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The developments of information system and technologies in health care have increased the demand of good quality nurses. To meet the demand, it is a challenge for higher education in nursing to change their traditional perspective in learning, including individual's development of lecturers in their daily activities. Nursing education institutions are a workplace which provides great human resources and supporting facilities which are ideal for its member to have continuum learning. The method of this study was a case study with observations as the data collection technique. The observation is using the Gosling's peer reviewed model of Peer Observation of Teaching (POT). This study was conducted in the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine, University of the Sunshine Coast QLD Australia. Five themes emerged from this study: the conduct of well planned teaching, the use of constructive learning method, adult learning as an effective way to learn, and the use of reflection in the learning methods. The implementation of prepared teaching and learning, the use of adult learning and constructive learning approaches, reflection and audio visual media as supporting tools are proven to be effective. Peer observation on teaching was planned and designed to gain deeper knowledge on high education teaching practice through observing the peer's teaching practices. The peer participants, which in this context have high qualifications and high quality educational environments, were providing a visual learning for the observer. Through POT, the observer as learner gain new perspectives and knowledge then identified new strategies in teaching.