Friends, it was another banner year for the coffee courses, and it was all thanks to you, our dear readers! Here’s a quick look at what happened in 2019, a peek into 2020 courses, and a special thank you to our team and contributors this year. Snapshot of 2019 By […]
In this final post for the course, we will share some advanced Twitter skills, and invite you to think through your own use of Twitter for your teaching. We encourage everyone to join the conversation on Twitter itself, which is full of great discussions from ANU and beyond. Check out […]
Post by Rebecca Goodway, Swinburne University of Technology (@rebeccagoodway) By now we may have sold you on the benefits of Twitter for teaching. However, in order to really harness the affordances of Twitter there are some practical considerations you may want to think about in light of your course or […]
In today’s post, we’ll expand on some of the pedagogical approaches that can be supported by using social media platforms like Twitter. We’ll present several case studies demonstrating how you might incorporate Twitter into a course, and invite you to consider the challenges or benefits for applying these to your […]
Written by Rebecca Goodway, Swinburne University of Technology Twitter 101 – What is Twitter? Twitter is a social media platform and micro-blogging site which has 126 million daily users. Because Twitter is an open platform it provides unique opportunities for teaching and learning, such as engaging students online, building community […]
Once you’ve decided that there is an app or tool out there that would be ideal for your course, there are a range of critical issues that need to be considered, which we will explore in detail today and tomorrow. These general principles should apply no matter what you are […]
Introduction There are a bewildering array of options you might use when choosing a technology for your teaching practice, either within the offerings available from your university’s learning management system or externally, using services, apps, or platforms available through the web. This course will help you critically evaluate the options […]
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Post by guest author Meredith Hinze from the University of Melbourne. Today, we reframe our focus onto the activity based learning models and approaches that suit active learning environments. We will also consider how to design for active learning and “activate” learning when you’ve been timetabled in a standard classroom. […]
Post by Meredith Hinze (University of Melbourne) and Katie Freund After considering the affordances of spaces, let’s look specifically at the “active learning” spaces which are appearing at more and more universities to see exactly how and why they are different. A shift in pedagogy Active learning has increasingly become […]