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
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.
Webinar: Students as Co-Creators. Monday, 4th April
Co-creation and active learner involvement in the design and development of education are gaining momentum in educational practice and research. Pebblepad (our ePortfolio platform) is hosting a webinar on the 4th of April focusing on co-creation and...
Video: Small data and ‘person-alisation’ – how relationships and engagement drive learning analytics at the University of Sydney
We have the pleasure of inviting you to our first In Focus Seminar for 2022. Complementing the Academic Development Webinar series, the In Focus Seminar Series explores new and emerging topics of interest in learning and teaching. To kick off the series...
3D light scans out-shines photogrammetry in the digitisation process.
What is 3D digitising? What is photogrammetry or light-based scanning? Which is best to start with? Read through this post and see some examples that UNE are currently using.
Tips: Spring cleaning your tutorial recordings & unit readings
As we approach the first week of teaching, it’s a great time to consider where you’ll store your Zoom recordings and relevant unit readings. Echo360 & Reading List, respectively, provide easy and accessible solutions to this – lets look at these...
Media Space Upgrade – Coming Soon
UPDATE: The spaces have now been completed and are production ready! See the latest post about the media spaces here. We’re nearly there - in partnership with the AV team, the Learning Media studios have been going through an upgrade! We boast a new...
Möbius upgrade – Thursday, 24th February (6am-8am)
There will be an upgrade to Möbius 2022.0 occurring on Thursday, 24th February 2022 between 6AM-8AM AEDT. There may be a downtime of at least 30 minutes during this time period in which you will be unable to access Möbius materials. Users may lose...
New, consistent look for Moodle sites in T1, 2022
If you’re a Unit Coordinator in Trimester 1 2022, you may notice that a few things look different when you access your Moodle site. As part of the university’s strategy to provide a high-quality learning experience and develop efficient, sustainable...
Call for interest: CMALT accreditation
As part of UNE's institutional membership to ASCILITE, we have access to the Association for Learning Technology's CMALT accreditation program. ALT is a leading professional body for Learning Technology in the UK, who provide a collaborative community...
OLX Year in Review: 2021
2021 was a significant year for online exams (OLX) at UNE, representing the first year of OLX as our standard business practice. We also saw Time for Change bring the Exams and eAssessment team into the Digital Education portfolio, alongside the...