Bill Ashraf

MQ HEA Program’s First Principal Fellow – Associate Professor Bill Ashraf

I sat down with Bill Ashraf, the first person to be awarded a Principal Fellowship in MQ's HEA Program. He talks about the application process, the importance of regular reflection and documentation of your progress, about digital innovation, his leadership...

/ 6 June, 2018
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Actions To Take Now To Prepare for Session 2

With just 7 weeks until the start of Session 2, here's a comprehensive Learning Technologies related checklist to help you prepare.

/ 6 June, 2018

Considerations For Transferring Face-To-Face Activities Online

How to do you modify tried and tested face-to-face activities for the online environment? Dr. Kim Wilson shares her experience.

/ 6 June, 2018
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FBE’s Operation Excel – from MOOCs to ModelOff

To raise awareness and the literacy level of Excel use, FBE embarked on a campaign which included the Excel for Business specialisation on Coursera and the Macquarie ModelOff Competition in the new Financial Decision Lab.

/ 1 June, 2018

The Agility of Active Learning

You don’t need to be in an active learning space or use fancy equipment for active learning to occur. The opposite of passive learning, it is about engagement, ownership, participation, and authenticity and it should be at the heart of...

/ 31 May, 2018

Requesting And Managing Requests To View Turnitin Papers

Are you ever marking a paper that has a similarity overlap with another paper? Or have you ever received an email from someone else wanting to view a paper submitted to your unit? Here's some guidance on what to do.

/ 31 May, 2018

What’s the FoHS Process For Session 1 Exam Reporting?

An overview of the main need to know's for Faculty of Human Sciences S1 Exam results reporting.

/ 30 May, 2018

What Goes In A Unit Guide? What Goes In Your iLearn Unit?

A do's and don't list of what goes in your unit guide and what goes in your iLearn unit.

/ 30 May, 2018
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Learner-Generated Digital Media: Fostering Prosumers In The Post-Truth World

A sneak peak into the Archaeology of Death & Burial (ADB-TV) Project team's exploration of three arguments advocating for bringing digital media into curriculum, assessment and learning activities – inspired and funded by the Professional Digital Competencies project.

/ 25 May, 2018