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 Learning and Teaching Strategic Framework

This strategic framework gives effect to Otago Polytecnic's overarching strategic direction by setting a philosophy and strategic objectives for learning and teaching.

Vision:

At Otago Polytechnic we believe in:

• creating the conditions for each learner to succeed to their fullest potential
• learning that gives learners flexibility and choice over what, when, where and how they learn
• facilitating learning through partnerships and collaborations (with teachers, other learners, work places and communities)
• facilitating learning through doing and reflection (experiential learning)
• building learner capability and work readiness

Therefore our learners can expect:

Learning that:

• builds on existing knowledge and experience
• challenges, inspires and transforms
• extends learners' personal effectiveness
• encourages personal growth, success, confidence and satisfaction
• builds work readiness
• develops learners as sustainable practitioners
• is underpinned by research
• instills a passion for life long learning

Teachers who:

• care about and respect individual learners and what they bring to their learning
• are culturally competent
• are skilful teaching practitioners, able to help learners learn how to learn
• facilitate and support learning and design effective learning experiences
  
• are current in and connected to their specialist field, able to bring leading edge knowledge and innovation to their teaching practice
• are engaged in applied research
• value learner feedback to reflect on, evaluate and continuously improve learning experiences
• are sustainable practitioners

A curriculum that:

• is informed by current research findings and involves learners in research activities
• is sustainable, using open educational resources and blended delivery design
• enables learners to design their own learning pathways
• enables mutlitple pathways to qualifications
• is flexible and accessible to students on and off campus, with and outside of new Zealand
• enhances and measures learning, capability and work-readiness through assessment
• develops capable and successful graduates

A learning environment that:

• is safe and supports individual learner needs
• has high quality physical, technological and supportive learning resources
• includes work experience as part of learning
  
• includes applied research as part of learning
• is socially, economically and environmentally sustainable