Models of Engagement

Models of engagement: bringing the Education Strategy Vision 2030 (ESV) to life.

Scalable, sustainable learning and teaching models that define how our students engage with and experience their learning.

Why are they important?

They provide a shared understanding of the holistic student experience that Charles Sturt aims to deliver. This includes defining the kind of learning experience we want our students to have.

Key benefits include:

  • A cohesive, high-quality value proposition consistently articulated across all portfolios, divisions, and services.
  • Enhanced institutional efficiency through a coordinated, strategic teaching model.
  • Improved financial efficiency.

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Key features:

  • Asynchronous (with optional synchronous teaching and learning, including intensives).
  • Learning is engaging, maintaining online learning design standards.
  • Academic engagement is scheduled and dynamic.

Value proposition

Study with us, and we will fit around you and your lifestyle.

Unique Signature Pedagogies

  • Curated high-quality content and learning resources in a vibrant and flexible learning environment.
  • Staff to student ratio 1:30.

Level/Course types

  • Higher degree by research (HDRs)
  • Post-graduate (PG)

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Key features

High engagement, personalised and dynamic teaching within vibrant learning precincts.

Value proposition

Come to our regional campuses where we will look after you, you will make great friends, and you will gain the skills to start the career you want.

Unique Signature Pedagogies

  • High engagement, personalised and dynamic teaching.
  • Vibrant learning precincts.

Level/Course types

  • Undergraduate (UG)
  • Higher degree by research (HDRs)

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Charles Sturt flexible teaching model

Key features

  • Synchronous, supported by asynchronous, online delivery with face-to-face teaching and learning via intensives.
  • Intensive blocks are scheduled in advance, are interdisciplinary in nature and high value experiences.
  • Online learning is engaging, maintaining online learning design standards.

Value proposition

  • Designed to accommodate the types of students we attract and enable them to meet their other commitments.
  • Unique Signature Pedagogies.
  • High engagement, personalised and dynamic teaching.
  • Vibrant learning precincts.
  • Curated, high quality content and learning resources in a vibrant and flexible learning environment.
  • Staff to student ratio 1:30 when learning online

Level/Course types

  • Undergraduate (UG)
  • Post-graduate (PG)

Charles Sturt Connected teaching model

Key features

  • ​Fully face-to-face (f2f) first year with progressively reducing f2f commitment over subsequent years. ​
  • Any nearby campus is available for support.​
  • All on-campus experiences are high engagement, personalised and dynamic within vibrant learning precincts in a compressed timetable.​
  • Online experiences are asynchronous (with optional synchronous teaching and learning, including intensives)

Value proposition​

Designed to accommodate the types of students we attract and enable them to meet their other commitments.

Unique Signature Pedagogies​

  • High engagement, personalised and dynamic teaching​.
  • Vibrant learning precincts​.
  • Curated, high quality content and learning resources in a vibrant and flexible learning environment​.
  • Staff to student ratio 1:30 when learning online.

Level/Course types​

  • Undergraduate (UG)​
  • Post-graduate (PG)