Melanie Fleming

UNE’s 5 year implementation plan signifies its commitment to embedding graduate attributes across the curriculum. To assist staff with this task, a number of workshops have been held in different schools over the last month which have looked at the constructive alignment between assessment, learning outcomes and assessment. These workshops have been targeted at the particular needs of academics and their disciplines. This has involved academics in group discussions about what the particular graduate attributes mean in the context of the profession or discipline. Learning outcomes and graduate attributes have been revised during the workshop for use in 2010. It has helped staff to identify the different achievement levels expected of students by academics at different years of their studies. These workshops have been organised upon request and with the involvement of the staff from the respective schools.

Further information is available from melanie.fleming@une.edu.au

UNE recently launched a Certificate in Academic Leadership. This program is a joint initiative with TLC and HR. The program initially targeted Course Coordinators, Discipline Convenors and Academic Coordinators. The program consists of 10 modules adapted from a project completed at Curtin University of Technology and funded by the ALTC to address the need to better prepare staff at all levels in higher education for leadership positions. The modules target areas such as leading a course review, curriculum development and evaluation, building leadership capacity and developing the leadership skills of others. All of the modules are designed to draw on the participants’ current and past practice, with a view to guiding or informing future practice. The discussions held in the seminars to date indicate the complexity of addressing such issues, but have provided a forum for staff to focus on areas of interest and need in their own professional development.

Further information is available from melanie.fleming@une.edu.au or kay.hempsall@une.edu.au

Nick Reid and Sarah Christopher in the Learning Commons

Hands-on tutorials, demonstrations and information sessions for groups

iMovie: Creating Video Resources From Camera to Blackboard (Mac) - Friday 9th, 11am (2 hours)

If you’ve attended TLC’s Vodcasting sessions in the past, you’ll be familiar with basic aspects of using iMovie and how to convert existing resources into vodcasts. If you’ve ever wanted to go to the next level and create your own unit resources or promotional materials, though, this session is for you. Capture footage with a video camera, import and edit, experiment with advanced effects like Picture in Picture and green screen and learn to effectively manage your finished products in Blackboard.

Please bring a USB drive loaded with some still images appropriate to your unit.

NB: Places are limited to 4 for this session - please make sure you book ahead.

Quiz Resources Workshop – Wednesday 14^th, 10am

The ASO have developed numerous literacy quiz resources that are now being made available to all academics. This workshop will cover importing quiz resources and using the Blackboard Question Database tool to create, maintain and manage multiple quizzes.

Working with Social Media (PC and Mac) - Thursday 15th, 10am

You’ve probably heard of blogs and wikis, but many people aren’t clear on what they are, and even fewer understand how they can be used effectively in teaching and learning. This session will cover the whats and whys of social media, and how you can utilise these both within Blackboard and externally using web-based media. It’s not as hard as you think to take student collaboration to the next level.

Windows Movie Maker: Creating Video Resources From Camera to Blackboard (PC) - Friday 16th, 11am (2 hours)

If you’ve attended TLC’s Vodcasting sessions in the past, you’ll be familiar with basic aspects of using Windows Movie Maker and how to convert existing resources into vodcasts. If you’ve ever wanted to go to the next level and create your own unit resources or promotional materials, though, this session is for you. Capture footage with a video camera, import and edit, experiment with advanced effects and learn to effectively manage your finished products in Blackboard.

Please bring a USB drive loaded with some still images appropriate to your unit.

NB: Places are limited to 4 for this session - please make sure you book ahead.

Wimbering up: Create HTML from Word with Wimba - Tuesday 20th, 2pm

Want to create HTML web pages easily from your Word documents? Wimba Create is an amazing software that lets you write your unit materials in Word, then convert them with a click to a set of attractive web pages with menus, navigation, and headers ready for upload to Blackboard.

ISpring! – Wednesday 21^st, 2pm

Learn how to use this free software to easily convert PowerPoint to Flash to make Web-friendly slide shows which can link to a podcast.

The Ins and Outs of Audio Podcasting - Thursday 22nd, 10am

If you’ve come to TLC’s previous sessions on Audacity, and even if you haven’t, you’ll love this extended session that takes you through the entire recording process from start to finish. Learn to record sound with either a Microtrack recorder or an iPod, import and edit using Audacity and manage the final products in Blackboard.

Social Networking in the Classroom (PC and Mac) - Friday 23rd, 11am

If you’re the kind of person who is mystified as to how ‘Facebook’ became a verb and is clueless as to what a ‘tweet’ is, this session is for you. Not only are social networking tools easy to learn and a nice way to keep in touch with friends, they can be powerful teaching tools. Learn to navigate sites like Facebook, Ning and Twitter, and find out how they can be used effectively in your teaching. The session also points you to websites that give great examples and teaching ideas, and gives tips for teaching and modeling digital citizenship.

Quiz Resources Workshop: Wednesday 27^th, 10am

Want to give students experiences that will develop their academic literacy? Find it difficult to find the time to build online quizzes? The Academic Skills Office have developed numerous literacy quiz resources that are now being made available to all academics. This workshop will cover importing quiz resources and using the Blackboard Question Database tool to create, maintain and manage multiple quizzes.

Camtasia for Mac - Thursday 29th, 10am

Go beyond basic screencasting with Camtasia - a powerful program that lets you capture, edit and combine teaching resources, then add eye-catching advanced effects, compositing, callouts and more to create powerful, rich media teaching and learning tools.

Camtasia for Windows - Friday 30th, 11am

Go beyond basic screencasting with Camtasia - a powerful program that lets you capture, edit and combine teaching resources, and integrate interactive Flash elements like quiz questions to create powerful, rich media teaching and learning tools.

One-on-one

Arrange a time to work with specialist assistance on an aspect of teaching with technology, or book a space in the Commons to pursue your own interest in developing online teaching features.

This month: Fridays 9- 11 AM, 1-5 PM

All sessions are held in the Staff eLearning Commons on the top floor of the T&LC Building (C30) and, unless specified otherwise, are 1 hour long.

To enrol: Contact Kerryn Reeves, ext. 2339

For further information: Catherine Clarke, ext. 3395