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Responsibilities

Your Deakin study program relies on continuous co-operation between staff at both Deakin University and the offshore teaching partner institution (local staff). The following list is a guide for you to understand how the co-operative work is administered and what you can expect from various operations.

Deakin unit chair

Unit chairs are expected to:

• Prepare unit materials which are relevant to all student cohorts and contain examples which are applicable in the offshore context.
• Ensure local teaching staff fully understand the learning outcomes, concepts and assessment requirements of the unit and are provided with appropriate materials and other support.
• Provide guidance on the format of lectures/tutorials or instruct the local teaching staff member to prepare their own teaching program.
• Maintain regular contact with local teaching staff via email. Voice or video links may also be appropriate from time to time if communication difficulties are being experienced.
• Ensure local teaching staff are kept in the loop with all communication with students.
• Respond to general student queries via the local teaching staff member who can then convey the information to all students.
• Set all assessments and mark or moderate assignments (in accordance with the agreement). If marking assignments, return student work and provide timely feedback. If marking is completed by local teaching staff, provide a marking scheme and moderate assignment results.
• Set all examinations, establish the assessment processes and mark all examinations.
• Ensure via DSO that all student cohorts have the same access to teaching materials and resources.
• Inform the relevant academic leader or operations manager of any issues relating to delivery of the unit. For example, lack of response or problems experienced by students with local teaching staff, difficulties with communication in English, inadequate prerequisite knowledge.
• Undertake a teaching visit to the offshore teaching partner as required.

Local teaching staff

Local teaching staff are expected to:

• Receive instruction from the unit chair on delivery of the unit and gain an understanding of the learning objectives, concepts and assessment requirements.
• Provide face to face teaching in accordance with the number of contact hours outlined in the agreement and following guidelines from the unit chair.
• Be the first point of contact for students and refer any issues to the unit chair.
• Maintain regular contact with the unit chair and communicate any problems immediately.
• Mark assignments (if applicable) using a marking scheme provided by the unit chair and provide timely feedback to students. Provide assignments for moderation by the unit chair.
• Provide feedback to the unit chair on the teaching materials and relevance of examples in the local context.
• Inform the central office of any problems relating to unit delivery.

Your rights and responsibilities

The Deakin University Student Charter ensures that students are aware of their rights and responsibilities as a student member of Deakin University and that Deakin's values of high standards in scholarship, teaching and research, the active pursuit of equity and social responsibility, good corporate citizenship and the maintenance of a positive environment in which to work and study are met.

You can view the Student Charter by accessing the following website:

www.deakin.edu.au/TheDeakinGuide/ or www.deakin.edu.au/handbook/