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The Built Environments Learning + Teaching (BEL+T) group works with staff and students of the Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning to improve teaching quality and student engagement. Our work is underpinned by research into best practice contemporary built environment pedagogy.

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Events and Opportunities

  • 9 May 202312 June 2023
    Call for Submissions: The Plan Journal "AI Time"
    Event
  • 25 May 202312 June 2023
    Call for Abstracts: AHRA International Conference
    Event
  • 2 June 202314 July 2023
    Call for Applications for the 2023 Learning and Teaching Initiatives
    Event
  • 7 June 202316 June 2023
    ASCILITE call for educational technology and practice exemplars
    Event
  • 14 June 2023
    Call for Abstracts: ACSA Conference 2024
    Event
  • 19 June 20233 July 2023
    MCSHE: Learning Design Studio Workshops for LTI proposal development
    Event
  • Monday 19 June 2023 5:30pm - 7pm
    In Conversation with StarSpace: Is Artistic Co-creation Really Possible With AI?
    Event
  • 25 June 202323 October 2023
    Call for papers on Sustainability in Education
    Event
  • 2 July 2023
    Call for Papers now open for ASCILITE 2023
    Event
  • 4 July 20237 July 2023
    HERDSA 2023 Conference
    Event
  • 15 July 2023
    Decolonising Spatial Theories, Pedagogies & Practices
    Event
  • 26 July 202327 July 2023
    TEQSA Masterclass: Contract cheating detection and deterrence
    Event
  • 31 August 2023
    CFP for Construction Innovation: Health and well-being in construction
    Event
  • 15 November 202317 November 2023
    Equity Recovery - Higher Education In The Post-Pandemic Era
    Event

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  • Contact Us

    Get into contact with a BEL+T team member here. BEL+T is always excited to provide support to improve teaching quality and student engagement.

  • Frequently Asked Questions

    Teaching in built environments education is both exciting and challenging. Find a list of answers to common questions here.

Our students come to the University of Melbourne to learn skills and knowledge that they will contribute to built environments all over the world. Great learning experiences are the start of their engagement with these possibilities, and great teaching supports that development.

BEL+T DIAgram

Informed by scholarship and our ongoing engagement with built environments pedagogy, BEL+T developed a relational learning design framework. Discover teaching strategies targeted at the various elements of the DIAgram.

View the BEL+T diagram

Pedagogical Practices

Teaching and learning in a built environments discipline include certain challenges associated with our distinctive pedagogical practices. We offer resources and guidance to help you develop quality approaches in this educational context, including online and hybrid environments.

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Guidance on ESS Questions

The End Subject Survey seeks students’ perceptions of their learning experiences in subjects taught at the University of Melbourne. BEL+T has developed a set of descriptors and tactics for you to consider for subject development.

Read more about ESS guidelines

  • Celebrate your Teaching

Detailed guides and resources that can help you leverage digital technologies to enhance teaching and learning.

  • Canvas

    BEL+T's extensive guides to assist you in organising and maintaining Canvas sites.

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  • Learning Technologies

    Compare common learning tools using our informative table.

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  • Virtual Site Visits

    BEL+T guides to help you develop a variety of virtual site visits.

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ABP Microstudio

Check out BEL+T's guides for recording teaching content in the ABP Microstudio.

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Multimedia at Home

Explore our detailed resources designed to help you create a range of multimedia content at home.

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Explore a wide range of workshops, professional development programs and resources directed towards supporting learning and teaching at the University of Melbourne.

BEL+T Workshops

BEL+T workshops investigate key learning and teaching issues with ABP staff.  Find out more about upcoming and past workshops.

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ABP Teaching Community

The ABP Teaching Community is an online professional development space facilitated by the BEL+T team. Enroll here to access workshop resources.

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Learning Environments Training and Workshops

Learning Environments offers a range of practical and needs-based workshops and resources for University of Melbourne teaching staff.

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The links on this page offer help to a sessional tutor setting up at the beginning of the role, or the beginning of a new semester. This information and links to more resources focus on practical issues, like access to facilities and getting paid.

ABP Covid-Safe Teaching

  • Getting Set Up

    Resources and guidance to help you get set up at ABP.

  • Getting Paid

    Information and resources for getting paid at ABP.

  • Getting Access (Space + Facilities)

    Information about the various facilities and maker spaces in the ABP Faculty.

  • Getting Help (Wellbeing + Support)

    Various links and resources to wellbeing and support in the ABP faculty.

  • Getting Connected

    Learn how to get connected at ABP.

  • Getting Around

    Learn how to get to, and navigate around, the University of Melbourne

BEL+T undertakes and promotes good research on learning and teaching for built environment disciplines.  Current research questions and interests, as well as some recent projects and scholarship are included here.  You can also find out about our research collaborations.

Explore how BEL+T can support your research

  • Learning Design

    What approaches or models can support student learning and experiences? What does this mean for teaching practices in built environment disciplines?

  • Design Teaching Practices

    What can emerging practises tell us about the changing nature of design education? What is needed next?

  • Assessment + Feedback

    What is unique about assessment and feedback in built environments disciplines? How might it support student learning more effectively?

  • Student Identity + Agency

    How can we empower students to shape their own identities and exercise agency in their learning experience?

  • Supportive Learning Environments

    How can built environment educators foster supportive learning environments and promote student wellbeing more effectively?

  • Employability + Connection to Industry

    How do built environment graduates' skills relate to industry needs and expectations? How might academic settings promote these more effectively?

  • Site and Place for Built Environments Learning

    What makes a good site visit, and how are they best designed?

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