Learning & Teaching Week continues the practice-oriented approach of Subject Week of the past few years. The focus this year will be on Inclusive Teaching Practice, and the message is that inclusive teaching practices benefit all students. Click here to view the program pdf, and here to register.
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The annual ASCILITE conference is the main event for anyone interested in the use of learning technologies in higher education. This year’s is hosted by the University of Sydney, 4-7 December. A workshop for those interested in presenting will be held this Wednesday, 13 April, 1-2pm.
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Thursday 7 April 2pm-3pm: celebrating the 2021 winners of the Vice Chancellor’s Education Awards. We will hear all about the prize winners’ teaching innovations, what to consider when developing an application, and suggestions for getting started on a successful application of your own.
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February is packed with Ed Services workshops to help you prepare for semester one, including how to set up your LMS, introductions to Pebblepad and H5P, teaching in hybrid and online settings, and the ‘Introduction to teaching at La Trobe’ seminar for those new to La Trobe.
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Congratulations to Jabed Chowdhury (Computer Science & IT) on receiving a D2L/ASCILITE grant to continue his work on gamification in Cyber Security teaching. D2L and ASCILITE jointly provide funding of up to $10,000 per year to support research projects in the field of technology-enhanced learning.
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Congratulations to Birgit Loch and her team for winning the best concise paper award at ASCILITE earlier this week for their paper ‘Building a culture of innovation in learning and teaching technologies through an innovators group’, outlining the achievements of the SHE Innovators Group.
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In 2020 Jabed Chowdhury was awarded a small L&T grant from the College of SHE. His project, Capture the Flag, uses gamification to teach cybersecurity students to find security holes (flags) in a vulnerable machine. The student/team with the highest number of flags wins.
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Jason Buccheri and Richard Summers gave a presentation at a recent Innovators meeting on how they have been facilitating Pharmacy classes for students who are either physically present or attending via Zoom. They outline what it took to achieve some hard-won successes in interaction and engagement.
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Katherine Seaton, formerly from Maths & Stats and now an adjunct at La Trobe, has developed a new TEQSA resource to support the fight against contract cheating, aimed particularly at symbol and logic-based disciplines such as Mathematics. The guide includes a checklist for investigators.
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PD events for November, presented by Ed Services, include how to demonstrate impact for promotions, awards and HEA Fellowship applications, how to go about internal moderation, an EdTech showcase of key innovations, as well as Introduction to Teaching at La Trobe sessions.
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