Office for Learning and Teaching

The Office for Learning and Teaching promotes and supports change in higher education institutions for the enhancement of learning and teaching.

Its responsibilities include:

• providing grants to academics and professional staff to explore, develop and implement innovations in learning and teaching and to develop leadership capabilities
• commissioning work on issues of strategic significance to the higher education sector to inform policy development and practice in relation to learning and teaching
• managing a suite of awards to celebrate, recognise and value teaching excellence and programs that enhance student learning
• funding fellowships and secondments for leading educators to address significant national educational issues
• disseminating resources on innovations in learning and teaching
• supporting the development of effective mechanisms for the embedding of good practice in learning and teaching in Australian higher education
• encouraging collaboration and sharing of good practice for improved student learning outcomes and
• facilitating networking and professional development opportunities for academics and professional staff.

The Office for Learning and Teaching is part of the Department of Education and Training.

www.olt.gov.au