics Public Policy, ... - Bachelor of ICT Network Design Security,
Multimedia Games Devt., - Bachelor of Design Communications, Industrial,
Multimedia, Interior ... - Bachelor of Communications Public Relations,
Media Communications, ... - Bachelor of Film Television Film Television
16The Professional Learning Model Structure
- 3 year CMS degrees consist of 24 units of study,
made up of - Professional Majors (16 units)
- Clear career outcomes
- Integrated Professional Learning features
- plus
- Wide range of complementary Co-Majors/Minors
- Co-Majors (8 units), or
- Minors (4 units), including Electives Plus minors
- allowing choice of depth or breadth
- Options Plus (new).
- 18 units in the case of Accounting
17The Professional Learning Model Flexibility
- Flexibility of common degree structure
- Ease of movement between programs
- New options to extend single degree studies ?
double degrees - Simplified progression from TAFE diplomas into
Bachelor degrees - Flexibility of delivery
- Open Universities Australia (OUA) undergraduate
degrees (Business, Behavioural Studies,
Information Systems)
18The Professional Learning Model Flexibility
- The Flexible Academic Calendar
- Allows students to speed up, slow down or spread
out their studies by enrolling in one or two
units in 6-week Winter Summer Terms, - Electives Plus and other Minors on offer in
Winter Term, - Winter Term Electives Plus in Sarawak, Malaysia.
19The Professional Learning Model In to the future
- Likely future expansion of flexibility and
options for our students - Integrated TAFE-HED pathways VET quals embedded
into degrees - Postgraduate coursework programs what could be
common features, what is the Swinburne learning
experience?
Swinburne combines teaching, research and
industry expertise, within a supportive real
world learning environment which produces great
professional outcomes for its graduates.
20Professional Learning Model in Higher Education
- Professor Margaret MazzoliniPro Vice Chancellor
(Learning Teaching)Acting DVC
(Academic)Swinburne University of
TechnologyAugust 2009