Category: Teaching Online
Resources for teaching online.
Spotlight on practice – The essentials of online learning: flexibility, genuine care … and a cat – Phil Chappell
Phil Chappell (Linguistics) tells of the importance of showing genuine concern for students and how he redesigned his unit to handle any situation!
A new process to prepare exams
Changes for the November 2020 exam period aim to improve the quality of exams and the student experience.
Discover your Voice: Prepare your voice for online teaching delivery
Vocal and breathing exercises to warm up your voice so you can record effective online teaching materials and ensure you don’t damage your most important instrument!
Discover your online presence: Video series continues – Develop confidence on camera
If you are nervous about recording yourself on camera, then watch this video for some practical tips.
Discover your online presence: Practical tips for presenting on camera
A series of short videos providing practical strategies for improving your online recordings
Get the scoop on what your students think
Reading MQScoop, our University's student blog, is a useful way of reconnecting and reflecting on how our interactions with students shape their experience at Macquarie.
Blended synchronous learning – an example from professional practice
This post shares a few techniques the MQBS Co-op team, the students and I are using to retain interactive discussions and activities in the blended synchronous environment.
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.
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...