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
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...
LMS Renewal: Invitation to Contribute
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...
The OLX Experience #2 – Understanding Privacy
The OLX Experience is a new series of posts designed to help shed light on aspects of online examinations and facilitate a strong shared understanding of OLX at UNE. This post focuses on privacy and data integrity in OLX.
LMS Testing – last chance to sign up
The sign-up survey for LMS testing closes on Sunday. If you are interested in taking part, take a look at our previous blog post for more details and complete the sign-up survey to register your interest. We'll be in touch early next week with the...
T1 Info: Site Contacts block in Moodle
As Trimester 1 gets closer, it is a good time to make sure the Site Contacts block in your teaching units are accurate and contain the contacts details you need. Since T3/2021, every teaching unit should contain an automated Site Contacts block located...
Invitation to join ASCILITE
We are pleased to announce that UNE has recently upgraded its membership to ASCILITE to a three-year unlimited membership, which means that membership is now open to all staff at UNE. By joining ASCILITE, you become a member of one of Australasia’s most...
FEATURE: Zoom <-> Echo integration
A T1 reminder that you have the option to OPT IN to an automatic copy of Zoom recordings into your Echo360 library. This will automatically copy all Zoom recordings to your Echo library from where you can share them with a unit playlist or embed them as...
COURSE: Introduction to Teaching at UNE (Starts Monday 14th February)
This teaching induction course provides key introductory learning and teaching concepts and strategies for those who are in their first few years of university teaching, new to UNE, new to teaching online or simply if you want to brush up on your...
“Past Exam Papers” Moodle site will be phased out at the end of T3
With the switch to online supervised exams, the “Past Exams Collections” Moodle site which contains copies of older paper exams for some units is becoming increasingly obsolete. We will phase out the collection and make it unavailable to students...
WEBINAR – Monday, 7th February : “Kicking the tyres – getting ready for the start of Trimester One”
We have a big year of Academic Development activities planned for 2022 with the re-commencement of the Academic Development Webinar Series, the In Focus Seminar series, one-off events and of course, the UNE Learning and Teaching Symposium. The first...
LMS Review – how to get involved
Update: The sign-up link for LMS testing for staff and students who would like to be involved in the testing process is now live at https://unesurveys.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cU3gT4qNl5X8eGy The recording of the info session is available at...
UNE wall calendars available now
The 2022 UNE Wall Calendars are now available. DigEd is happy to supply the much loved UNE wall calendars to the UNE community. They have been printed and are ready for collection in the C30 building. They are limited so please make sure you...
Moodle tile improvements for T1/2022
T1 will see some improvements to the way “tiles” are displayed on a unit homepage as well as the introduction of a new default set of tiles that will be consistent across all UNE units. Consistent Tile Icons To improve consistency across all university...
VIDEO: Present Presenter Presentation
If I had a dollar for every time, I’ve seen a PowerPoint presentation where everything is tiny, I could fund Australia’s budding space program. Have you witnessed a presenter blaming the application zoom for not being able to share their screen? Or...
Tip: Reasons why students can’t see their assignment feedback
Have you been contacted by a student who is having difficulty accessing grades or feedback for an assessment? There can be a few reasons for this. Read on for tips on what to check and how to advise your students! 1: Student is using...
Designing business processes: the DSSP
At the start of 2021, the Learning Design Team was established as part of the Digital Education portfolio. One of the team’s core business processes was identified as a key priority for redesign.
Beyond dichotomies: an integrated model of learning design
Teaching and learning support functions in universities have long existed along the centralisation/decentralisation continuum. The Learning Design Team takes a different approach, developing an integrated model of learning design
Media Team success at Echo360 conference
At the recent Echo360 national conference, Michael Partridge from the Learning Media Team won an award for the best feature request.
UNE hosts first-ever hybrid ASCILITE conference
This week UNE hosted the first-ever hybrid mode ASCILITE conference. Held over 3 days, the conference combined a boutique face to face attendance model with a vibrant virtual stream that allowed delegates to connect in from anywhere in the world.
Building a digital learning environment
As a leading online university, UNE has a sophisticated set of digital platforms that make up its virtual learning environment (VLE). Most people are familiar with the various platforms. What’s often not well known, however, is how and why these platforms come to be part of our VLE.
Digital Education portfolio recognised for 2021 success
Digital Education was recognised in today’s ‘UNE in Conversation – Year in Review’ event as a 2021 success story.
Udemy (for staff and students)
Access to Udemy will continue to be available for both staff and students. 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 content into...
New Feature: Turnitin “Flags” panel
Turnitin recently released a new feature that flags up any inconsistencies in a submission that would set it apart from a normal submission. These include hidden or replaced characters that might have been included to make the document unreadable by the...