Teaching Awards & Grants
Overview
2012 OLT Citation Winners,
Dr Linda Westphalen and
Mr Allan Carrington.
University of Adelaide Awards
The University of Adelaide offers a variety of awards each year to recognise staff who are making outstanding contributions to the student learning experience. Awards are available for academic and professional staff, individuals and teams, from all areas of the University. Awards will be presented at the Festival of Learning and Teaching in November.
National Awards
The Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT) was established in late 2011. The Australian Awards for University Teaching program is part of the Australian Government's commitment to promote and advance learning and teaching in Australian higher education.
Nominations are open to academic and general staff, and are submitted by the University. Citations are presented at regional ceremonies in September, and Awards are presented at a national ceremony in November.
Contact
Ashleigh Ward, Teaching Awards & Grants Officer
Email Ashleigh or telephone 831 34862.
Life Impact Teaching Awards
The Life Impact Teaching Awards recognise the importance of learning and teaching at the University. These awards showcase the impact that teaching can have within the University but also beyond into the broader community. As staff we create this impact and this is an opportunity to celebrate the innovative and sustained ways that we engage our students to learn. This year there are award categories for both academic and professional staff from all areas of the University. The Awards will be presented at the Festival of Learning and Teaching in November.
- Commendations for Excellence in Support of the Student Experience
The University of Adelaide Commendations for Excellence in Support of the Student Experience recognises the diverse range of activities, services and programs that contribute to the student learning experience at the University of Adelaide, and the important role that staff from all areas of the University have in developing and supporting student engagement.
Applications are invited from Academic and Professional staff (individuals and teams). Five Commendations of $2000 are available each year. One awardee will also be selected to receive the Vice-Chancellor and President's Award for Excellence in Support of the Student Experience.
Applications Due: Tuesday 12 March 2013
• Guidelines PDF | DOCX • Application form DOC - Stephen Cole the Elder Awards for Excellence in Teaching
The Stephen Cole the Elder Awards (formerly Prizes) were established through a bequest to the University by Mrs Isabella Cole Weinberg who was born at Kingston, South Australia in July 1895. Isabella left SA at the age of 20, eventually marrying and settling in Sweden. Stephen Cole the Elder, a South Australian pioneer, was her maternal grandfather and Isabella was his last living descendant; and she chose to honour him and her SA connection by leaving a bequest to the University upon her death.
The Stephen Cole the Elder Awards were first presented in 1991. Educators, either individuals or teams, winning these awards represent some of the most talented and dedicated individuals working at the University.
Applications Due: Monday 23 September 2013 (TBC)
- The Vice-Chancellor and President's Award for Excellence in Teaching
The Vice-Chancellor and President's Award for Excellence in Teaching is the University's premier teaching award. The winner is selected each year from the winners of the Stephen Cole the Elder Awards.
- Award for Programs that Enhance the Student Learning Experience
The Award for Programs that Enhance the Student Learning Experience recognises the learning and teaching programs and support services that contribute to the quality of the student learning experience at the University of Adelaide. The programs and services that receive Program Awards must have demonstrated their effectiveness through comprehensive evaluations and presentation of suitable evidence. Applications are invited from academic and professional staff (individuals and teams).One Program Award of $8000 is available each year.
Applications Due: Monday 23 September 2013 (TBC)
- Professional Staff Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Student Experience
The Professional Staff Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Student Experience recognises the important and diverse roles that Professional Staff have in supporting the quality of the student experience. Individuals who receive a Professional Staff Award must have demonstrated a lasting and significant contribution to the support of teaching and learning at the University of Adelaide. Applications are invited from individual professional staff. One Professional Staff Award of $8000 is available each year.
Applications Due:23 September 2013 (TBC)
- Award for Excellence for Higher Degree by Research Supervision
Each year the University calls for nominations for at least one award to recognise and encourage sustained excellence in the supervision and support of Higher Degree by Research students. This award is administered by the Adelaide Graduate Centre.
Nominations Due: (TBC)
Guidelines and Nomination form.
Download from the Adelaide Graduate Centre website
Faculty Teaching Awards
In addition to the University awards, each Faculty offers their own teaching awards. Please contact the relevant Faculty for application guidelines and deadlines.
National Teaching Awards
The national Teaching Awards Programs are administered by the Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT), in the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education (DIISRTE). The OLT takes responsibility for the funding and programs previously run by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC). An overview of the Teaching Awards on offer in 2013 is given below.
For further information please consult the OLT website, or contact the Teaching Awards and Grants Officer, 8313 4862.
- Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning
"Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning recognise and reward the diverse contributions made by individuals and teams to the quality of student learning. Citations are awarded to those who have made a significant contribution to the quality of student learning in a specific area of responsibility over a sustained period, whether they are academic staff, general staff, sessional staff or institutional associates. Citations provide an opportunity for distinctive institutional missions, values and priorities in learning and teaching to be recognised. Citations are awarded for a range of contributions to student learning, both direct and indirect.
Up to 160 Citations, including the Early Career category, with prize value of $10,000 each are available in 2013." (OLT website)
Citation Deadlines
OLT Citation selection is a two-stage process. Applications must first be submitted to the University Teaching Awards and Grants Working Group, who will then select up to eight applications to send to the OLT for consideration. For this reason, it is important that you pay close attention to the following timetable if you wish to submit a Citation application.
Final application
15 AprilThis application must include your Written Statement, Photograph, References and Supporting Materials (as outlined in the OLT guidelines). You will not need to submit a nomination form at this stage; if your application is selected for submission, the Teaching Awards and Grants Officer will organise this with you.
The TAG WP selection and ranking meeting will take place in late April. If your application is selected for submission, the Teaching Awards and Grants Officer will work with you to finalise your application. If your application is not selected, feedback from the TAG WP will be made available to you.OLT Closing Date
9 MayIf your application is accepted for submission to the OLT, it is important that you are available in the week leading up to the closing date, so that your application can be finalised and nomination form completed. - Awards for Programs that Enhance Learning
"Awards for Programs that Enhance Learning recognise learning and teaching support programs and services that make an outstanding contribution to the quality of student learning and the quality of the student experience of higher education. The programs and services that receive Program Awards must have demonstrated their effectiveness through rigorous evaluation and will set benchmarks for similar activities in other institutions.
The seven categories for Programs that Enhance Learning are:
- Widening participation
- Educational partnerships and collaborations with other organisations
- The first-year experience
- Flexible learning and teaching
- Innovation in curricula, learning and teaching
- Postgraduate education
- Services supporting student learning
- Global citizenship and internationalisation
Up to 12 Awards with a prize value of $25,000 each will be granted across the seven categories in 2013." (OLT website)
OLT Closing Date - Thursday 4 July*
*Please email the Teaching Awards and Grants Officer or telephone 8313 4862 for details about internal application processes and deadlines.
- Awards for Teaching Excellence
"Teaching Awards celebrate a group of the nation's most outstanding university teachers in their fields. Teaching Awards give recognition to teachers (individuals and teams) renowned for the excellence of their teaching, who have outstanding presentation skills and who have made a broad and deep contribution to enhancing the quality of learning and teaching in higher education.
The eight categories of Awards for Teaching Excellence are:
- Biological Sciences, Health and Related Studies (including Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Medicine, Nursing etc)
- Early Career
- Humanities and the Arts
- Law, Economics, Business and Related Studies
- Neville Bonner Award/s for Indigenous Education
- Physical Sciences and Related Studies (including Architecture, Building and Planning, Engineering, Computing and Information Science)
- Social Sciences (including Education)
- Priority Area for 2013 is: High impact strategies for progression, retention and attainment.
Up to 16 Awards each with a value of $25,000 will be granted across the eight categories in 2013." (OLT website)
OLT Closing Date - Thursday 4 July*
*Please email the Teaching Awards and Grants Officer or telephone 8313 4862 for details about internal application processes and deadlines.
University of Adelaide Grants
e-Learning Development Grants
The following projects received e-Learning Development Grant funding in 2013:
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Blogging to build transferable reflective learning capabilities
Universities today aspire, in their graduate attribute statements, to enact students' ability to self-produce and self-develop knowledge that enables ongoing, lifelong learning. In this project, we aim to help achieve this aspiration with a pedagogically viable strategy which builds student capacity for reflective learning in a Japanese language course context. Students in Japanese 3A & 3B (S1, n=80; S2, n=70) will engage in three blogging activities using a MyUni blog.
The students will be assessed not only on the viability, number and regularity of their blog postings, but also on their reflective elements in all three activities in a scaffolded online Japanese blogging environment.Project leader: Ms Kayoko Enomoto, School of Social Sciences
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Development of Pharmacology learning tools to be used on tablet devices, Macs and PC's
The aim of this project is to create a suite of small software programs to be used on tablet devices, Macs and PCs that replicate the experimental processes for creating a dose response curve. Students will be able to experiment with setting different parameters for a selection of experiments based on the structuure, pharmacology and innervations of the guinea pig ileum. These small 'learning objects' will be modular in nature, and thus can be easily inserted into any number of courses that would benefit from their inclusion.
Project leader: Dr Abdallah Salem, School of Medical Sciences
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Flipping the classroom to enhance the first year student experience through the use of interactive learning technologies for student centric learning
This project will build on effective forms of pre-classroom learning activities to successfully 'flip the classroom' for first year students, allowing them to master key concepts at their own pace. It will embed, upscale and evaluate the flipped classroom approach within 6 courses across 5 first year programs in Health Sciences with varying cohort sizes. This project aligns with the University's strategy of using technology to enhance the student learning experience through student centric pedagogies. The team will identify, shortlist and trial a range of e-learning approaches to develop interactive online material for students prior to face-to-face classes, thereby flipping the traditional classroom into an inquiry based, collaborative learning environment where students can inquire about course content and test their skills by applying knowledge. All online resources developed will be embedded into MyUni, be platform agnostic and compatible with mobile devices.
Project leader: Ms Sophie Karanicolas, School of Dentistry
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Interactive e-Learning Resources for Development of Diagnostic Abilities
An ability to diagnose and then solve problems is an essential learning outcome for science graduates, and in particular, for applied vocations such as veterinary medicine and agriculture. However, this often relies on an ability to source and analyse disparate information in that discipline quickly. This project will produce a set of interactive and integrated e-learning resources that develop and reinforce diagnosis pathways, with a particular emphasis on plant identification and plant health. Their impact on how students approach a problem and on their diagnostic ability will also be evaluated.
Project leader: Associat Professor Amanda Able, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine
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Investigation of Self and Peer Assessment for Honours Research Projects using MyUni
This project uses e-learning technologies such as the 'Groups' and 'Create Assessment' features embedded in MyUni to conduct self and peer assessment (SPA) for group based Honours projects. 'Groups' in MyUni is used as a basis to assist SPA by monitoring group performance and tracking history of individual contributions to the project. Specific measurable rating guidelines for SPA are developed to fit 'Groups' and are then embedded into 'Create Assessment' for students to rate each other over the criteria to produce data. The produced data is then used to calculate individual contributions to the proiect for SPA.
Project leader: Dr Chengqing Wu, School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering
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Using e-enhanced learning to develop foundational skills among law students
To develop 10 e-learning modules to develop foundational skills among law students. The modules will adress 5 topics:
- Legal writing
- Legal research
- Statutory interpretation
- Case analysis
- Legal ethics
The modules will utilise LAMS software, which facilitates engaged and interactive learning by students.
These topics correspond to Threshold Learning Outcomes (TLOs) endorsed by the Council of Australian Law Deans: TLO 1 Knowledge - topics 3 and 4; TLO 2 Ethics and Professional Responsibility - topic 5; TLO 3 Thinking Skills - topics 1 and 2; TLO 4 Research Skills - topic 2; TLO 5 Communication and Collaboration - topic 1.
Project leader: Anne Hewitt, Adelaide Law School
Information regarding future University funding opporunties
will be updated here as it becomes available.
Examples of successful applications (Staff only)
National OLT Grants Programs
The Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT) administers nationally competitive grants under the OLT Grants Scheme. These programs are designed to enhance the quality of teaching and learning in higher education, to facilitate innovation and collaboration, and to disseminate best practice.
Prepare your OLT grant application now for submission in February 2013.
Internal Deadline for Round 1 Grant Applications: 15 February 2013
Important information for 2013 Applications
Central Coordination of Submissions
Applicants must notify their institutional contact officer (ICO) (Ashleigh Ward, Teaching Awards and Grants Officer, ashleigh.ward@adelaide.edu.au) of their intention to submit an application, who will in turn notify the OLT. If the OLT has not been advised by the ICO to expect a particular application, that application will not be receipted by the OLT. Please notify Ashleigh of your intention to submit an application as early in the process as possible, so that you can be kept informed of any changes to deadlines or requirements.
Letters of Support
All applications require the support and formal endorsement of both lead and partner institutions. The OLT has provided a proforma for letters of support, which can be found in Appendix 2 of the application instructions. In order to receive a letter of support from the University of Adelaide, you will need to send a copy of the grant application and a draft letter of institutional support to the Teaching Awards and Grants Officer (ashleigh.ward@adelaide.edu.au) by 15 February 2013. It is your responsibility to obtain partner institution letters of support in time for the University of Adelaide internal submission date of 15 February 2013.
Expressions of Interest
Full Proposals and Expressions of Interest will be accepted in Round 1.
In Round 2 ONLY Seed Projects and full proposals arising from successful Round 1 EOIs will be accepted. See Section 9 of the Innovation and Development Grant and Leadership instructions for further information.
2013 Grants Scheme Programs
Innovation and Development
Innovation and development projects support research, development and innovation related to the enhancement of learning and teaching in higher education. The program covers a wide range of priority areas, including assessment, curriculum renewal, student diversity and internationalisation. Funding ranges from $50,000 - $220,000 and above. 2013 Innovation and Development Program.
Leadership for Excellence in Learning and Teaching
Leadership for excellence in learning and teaching projects build leadership capacity in ways consistent with the promotion and enhancement of learning and teaching in contemporary higher education. Funding ranges from $50,000 - $220,000 and above. Leadership for Excellence in Learning and Teaching Program.
Seed Projects
Seed projects provide for pilot projects which test and evaluate an original idea. Applications can address any of the priorities in the Innovation and Development or Leadership for Excellence programs, or any other topic. Funding is provided for a maximum of $50,000 and for a period of up to one year. 2013 Seed Projects.
Extension Grants
Extension grants support the continued dissemination and embedding of completed learning and teaching projects. Extension Grants.
Strategic Priorities
Commissioned Projects. The OLT will commission work addressing particular issues responding to Government priorities. Information regarding the commissioned projects will be available in early 2013. Commissioned Projects.
OLT Closing Dates
Round 1 Applications should be received no later than 5.00 pm (AEST/AEDT), Monday 25 February 2013.
Round 2 Applications should be received no later than 5.00 pm (AEST/AEDT), Friday 2 August 2013.
Funding Priorities for 2013
The Innovation and Development Grant priorities are:
- Assessment and promotion of student learning
- Curriculum Design
- Improving tertiary pathways
- Improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's higher education access and outcomes responding to the recommendations of the Review of Higher Education Access and Outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People (2012)
- Innovative use of technology in learning and teaching
- Internationalisation
- Research and development
- Strategic approaches to learning and teaching which enhance student access and progression and respond to student diversity.
The Leadership priorities are:
- Consolidating leadership by building on the outcomes of projects funded in earlier years under the leadership for Excellence in Learning and Teaching program
- Disciplinary and cross-disciplinary leadership to enhance learning and teaching through leadership capacity-building in discipline structures, communities of practice and cross-disciplinary networks
- Institutional leadership to enhance learning and teaching through leadership capacity-building at the institutional level
- Building the learning and teaching leadership capacity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, responding to the relevant recommendations of the Review of Higher Education Access and Outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People (2012).
Please consult the Program Information documents for further information on the program priorities.
Award & Grant Winners
University staff who were successful in receiving awards for their excellence in teaching, and grant funding for the enhancement of learning and teaching at the University of Adelaide.
Award Winners
- Award winners 2012
- Award winners 2011
- Award winners 2010
- Award winners 2009
- Award winners 2008
- Award winners 2007
- Award winners 2006
- Stephen Cole the Elder Award winners 1999 - 2005
- Faculty & Industry Learning & Teaching Awards 2001-2005
Grant Winners
- Grant winners 2012
- Grant winners 2011
- Grant winners 2010
- Grant winners 2009
- Grant winners 2008
- Grant winners 2007
- Grant winners 2006
- Grant winners 2000 - 2005
- Grant winners 1991 - 1999
