ASCILITE NEWS EduGrowth / ASCILITE webinar on empowering learners & educators through active learning Date and Time: Tuesday 29 March @ 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm AEDT | Singapore 12:30pm | Auckland 5:30pm | Other time zones How is Ed Tech empowering learners through active learning and engagement? In response to this question, EduGrowth and ASCILITE are pleased… Continue reading →
ASCILITE NEWS Conceptualising Horizons Workshop Date and time: 4:30pm – 6:00pm AEDT | Auckland 6:30pm | Singapore 1:30pm, 15 February 2022 You are invited to attend a presentation of the final draft STEEP trends crafted from responses provided by participants in the Contextualising Horizon sessions at the 2021 ASCILITE Conference. You need not have participated in… Continue reading →
ASCILITE NEWS February’s ASCILITE Wavelength Podcast now available February’s edition of the new ASCILITE Wavelength Podcast service is now available. In this episode, Michael Cowling chats with Michael Blumenstein about the challenges of teaching in the computer sciences and if artificial intelligence will take our jobs. Amanda White continues her series on staff addressing academic… Continue reading →
ASCILITE NEWS Expressions of Interest invited in ASCILITE’s 2022 Community Mentoring Program Applications (Expressions of Interest) in the 2022 Community Mentoring Program are now being accepted and are due by 1 February 2022. Both potential mentors and mentees are required to submit an EOI to express interest in the program, and will be matched with… Continue reading →
2021 Conference Award Winners Due to the 2021 ASCILITE conference being a hybrid event, Best Poster, PechaKucha and Student Paper awards were not included but will be resumed in 2022. Conference Best Full Paper Elizabeth Beckmann and Lynn Gribble for CMALT 2011 and 2021: Personal Narratives for Professional Recognition. Conference Best Concise Paper Birgit Loch,… Continue reading →
Online WIL Placements & Projects COVID restrictions forced many universities to rapidly venture into online Work Integrated Learning (WIL) at an unprecedented scale. In most cases, online placements and projects have been added to the broader repertoire of WIL experiences for good. In this interactive webinar, Assoc Professor Harsh Suri and Ms Friederika Kaider from… Continue reading →
ASCILITE Live! Virtual learning experiences utilizing digital technologies, 25 August 2021 This Massey University team received an ASCILITE Innovation Award in 2020 and their presentation will highlight the team’s innovation which resulted in the development of three applications that enabled virtual experiences: Virtual microscopy that delivers an interactive microscope experience, enabling full slide viewing and… Continue reading →
ASCILITE Live! webinar: Batman – the online clinical classroom During the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, physical distancing and lock-down requirements created significant challenges for tertiary education and disciplines, such as nursing, typically taught face-to-face with the inclusion of skill-based clinical teaching. Our challenge was to pivot rapidly nursing clinical skills to an engaging, online course… Continue reading →
ASCILITE Live! webinar: E-cheating and assessment security: best practices for upholding academic integrity “Is my institution doing enough to ensure that assessments are secure?” This is a question that is on the minds of administrators and educators across higher education as the sector reflects on the pivot to remote learning delivery and looks ahead to… Continue reading →
ASCILITE Live! webinar: Examining the design and engagement in a mobile-based “scavenger hunt” educational game for Chinese language learning through the lens of situated cognition In one of New Zealand’s leading universities, more than 60% of the students enrolled in the Chinese program are distance learners, who are mostly full-time employees across the country and… Continue reading →
ASCILITE Live! webinar: Writing a great ASCILITE conference paper What makes an award winning ASCILITE conference paper? In this session, presented on 17 June 2021, ASCILITE Executive Committee members and conference multiple-award winners, Hazel Jones and Elaine Huber discussed their experiences and shared tips and strategies to help authors prepare their conference submissions. Associate Professor… Continue reading →
ASCILITE Live! webinar: Review and Showcase of Smart Learning Environments Enabled by various pedagogical and technological innovations, brand new learning environments can be created to support teaching and learning. They are collectively referred as the commonly known “smart learning environments”. A smart learning environment is conceptualized as a learning environment that emphasizes learning flexibility, effectiveness,… Continue reading →
ASCILITE Live! Webinar: Contract cheating, e-cheating, academic integrity and ensuring digital equity “Are my students learning and taking ownership for their assessment outcomes?” This is a common question being asked, especially in light of the shift to remote learning and the associated challenges. Academic integrity with its many facets, requires that student work is original and… Continue reading →
ASCILITE Live! webinar: Rethinking Assessment Influences and Strategies Rethinking and transforming assessment have been topics in higher education learning and teaching for some time. COVID-19 and the pivot to online delivery in many instances accelerated institutions to new ways of assessing student learning. In this session, our expert panel discussed why we need to rethink assessment and practical… Continue reading →
ASCILITE Live! webinar: Community Mentoring Program Information Session This webinar was intended for those who wished to learn about the ASCILITE Community Mentoring Program and what it means to become a mentor or mentee. The session was presented by 2020 CMP members and chaired by the CMP leaders; A/Prof Michael Cowling and Dr Kwong Nui… Continue reading →
2020 Conference Award Winners Due to the 2020 ASCILITE conference being an online event, Best Poster, PechaKucha and Student Paper awards were not included but will be resumed in 2021. Best Full Paper Scott Morton (Whitireia Polytechnic), Petrea Redmond (University of Southern Queensland) and Peter Albion (University of Southern Queensland) for “Dealing with Diversity: Factors… Continue reading →
Partnerships for scaled online learning and the unbundling of the traditional university (European session) 15 Dec 2020 This webinar was presented on 15 December 2020 by the guest editors of AJET’s special issue on partnerships for scaled online learning (Henk Huijser, Rachel Fitzgerald and Gilly Salmon). The Australasian Journal of Educational Technology (AJET) ‘special issue’… Continue reading →
Partnerships for scaled online learning and the unbundling of the traditional university (Australasian session) 15 Dec 2020 This webinar was presented on 15 December 2020 by the guest editors of AJET’s special issue on partnerships for scaled online learning (Henk Huijser, Rachel Fitzgerald and Gilly Salmon). The Australasian Journal of Educational Technology (AJET) ‘special issue’… Continue reading →
Making your conference presentations more accessible This webinar was presented by the Digital Equity SIG on 13 November 2020. The presenters were Sue Tucker (Charles Darwin University) and Darren Britten (La Trobe University). The session was designed to assist those presenting at conferences with making their sessions more accessible and engaging.
Listen to Your Edvisors! Education Technologists, Learning Designers and Academic Developers of the TELedvisors Special Interest Group Abstract: Collectively, “edvisors” (education technologists, academic developers and learning designers and those in similar roles) occupy a critical niche in the tertiary education sector that is sometimes known as the ‘Third Space’. They sit between administration and education, providing… Continue reading →
