Teaching with Zoom Webinars
byWith large class teaching going ahead in the online format some of us are considering Zoom ‘webinars’ as the tool of choice for live…
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Provide easy, efficient, and personalised feedback to your students
byThe SRES is an online tool developed by staff here at the University of Sydney that has helped hundreds of teachers provide large-scale personalised…
(Don’t) Make Me Think
byDuring the year 2000, in the height of the dot-com bubble, Steve Krug’s slim and conversational book Don’t Make Me Think burst onto the scene. Neither the first nor the…
Why design matters when keeping students’ attention online
byWeb and interaction design has had a long history of making difficult and complicated systems usable. When tech is easy we use words like ‘intuitive’,…
Tour open Canvas sites from the University and get ready for Thinking in Canvas
byOver 70 physical classroom doors are being flung open across the University during the Week 4 // Open Door event. As more and more…
Improving Student Engagement and Preparation: The successful implementation of an EI grant
byProfessor Hans Zoellner and Dr Babak Sarrafpour from the School of Dentistry were recipients of an Educational Innovation grant this year to improve student…
What I learnt as an online student – 7 tips for teachers
byAfter 17 years as an educational designer I became an online student. Here is what I learnt. I first started working as an educational…
Successful Law eLearning showcase
byThis July, the Sydney Law School presented their new strategies and technologies for enhancing learning at the Law eLearning Showcase, most notably through the…
#edTech talks – Flipping and Personalising Learning
byJoin us on 22nd July for the next #edtech talks with Mark McEntee and Melanie Keep from the Faculty of Health Sciences. Mark will talk about…
EdTech News: Lecture recording and a change to how student names appear in the LMS
byThere are some small changes to lecture recording and the LMS for semester 2. First, if there are two screens in your lecture theatre, you…