How2MCQ – Tips for efficiently writing meaningful automarkable questions
byCommonly held beliefs about multiple choice questions and other question types that can be marked by a computer are that they can only really…
September, 2017
Upcoming seminars on Indigenous, Maori and Pasifika students’ experiences of higher education
byThere are two Widening Participation Network seminars coming up on 12 and 13 October 2017. Indigenous students’ experiences of higher education: rippling stories of…
Enhancing your Canvas designs: Using flexboxes, pad boxes and Feedwind to enhance your Canvas sites
byOver the past few months, I have used the University’s new learning management system, Canvas, to build several sites. These include an OLE, a…
Coming Soon: An Institution-Wide Curriculum Mapping System and Unit Outline Template
byFor the first time, the University will have an enterprise curriculum mapping software system across the institution, along with a new unit of study…
Surviving EdTech’s spin cycle without losing your mind.
byFrom the early mechanical teaching machines of Sidney Pressey (1926) and B. F. Skinner (1953) through to the current spate of apps, games, VR…
The dos and don’ts in online posting spaces
byWe often assume our students are “digital natives” and are familiar with the social conventions of online discussion – but this is not necessarily…
The Lesson as a Work of Art
byThe German philosopher Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) said of the work of art, that it is a “setting-forth of earth” and the “setting-up of a…
Designing Effective Educational Videos
byWhen it comes down to it, as an educational designer I am concerned with the creation of meaningful teaching resources guided by the theory…