A flexible new program for educators offers a choice of 19 modules to help you access just the learning that you need, right when you need it.<\/p>\n
The Modular Professional Learning Framework (MPLF) is a new and flexible professional development program for teachers and staff who support teaching and learning, to continually grow their teaching skills and practice.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t\t \t\tRead more about the design of the MPLF and how and why it works<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t <\/a>\n <\/p>\n This article was contributed by Judy Douglas and has been re-posted with permission from Staff News<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n It integrates, augments, and replaces a number of existing programs that have been running for teaching and education-support staff, including the two-day foundational Principles and Practice program (last run in February 2019) and the First Year Coordinators program (last run in 2017). MPLF is aligned with a key initiative of the University\u2019s 2016 \u2013 2020 Strategic Plan<\/a> (strategy 5, initiative 3), which promises to deliver \u2018a refreshed framework for professional learning \u2026 responsive to staff and faculty needs \u2026 including sessional and casual teaching staff.\u2019<\/p>\n Adam Bridgeman, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Educational Innovation, explains the rationale behind the MPLF. \u201cWe\u2019re committed to developing our capacity for more interactive and collaborative learning designs. Every educator starts at a different point in their learning journey, and standardised \u2018one size fits all\u2019 approaches, like annual workshops, can be disengaging and move at a speed that potentially suits no-one. A flexible use of different delivery modes and a suite of options is really timely.\u201d<\/p>\n Educational Innovation\u2019s Kimberly Baskin is an Educational Designer (Student Experience), and part of the team who developed the MPLF. She says that the ongoing consultation and input from faculties helped to ensure that the program\u2019s content, structure and delivery would meet the need of all educators. \u201cModules are delivered through a combination of face-to-face and online channels, on a range of topics, including a number that haven\u2019t been covered in previous professional learning programs \u2013 but faculties told us were important – such as creating and using educational media, engaging students in lectures and large classes, and enhancing group work.\u201d<\/p>\n This is a program that will give you the opportunity to make the choices you want to, to find the learning that you need.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Professor Alyson Simpson, Associate Dean (Education) for the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, says that the flexible and modular nature of MPLF is central to its appeal. \u201cThis is a program that will give you the opportunity to make the choices you want to, to find the learning that you need. We\u2019re facing challenges at the university and by choosing flexible professional development, you\u2019ll be able to pick and choose what you need at the time you need it.\u201d<\/p>\n Adam Bridgeman urged all staff to visit the Canvas site to find out more about MPLF. \u201cWhether you\u2019ve been teaching for one year or many years\u00a0 – seasoned academic, new tutor or educational support staff \u2013 there will be something there for you.\u201d<\/p>\n