Preventing probation: disengaged students' visions for the future of Australian higher education

Abstract

Higher education institutions throughout the world are trying to accommodate new ways of learning using digital and Web technologies, while at the same time meet students' shifting aspirations and expectations (Romenska at. al., 2011). Unfortunately, for a proportion of students, universities do not meet their needs and these students fail subjects leading to being put on probation. In this Office of Learning and Teaching funded project, the voice of probationary students are engaged, utilising creative techniques to explore how they would redesign teaching and learning in higher education. In particular, the probationary students consider what Higher Education future would engage students and reduce the number of students not progressing in their academic studies. In this poster, the initial findings and techniques are displayed and suggestions are presented for exploring this issue in other institutions. Further, an invitation to join a community of practice is issued to interested parties