Enhancing the teaching and learning experience using Echo360 Active Learning Platform (ALP)
byDid you know that during 2018 the Echo360 lecture recording platform had over 51,000 lecture recordings and close to 5 million viewings, and that…
educational technologies
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…
Best practice guide for lecture recordings
byStudents with a wide range of disabilities may require access to lecture recordings in order to offset the impacts of their condition. Providing access…
Saving time online (with Canvas)
byCanvas isn’t just easy to use and visually appealing – it has a bunch of features that can help you save time if you…
Our new robot overlords, the future of work, graduate qualities and the redeeming power of education
byThis year’s big media theme is that we human workers will be replaced by robots and AI (Artificial Intelligence). Computers are efficient and unsentimental,…
Digital Writing and the English Classroom
byIn a 2015 report, the Foundation for Young Australians highlighted the importance of enterprise skills, including digital literacy and critical thinking, for navigating a…
Thinking in Canvas: Arc turns videos into two-way learning experiences
byHow do you get the most out of videos in teaching? Arc is a new video platform that will allow you to do so…
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…
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…