Earlier this year, Simon McIntyre and Karin Watson, COFA, presented a Connections seminar on their Learning to Teach Online project. The project is designed as a free professional development resource for teachers from any discipline worldwide. It aims to help them better understand online learning and teaching, and to help them get starting in developing […]
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Learning to Teach Online: Development Resources Available
October 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Resources, Showcasing Teaching, Technology Enabled Learning & Teaching
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Wikipedia & Higher Education Links
October 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Resources, Technology Enabled Learning & Teaching
Go to the TELT Diigo group to see a number of interesting articles and resources about Wikipedia: http://groups.diigo.com/group/web2_unsw/search?what=wikipedia Diigo is a social bookmarking site. You can read about it- including a ‘how-to’ guide on how to join etc here: http://telt.unsw.wikispaces.net/Social+bookmarking
Tags:community·diigo·online·social media·technology·TELT·wikipedia
Exploring the affordances of the online learning tool, UNSW Wikispaces, in enhancing the group assessment experience for both students and tutors
September 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Events, Research, Researching Learning and Teaching, Resources, Technology Enabled Learning & Teaching, Uncategorized
Helen Caple (EMPA) & Mike Bogle (TRC/FASS) In this seminar Helen and Mike reported on the initial findings from a small research project investigating the large enrolment course experience in relation to group assessment and online learning tools, in particular UNSW Wikispaces. You can view their slides here: Helen Caple & Mike Bogle Slides You can read […]
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FASS Wikispaces pilot
September 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Resources, Technology Enabled Learning & Teaching
As discussed in the Connections seminar: “Exploring the affordances of the online learning tool, UNSW Wikispaces, in enhancing the group assessment experience for both students and tutors” Helen Caple and Mike Bogle, FASS, you can read about Ben Miller’s (FASS) wikispaces pilot here: http://blogs.unsw.edu.au/telt/blog/2009/12/07/ben-miller-wikispaces-pilot/
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Resources from ‘The Flat World has Swung Open: How Web Technology is Revolutionising Education’
July 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Resources, Technology Enabled Learning & Teaching
You can access resources from Prof Curtis Bonk’s seminar via the TELT blog here: http://blogs.unsw.edu.au/telt/blog/2010/07/21/the-world-is-open/, including a recording of his seminar and various useful websites.
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New Resources Available
May 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Announcements, Resources, Showcasing Teaching, Uncategorized
We’ve added new resources to the ‘Seminar Resources’ page (see right), including: John Shepherd (Engineering) and Alison Rutherford (Medicine) discussing the use of Roleplay in Teaching Simon McIntyre (COFA) discussing the ‘Learning to Teach Online‘ Project Christopher Walker (FASS) dsicussing the use of Case Studies in Social Sciences Slides from Stephen Kaufman’s presentation ‘Case Based […]
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Film Clip: Using Case Studies in Social Sciences
February 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Research, Resources, Showcasing Teaching
Christopher Walker from School of Social Sciences and International Studies discusses the way The Social Science and Policy Case Studies course uses structured case studies to teach policy theory and its application. The course is structured around 3 consecutive case studies, each lasting 4 weeks and culminating in a role play where student groups present […]
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Write-up: Showcasing Teaching: Using Online Role Play in Teaching, 11th November
November 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Events, Resources, Showcasing Teaching
Using Role Play in Teaching Presentations by John Shepherd & Alison Rutherford John Shepherd and Alison Rutherford shared their experiences of using online role play to effectively engage students and “increase their understanding of human interaction, social dynamics and systems involving human activity” (Shepherd, 2009 in presentation). Key features of online role play include: Students […]
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Write-up: Showcasing Teaching: Using Case studies in Social Sciences, 14th October 2009
October 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Research, Resources, Showcasing Teaching
The first Showcasing Teaching session that took place on Wednesday, 14 October, focused on using case studies. Christopher Walker from School of Social Sciences and International Studies presented the way The Social Science and Policy Case Studies course uses structured case studies to teach policy theory and its application. The course is structured around 3 […]
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