engagement

Helping students stay on track with a study plan

Pauline Porcaro Learning & Teaching, Open Classrooms June 24, 2020July 3, 2020engagement, learning and teaching, study plan

With the pivot to online learning, many students have struggled to stay on track and find it difficult to maintain engagement. To deter this disengagement, it is important to develop students’ metacognitive skills, to guide them in self-assessment, and to

So now what? The move from content delivery to collaborative learning

Pauline Porcaro Collaborate Ultra, Learning & Teaching, Online learning & teaching May 24, 2020May 24, 2020active learning, Collaborate Ultra, collaborative learning, engagement

Many teaching staff used Collaborate Ultra for the first time this semester and it came with many challenges for some. So far their learning journey has been simply dealing with the tool to deliver content online and everyone has done

How do you engage students with their readings?

Mark Derbyshire Blended Learning, Digital innovation, Educational technologies, Learning & Teaching, Online learning & teaching May 21, 2020May 22, 2020active learning, asynchronous learning, belonging, Blended learning, educational technologies, engagement, flexible learning, inclusive practice, peer instruction, Student engagement

One of the perennial issues in education is how to encourage students to engage with their readings. Often, students do not complete set readings or do not understand the connections between weekly readings and course learning outcomes. This results in

Collaborative Reading – Working together to increase the impact and value of reading.

Sheryl Maher Blended Learning, Digital innovation, Educational technologies, Learning & Teaching, Online learning & teaching, Practice May 21, 2020May 22, 2020active learning, Blended learning, engagement, inclusive practice, online learning, peer instruction, Student engagement

You may remember Harry Potter having an annotated potions book in the Half-blood prince. The side notes and extra tips provided helped him master complex potions, and avoid common mistakes. Imagine if you and your students could transform readings share

Solutions Lab 4 – Using Flipgrid (Video Discussion Board)

Lisa Curran Digital innovation, Educational technologies, Online learning & teaching, Solutions Lab April 2, 2020August 12, 2020Canvas, engagement, Web 2.0

“Fipgrid is a great tool to assist in engaging the entire class in discussion” – Nic Connelly What is Flipgrid? Flipgrid is a great tool to engage the entire class in discussion, and allows all students to view each others

Benefits of authentic assessment

Lisa Curran Assessment January 17, 2020authentic assessment, engagement, GTS, Motivation

Long story short: Substantial increase in GTS; more motivated students; a better quality of work. RMIT currently has a keen focus on developing more authentic assessments while reducing more traditional, knowledge-based exams. This focus meets our drive to create ‘work-ready’

Using Twitter for Engagement

Lisa Curran Educational technologies December 10, 2018engagement, Twitter

Students are always happy to use their mobile phones in the classroom, so establishing ways of making that phone use about learning is a sure way to help engage your students. These 10 quick ideas on how to use Twitter