Educational Development and Flexible Learning Unit

The Educational Development and Flexible Learning Unit (EDFLU) was established in 2000 to support the Faculty's aim of advancing excellence in education by providing high quality, systematic, strategic and targeted learning and teaching support for staff particularly in the key area of flexible and online learning. This includes Learning Needs Analysis, Project scoping and developing specifications, Project implementation and evaluation, Unit and Course design and redevelopment, the design, development , implementation and evaluation of online learning environments using the purpose built software “LEX” , Unit and Course evaluation and the professional development of academics as teachers.

EDFLU also established a postgraduate law teaching qualification undertakes research in higher educational theory and practice and provides consultancy services for external clients in the broader law context eg the National Judicial College, large law firms.

EDFLU sits within the portfolio of the Faculty Director for Information Technology, Flexible Learning and Multimedia , Associate Professor Len Webster, who heads up a small team of Learning and Teaching support staff and administrative staff.

The direction and priorities of EDFLU reflects the changing external influences on higher education, such as the Learning and Teaching Performance Fund (LTPF) and the Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education. In addition to the above roles EDFLU provides leadership and strategic input and advice to the Faculty with respect to a range of quality and learning and teaching issues and supports ongoing improvement within key areas of learning and teaching which have been identified through the University's quality processes such as MEQ and Unit evaluation eg closing the loop.

EDFLU's key activities are research, teaching, the provision of educational advice, consultancies and include

• Improving Learning and Teaching through the use of educational technologies
• Teaching - Graduate Certificate in Law Teaching Course
• Quality – managing the Unit evaluation process and other surveys, QMC (the Faculty Quality Management Committee) , MQN (Monash Quality Network) , developing the Faculty Quality website, input to the AUQA audit preparations
• Research - HDR Supervision, Conference presentations, Journal articles, Books, Grant applications
• External consultancies - Minters Practical Legal Training Project, NJCA Pilot program (National Judicial College of Australia) , COAT Handbook (College Of Australasian Tribunals)
• Internal consultancies - Medicine, Monash Kings College, CHEQ (Centre for Higher Education Quality) CALT (Centre for the Advancement of Learning and Teaching)
• Membership of Faculty Committees such as FLITAC (Flexible Learning and Information Technology Advisory Committee), Executive Committee, Undergraduate Studies Committee, Postgraduate Studies Committee, Quality Management Committee
• Membership of University Committees such as the Faculty Board - Faculty of Education, Unit Evaluation Steering Group, LMS (Learning Management Systems Committee), ETC (Educational Technology Committee) MQN (Monash Quality Network).