Help students engage better with lecture recordings with the trial of speech recognition transcripts
Echo360’s new automatic transcription feature converts lecture recordings into searchable text. Find out more about this feature and how your unit can be part of the trial.
WP LEAP Partnership Engagement Grant Scheme (PEGS)
The Widening Participation Unit is inviting Expressions of Interest for the 2019 LEAP PEGS initiative. The Pro Vice-Chancellor Programs and Pathways has allocated $200,000 of Higher Education Partnerships and Pathways Program (HEPPP) funding to be available for the 2019 LEAP Partnership...
How do we turn moments of racism in the classroom into meaningful moments of learning, for every student present?
We teachers have each faced moments in our face-to-face teaching where we have had to respond quickly to racist assumptions/comments, be these explicit or subtle. We wondered how others teach their way through these moments so ran a campus-wide workshop...
FoHS 2019 L&T Priorities, Plans and Projects
2018 was an exceptionally productive year for the Faculty dominated by the Curriculum Architecture Project. The Faculty Learning and Teaching team would like to thank everyone for their efforts throughout 2018. With January now over, it is time to commit...
HEA Fellowship Program @ MQ now open for 2019 applications
Macquarie’s Advance HE (HEA) Fellowship program is now open for new applications in 2019. HEA Fellowships provide formal recognition of professional practice in higher education teaching and learning support. They are awarded to university teachers and learning professionals who have...
Senior HEA Fellow, Dr Olga Kozar, shares her HEA application story
Olga (in the middle of the photo in the red top) gives an insider's view on what it's like applying for HEA Fellowship here at Macquarie.
What’s new after the iLearn Upgrade
iLearn will be upgraded on the evening of Friday 8 February 2019. There will be a downtime from around 5pm for up to 24 hours. As part of this upgrade there will be a few changes that you needs to...
2019 Session 1 Drop-in Clinic and LIH Workshop Dates
Now that the holiday period is finished and preparations are underway for the beginning of Session 1 for 2019, it is time to start thinking about which Learning Innovation Hub workshops or support services you will use to get your...
Track Student Completion of the Academic Integrity Module and Compare Past Units Using iLearn Insights
iLearn Insights is continuing to add new tools and reports to aid teaching staff in visualising unit information and communicating with students. Over the coming weeks we will be highlighting the new features that are available to all teaching staff. This post will highlight two new features: ...