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Ten Easy Ways To Put Research And Inquiry Into Units (1/10)

This series of posts presents ten simple ways you can adjust your units, or parts of your units, to develop students’ research skills and competencies, which you can adapt to suit your particular context. Sometimes simply knowing where to start is the difficult...

/ 25 May, 2017
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Spotlight on giving and receiving feedback

Feedback is only efficient, however, if it’s communicated and presented appropriately.

/ 16 May, 2017

iLearn. Sigh. #justaskbev

I want to be able to create a range of groups and apply them to multiple activities and assessments. Can you help me figure it out?

/ 4 May, 2017
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Meet the Educational Media Producers

Looking for help with producing media? Educational Media Producers in the Learning Innovation Hub (LIH) can offer fresh perspectives and specialist techniques in creating educational media resources to enhance online learning experiences at Macquarie.

/ 27 April, 2017
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Have you heard the buzz about the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals?

The SDGs aka the Sustainable Development Goals are becoming big news for business, industry, government and education. Why is this a big deal?

/ 26 April, 2017

iLearn. Sigh. #justaskbev

Is there a way the iLearn Gradebook can only show letter grades to students even though I'm marking with numerical values?

/ 19 April, 2017
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Communicating Assessment Requirements To Students

Macquarie University expects its teaching staff and students to be familiar with its assessment policy. Here are 7 points of the policy you need to know, follow and communicate to your students. Assessment is standards-based. The policy suggests you should provide...

/ 12 April, 2017
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Get iLearn Savvy Anywhere, Anytime

Don’t have time to attend an iLearn training workshop?  Look no further, Discover iLearn, the online training unit for convenors is here to help! This new and improved online training unit is available anywhere, anytime and will provide you with an...

/ 5 April, 2017
David and Robert from MMCCS filming on location during the first Pathways program 2017. Photo by Mike Catabay

Media Students Wow Academics

This post deserves a second title: How to create great videos and train students for a real job!

/ 30 March, 2017