Professional Learning

Digital Technologies Hub

The Digital Technologies Hub (DT Hub) offers free professional learning opportunities for educators that introduce the fundamentals of artificial intelligence (AI), as well as lesson ideas and other resources to engage students. Access the courses.

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Primary educators

Explore the five free sessions on offer for primary classrooms. The introductory session provides key concepts and AI tools to engage your students. Or, deep dive into the way AI can be used as a context for learning. Relevant curriculum connections are included throughout.

Introduction to AI in the classroom

Introduction to AI in the classroom

Deep dive 1: AI and conventional programming

Deep dive 1: AI and conventional programming

Deep dive 2: Data representation and classification

Deep dive 2: Data representation and classification

Deep dive 3: Machine learning and creating an AI model

Deep dive 3: Machine learning and creating an AI model

Deep dive 4: AI and ethics

Deep dive 4: AI and ethics

Secondary educators

Explore the five free sessions on offer for secondary classrooms. The introductory session provides key concepts and AI tools to engage your students. Or, deep dive into the way AI can be used as a context for learning. Relevant curriculum connections are included throughout.

Introduction to AI in the classroom

Introduction to AI in the classroom

Deep dive 1: AI and conventional programming

Deep dive 1: AI and conventional programming

Deep dive 2: Investigate training a machine learning model

Deep dive 2: Investigate training a machine learning model

Deep dive 3: Natural Language Processing for large text analysis

Deep dive 3: Natural Language Processing for large text analysis

Deep dive 4: AI and ethics

Deep dive 4: AI and ethics

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Student Wellbeing Hub

The Hub’s free courses provide high-quality professional learning to help schools engage positively with current and future challenges. All courses are aligned to the Australian Student Wellbeing Framework and to the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) professional standards at the Proficient level. Access the courses.

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Australian Student Wellbeing Framework

Explore the five elements of the Framework in depth and discover practical strategies and resources for building positive, safe, inclusive and respectful learning communities where wellbeing can flourish.

Module 1: Leadership

Module 1: Leadership

Module 2: Inclusion

Module 2: Inclusion

Module 3: Student Voice

Module 3: Student voice

Module 4: Partnerships

Module 4: Partnerships

Module 5: Support

Module 5: Support

Professional learning for Pre-Service educators

This course explains the important relationship between wellbeing and learning. It explores the Australian Student Wellbeing Framework in depth, providing practical strategies, resources and references to help you build positive, safe, inclusive and respectful learning communities.

Module 1: Background to the Australian Student Wellbeing Framework

Module 1: Background to the Australian Student Wellbeing Framework

Module 2: Engaging with the Australian Student Wellbeing Framework

Module 2: Engaging with the Australian Student Wellbeing Framework

Evaluation Starter Kit

This practical course supports educators wanting to investigate the why and how of using evidence to evaluate their current programs and approaches in relation to student wellbeing and learning outcomes.

Module 1: Introduction

Module 1: Introduction

Module 2: Evaluation Planning

Module 2: Evaluation planning

Module 3: Evaluation Methods

Module 3: Evaluation methods

Module 4: Data and Decisions

Module 4: Data and decisions

Respect Matters for Teachers

Explore the six modules in this course, suitable for people who are teaching respectful relationships education and who want to deepen their understanding to work with students to make classrooms a safer place.

Module 1: Respect Matters – Introduction

Module 1: Respect Matters – Introduction

Module 2: Respect Matters – Choosing Content

Module 2: Respect Matters – choosing content

Module 3: Respect Matters – Teaching Strategies

Module 3: Respect Matters – teaching strategies

Module 4: Respect Matters – Specific Challenges

Module 4: Respect Matters – specific challenges

Module 5: Respect Matters – For Specific Cohorts

Module 5: Respect Matters – for specific cohorts

Module 6: Respect Matters – Beyond Your Classroom

Module 6: Respect Matters – beyond your classroom

Alcohol and Other Drugs

The three modules in this course will enable you to reflect upon and enhance your professional practice, and to improve outcomes for your students.

Module 1: Introduction and Context of Drug Use and Responses

Module 1: Introduction and context of drug use and responses

Module 2: Drugs and Their Effects

Module 2: Drugs and their effects

Module 3: What Works in Drug Education

Module 3: What works in drug education

Online Safety

The three modules in this course this course will develop your understanding of online safety and highlight how schools and teachers can assist students to maximise their safety.

Module 1: Introduction on Esafety and Health

Module 1: Introduction on esafety and health

Module 2: Digital Citizenship

Module 2: Digital citizenship

Module 3: Managing Online Activities

Module 3: Managing online activities

Principal and teacher wellbeing

Educators with a strong sense of wellbeing are more able to support the health and wellbeing of their colleagues and students, and to deliver the best possible learning outcomes for all.

Module 1: Exploring Educator Wellbeing

Module 1: Exploring educator wellbeing

Module 2: A Wellbeing Framework for Schools

Module 2: A wellbeing framework for schools

Module 3: A Personal Wellbeing Plan

Module 3: A personal wellbeing plan

Building student resilience

Explore the latest research about resilience. Learn how school communities have responded to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and other events. Plan strategies from the classroom to the whole school environment to sustain resilient attitudes and practices.

Module 1: Exploring Resilience

Module 1: Exploring Resilience

Module 2: Student Wellbeing Framework and Resilience

Module 2: Student Wellbeing Framework and Resilience

Module 3: Developing a Plan

Module 3: Developing a Plan

Nationally Consistent Collection of Data (NCCD)

NCCD professional learning modules assist educators with implementing and gaining confidence in the NCCD model. See the modules.

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Disability Standards for Education

These courses are designed to help schools uphold legal obligations under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA) and the Disability Standards for Education 2005 (the Standards), which focus on providing fair access to education for students with disability.

Education Leaders

Education leaders

Junior Secondary

Junior secondary

Senior Secondary

Senior secondary

Primary Schools

Primary schools

Education Assistants

Education assistants

Pre-service Teachers

Pre-service teachers

Early Childhood (school)

Early childhood (school)

Early Childhood (prior to school)

Early childhood (prior to school)

NCCD Case Study eLearning

These courses intend to improve and consolidate understanding of the NCCD and its relationship to the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) (1992) and Disability Standards for Education (DSE) (2005).

Primary Schools

Primary schools

Secondary Schools

Secondary schools

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Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

The SCIS blog features a series of lessons in managing your library collection and catalogue. There are seven lessons on a variety of topics.

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Managing Your Library Collection and Catalogue

Lesson 1

I’ve taken over a library. What do I do now?

Lesson 2

Managing your collection – what does your library collect?

Lesson 3

Introduction to cataloguing – unleash your library collection

Lesson 4

Descriptive cataloguing – describing your collection and finding resource information

Lesson 5

Subject cataloguing and authority files – why it is important to keep control

Lesson 6

Organising your collection –classification, Dewey and call numbers

Lesson 7

The value of your library collection – now that I’ve set up my library, what’s next?

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