Month: March 2018

Composite photo of Julie, Tasnim, Laura, Erin

The Hum, Women of Macquarie

This International Women's Day, we randomly asked 4 women what it means to be a women in 2018. Photography by Michael Garganera.

/ 8 March, 2018
traffic light signalling wait

An ‘In-Built’ Urge That Hinders Teaching… And An Easy Way To Fix It

An average person can tolerate only 0.6 seconds of silence mid-sentence. What does that mean for teaching? It's important to allow students enough time to answer questions.

/ 8 March, 2018
Reflective mirrors

Reflection for Learning – The Basics

This post looks at different models of reflection and how to apply reflective tasks in your teaching.

/ 2 March, 2018
Making a list

Pracademics: The Go-To Lesson Plan

This one's for those of you who don't have a go-to basic lesson plan.

/ 1 March, 2018
Academic Senate Meeting - Photo by Chris Stacey

Academic Senate Top 5, February 2018

Including a Senate Member Survey, the Annual Report, policy updates and a presentation from Faculty of Science and Engineering Executive Dean.

/ 1 March, 2018
Amanda Parker. Photo by Mike Catabay for Learning Innovation Hub

New iLearn Tools To Enhance And Streamline Your Unit 

Making use of these time-saving features will free up time to focus on teaching.  

/ 1 March, 2018