Enhancing Work Integrated Learning
through the lens of Monash's Focus
Education
This seminar, jointly organised with Monash Education Academy,
provided an opportunity for Work Integrated Learning (WIL)
innovators to connect with colleagues to share their expertise
and experience with implementing WIL in their respective
disciplines. The seminar also gave participants a chance to
discuss how to further enhance the alignment, quality and scale
of WIL at Monash.
Web application for peer assessment
Dr Joel Moore from the School of Arts and Social Sciences
has created an R-SHINY web application that allows students to
evaluate one another based on their group’s criteria, helping
to achieve greater fairness and transparency in extended
group projects. Weekly marks are transmitted to a spreadsheet
that can only be seen by the instructor while the aggregated
quantitative scores are sent to each student weekly, including
anonymously written comments from their peers. Dr Moore had
previously developed an app to assess students’ preparation
for class discussion.
Student learning in higher
education for the 21st century
Jointly organised by the Education Excellence unit
and the Centre for Higher Education Research at
Sunway University, the seminar addressed the role
of higher education in the era of the fourth
industrial revolution, and looked at how higher
education prepares students for the current
demands of the world. Academics from many
disciplines at Monash University Malaysia and
Sunway University discussed the challenges, best
practices, and possibilities for the future of learning
and teaching.
Developing
employability skills for
Pharmacy students
Essential skills in active facilitation of active learning
Following the Focus Education agenda, Associate Professor Arkendu Sen, Eric Tan and
Dr Amuthageetha Nagarajan from the Education Excellence unit pioneered, designed
and developed the Essential Skills in Active Facilitation of Active Learning to support and
inspire academics and professional staff at Monash University Malaysia. The program
focussed on the fundamental principles of engaging students in active learning in both
large and small classes.
Exploring innovation case studies
Facilitators from different disciplines led a sharing session that focussed on how to use
Monash's online learning platform as an effective tool for interactive teaching
techniques, and how to use it to engage with students and encourage active learning.
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The School of Pharmacy, the Faculty,
the Library and Learning Commons,
and the Parkville Library collaborated in
the planning, design and delivery of the
PHR2012 unit. Featuring enriched
content and an interactive format to
replicate Monash University Australia's
Professional Practice IV unit, it aligns
with active learning principles, flipped
classroom, and e-assessment methods.
The introduction of the content in
lectures and facilitated workshops
required library staff across campuses
to acquire new knowledge in highly
specialised critical appraisal skills. The
strong collaboration between the two
campuses, staff preparedness, and
creative approaches to addressing
constraints inherent to Malaysian work
regulations were key factors in the
success of PHR 2012, which was
reflected in students’ initial feedback.