Digital Education is a dynamic portfolio of teams within Education Futures that form the nucleus of online learning at UNE and drive the design and delivery of high-quality learning and teaching.
Academic Development
Academic Integrity
Digital Landscapes
Exams and eAssessment
Learning Design
Learning Media
Save The Date: myLearn Upgrade, Thursday 3rd October (to Friday, 4th October)
In order to keep UNE’s Learning Management System current, we will upgrade myLearn prior to the start of Trimester 3. myLearn will be unavailable from 7pm Thursday, 3rd October 2024 AEDT to 5pm Friday, 4th October 2024 (i.e. from Thursday evening...
Final Reminder: Udemy will not be available after 31st August
A final reminder that UNE's agreement with Udemy will end at the end of August. If you are using Udemy courses in your myLearn sites, please remove them or update them with alternative content before that date.
Improvement: New Style in myLearn Text Editor (UNE Purple)
To support a strong and consistent visual identity in myLearn (Element 1), two new styles have recently been added to the myLearn text editor to highlight areas of text in a predefined style and colour. The choices now include a dark and a light (UNE)...
Closing the Loop – new for T3 units
To further enhance UNE’s commitment to quality online delivery and continuous improvement, the myLearn unit template will be updated from T3 2024 to include a dedicated page for ‘Updates and Improvements’, which will allow Unit Coordinators to close the...
Recording you and your presentations begins with good sound
We are asked to perform in front of a webcam for Zoom meetings and Echovideo recordings, here is a quick explainer to get a watchable result of yourself on screens everywhere.
Mastering myLearn: Empowering you with the essentials
We have some exciting news to share! In collaboration with OpenLMS (UNE’s vendor partner), and teams within Digital Education, we are conducting a series of monthly webinars on different topics related to myLearn for teaching and learning. ...
Academic Integrity @ UNE Framework
UNE has developed the Academic Integrity @ UNE Framework as part of the GenAI & Academic Integrity Action Plan recently submitted to TEQSA. Read on to learn more about the framework and foundational elements.
Importance of Indigenous knowledge for Indigenous students and lecturers
The presentation will be about the importance of Indigenous knowledge for Indigenous students and lecturers and the reasons why there is an expectation of cultural inclusion in higher education.
Indigenous pedagogy in higher education will be discussed as practical implementation strategies for lecturers.
Symposium recordings
Learning and Teaching Symposium 2024 was concluded on 22 July. Thank you all for your participation. The Media team has now made recordings of all presentations available for you to watch. Pl watch the recordings and download synopses from the...
New GenAI module for staff
The Academic Development Team is pleased to launch the Generative AI in Teaching and Assessment module for staff – here’s everything you need to know about the module and how to access it.
Indigenous leadership and perspectives on GenAI
Ethical engagement with GenAI needs to be led by Indigenous leadership and perspectives – we highlight the work of some of the Indigenous scholars and leaders working in this space.
Project Uplift: What to expect for your T3 units
Project Uplift is about to commence the fourth (and final) tranche of unit uplifts, focusing on T3 units and any units that have been missed out in previous sprints or don't fall neatly into the trimester system (such as year-long units, reading units...
Reminder: Learning and Teaching Symposium – Monday, 22nd July
3 more sleeps! It's not too late to register for Monday's Learning and Teaching Symposium or to drop into some of the sessions on the day. The program is now available on the Symposium website and is jam-packed with presentations on this year's...
Monthly 3D Model – Sawfish Rostrum
This impressive nose is over a metre long and was scanned in collaboration between the Learning Media team and the Natural History Museum recently.
Project Uplift Update – July 2024
A lot has happened with Project Uplift over the last few months - here is a quick update on the highlights. Tranche 3 (T2 unit) uplift The third tranche of the unit uplift, which covered all of the unit offered in Trimester 3 / 2024, was completed in...
Reminder: Udemy will not be available after 31st August
Just a reminder that UNE's agreement with Udemy will end at the end of August. If you are using Udemy courses in your myLearn sites, please remove them or update them with alternative content before that date.
GenAI writing assistants – a guide to navigating Grammarly and other tools
GenAI-enabled writing assistants are now widely available and it’s essential to understand how these tools can be used appropriately and effectively – Education Futures has developed guidance for staff and students on how to navigate them.
ClickView: We’re ‘Reeling’ with this Video Library
We’re thrilled to share that we have recently procured ClickView, a fantastic video library platform packed with licensed video content. To get everyone up to speed, this week, we held an introductory training session where the Library, Learning Design,...
EchoVideo Analytics
EchoVideo provides a comprehensive analytics toolset that enables you to monitor and analyse student engagement with your video/media content. By using the features such as heatmaps and detailed view statistics, you can gain a deeper understanding of...
RUN Awards
Regional University Network (RUN) awards innovative teaching and learning practices across regional universities. Every RUN university will send three nominations. As a part of internal EOI, Academic Development invites entries from all staff. RUN...
2024 Learning & Teaching Symposium – EOI now open
Expressions of interest for presentations at the 2024 Learning & Teaching Symposium on AI in Education are now open.
Video Systems Update: Countdown to Kaltura Shutdown
The project to consolidate UNE's video management platforms into a single system (echoVideo) is progressing. All Kaltura content was migrated into the equivalent echVideo library in May and we are on track to switch off Kaltura at the end of this month....
Screen demoing — a few pointers
Ever watched a screen demo where everything is teeny tiny on a messy desktop — we can do better! This video basically takes you through the how-to of making things bigger before presenting a demonstration in a zoom meeting or recorded video for unit...
AAUT Dates and PD
AAUT awards are prestigious national awards recognising the teaching ad learning innovation across higher education. The awards key dates are announced. If you are planning to apply, some PD sessions are also planned.