by Sarah Thorneycroft | 27 Jun 2022 | Assessment, Teaching and Learning
Because our students are humans, there are often situations in which students aren’t able to submit assessments by the due date or sit exams on time. UNE has a number of provisions in our Assessment Guidelines that help support student success – this post explains each of the provisions, how they’re accessed and some new initiatives to make things quicker and easier.
by Sarah Thorneycroft and Martina Linnemann | 23 Jun 2022 | LMS Review, Projects
As part of the LMS Renewal project, we are now starting to plan the content transition and uplift phase to enable adoption of a new or improved Learning Management System for late 2023. To help design a process that best fits UNE, we are inviting staff to complete a...
by Sarah Thorneycroft | 16 Jun 2022 | Design, Teaching and Learning
UNE has recently released the Digital Dexterity program – a suite of modules to designed to develop students’ digital skills. The program was developed as a cross-team collaboration between the Library and Digital Education and is now available to students.
by Sarah Thorneycroft | 9 Jun 2022 | Best Practice, Design, LMS Review
The notion of ‘consistency’ is something that comes up a lot when we talk about online learning, but i’s not always clear what we mean when we talk about consistency or why it’s important. This post unpacks consistency and the cognitive load theory behind it.
by Sarah Thorneycroft | 3 May 2022 | Best Practice, Teaching and Learning
Zoom breakout rooms are a common feature of workshops, tutorials and meetings, and they are often used to replicate the small-group discussions used in face-to-face events. This can be challenging for some people though, and DigEd has been trialing a different approach