Deakin Learning and Teaching Conference Recordings now live
If you missed the 2021 Learning and Teaching Conference or want to revisit your favourite sessions, you can now access recordings and asynchronous sessions on the conference website.
Congratulations to the VC Award winners for Teaching Team of the Year
The team from the Psychology Honours course took out this year’s Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Team of the Year. Their winning submission was ‘Using Design Thinking and Self-Regulated Learning to Transform Australia’s largest multi-modal Psychology Honours course from Traditional to Flexible Learning.’
Deakin launches stackable short courses to the public
The first round of Deakin’s stackable short courses was launched in October with 18 courses on offer. Deakin’s approach to stackable learning addresses the changing demand for postgraduate education and includes postgraduate degrees and non-award offerings.
360-degree video supports student teachers during lockdown
Being part of a real classroom is an invaluable experience for primary school student teachers. The next best thing may be the opportunities offered by a virtual classroom. Deakin’s Dr Maria Nicholas from the School of Education introduced a 360-degree interactive video for her students.
Deakin Learning and Teaching Conference Recordings now live
If you missed the 2021 Learning and Teaching Conference or want to revisit your favourite sessions, you can now access recordings and asynchronous sessions on the conference website.
Congratulations to the VC Award winners for Teaching Team of the Year
The team from the Psychology Honours course took out this year’s Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Team of the Year. Their winning submission was ‘Using Design Thinking and Self-Regulated Learning to Transform Australia’s largest multi-modal Psychology Honours course from Traditional to Flexible Learning.’
Deakin launches stackable short courses to the public
The first round of Deakin’s stackable short courses was launched in October with 18 courses on offer. Deakin’s approach to stackable learning addresses the changing demand for postgraduate education and includes postgraduate degrees and non-award offerings.
360-degree video supports student teachers during lockdown
Being part of a real classroom is an invaluable experience for primary school student teachers. The next best thing may be the opportunities offered by a virtual classroom. Deakin’s Dr Maria Nicholas from the School of Education introduced a 360-degree interactive video for her students.
Deakin Learning and Teaching Conference Recordings now live
If you missed the 2021 Learning and Teaching Conference or want to revisit your favourite sessions, you can now access recordings and asynchronous sessions on the conference website.
A new opportunity to collaborate with students for digital learning innovation
Collaboration and partnership are vital to the work of the Digital Learning team in Deakin Learning Futures. We partner with teaching staff to pilot new platforms for learning and teaching, testing those platforms out in the environment and scenarios for future use.
What students think of Deakin extension tools and special consideration
At Deakin, students apply for extensions and special considerations to help them complete their assignments. Deakin student Shelby, supported by the Office of the Dean of Students, collated real-life stories from students who have used these support services before to better understand the experience.
Getting started with Students as Partners
It may be your first time, or it may be your one hundredth, whatever your experience is, it’s always a good idea to reflect before starting a Students as Partners (SaP) project.
DeakinDesign is set to transform digital education
Deakin’s extensive experience in online education has been fundamental in our rapid shift to wholly online delivery. This history of innovation in online education is central to our new educational transformation initiative: DeakinDesign.
Our first virtual Learning and Teaching Conference
For the first time ever, this year’s conference was delivered entirely online, through Zoom sessions, virtual tours of learning spaces and an MS Teams Channel that staff could use to connect.
How do students feel about their teachers and feedback?
In a survey of students on campus, several undergraduates shared their experiences at Deakin. Among some challenging experiences with tutors, students generally felt that most of their teachers genuinely cared about their progression and wellbeing. One stated the “majority of teachers…really care”, especially when they get to know students “on a personal level”. These students not only appreciated this personal approach, but also expressed a desire to connect with their teachers as they felt supported and valued, and this pushed them to do better.
“My opinion matters” – Students as Partners in Curriculum Design
Ever wonder what your unit would look like if students designed it? That’s a pretty radical idea – staff expertise and guidance is essential to the learning experience. But it is possible to partner with students to co-create and co-design your curriculum – what might that look like? In the CloudFirst CoDesign Project, we worked in partnership with Prakash, a Master of Business Analytics student, to identify opportunities for student involvement in curriculum design.
A Students Perspective of Microsoft Teams with Joan Sutherland & Rahul Masakorala
Collaboration is a hot topic in digital learning, particularly how it can be effectively applied as a learning strategy and to engage students, many of whom arrive with advanced digital experience and expectations. Joan Sutherland, Senior Education Developer sits down with Deakin student Rahul Masakorala, to explore his perspective of Microsoft Teams – the good, the bad, and otherwise.
Student Voice Series – Learning at Deakin University with Ella Longstaff
How do students feel about their learning experience at Deakin University? I’m Ella, a third-year communications student currently working as a communications support officer and student partner intern in Deakin Learning Futures. I went out and interviewed students on campus to hear about their experiences whilst studying here and how they feel about their learning at Deakin.
LATEST STORIES
Deakin Teaching and Learning content improvements
Teaching and Learning content on DeakinHub, the staff intranet, has been updated to provide one central location for teaching teams to find the information they need relating to teaching and learning at Deakin.
Congratulations to the VC Award winners for Teaching Team of the Year
The team from the Psychology Honours course took out this year’s Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Team of the Year. Their winning submission was ‘Using Design Thinking and Self-Regulated Learning to Transform Australia’s largest multi-modal Psychology Honours course from Traditional to Flexible Learning.’
Deakin launches stackable short courses to the public
The first round of Deakin’s stackable short courses was launched in October with 18 courses on offer. Deakin’s approach to stackable learning addresses the changing demand for postgraduate education and includes postgraduate degrees and non-award offerings.
360-degree video supports student teachers during lockdown
Being part of a real classroom is an invaluable experience for primary school student teachers. The next best thing may be the opportunities offered by a virtual classroom. Deakin’s Dr Maria Nicholas from the School of Education introduced a 360-degree interactive video for her students.
Deakin CloudFirst 103 (Re)design kickstart workshops are back
Back by popular demand, the CloudFirst 103 workshops are once again being delivered by the CloudFirst team. These workshops support Deakin teaching and learning teams to design their unit sites and are running in time for the start of the 2022 academic year.
Zooming in to on-campus studios for practical drama classes
Returning to teach fully on-campus units while still in the precarious state imposed by the pandemic involves some creativity and innovation. Particularly when delivering practical learning experiences for drama teachers in drama education. Deakin’s Dr Jo Raphael embraced these challenges and experienced some very positive outcomes in her classes.
Live-caption your Zoom classes for accessibility and greater learning
You might think of captions as necessary for students with a hearing impairment to participate in your online class or seminar. And while that is true, captions serve other purposes too. They make it easier for students to take part in class when there’s background noise, where English is not their first language or when first encountering discipline-specific terms.
Looking for tools to facilitate active learning online?
Deakin Learning Futures has developed a series of online workshops to explore tools that facilitate active learning online. The Active Learning Toolkit series offers 30-minute sessions across October that will show you how different software can support active learning in your online sessions.
Free learning and teaching resources available from national online repository
As educators, readily available information to help support ideas for our practice and research is invaluable. If you’re not already aware of the Universities Australia Learning and Teaching Repository, you might want to take some time to discover what it can offer.
Getting started with Students as Partners
It may be your first time, or it may be your one hundredth, whatever your experience is, it’s always a good idea to reflect before starting a Students as Partners (SaP) project.