Transdisciplinary innovation and design
This month I celebrate my first anniversary working at UTS’ Faculty of Transdisciplinary Innovation. Transdisciplinary Innovation, that’s two buzzwords in a row.
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5 reasons you’ll love the littleBits Synth Kit
Ever wanted to make music but never learned how? If so, it's time you met the littleBits Synth Kit! High quality audio and ease of use makes the kit great for sound projects, or for introducing topics such as signal chains, electrical circuits or the physics of sound.
Are weekly interactive quizzes the answer?
One question we ask ourselves before the start of each teaching session is, “how do we get our students to do the weekly readings and tutorial preparation activities?” I too, have been asking myself this question for years, and I think there might be a solution.
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Taming online information overload
This is a guide through my experiences in bookmark and online information management. I have captured, sorted and archived material with a variety of tools over the years. Some of these tools might also be useful to you in your quest for infotopia.
Scratch me happy: active learning classroom techniques
What does active learning actually look and feel like for students in the classroom?
Connect, converse, collaborate: Twitter for researchers
Twitter is a valuable tool for communicating your research and engaging with other researchers.
First Year Experience Forum recap: September 2018
Check out these fantastic tools and activities to support learning in large classes.
The Quick Study: Principles of Good Feedback (plus 39 feedback activities!)
In our series The Quick Study, we take a walk through some key pedagogical ideas and texts as they're presented in the peer-reviewed literature. Each post will summarise a contemporary or historically significant article, providing a refresher or entry point to further reading.
The Quick Study: Flipped Learning
In our new series The Quick Study, we'll be taking a walk through some key pedagogical ideas and texts as they're presented in the peer-reviewed literature. Each post will summarise a contemporary or historically significant article, providing a refresher or entry point to further reading.
5 reasons to rethink the purpose of exams and to re-evaluate our approach
We have been educators for years. But have we ever thought about why we are having exams in our classes? What’s in it for the students? Are exams really necessary? We need to rethink the purpose of exams and to re-evaluate our approach as educators.
Weave digital storytelling into your teaching with Dr Mauricio Marrone and Dr Murray Taylor
Learn more about this versatile approach to engaging your students and helping them to remember important information.
How your students are using LinkedIn
'LinkedIn is like Facebook, for professionals.' Oh, but it’s so much more!
Sustainability as living curriculum
There's more than one way to conceptualise sustainability.
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