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A National Teaching Fellowship was awarded to Professor Wageeh Boles, in 2011. The Fellowship program is motivated by the renewed emphasis on quality in Higher Education, which will significantly impact curriculum design, pedagogy and assessment in all Australian tertiary institutions.

Through the development of a transferrable framework for collaborative, outcomes-focused thinking, this Fellowship program is designed to enable academic staff to constructively engage with the imperative for universities to enhance student learning outcomes.

During a Fellow-In-Residence Engagement (FIRE) program at five Australian universities, an action-research approach is used to support Engineering academics in designing and implementing assessment tasks that provide evidence of students’ attainment of learning outcomes. This is informed by the outcomes of an overseas study component to identify and evaluate relevant international initiatives for effective teacher engagement and curriculum reform, in light of research findings and in the context described above.

The Fellow worked as a collaborator and change agent with Heads of Schools, academic leaders including at least one course coordinator at five different types of Australian universities to support academics’ effective teaching and assessment practices.

The intended major outcome of the program is a shift to an authentic outcomes-focused approach to teaching demonstrated in the design and evaluation of assessment tasks and a set of guides and resources for mentoring, with an emphasis on supporting early- and mid-career academics.

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