Peter and Mark using Youtube Live with Google Docs
Using Hangouts for a live tutorial, but with a combination of bandwidth and user inexperience in handling bandwidth limitations, it ended in disappointment.
View ArticleChat is where it’s at
I recently went travelling to a wonderful and remote part of Indonesia called Ternate. As outsiders we were a relative novelty and over a week said yes to hundreds of selfie requests from the locals. I...
View ArticleThe FutureLearn is Already Here?
FutureLearn has arrived at RMIT. Two subject areas, one in the School of Media and Communications and one in Global Urban and Social Studies, have been selected for the first two MOOCs. The first is...
View ArticleImproving the Student Experience through Learning Analytics
We have begun our 2016 learning analytics projects, or rather learner analytics as this project is more focused on the student experience, with a recent kick off workshop. 'Improving the Student...
View ArticleLectures as Animated Videos?
There are other ways to share essential knowledge and skills with students that do not involve a lecture capture, a podcast or a talking head recording
View ArticleBlackboard Drop-In Sessions at Bundoora
You might remember my blog on Developing Skills for Blackboard published early in the year. Since our initial meeting with Josephine Ng, lots has happened in this project and amazing progress has been...
View ArticleBe Blackboard and Google Drive/Apps ready for semester 2
The beginning of a new semester can be a daunting experience not only for students but for teachers as well; in particular for those who are teaching for the first time, are relatively new to teaching...
View ArticleLearning Environments: Creating a positive user experience
A few weeks ago, the Digital Learning Team published a blog post called “Designing an advanced online learning environment for higher education” in where we discussed the importance of having a set of...
View ArticleEnhancements to Blackboard
Just sharing with you all that on the 2nd of December Blackboard will be upgraded. Although the changes to take place are considered to be minor, these enhancements are very important as they aim at...
View ArticleSelf-Determination in Education
What can education learn from one of the most important principles in Social Work practice: the principle of Self-Determination? Let me share a story with you and we’ll start to formulate an answer....
View ArticleWorking with Prerequisites and Requirements in Canvas Modules – Social Work...
With the implementation of Canvas across the University, program teams in DSC have been exploring and experimenting with the modules function to better design and deliver important content to students....
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