The age of the elearning professional cometh
A recent article in Times Higher Education (THE) predicts the esteem of eLearning expertise in a post COVID-19 world to the point where “learning designers supplant traditional academics”. This prediction is based on a discussion paper by the University of Melbourne’s Centre for the Study of Higher Education which reports on emerging trends for higher education caused by the coronavirus pandemic. […]
Credit for holders of tae qualifications
HELI is offering credit for prior learning into the Graduate Certificate in Higher Education Academic Practice and Master of eLearning for holders of certain TAE qualifications as follows: Master of eLearning The Master of eLearning is specifically designed to develop the skills needed to meaningfully engage in all aspects for eLearning in both educational institutions and professional settings. Graduate Certificate in […]
Independent higher education – the year in review
As 2019 quickly comes to an end, I would like to take stock of the main issues that have impacted on the independent higher education sector over the past year. Here are my key observations from the past 12 months. TEQSA approved 12 new higher education providers during 2019, with only two going through the […]
Are you ready?
In June last year I wrote about the need for the academic staff of higher education providers (HEPs) to meet the three requirements of Standard 3.2.3: Knowledge of their discipline informed by continuing scholarship; Skills in contemporary teaching, learning and assessment principles; and A qualification in a relevant discipline at least one level higher than the […]
Why don’t higher education academics need to be trained to teach?
One of the underlying fundamentals of our entire education system is that those who teach are trained as professional educators. For example, in early childhood education there are both diploma trained and bachelor trained teachers to ensure that preschoolers start their education journey in a quality teaching environment. In primary education only qualified teachers are […]
Let’s celebrate those who graduate
HELI is proud to announce that its first cohort of students recently completed their course. All the students who started the course back in July 2018 have successfully graduated – a 100% completion rate, which we are very proud of. All of our first cohort of students already held a PhD or Masters in their […]
Calling out the elephant in the room
Adjunct Associate Professor Kym Fraser from Swinburne University of Technology has done an admirable job in calling out the elephant in the room with her Feature Story in Campus Morning Mail. As the story notes, it really is unthinkable that while educators need teaching qualifications for early childhood, primary, secondary and vocational education; in higher education […]
Do you know what your partner is up to?
Some would say It has been a while coming, but TEQSA has recently placed conditions on an Australian university. Not only has Charles Sturt University (CSU) had conditions placed on its registration, it has also received a shorter registration period of four years rather than the expected seven. In this blog I would like to […]
Aat continues to thwart teqsa decisions
It is interesting to note that the 4 most recent approvals of new independent higher education providers (iHEPs) were as a result of intervention by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT). This covers the 3 new HEPS listed on the National Register in 2018 as well as one so far this year. This compares to 5 approvals in […]
Independent higher education – the year in review
2018 was another year where independent higher education providers (iHEPs) fought hard to consolidate their important place in the Australian higher education sector. Here are my key observations from the past 12 months. Independent HEPs remain the “poor relation” of higher education. 2018 reinforced that we are a long way from iHEPs being compared equally […]