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Morning Mingle: Ed Designers Networking Breakfast at USYD
The Learning Designers from the Business Co-Design team at the University of Sydney recently hosted a small Networking Breakfast for Learning and Educational Designers (we’ll refer to them as Learning Designers from here on). Our goal was to bring people together and help build the learning design community within Sydney. When we applied to host…
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Defining the Undefined: Adventures in Professional leadership
This post shares the experiences of one of the intrepid groups exploring the new frontier of professional leadership mentoring via a series of reflective vignettes.
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Membership of the TELedvisors Network – 8th November, 2023
The TELedvisors Network has continued to grow since our last update in March last year and we now have 535 members (give or take – minus duplicates) across 13 countries. As of the 8th of November, we have 535 members (give or take a few duplicates) in 13 countries. (Mostly Oz and NZ). In Australia,…
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Do students really care about the modality of their learning? We asked some experts in Higher Ed
As a sector, we have offered flexible study modes for students – on campus/in-person, online/distance, blended, hybrid/hyflex. But do students really care which mode they are learning? Are students modality agnostic? What do they really mean when they say they want flexible study modes? Does the mode impact students’ learning outcomes? We asked some key…
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Activating prior knowledge: methods, tools and tips
Do you ever wonder if your students are truly immersed in the learning process? Are they actively forging connections between new knowledge and their existing understanding? Are they retaining what they’re being taught? As education professionals, we constantly seek ways to create captivating learning experiences that ignite curiosity and foster critical thinking skills. One simple…
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Celebrating 10 Years of H5P: Empowering TEL in Higher Education
As H5P celebrates its 10-year anniversary, this post looks back on its impact on Higher Education and highlights some useful new features.
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Webinar: The AI (ChatGPT) Future – What do we do now? (Thurs 2/2 12 noon AEDT)
The rapid growth of generative AI tools including ChatGPT (text), MidJourney (images) and GitHub Pilot (computer code) in the last year has enormous implications for education. Having easily accessible technologies that can generate passably human content may require a complete rethinking of learning and assessment – for good and bad. Join our panel of experts…
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The most ultimate LMS Designers in the ASCILITE Battle of the LMS
We (organisers from the TELedvisors Network – Colin Simpson, Penny Wheeler, Dan Laurence, Gordon Cunningham and Jo Elliott) set out to create an entertaining and sometimes informative event for the 2022 ASCILITE conference and by that measure, I think we can say that we succeeded. This first (and probably only) Battle of the LMS panel…
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The Battle of the LMS – Design #6/6
The Heat is on! …or to be more specific, the 1st heat of the Battle of the LMSs. Vote now to help establish which is the ‘most ultimate’ LMS design. We have created a shortlist of the ‘best of the best’ and call upon our professional community to pass judgement and help determine which LMS…
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The Battle of the LMS – Design #5/6
The Heat is on! …or to be more specific, the 1st heat of the Battle of the LMSs. Vote now to help establish which is the ‘most ultimate’ LMS design. We have created a shortlist of the ‘best of the best’ and call upon our professional community to pass judgement and help determine which LMS…