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What is Training and Development Program

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The program is delivered ay tertiary level and comprises undergraduate and graduate components. Students are able to enrol into either, the Bachelor of Arts, Graduate Certificate and/or Graduate Diploma in Training and Development. The BA consists of twenty four units of study, eight of which are awarded in recognition of prior learning. The Graduate Certificate and the Graduate Diploma consist of four and eight units of study respectively. The program is delivered in a fully online mode and the course content emphasises the development of professional knowledge and skills through the practical application of theory to teaching and instruction. The program attracts educators from the broader community who are engaged in working with adult learners and these students come from technical education, industry and business as well as the government sector.
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Online Pedagogical Effectiveness in Adult Contexts
Robert Dixon (Curtin University of Technology, Australia) and Kathyrn Dixon (Curtin University of Technology, Australia)
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 19
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-970-0.ch015
Abstract
A longitudinal study of students in the Training and Development program at Curtin University of Technology has been undertaken in an attempt to develop a framework which describes the dimensions of pedagogical effectiveness in online teaching and learning. The research began in 2004 and data has been collected from the sample group of students in the program from 2004 through to 2007. As a result of analysis and review of the findings, the Online Pedagogical Effectiveness Framework (OPEF) emerged incrementally. The new framework challenges the traditional importance placed on the centrality of teaching skills and the need for student interaction in online teaching and learning, which according to this study, diminished over time. This has ramifications for the interchangeability of the roles of teacher, learner, instructional designer peers and colleagues.
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