Optional Assessment

Certificate of Participation

We launched this course in January 2018 and during that first year, participants asked us for certification to verify that they had participated in the course. From 2019, we are providing participants with the option of accessing a Certificate of Participation for the course from Swinburne University of Technology, Australia.

In order to access this certificate, you will need to complete the six modules listed below and successfully complete each module's quiz which is located at the end of the module. Each quiz comprises five multiple-choice questions and you need to answer four of the five questions correctly in order to successfully complete the quiz. If you are unsuccessful, you can take the quiz again. Please note that the questions won't be the exactly the same. The modules that you need to complete to obtain a Certificate of Participation are:

  • Orientation Week: Teaching your first class;
  • Week 2: Planning for learning;
  • Week 3: Feedback for learning;
  • Week 4: Scholarly teaching and the scholarship of teaching
  • Week 5: Designing, implementing and supporting online learning; and
  • Week 11: Learning and teaching theories.

To access your Certificate of Participation, click on Modules in the left-hand navigation and scroll down to the Certificate of Participation section located at the bottom. This section will appear locked until you have passed all quiz requirements. Once you have achieved a score of four out of five for each of the participation quizzes in the modules noted above, this page will unlock and you can then request your certificate.

 

Support for applying for an AdvanceHE Associate Fellowship

Completing different modules in the course will assist you, if you choose, to develop an application for an AdvanceHE (previously known as the Higher Education Academy) Associate Fellowship. This is an internationally recognised award which may help you in your future applications for probation, promotion and teaching awards. You will likely need to collect your evidence for your application over the course of a year.

Some Australian universities (Australian National University, Charles Sturt University, Griffith University, LaTrobe University, Macquarie University, Murdoch University, Queensland University of Technology, RMIT University, University of Adelaide, University of New England, University of Queensland, University of Southern Cross, University of the Sunshine Coast, University of Sydney, University of Tasmania, University of Wollongong) support their staff in applying for fellowships. Other universities are considering doing so. If you work at any of these universities you will likely be able to find out more about the support given by contacting your central learning and teaching unit. If you don’t work at these universities, the AdvanceHE website provides useful information on the Associate Fellowship Links to an external site..

Please note that the AdvanceHE website provides all of the information that you need to apply for an Associate Fellowship. We don’t replicate that information here. What we do here is direct you to the relevant modules in the course which can assist you in collecting your evidence and in writing your application.

To apply for an Associate Teaching Fellowship, you are asked to write your application against two knowledge areas, two activity areas (from the five below) and the values which are listed in the UK Professional Standards Framework, which is a teaching quality assurance framework.

Evidencing K1: The subject material

This refers to your discipline knowledge. 

Evidencing K2: Appropriate methods for teaching, learning and assessing

All of the course modules can contribute to your thinking in this area.

Evidencing A1: Design and plan learning activities and/or programmes of study

The course modules Planning for learning and Curriculum design will help you think about the sorts of evidence that you can provide for this area of activity if you choose to include it in your application.

Evidencing A2: Teach and/or support learning

The course modules Teaching your first class, Planning for learning, Collaborative learning and Teaching today's diverse learners will help you think about the sorts of evidence that you can provide for this area of activity if you choose to include it in your application.

Evidencing A3: Assess and give feedback to learners

The course modules Assessment and Feedback for learning will help you think about the sorts of evidence that you can provide for this area of activity if you choose to include it in your application.

Evidencing A4: Develop effective learning environments and approaches to student support and guidance

The course module Designing, implementing and supporting online learning will help you think about the sorts of evidence that you can provide for this area of activity if you choose to include it in your application.

Evidencing A5: Engage in continuing professional development in subjects/disciplines and their pedagogy, incorporating research, scholarship and the evaluation of professional practices

The course module Scholarly teaching and the scholarship of teaching will help you think about the sorts of evidence that you can provide for this area of activity if you choose to include it in your application.

Values

The UK Professional Standards Framework lists four values and modules such as Teaching today's diverse learners, Scholarly teaching and the scholarship of teaching and Work Integrated Learning can contribute to your thinking when writing about your values in your application.