Category: Learning Technologies

Tips on how to get the best out of your learning technologies.

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H5P – A New Tool for Making iLearn Units More Interactive and Engaging

The H5P plugin for iLearn comes with a huge range of options for interactive content such as interactive videos, presentations, quizzes and other creative activities in iLearn.

/ 25 January, 2018

iLearn Open House – Featuring COMP115

This week we spoke to Dr Gaurav Gupta, who teaches Introduction to Computer Programming.

/ 25 January, 2018
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What Is Innovation Anyway?

An exploration of the ubiquitous concept of innovation, trying to understand why the word can be confusing, misleading and misunderstood.

/ 18 January, 2018
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Just Stay Calm – And Engage Technology

Technology is meant to empower the participants in this teaching-learning dance while maintaining the boundaries between human and machine.

/ 14 December, 2017
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Tech To Amplify Our Shared Humanity: The 5 Rs of ASCILITE 2017

The themes that really stood out during ASCILITE17 were the concepts of simplicity, humanity and connection.

/ 7 December, 2017
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eLearning in Germany Through The Eyes Of A Macquarie University Learning Designer (Part 2)

I recently went on a staff exchange to Germany at Potsdam and Hamburg Universities via the Macquarie International 2017 Staff Exchange program.

/ 7 December, 2017
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Proof of Concept Projects: 2017 Update

Proof of concept projects span University wide and range over several service areas. Here we touch on some of these new and innovative approaches.

/ 6 December, 2017

Bring the world to them

Dr. Lay Peng, unit convenor of MKTG306, thought "what can I do to make the unit more practical?" The answer came to her from the quote, “bring the world to them and take them to the world.”

/ 4 December, 2017
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Looking To Engage Your Students (and everyone else) With Your Research?

Some ideas to package research differently and boost the impact of your research ideas in your teaching practice and beyond.

/ 30 November, 2017