Learning and Teaching Initiatives 2016
In 2016 the University sought one round of applications for Learning and Teaching Initiatives in the following four categories:
- Learning and Teaching (Grants of up to $50,000)
- Professional Development Programs (Grants of $30,000)
- Digital Learning and Teaching (Grants of up to $50,000)
| Coordinator Name/s | Department / School | Project Title | Amount Granted | Project Report | |
| Alan March and Ruth Beilin | Faculty of Architecture, Building & Planning | The Development of Experiential, Adaptive Learning Tools: Using Risk Assessment for a Resilient Built Environment | $35,000 | Report Pending | |
| Melanie Hayes | Melbourne Dental School | Improving oral health students physical and mental wellbeing | $11,045 | Report Pending | |
| Jill Klein and Clare Delany | Melbourne Medical School | The Growth Mindset Response to Clinical Error Program | $30,000 | Report Pending | |
| Valerian Zaitsev, Charles Sevigny and Michael Lew | Physiology and Pharmacology/ School of Biomedical Sciences | Interactive statistics modules for undergraduate students | $35,000 | Report Pending | |
| John Hattie, Lorraine Graham, Jared Horvath and Gregory Donoghue | Melbourne Graduate School of Education | Foundations of Human Learning: A neuroscientific approach to teaching, learning and learning interventions | $35,000 | Report Pending | |
| Felix Hui, Colin Duffield and Hamzeh Zarei | Department of Infrastructure Engineering | leadership and management development tool for Engineers (online and app) | $40,000 | Report Pending | |
| Sandra McLaren | Department of Earth Sciences | Build-your-own mountain range; experiential learning in structural geology and tectonics | $18,000 | Report | |
| Olivia Meehan | Ian Potter Museum of Art | Talking Art Library | $9,992 | Report | |
| Sean Scalmer | School of Historical and Political Sciences | The Flipped Classroom in Second Year History Teaching | $6,541 | Report | |
| Liz Tudor and Sarah Frankland | Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences | Networked learning environments to support peer to peer learning in geographically distant cohorts | $40,000 | Report | |
| Abdul Jabbar and Natali Krekeler | Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences | Development of an ePortfolio for the learning and teaching of veterinary science students | $10,000 | Report | |
| Anthony Weatherley and Alexis Pang | Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences | Fieldfriend smartphone app for Mobile Learning: Development of Android version and improved functionalities for scaled-up implementation | $17,250 | Report | |
| Terry Judd and Anna Ryan | Medical Education Unit/ Melbourne Medical School | Video orientation & feedback on assessment | $30,000 | Report | |
| Jo Russell and Amber Willems-Jones | School of Biomedical Sciences | School-wide review, harmonisation and enhancement of the teaching of scientific writing to prepare research-ready graduates, skilled in scientific analysis, critical thinking and communication. | $30,000 | Report | |
| Davide Ferrari and Ben Phillips | Department of Mathematics & Statistics | A new teaching model for data analysis in the Biological Sciences | $40,225 | Report | |
| Michael Murray | Department of BioSciences | Testing live polling in a large core subject in the second year of the Bachelor of Biomedicine | $6,957 | Report | |
| Chi Baik, Parshia Lee-Stecum and Michelle Livett | Melbourne Graduate School of Education/Faculty of Arts/Department of Physics | Facilitating active learning in small group settings: Discipline-based professional development for sessional teachers | $29,389 | Report | |
| Angelito Calma and Angela Paladino | Williams Centre, Faculty of Business and Economics | Future Academics Support and Training (FAST) Program | $25,000 | Report Pending | |
| Brenda Ryan and Melanie Hayes | Melbourne Dental School | Development of an online professional development community for sessional staff of the Melbourne Dental School. | $14,252 | Report Pending | |
| Teresa Angelico, Larissa McLean Davis and Emily McKay | Melbourne Graduate School of Education | Tansforming the profession: enhancing clinical teaching through targeted professional learning | $30,000 | Report Pending | |
| Gerhard Wiesenfeldt | School of Historical and Political Sciences | Flipping the Classroom for HPSC20015 Astronomy in World History | $24,503 | Report Pending | |
| Ute Knoch and Veronique Duche | School of Languages and Linguistics | Increasing the accuracy of language placement test decisions using dynamic assessment | $35,000 | Report Pending | |
| Janet Fletcher, Hywel Stoakes and Deborah Loakes | School of Languages and Linguistics | The sounds of languages and the digital delivery of linguistics | $15,571 | Report | |
| Abdul Jabbar | Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences | Development of a digital application for the large-group teaching of Parasites in Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) | $15,000 | Report Pending | |
| Thuong Hoang, Frank Vetere, David Kelly and Louisa Remedios | Department of Physiotherapy/ School of Health Sciences | Augmented Studio Learning Environment for Physiotherapy Education | $47,102 | Report | |
| Jennifer Hayes, Jon Cleary, Roger Ordidge, Ryan Jefferies, Andrew Tan, Varsha Pilbrow, Simon Murray, Junhua Xiao, Susie Kerby, Robert Williams, Bradford Moffat, Amanda Ng, Sonal Josan, Ben Loveridge | Anatomy and Neuroscience/ School of Biomedical Science | Slice It, See It, Learn It: simulating cross-sectional anatomy of the head | $35,000 | Report | |
| Thuong Hoang, Frank Vetere, David Kelly and Louisa Remedios | Department of Physiotherapy/ School of Health Sciences | Spinal Assessment with Passive Haptic Force Sensing Technology | $33,604 | Report | |
| Clare Delany, Ros McDougall, Victoria Palmer, Jan Hodgson, Lynn Gillam | Medical School and Population and Global Health | Developing ‘just in time’ qualitative research methods videos for novice qualitative researchers | $20,000 | Report | |
| Amber Willems-Jones | Biochemistry/ School of Biomedical Sciences | “Choose your own adventure” – An inquiry-based learning module for practical class students to consolidate their understanding of molecular biology and protein biochemistry. | $30,000 | Report | |
| James Bailey, Reeva Lederman, Wally Smith, Sherah Kurnia | Department of Computing and Information Systems | Providing feedback on progress for Masters students using a learning analytics app | $35,000 | Report Pending | |
| Graham Moore | Department of Infrastructure Engineering | Instructor guide for assessment using cloud-based spread sheets | $10,000 | Report | |
| Tim Baldwin, Alistair Mofat, Harald Sondergaard, Andrew Turpin | Department of Computing and Information Systems | How can I help my friend without copying their code? | $9,500 | Report | |
| Christopher Nolan | Music Theatre | Vocal Warm Up/Muscle Training Video Series | $7,000 | Report | |