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.

Resilience, re-imagining and recovery: A virtual CAULLT conference

Presentations (including 2 from MQ) on reimagining assessment in the wake of COVID.

/ 5 November, 2020

A community of practice for teaching and leadership

An invitation to join a network for the Teaching and Leadership job family.

/ 4 November, 2020
Dr Janet Dutton 2020

Spotlight on practice: How I teach now – Janet Dutton

Janet Dutton (Education) on how she and her teaching team work to model best practice in online learning for her Master of Teaching students.

/ 2 November, 2020

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