A common way to engage students and create discussion in a class is a think- pair-share activity. To get it started you need: a question prompt clear instructions The question: The question should be something more than just a
Blended Learning
Preparing for your breakout room activities
Breakout rooms are wonderful to engage students in activities and it is well researched that active learning plays an important part in student engagement and learning. They can also be a bit of a disaster if we haven’t thought through
Solutions Lab 16: Delivering & Redesigning Lab Classes for Virtual, Remote Teaching
When the physical campus closed at the start of Semester 1, many staff were faced with the challenge of delivering or redesigning their lab classes for virtual, remote teaching. In a very short space of time, teams across the college
Is it time you reviewed your course welcome video?
For most, the answer to this question will be yes! Recently, Matt Marino, Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering, wowed his colleagues with the new welcome video he has produced for his students. Many people have asked how they can do
Solutions Lab 15: Encouraging students to deeply engage & actively participate
For many of us looking ahead to Semester 2, one of the biggest challenges is how to encourage all students to engage deeply in the course material and participate actively in collaborative/discursive activities. Zhen Zheng’s, SHBS, Theory of Chinese Medicine
Where to find Open Educational Resources (OERs)?
We’ve looked at what an OER is on SISTER before and increasingly it is an RMIT focus. According to UNESCO an Open Educational Resource is: ‘… any type of educational materials that are in the public domain or introduced with
Ideas for introducing a new week or topic
When students are studying entirely or mostly online, clear and comprehensive instructions are critical. This saves students time because they know what they need to do and it saves you time, because you don’t have to answer the same question
Introducing Microsoft Teams
During semester 1, 2020 a few courses used Teams to support students during the transition to online learning as a way to promote and support collaboration. Teams offers some advantages over both Canvas and Collaborate Ultra, in that it allows
A simple tool to help students engage with course readings
Are your students having trouble finding course materials? Would you like to know if your students are engaging with assigned readings? Do you want an easy way to list reading material? Are you worried about copyright compliance? The Canvas Reading
