Taught by experts

You don’t need to be sitting in a classroom to have access to some of Swinburne’s best university tutors.

Swinburne Online’s team of academic professionals is dedicated to making your online study experience simple and rewarding. Each unit you’re enrolled in is facilitated by a tutor we refer to as an Online Learning Advisor.

Each Online Learning Advisor (also known as an OLA) is an industry specialist; a subject matter expert with extensive professional experience in their field, who has been specially trained for teaching in online environments.

Many still work in the field they teach in, providing you with a great source of knowledge and experience.

One-on-one guidance

Online Learning Advisors are your primary source of one-on-one academic support. They will guide you through your course and post weekly activities to help you learn the unit content and provide assistance, feedback and support throughout your studies.

Our OLAs are never more than an email away.

Dedicated tutors

Swinburne Online students describe the guidance and support they have received from their OLAs:

helping with assessments and revision
providing one-on-one support for every unit
applying the learning materials to real world situations
facilitating and responding to discussion boards.

Online Learning Advisors

Our Online Learning Advisors (also known as OLAs) will guide you through your course, including all academic content, learning activities, assessments and professional feedback on your achievements.

Our OLAs live across Australia and the world and are never more than one mouse click away.

The support you need

We’re here to make studying online as simple as possible for you. Not only do we have the right tools and support teams to promptly answer your academic questions or help you through technical problems – we have people who care about your success.

For more information, contact our friendly Course Advisors to get you started on your online study journey today.

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How can I get in touch with other students?

You can communicate with students using the discussion boards within your student portal, or via CONNECT, Swinburne Online’s very own social networking site. CONNECT is much like an online student lounge, where you can chat with students from across the whole of Swinburne Online. From discussing your course, reflecting on student life, creating face-to-face study groups with students in your local area and even networking for your future, CONNECT is your networking haven.

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Do you offer online support, or will I need to figure it all out myself?

We have a whole variety of support options available to students seven days a week, so no one is ever left feeling alone. For students studying a degree with us, your small online class of 20-24 students is run by a dedicated online tutor (Online Learning Advisor), who will always be happy to respond to your questions. Our Student Advisors (SAs) are a team of academic/technical and administrative specialists who can be contacted seven days a week. They can help with issues from advice on assignments to problems with logging in to the Student Portal. We also have online assessment support options that will cater to a range of academic needs. To find out more about our university support options, visit the student support page on our website.

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Where can I get assessment support?

Aside from the Student Advisors, we offer independent assessment feedback via the Alvie Assignment Feedback Tool. Alvie Assignment Feedback Tool is an AI-powered tool to refine your draft before submission — you can find the tool in the left-hand side internal menu in the Student Hub. The Alvie Assignment Feedback Tool offers feedback on grammar and punctuation, arguments, structure and flow, as well as referencing. Alvie can provide detailed, actionable feedback for a wide range of written assignments, including essays, reports, case studies, literature reviews, and reflective journals. As a Swinburne Online student, you will also have access to assessment support in Canvas – your online learning environment. A dynamic live chat means you can find out who else is online at the same time as you and ask other students questions. There is also a discussion board where you can post questions that will be answered by a pool of industry trained teachers, waiting to help you.