All posts by L&T Development

The Learning and Teaching Staff Development team works with staff across the University to ensure they are supported to facilitate quality learning for students. This includes offering professional development, contributing to curriculum and assessment design, recognising and rewarding good practice, supporting peer review of teaching, and leading scholarly reflection. Email professional.learning@mq.edu.au with questions or requests.

Beginning to Teach program hits the mark with participants

One hundred per cent of participants said they would recommend this program to their ‘new to teaching’ colleagues. Here’s why.

/ 23 October, 2020
Multiple choice by Mike Catabay for TECHE

Efficiently create multiple versions of an exam or quiz

The Version Generator tool is ideal for large units where multiple versions of an exam are required, each with different variables in the questions.

/ 16 October, 2020

Spotlight on practice: Just have a go! Navigating expectations and ‘ticking off’ student participation in online learning – Andrew Burke

Andrew Burke (Law) shares how he adapted (but didn’t lower) his expectations around participation and how practice makes perfect – or at least much more comfortable - when it comes to teaching on Zoom.

/ 16 October, 2020
Zara Bending - Photo by Mike Catabay for TECHE

Spotlight on practice: How I teach now – Zara Bending

Zara Bending (Law) talks about the opportunities provided by the move to online learning and how she uses her communication 'superpower'!

/ 1 October, 2020

Zara Bending’s top tools for online learning and teaching

Zara’s pick of the most useful resources she found in the move to all-online learning.

/ 1 October, 2020

Discover your voice: Final video release – Are your virtual students listening?

Techniques to engage students with your audio and video recordings

/ 30 September, 2020

Discover your voice: Tips on portraying confidence in your teaching voice

Combat performance anxiety and make voice speed, projection, diction and inflection work for you.

/ 30 September, 2020

Three ways to enhance academic integrity in your unit

The rapid move to online learning has left many students increasingly vulnerable to contract cheating companies. Here are three ways to deal with it.

/ 28 September, 2020

Introducing PLaCE: the framework for learning and teaching staff development

The Professional Learning and Capability Enhancement (PLaCE) framework sets out the capabilities for the professional practice of teaching and teaching support at Macquarie.

/ 24 September, 2020