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…
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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…
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…
Designing assessment tasks for public health teaching – Constructive alignment with learning outcomes and graduate qualities
byDesigning assessment tasks is probably the greatest challenge in curriculum development. Based on Professor David Boud’s criteria proposed in the 1990s, which are still…
Inclusive Culture in Our Teaching: Universal Design in Canvas Event
byProviding high quality education is a matter of social justice, and ‘Universal Design for Learning’ (UDL) is an innovative framework that supports all learners…
Innovative uses of discussion boards for collaboration and community engagement
byOnline discussion boards, whether those that come as part of Blackboard/Canvas or come from an external provider, are a great way to engage your…
Exploring assessment for public health in higher education
byPublic health, as defined by the Encyclopedia of Public Health, is ‘the field of medicine and hygiene dealing with the prevention of disease and…
Launch of the Immersive Learning Laboratory
byJoin the Faculty of Engineering and IT on Thursday 17 August for the launch of the Immersive Learning Laboratory – the largest of its…
Integrated learning: a Faculty/Library Partnership for Embedding Digital Literacy in the Curriculum
byMany of us are aware that embedding the new Graduate Qualities in the curriculum has been going on for some time, even prior to…
2018 Strategic Education Grants: workshop for applicants
byThe Strategic Education Grants program is a competitive scheme to fund educational innovation and targeted curriculum development to deliver enhanced student learning outcomes across the University. The…