Creativity and Innovation in Learning and Teaching

To participate in this course, participants must have access to Microsoft 365 (M365) and be the owner of a Microsoft Class Team. Access to Copilot CDP is preferable. If participants do not have immediate access to a class team, they must contact their IT department to arrange for setup and access. Ensuring these prerequisites are met is essential for engaging fully with the course content and achieving the learning outcomes.

This course is delivered at a post graduate level. 

This course also requires you to attend and participate in a 3 day intensive, either face-to-face at Curtin in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, or online*. For more information click on the About your 3 day intensive - face-to-face or online tab below for more information.

*If you are unable to attend face-to-face due to your location, please contact us  at AICP@curtin.edu.au to arrange online access.

This credential is designed for secondary-school teachers wanting to enhance their digital literacy skills and experiment with new educational technologies.

By completing this credential you will learn to:

• Apply creative problem solving, critical thinking and research skills to develop a teaching and learning project that leverages innovative educational technologies.
• Identify and apply appropriate constructivist pedagogies to the context of one’s own teaching practice.
• Develop unit learning and teaching approaches that integrate project-based learning and authentic assessment methodologies as appropriate into one or more strands, sub-strands or threads of a subject.
• Synthesise appropriate design thinking methodologies and entrepreneurial pedagogies in alignment with the Australian Curriculum, within in the context of a single subject to create an engaging learning experience for students.
• Create an integrated digital presentation to communicate the key elements of the learning and teaching project to the learning community.
• Critically reflect upon the learning and teaching journey resulting from the credential and consider its impact and potential upon one’s own teaching practice.

Assessment

To successfully complete this credential, you are required to pass a final assessment. To demonstrate what you have learned, you will present your Learning and Teaching Project at the final showcase event.

The 3 day intensive will include a series of workshops, a collaborative session, and a personalised consultation. In 2026, learner projects will be showcased in an exhibition, where you will present your work.

Once you successfully complete and pass the final assessment, you'll earn digital badges that are instantly shareable to your social networks (including LinkedIn) which showcases your new skills and knowledge mastery.

Extend

This credential allows you to acquire intermediate knowledge and skills in a discipline. This credential usually requires you to have some related prior learning or experience.

Microsoft Advanced Educator

Participants will be accredited with the Microsoft Advanced Educator Badge (Master Teams for any learning environment & 21st Century Learning Design) at the completion of this course. To obtain this Badge, participants will explore and utilise Microsoft Teams supported by other M365 apps to create an inclusive and accessible learning environment. Opportunities for development of the 21st century Skills of collaboration, self-regulation, skilled communication, problem solving, knowledge construction and the use of ICT for learning will be facilitated through the inclusion of appropriate design thinking methodologies and entrepreneurial pedagogies in the unit of work designed and delivered as part of this course.

You will also earn 25 credit points upon successful completion of the Creativity and Innovation in Learning and Teaching microcredential. You will be able to apply for Credit for Recognised Learning (see CRL procedures: https://www.curtin.edu.au/study/applying/credit-recognised-learning/apply/) in the Master of Education degree for the unit: EDUC6052 Emerging Technologies and the Future of Education, which is equivalent to 25 credit points. The Master of Education degree is 200 credit points and 25 credit points is the equivalent of 12.5% of the Master of Education.

Credit is awarded in line with Australian Qualification Framework Level 8 criteria, ensuring comprehensive theoretical and/or technical knowledge of the credential. 100 credit points are required to earn a Graduate Certificate at Curtin.

Curtin Credentials focus on five themes, which have been carefully curated based on what's most relevant and valuable to professionals today, and in the future. This credential fits within the following theme:

Digital Mindset

Embrace advances in digital technology, explore how it impacts our lives and learn how digital practices can optimise your business.

Innovation

Unleash your inner entrepreneur and blend your creativity and problem-solving skills to create valuable new products and services.

For more information about this Curtin Credentials, email us at AICP@curtin.edu.au.