How to showcase your Learning and Teaching achievements and activities
Excellent news for academic staff, particularly Teaching Scholars!
Introduction Cross Connect.mp4
Cross Connect provides a dedicated platform to highlight your scholarly and teaching accomplishments, including publications, preprints, datasets, creative works, granted projects, and media mentions. Unlike purely research-focused platforms like IRMA, this portal supports and promotes Scholarship of Learning and Teaching outputs. Don’t worry; your SCU Profile listing on Cross Connect listing automatically includes publications reported to IRMA and outputs harvested from other library sources.
The categories below can be included in your SCU Profile on Cross Connect :
- scholarly collaboration and activity
- engagement and contribution to communities
- learning and teaching practice and impact.
These categories align with SCU promotion criteria for teaching scholarship and TEQSA descriptors of scholarly activity evidence.
To optimise your career prospects, accessing and updating your profile is crucial. While some listings are automatically harvested, others require manual entry. The provided table guides you on entering data and tagging them as “Scholarship of Learning and Teaching” (SoLT).
Stay tuned for upcoming workshops by CTL and SC Library in June 2024, offering insights on maximising your profile.
Explore more about SoLT through the Scholarship of Learning and Teaching Framework.
Learn how to update Cross Connect including creating an SCU Profile, adding Outputs and Activities and flagging items as SoLT.Learn how to update Cross Connect including creating an SCU Profile, adding Outputs and Activities and flagging items as SoLT.
Scholarly collaboration and activity
Activity | Includes | Potential measurables/evidence | How to tag as SoLT | |
Scholarly reviews | Peer review and benchmarking | The number of scholarly reviews conducted, the quality of the reviews, and the impact of the reviews on course design and improvement | Published review (if not auto-harvested): Add Output > Publication > Review | Published review: Message via profile to advise output is SoLT (Scholarly Reviews) Unpublished review: Activities automatically sent to ADE for approval as SoLT |
Original (SoLT) research and scholarly activity | SSRN or other journal publications and scholarly outputs, conference presentations, and teaching-related research grants | Research publications, such as journal articles and conference papers; the impact factor or citation count of these publications; research grants secured; collaborations established; presentations given at academic conferences | (If not auto-harvested) Grants: email crossconnect@scu.edu.au | Outputs: Message via profile to advise output is SoLT (Original research) Grants: Email crossconnect@scu.edu.au |
Scholarly Teaching practice | Engaging in innovative teaching practices and contributing to course development participation in accreditation processes or quality reviews in T&L | The implementation of new teaching methods, the development of instructional materials or resources, the adoption of technology in teaching, and the development of new (constructively aligned) courses | Add Activity > Teaching > Scholarly collaboration & activity: Teaching | Activities automatically sent to ADE for approval as SoLT |
The impact on student learning outcomes, student feedback, and student engagement and performance improvements can also be measured (iQiLT data). | ||||
Higher Level Qualifications | Higher degree qualification achievement and related publications | Completing a Masters or PhD, the submission and acceptance of a thesis or dissertation, the publication of research findings from the higher degree program | Email crossconnect@scu.edu.au | Email crossconnect@scu.edu.au |
Engagement and contribution to communities
Activity | Includes | Potential measurables/evidence | How to tag as SoLT | |
Synthesising and communicating advances in evidence-based practice | Giving T&L workshops; conference presentations; webinars and seminars; podcasts or interviews; feature articles (e.g. The Conversation) | Invitations to present on SoLT work at faculty/institutional/sector/national/international events | Add Activity > Teaching > Engagement & contribution to communities: Evidence-based practice (if not auto-harvested) Add Output > Publication > Magazine article/Journal article
| Activities automatically sent to ADE for approval as SoLT Outputs: Message via profile to advise output is SoLT (Evidence based practice) Media mentions: Email crossconnect@scu.edu.au |
Conference presentations on current knowledge, practice, or teaching and learning in a field. The number of workshops or seminars delivered. Podcasts or interviews produced or participated in, focusing on disseminating advances in evidence-based practice | ||||
Reach and engagement of the podcasts or interviews, such as the number of downloads, subscribers, or listener feedback | ||||
Feature articles published in relevant publications that communicate advances in evidence-based practice, their readership, or the impact factor of the publications | ||||
Contributions to relevant professional bodies or communities of practice | Development of new standards, knowledge resources, and codes of practice; assurance of learning or other quality/standards projects | The development and publication of new standards, knowledge resources, or codes of practice in collaboration with professional bodies or communities of practice. The adoption and utilisation of these resources within the respective fields or communities can also be measured | Add Activity > Teaching > Engagement & contribution to communities: Professional bodies or COP | Activities automatically sent to ADE for approval as SoLT |
Active and ongoing involvement in relevant scholarly academic societies, editorial roles, or peer review | Contributions to professional bodies or communities of practice; engagement in scholarly academic societies; editorial roles; peer review for journals or conferences. | Active membership in relevant scholarly academic societies, such as professional associations or disciplinary organisations | Add Activity > Teaching > Engagement & contribution to communities: Scholarly academic societies NOTE: membership in committees and editorial roles that are not SoLT related may instead be listed as an Activity > Service to the Profession or Activity > Service to the Institution | Activities automatically sent to ADE for approval as SoLT |
The involvement can be measured by participation in conferences, committees, or leadership positions within these societies. Serving as an editor or editorial board member for scholarly journals or publications in the field | ||||
This can be measured by tracking the duration and extent of the editorial roles, the number of manuscripts reviewed, and the impact factor or reputation of the journals | ||||
The number of peer-reviewed articles or research papers reviewed for journals or conferences | ||||
This can be measured by the number of reviews conducted and the quality and impact of the reviewed work | ||||
Learning and teaching practice and impact | ||||
Activity | Includes | Potential measurables/evidence | How to tag as SoLT | |
Teaching practice: Engaging the latest ideas, debates, and issues | Teaching and learning strategies; improved pedagogies; learning processes; curricula; academic policies; learning materials, e.g. open educational resources | Record of professional development activities and demonstrated impact on teaching practices by implementing improved pedagogical approaches or instructional strategies in the teaching practice. | Add Activity > Teaching > Learning & teaching practice & impact: Teaching | Activities automatically sent to ADE for approval as SoLT |
Measured changes in teaching methods, student feedback, or assessment results; the development and implementation of new learning processes or techniques that enhance student engagement, participation, and outcomes; student performance, course evaluations, or feedback from colleagues | ||||
The development or modification of curricula to incorporate the latest ideas, debates, and issues in the field | ||||
Tracking changes made to course content, syllabi, or assessment methods curriculum, assessment or policy work/leadership – internal and/or external to the University that has a direct impact on teaching and improving student learning | ||||
Contributions to the development or revision of academic policies related to teaching and learning | ||||
The adoption and implementation of new policies or changes in existing policies | ||||
The creation or improvement of learning materials, such as textbooks, handouts, online resources, or multimedia content | ||||
The availability and use of the materials by students and feedback on their effectiveness | ||||
Undertaking advanced specialised practice or scholarly secondments | Advanced specialised practice scholarly secondments | The completion of specialised training programs or certifications related to teaching practice. This can be measured by tracking the completion of courses, certifications, or workshops | Add Activity > Teaching > Learning & teaching practice & impact: Specialised | Activities automatically sent to ADE for approval as SoLT |
Participating in scholarly secondments, which involve temporary placements or collaborations with other educational institutions, research centres, or organisations | ||||
The duration and extent of the secondments, publications resulting from the collaboration, or the impact of the secondment on teaching practice or professional development | ||||
Fellowships and national awards | Achievement of Advance HE | Name of award, fellowship or achievement | Add Activity > Teaching > Learning & teaching practice & impact: Awards NOTE: Awards & fellowships can also be listed as Honours on the landing page of your profile. Email crossconnect@scu.edu.au | Activities automatically sent to ADE for approval as SoLT |
Fellowships and awards, e.g. AAUT awards, OLT (Office for Learning and Teaching) Fellowships | ||||