Making relationship-rich experiences the heart of higher education
byStudents crave personal connections with their teachers and with each other. Even with shifts to more online and blended delivery of content, it is…
Teaching research
Small is beautiful: The use of single-case design for measuring response to innovation in teaching
byAs if having a good idea and implementing it into your teaching isn’t challenging enough, you will also often be asked how you can…
Interactive lectures – as easy as M-C-Q
byClassroom response systems, sometimes called ‘clickers’, have been used in secondary and higher education for many years. They can be invaluable, especially in large…
Rethinking Assessment in Higher Education
byOne of the key goals of the University Strategic Plan for 2016-2020 is to deliver a unique learning experience. Assessment, although may not be…
Integrating Text and Data Mining into a History Course
byThis article was authored by Mathew Toll and Marco Duranti. Being introduced to conventional statistical programs can be daunting for students put off by…
Building student capacity through educational technologies – reports from ASCILITE 2018
byASCILITE 2018 was held at Deakin University from 25-28 November 2018. The annual ASCILITE conference brings together academics, developers, researchers, and technologists from around…
When intuition is not enough
byIn this extended piece for Teaching@Sydney, Jessica Frawley makes the case for scholarly approaches to teaching and learning. This month The Guardian’s Academics Anonymous (higher ed’s go-to…
Multimodal assessment – what, why and how?
byAll acts of communication are inevitably ‘multimodal’, in that all communication acts are a combination of modes. In written texts, the use of different…
Using video in your Canvas site – best practice
byMany teachers are starting to use video to enhance students’ learning experience. With video tipped to consume over 80% of all global internet traffic…
Instagram & Disrupt
byMobile devices and social media have often received a bad rap in education. They are often seen as being disruptive or distracting. This year,…