Program Overview

Graduate Certificate in Higher Education Innovative Learning and Teaching

Overview

This course covers a range of contemporary teaching practices, designed to suit those already working in internal and online learning environments in university and other tertiary contexts, across all teaching disciplines.

Professional Recognition and Accreditation

This course is considered an advanced preparation for teaching in a tertiary setting and, as such, is seen as advantageous by university employers. Articulation with other award programs is decided on a case-by-case basis.

Admission Criteria

• A completed bachelor degree or equivalent.
• Credit for recognised learning (CRL) may be available.

Fees and Scholarships

• Australian and New Zealand student indicative fees:
  • 2025 Fee year: $2,300* (Commonwealth supported), $10,883* (Domestic)
  • 2026 Fee year: $2,300* (Commonwealth supported), $10,883* (Domestic)
• Fees are indicative only and subject to passage of legislation.
• A limited number of Commonwealth supported places are available for some postgraduate courses.

Location

• Curtin Perth
• Online delivery available

How to Apply

• Apply directly to Curtin
• Apply as a high school student via TISC (for Semester 1, 2025)
• Get alerts for future intakes
• Global campus options available

Course Structure

• Duration: 0.5 years full-time or equivalent part-time study
• Units are delivered fully online across four study periods per year, commencing in March each year.
• Students can select up to two units per study period.

What You'll Learn

• Employ new pedagogies, learning spaces, and modalities in innovative ways for learning and teaching.
• Apply knowledge of contemporary educational curriculum, learning, assessment, and evaluation design theory and practices in course, unit, and task design.
• Demonstrate creative approaches to teaching and learning that engage a diverse range of students in active learning, utilising a technology-rich environment.
• Create and maintain inclusive, positive learning environments and experiences that engage learners in their learning.
• Demonstrate critical reflective practice and contributions to the scholarship of learning and teaching.
• Identify, collect, examine, and interpret a range of sources of evidence in the design and evaluation of educational practice.
• Apply knowledge of indigenous perspectives, knowledges, and cultural capabilities in critical reflection of teaching and learning and course, unit, and task design.

Specialisations

• Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Specialisations
• Bachelor of Commerce Specialisations
• Bachelor of Innovation Specialisations

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