Curriculum Innovations

The Walkabout u-Learning environment (pdf, 2309 KB)

Life pressures make full time on-campus study increasingly difficult for tertiary students. More flexible learning models are needed. Models that continue to provide appropriate teacher/student and student/student interaction u-Learning environments operating through both desktop and mobile technologies can provide a useful tool in implementing flexible learning models. This presentation explains the underlying principles of and demonstrate the features of Walkabout u-Learning.

The Community Partnerships Program is an integral and innovative component of the new five year medical curriculum at Monash for second year medical students. Community-based experience has a strong formative influence upon career-oriented professionals becoming more socially responsive and skilled. The CPP program is strategically aligned with Monash's commitment to social justice by encouraging mutual contributions to and from both the community and the University's medical students.

In 2003, Monash University was one of the first Law schools to make an integrated practical skills and ethics program compulsory in its undergraduate program. The program is based around a number of simulated real-life experiences. This presentation describes the program and looks at how well it has achieved its stated objectives. Outline (pdf, 105 KB)