BEL+T
Built Environments Learning + Teaching
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.
Events and Opportunities
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Call for Images: Exhibition of Experimental LandingsEvent
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Sessional staff recruitment system open for semester 2, 2022Event
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Online Exams: Workshops and drop-in sessionsEvent
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End Subject Survey (ESS) for 2022 Semester 1Event
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Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (SoTL), and Academic AdvisingEvent
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2022 Special Issue: Fostering connections in higher educationEvent
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Call for Papers: ASCILITE (Distance Education)Event
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Upcoming Technology Enhanced Learning boot campsEvent
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Wednesday 3pm - 5pmInnovatEd project demo presentationsEvent
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Call for Abstracts: AUBEA 2022Event
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Melbourne CSHE Teaching and Learning Summit 2022Event
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Architectural pedagogy and sustainable development goals: Recent practices and experiencesEvent
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HERDSA Webinar: Looking under the QILTEvent
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CFP: ASCA 111th Annual Meeting: IN COMMONSEvent
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Call for Papers: The TAD JournalEvent
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Thursday 12pm - 1pmScholarship of Technology Enhanced Learning (SoTEL)Event
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CFP: AMPS Transformative Teaching conferenceEvent
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Call for Papers: Education and Training for Construction 4.0Event
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Space International Conferences 2022Event
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JAE CFP: Reparations!Event
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Serbian Architectural Journal: Call for PapersEvent
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World Conference on Climate Change & SustainabilityEvent
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ACEN Conference 2022Event
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Spatio-temporal tales conference: Call for papersEvent
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ASA conference: Architectural science and user experienceEvent
News
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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.
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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.
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.


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

ABP Microstudio
Check out BEL+T's guides for recording teaching content in the ABP Microstudio.
Multimedia at Home
Explore our detailed resources designed to help you create a range of multimedia content at home.

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.
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.


Learning Environments Training and Workshops
Learning Environments offers a range of practical and needs-based workshops and resources for University of Melbourne teaching staff.
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.
A core aspect of BEL+T’s mission is to encourage ongoing and potential research on learning and teaching within built environments disciplines.