Category: Teaching Online
Resources for teaching online.
Resilience, re-imagining and recovery: A virtual CAULLT conference
Presentations (including 2 from MQ) on reimagining assessment in the wake of COVID.
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.
Learning is doing, learning is context
Professor Helen Pask, happy to have students back on campus, outlines how Physics units employ contextual learning for non-Physics majors. She reflects on moving teaching wholly online in session 1: some changes have been short-term but others will continue.
Faculty, department and program level reporting in iLearn insights
iLearn insights can now generate reports on faculty, department and at the program level.
Why is a leaf green? How to change an assessment to an inquiry
A simple question like 'Why is a leaf green?' is a good basis for an internet search, and can be the starting point for an assignment whereby students write a report distinguishing 'good evidence' and 'poor evidence'.
Student engagement and personalised messaging through iLearn Insights
iLearn Insights has seen a surge in usage this year and has been useful for sending personalised messages to students through iLearn.
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.
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.
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'!