Category: Victoria University

Description: The Education Innovation Hub is researching, implementing and delivering strategies and programs to enable the successful transition into, through, and exiting education pathways for all students. The work of the Hub covers all educational programs in higher education (HE) and vocational education and training (VET/TAFE) as well as workplace learning created and designed to increase and sustain graduate employment outcomes.   As part of this work innovative digital learning objects are being created to improve the learning experience of all students at VU. Examples of these are digital objects from VU Online, VET and PG programs are displayed here. Staff training is an essential component of the Education Hub to ensure that staff can take full advantage of these new learning tools. Examples of the new training provided to staff is also displayed here. Access to this course is restricted.

Description: This course is designed to develop an in-depth awareness and application of the principles of integrity and ethical conduct in sport. The unit will facilitate the development of the student’s ability to understand the ethical underpinnings and implications of various policies, practices and relationships in order to promote best practice and integrity in sport operations. Special attention will be paid to ethical reasoning and its practical application to key industry issues (e.g., anti-doping, match fixing, anti-discrimination); and to those issues specific to sport governance and management. Access to this course is restricted.

Description: In this module participants will be introduced to the basic principles of the planning and delivery of sports events. Following an introduction, the focus moves to understanding the infrastructure, stakeholder, project management, financial and risk aspects required, and how they differ with different scale of events.  Understanding of the complexity and critical factors needed in creating and running successful events will be considered via a case study. Note: Access to this course is restricted.

Description: In this module participants will be introduced to the core principles for effectively engaging sports participation. Following an introduction, the focus is understanding different approaches to sport engagement, selection and promotion of sports, and organisational activities needed to improve or optimise the usage of existing sport infrastructure within the community. Note: Access to this course is restricted.