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
Registrations Open: UNE Learning and Teaching Symposium 2022
Registration is open for UNE’s third Learning and Teaching Symposium to be held Thursday 28th July 9:00 am to 4:30 pm. You are welcome to attend all or some of the online sessions. The engagement-packed program can be found below or at the Symposium...
An Integrated Approach to Online Exams in T2, 2022
One of the core workstreams of the OLXi project is designing an integrated, team-based approach to supporting and managing online exams, to embed OLX as part of UNE’s next-generation online learning ecosystem. The new process has been launched and the first iteration will be trialed in T2 2022.
Understanding extensions and Special Assessment provisions
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.
LMS Renewal: Invitation to Contribute (Unit Survey)
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...
Demystifying grade codes: tips for great results
While the standard grade codes are straightforward, there are many other grade codes that perform other functions that aren’t always well understood. This post details the main areas of confusion to help facilitate a smooth and stress-free results release period each trimester.
OLX wrap up – T1/2022
The Trimester 1 exam period has concluded with just over 10,000 supervised exams held, more than 3,350 special assessment applications processed and a high satisfaction rate.
Tip: Zoom – live transcripts during Zoom meetings
Live transcripts during Zoom sessions can now be enabled by the host and made available as an option to participants who choose to display it. Transcripts are a great accessibility and productivity tool and are easy to enable.
UNE Digital Dexterity – helping students thrive in a digital world
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.
Webinar: Showcasing the Atrium Retention Platform – Monday, 20th June
The next webinar in our Academic Development series will be: Showcasing the Atrium Retention Platform Offered: Monday 20th June 11:10 am - 11:50 am Please register via this link: https://unesurveys.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bHlx1wlIyr0Jo0e...
Understanding design – Consistency and Cognitive Load
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.
UNE Learning and Teaching Symposium 2022
Block out your calendars! The UNE Learning and Teaching Symposium is back and in its third year! The UNE Learning and Teaching Symposium will be held on Thursday 28th July from 9:00 am – 4:30 pm. You are cordially invited to register for this year’s...
Learning Futures Roadshow #2 – LMS Renewal and Digital Uplift
Did you miss last week's Learning Futures roadshow on the LMS Renewal project and the proposed unit uplift process? A recording, and a link to an online whiteboard to add your contributions is now available here. Take a look, and grab a virtual sticky...
T1 Exam information
The formal exam period starts on Monday, 30th May with more than 8,000 students sitting just under 12,000 exams over the next two weeks. While our exam supervision provider offers extensive tech support for students, it is often anxiety or simple...
Tip: Udemy (for staff and students)
Access to Udemy will continue to be available for both staff and students in T2/2022. Students can access Udemy at the student URL of https://myune.udemy.com (different from the staff login at https://une.udemy.com) While there is no way to embed...
Professional media studios available for UNE staff
Did you know we have professional media recording spaces available to UNE staff? We also have media experts available to help create the best possible video content. Why not come check out what’s available and how we can assist you to create professional media content.
Critical deadline for Online Supervised Exams
For those of you teaching into units which have exams starting in a few weeks, a critical issue is emerging. Less than 50% of exams have been built in the LMS, The deadline for the completion of this work was 29th April. Work to configure the exams in...
Learning Futures Roadshow #1 – Learning Analytics
Did you miss last week's Learning Futures roadshow about Learning Analytics? A recording, and a link to an online whiteboard to add you contributions is now available here. Take a look, and grab a virtual sticky note to let us know which questions you...
Rethinking engagement in breakout rooms
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
Reminder: “Past Exam Papers” Moodle no longer available to students
With the switch to online supervised exams, the “Past Exams Collections” Moodle site which contains copies of older paper exams for some units has become increasingly obsolete, which is why we phased out the collection and made it unavailable to...
LMS Renewal Uplift explained
One of the core workstreams in the LMS Renewal project is the ‘uplift’ – something you may have heard mentioned, but might not have a clear understanding of what it means. This post explains everything you need to know about the uplift.
H5P for online interactivity
H5P is an authoring tool for rich content, available to all staff through Moodle. This post breaks down what H5P is and how to use it to easily create interactive online activities.
Lightboard studio is production ready!
What is the lightboard? What is the lightboard studio? What is it used for? Check out the video with a quick overview of the lightboard and dedicated space in the Learning Media team.
OLXi Project Spotlight– evolving OLX practice
Late last year a number of priority areas were identified as key opportunities to transition OLX from an implementation response to integrated effective assessment practice and the OLXi (Integrated approach to OLX) project was launched to take action.
Co-design for new ways of working
Redesigning business processes and the ways that we work can be a challenge. DigEd and Integrated Services recently hosted a co-design workshop bringing stakeholders across the university together to begin collaboratively working towards developing new procedures and practices for Special Assessment at UNE.