Learning and Teaching Initiatives 2017
In 2017 the University sought applications for Learning and Teaching Initiatives in the following categories:
- Learning and Teaching (up to $30,000)
- Sustainability (up to $30,000)
| Coordinator Name/s | Department / School | Project Title | Amount Granted |
Jacinta den Besten | Faculty of Science | Physical Misconceptions | $13,400 |
Rebecca McLaughlan | Faculty of Architecture, Building & Planning | The Transdisciplinary Design Studio: Piloting a Framework for Epistemic Fluency | $14,660 |
Rina Shvartsman | Melbourne School of Engineering | In-Person Study-Groups for Engineering Students | $16,200 |
Kerry Murphy | Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts and Melbourne Conservatorium of Music | Facilitating active learning in Australian music history | $28,878 |
Dr Nicole Tse | Faculty of Arts | Cultural Materials Conservation Sustainability in Practice | $20,080 |
Michael Santhanam-Martin | Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences | Through the Sustainability Looking Glass: Industry Grand Challenges for B.Ag students | $30,000 |
Claire Farrell | Faculty of Science | A Green Roof Design Web-based Tool | $12,000 |
Laura Dooley | Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences | Equipping Doctor of Veterinary Medicine students to engage with a sustainable future | $29,800 |
Melissa Russell | Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences | Communicating for Health - an online interdisciplinary approach | $29,603 |
Jo Russell | Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences | Promoting self-regulatory capacity in large biomedical cohorts | $28,330 |
Uta Wille | Faculty of Science | Work Integrated Learning in the 1st Year Chemistry Laboratory Program | $35,000 |
Hayley Bugeja | Faculty of Science | Supporting active learning through collaboration and problem solving in large subjects | $16,222 |
Stephen Lew | Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences | Compassion Cultivation for Medical Students | $20,000 |
Sangeetha Chandra-Shekeran | Faculty of Science | Visualising the spatial data of famines | $25,000 |
Paul Dudgeon | Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences | Integrated software developments for teaching, learning, and reporting modern statistical techniques. | $22,174 |
Terry Mulhern | Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences | Delivering individualised assessment feedback to student inboxes | $20,000 |
Robert Day | Faculty of Science | Formative feedback on how to write essays to students in large classes | $20,000 |
Meredith McKague | Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences | Embedding well-being in curricula and tutor training to enhance student engagement and learning outcomes | $23,582 |
Jose Lahoz-Monfort | Faculty of Science | Applying immersive technologies to improve learning and the development of key skills in ecology | $15,000 |
Matt Dyki | Faculty of Business and Economics | Engaging Students with Experiential Learning and Gamification | $40,295 |
Rebecca McLaughlan | Faculty of Architecture, Building & Planning | Resourcing Sessional Staff to Deliver Exceptional Studio Teaching | $19,780 |
Barbara Keys | Faculty of Arts | Historical role-playing activities | $20,000 |
Miriam Edwards | Faculty of Business and Economics | Using lecture transcripts to support diverse student cohorts within the Faculty of Business and Economics | $10,500 |
Chi Baik | Melbourne Graduate School of Education | Enabling effective learning in the creative and performing arts | $28,201 |
Kate Fischer Doherty | Melbourne Law School | Supporting Students and Supervisors in Placement-based Clinical Legal Education | $24,172 |
Julian Webb | Melbourne Law School | Enabling and enhancing the student online experience in the delivery of blended transactional learning on the Melbourne JD | $23,922 |
Adrian Chu | Faculty of Architecture, Building & Planning | Development of engaging online learning through videos and animations | $17,130 |
Juliana Kaya Prpic | Melbourne School of Engineering | Past-Participant Mentors for Creating Innovative Engineering | $20,000 |
Sandra Milligan | Melbourne Graduate School of Education | Improving assessment with intelligent automation | $20,000 |
Brent Coker | Faculty of Business and Economics | Bridging the theory to practice gap in Digital Marketing: A Word-of-Mouth Marketing Program of Practice (POP) | $19,354 |
Laura Dooley | Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences | Harnessing peer feedback to improve teamwork in the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine | $29,440 |
Geoff Hughes | Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts and Melbourne Conservatorium of Music | Comprehensive Technical Syllabus | $6,151 |
Wasana Karunarathne | Faculty of Business and Economics | Promoting Effective Learning through Constant Engagement: a study using Quantitative Methods | $14,976 |
Helena Bender | Faculty of Science | Developing sustainability-based experiential learning opportunities | $22,941 |