Presentation and discussion led by Dr Katie Freund, Australian National University Why don't students turn on their cameras in online classes? Can we (should we?) find ways to make them? Katie will lead us in an exploration of strategies for student engagement in Zoom, Teams meetings and other online synchronous spaces, and how to equitably… Continue reading →

Singapore 10am | Auckland 2pm | Other time zones Design Thinking approaches have informed creative and participatory decision making, problem identification and solution design in corporate, creative and community contexts since the late 1950s. Recent research and practice has explored the application of design thinking in the context of learning and curriculum design in higher… Continue reading →

Presenter: Raechel Wight (University of Technology Sydney, Australia) Presented by an academic with extensive experience researching and designing authentic online assessments, this session will cover the process of imagining, designing and creating authentic online exams or quizzes. There will be time for Q&A. Please refer to further information and registration at http://taw.fi/4may2022 Start: 0700 universal… Continue reading →

Singapore 9am | Auckland 1pm | Other time zones This University of Sydney team received an ASCILITE Innovation Award in 2021 and their presentation will highlight the team’s reimagined continuing professional development (CPD) program for educators: the Modular Professional Learning Framework (MPLF). The MPLF allows instructors to choose their own adventure through 21 bite-sized two-hour… Continue reading →

Singapore/Hong Kong 10am | Auckland 2pm| Other time zones According to British educationist, Dylan Wiliam - cognitive load theory (CLT) is the single most important thing for educators to know. The concept behind CLT is simple; that the human brain can only manage small amounts of new information at once, but the implications for learning… Continue reading →

2 - 3pm New Zealand | 10am Singapore/Hong Kong The call for papers for ASCILITE 2022 is out and we’re keen to see #TELedvisors and other SIG topics highlighted through many successful submissions. Let’s brainstorm some ideas, find co-author partners and hear from the ASCILITE 2022 conference team and the authors of last year’s best paper to… Continue reading →

1pm Singapore/Hong Kong | 5pm New Zealand | Other time zones The ASCILITE Learning Analytics (LA) SIG leaders are pleased to announce the first webinar in their new series exploring how learning analytics can be used to help understand, support and design learning interactions. These interactions occur in many different ways in learning environments, and… Continue reading →

The May session is the first of the Mobile Learning SIG's monthly ‘open’ webinars for ASCILITE members and others. May session - 27 May (10am AEST) introduction to the ML-SIG on the topic of "Who, What, Why?" June session - 24 June (10am AEST), presented by Dr David Sinfield (Auckland University of Technology) on "Where… Continue reading →

0700 universal time | 8am UK | 3pm Singapore/Hong Kong | 7pm New Zealand This is a joint panel session with the Assessment in Higher Education Network (UK) and the Transforming Assessment SIG. The session chair will be Fabio Arico (University of East Anglia, UK). Presentation 1: "Undergraduate students’ perspective of summative and audio feedback"… Continue reading →