Category: Teaching Practice
Discussions around teaching practice.
Design, Develop, Implement (DDI)
What is DDI? As universities seek to refresh their courses in order to deliver a curriculum that is responsive to the evolving nature and needs of the community, the process of curriculum renewal itself has become an increasingly researched topic. One such methodology for curriculum renewal – Design, Develop, Implement...
Macquarie HEA Fellowship program now open for mid-2019 application
Macquarie educators interested in having their professional practice in higher education teaching, learning support, and leadership recognised, can now register to apply for HEA Fellowship.
Connecting teaching and research through applied and engaged PACE units: A look at ECON381
In the current ERA environment, finding ways to engage with end-users of research is a challenge faced by all academics. ECON381 is a PACE and capstone unit that provides opportunities to connect directly with end-users of research while contributing to...
Video based assessment in non-media subjects
Video based assessment is being used in a variety of ways across Macquarie. Check out the summary of this presentation from the Festival of Assessment on the topic.
Updates to iLearn Insights as a result of your feedback
Check out these great tools in iLearn Insights that help educators engage students and keep track of how students are going.
Transferable Skills for EMCRs: workshop registrations now open
Early and mid-career researchers interested in gaining key skills that will help them build successful careers are invited to join the Transferable Skills Toolkit workshops.
Passport to global employment: Preparing students for online interviews in a foreign language
Many of our students will enter an international job market in which video interviews and resumes are becoming increasingly common. To help our students to apply for jobs and internships internationally, we trialled a project preparing our students for video...
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