Month: August 2020

Spotlight on practice: Beating the COVID blues and teaching online – John Knox

His students consider him a 'knowledge master' when it comes to helping them learn online. Here, John Knox (Linguistics) shares his thoughts on what works for him when teaching online.

/ 24 August, 2020

Learning design that fosters student engagement and autonomy

Leveraging the affordances of technology readily available in iLearn, a team of Convenors and Lecturers on a Linguistics Unit, developed a series of tasks to simulate the face-to-face experience of micro-teaching. The learning design changes had numerous positive outcomes, including...

/ 20 August, 2020
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Focus in the Zoom Room

The English Language Centre developed guidelines to promote connection and community when using Zoom with their international students.

/ 19 August, 2020
DFAT Briefing in Canberra

Is there an undiscovered global leader in your classroom?

With a focus on cross-cultural understanding, leadership, international issues, innovation, and entrepreneurship, the Global Leadership Program provides students with the knowledge, skills and networks they’ll need to advance in their professional and personal lives.

/ 18 August, 2020
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Learning and Teaching Podcast Discussion Club

The Learning and Teaching Podcast Discussion Club is like a book club... but with podcasts!

/ 17 August, 2020

iLearn Drop-in Clinic: S2 Recap

The iLearn Drop-in clinic has been revised this year by going fully online on Zoom and has been met with great success.

/ 10 August, 2020

Presentation: Using Blended Synchronous Learning approaches to simultaneously teach remote and face-to-face students

Presenting an integrated framework for teaching in blended synchronous learning environments

/ 7 August, 2020

Beginning to Teach (BTT) Program – Expressions of interest are now open

This new 12-hour program, commencing on 17 August, is designed to develop the teaching capability of those with limited or no experience of teaching.

/ 3 August, 2020