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Tooltime Recap | Using Kaltura interactive videos to enhance student engagement

By Michael Chan,

Kaltura is the multimedia content management platform for UTS and is integrated into both UTSOnline and Canvas, allowing for interactive video content that can improve students’ online engagement. Here are 3 key features that benefit you using Kaltura videos: Quizzes – Create a diverse structure of discussion questions and...

Stepping into the LXT process: a chat with Dr Moira Scerri

By Richard Ingold,

How can we ensure a logical path through a course made up of many subjects? How can we cultivate cumulative building of knowledge and skills as students move through a course? Dr Moira Scerri answers these questions and gives her thoughts on the move to Canvas.

UTS Teaching and Learning Forum: Call for contributions now open

By Phoebe Huang,

The annual UTS Teaching and Learning Forum will be held on: Date: Tuesday 12 November 2019Time: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PMWhere: Peter Johnson Building (Building 6, Level 3) We are now inviting individuals and teams to submit contributions to our annual Teaching and Learning Forum.  We welcome contributions related...

How do you make your online discussions more engaging?

By Ann Wilson,

Discussions are a great way of sharing understanding and building and constructing knowledge. But how does this work in the online environment?

Have you heard of the Student Learning Hub?

By Elizabeth Smith,

Have you heard of the Student Learning Hub? Here's everything you need to know about UTS’ latest learning support destination for students.

4 reasons to attend the Festival of Learning Design next week, plus FAQ

By Phoebe Huang,

The Festival of Learning Design is just one week away! With a diverse range of workshops from group work to different approaches to engage your students, this is not one to miss! Have you registered? If not, register here to secure your place. 4 reasons to attend 1. Experience...

We’ve refreshed Futures!

By Futures Team,

Welcome to a refreshed site, designed to give you a whole new way of exploring our learning and teaching content. Read on to find out what’s changed.

Get ready for Canvas: sign up for the LX.lab’s training sessions

By LX Transformation Team,

The Whole of Course approach to moving from UTSOnline to Canvas is in progress. As you may know, it involves three main steps. First, you meet with your course team in a Course MeetUp. You then have about a month to plan your Canvas site (a process we call...

Facilitating group maintenance

By Adam Morgan,

Earlier this year Katie Duncan interviewed Jurgen Schulte and myself about a maintenance session I run in Jurgen’s class. In that interview I suggested that student groups can benefit from having some maintenance-related discussions. I also briefly outlined the three short activities that I run as part of this...

Developing the pedagogy of group work: Dr Julia Prior

By Ann Wilson,

In this short video (6 minutes) UTS award winner Julia Prior talks about her approach to teaching in the Software Development Studio. She acknowledges that the receipt of a number of learning and teaching grants enabled her to research the pedagogy of group work and to develop a community of...

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