Conference presentation
The potential of immersive scheduling for increasing international student success
Australian International Education Conference (AIEC) (Adelaide, SA, 10/10/2023 - 13/10/2023)
12/10/2023
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Abstract
How can higher education providers transform their educational practice to better support international student success? This presentation will offer insights from one Australian university that has transformed its educational model, replacing trimester learning with an immersive scheduling model known as the Southern Cross Model (SCM). The SCM diverges from semester, trimester and one-unit-at-a-time block models, enabling students to focus on two units of study across six-week terms in an interactive, blended learning environment. The presentation will outline results from a three-year study of more than 12,000 grades obtained in a traditional model in 2019 and then in the SCM in 2021-22. Inferential statistical tests reveal how the immersive model has affected the academic success of international students (e.g. onshore, offshore, commencing, continuing, enrolled in business, health, engineering and education degrees). Implications for how international student success can be better supported through a more focused, flexible and interactive whole-of-institution teaching approach are discussed.
Details
- Title
- The potential of immersive scheduling for increasing international student success
- Creators
- Erica Wilson - Southern Cross UniversityThomas Roche - Southern Cross UniversityLiz Seong Goode - Southern Cross University
- Conference
- Australian International Education Conference (AIEC) (Adelaide, SA, 10/10/2023 - 13/10/2023)
- Identifiers
- 991013139512802368
- Academic Unit
- Office of the PVC (Academic Quality)
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference presentation
- Local Fields
- Evidence Based Practice - SoLT