The following example is provided to demonstrate some of the ways others have designed flexible units for postgraduate students. The choices you make in designing your unit/s will be guided by the nature of your course objectives and the unique needs of your students.
Discipline: Postgraduate high performance sport
Mode: Attendance
Number of students: 60
This unit is run as a 4-day face to face intensive, there is no other online or face-to-face component (except for the completion of assessments after the intensive).
This unit's approach was developed over 4 years and meets two aims:
There are good international opportunities in terms of employment in this field, and having international presenters helps local students gain an understanding of the pathways and opportunities.
The intensive includes:
Another institution had a known two-week intensive but this was seen as too hard for those with employment and familial responsibilities to get time off for. So, initially the intensives for this unit were 7-days long, but the team found that this was too much for students.The four-day intensive was found to work the best.
The course leads have spent a lot of time considering the flexibility needed for their students that are located overseas. Some overseas students have flown themselves in to complete the intensive, and where this wasn't feasible students have been able to complete a different unit as a replacement. The February timing was actually found to clash with the key mid-season point of many overseas sports professionals, this inhibited growing the international market. So for the future, the team are running a US and UK intensive especially for these students at a time that doesn't clash with their sporting season.
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Tuesday |
Wednesday |
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Thursday |
Fridays |
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8:45-9:45 |
Intensive week orientation session ACU Lecturer |
LEO and Adobe Connect ACU Staff (Computer Labs) |
9:00-10:00 |
Strength & power profiling ACU Lecturer |
Athlete tracking and technology External expert (in person) |
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10:00-11:00 |
Creating the training environment International USA expert (in person) |
Performing outside the box ACU Lecturer and Sport Insitute member |
10:00-10:15 |
Break |
Break |
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10:15-12:30 |
PRACTICAL SESSIONS
ACU Lecturers |
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11:00-12:00 |
The winning edge External expert |
Hamstring strain injuries ACU Lecturer |
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12:00-1:00 |
Lunch |
Lunch |
12:30-1:30 |
Lunch |
Lunch |
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1:00-2:00 |
Creating the training environment International expert (online) |
Controversy of recovery ACU Lecturer and Sport Insitute member (PB) |
1:30-2:30 |
Biological basis of adaptation in S&C ACU Lecturer |
High intensity interval training – testing & prescription International expert (online) |
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2:00-2:45 |
From research to application ACU Lecturer |
Contemporary issues in ACU Lecturer and Sport Insitute member |
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2:45-3:00 |
Break |
Break |
2:30-3:30 |
Speed and agility ACU Lecturer |
Heat and altitude External expert |
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3:00-4:30 |
ROUND TABLE Creating the training environment 2 x ACU Lecturers 1 x International expert 2 x Local external expert |
ROUND TABLE The performance puzzle 2 x ACU Lecturers 3 x Local external expert, sporting institute |
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3:30-3:45 |
Break |
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3:45-5:00 |
Literature search strategies and EndNote ACU Library |
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5.30-7.00 |
Dinner |
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As this unit is the first unit in the course the assessments were intentionally designed to scaffold student's academic skills in preparation for future units.
See ACU assessment policy for up-to-date advice on designing your assessments.
The following is a list of the technologies used within this unit, links to resources are provided to support you if you would like to use a similar technology in your unit.
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Online live classrooms: microphones with webcam were used to allow international speakers who couldn't fly in to present. Some of the presenters used Skype for Business to give their presentations. |
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