Open your classroom and discover someone else’s
Open Door is a University-wide event designed to enable all staff to observe, connect and learn from teaching colleagues. It’s part of the University’s Strategic…
Building student capacity through educational technologies – reports from ASCILITE 2018
ASCILITE 2018 was held at Deakin University from 25-28 November 2018. The annual ASCILITE conference brings together academics, developers, researchers, and technologists from around…
What happened at Week 4 // Open Door?
Run from 27 until 31 March, Week 4 // Open Door is a University-wide event designed to enable all staff to see how others…
New learning management system announced
The University has signed a contract for our new Learning Management System (LMS), called Canvas, which will be rolled out over 2017 and 2018….
Engage your students with Track & Connect
Do you coordinate a large, first-year undergraduate or postgraduate unit? The Track & Connect program, a proactive retention strategy designed to increase student engagement…
Small changes in teaching: the last 5 minutes of class
In a series of articles in The Chronicle from his book “Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons From the Science of Learning“, James M. Lang presents simple and practical…
Ensuring your teaching resources are accessible to the widest possible audience
The April issue of Teaching@Sydney outlined some simple ways in which tools such as Word or Powerpoint can be used to ensure that teaching resources are accessible to…
#EdTech Talks: Student-generated digital media with Susan Coulson
August’s #edtech talk will be by Susan Coulson on student-generated blended digital media for assessment. Susan will speak about how integrating different media forms…
Reimagine Education Awards 2016
Are you involved in a project or initiative which is innovative, scalable and re-thinks pedagogical approaches for today’s learners and tomorrow’s leaders, entrepreneurs and…
HERDSA 2016: Best paper prize
Dr Kate Thomson (Faculty of Health Sciences), Dr Jen Scott Curwood (Faculty of Education and Social Work) and Associate Professor Martin Tomitsch (Faculty of Architecture,…