Dr Saad Odeh introduces contemporary approaches to curriculum integration to highlight their potential impact on students’ learning process.
From the L&T Community
A website where our inspiring people at Navitas share their Learning & Teaching initiatives, projects, stories, events and more.
Connecting your students to the online sphere using hyperlinks
Alyce Hogg introduces the principles of the hyperlink and shares strategies for using the tool across multiple disciplines.
Mastering the art of facilitation in virtual classrooms
Anselm Paul shares ideas and resources to skilfully facilitate interactive virtual classrooms.
Keeping connected to industry: Preparing new graduates for employment
Ben Mayne from Navitas Professional highlights the real and meaningful value in engaging our industry partners to speak with students.
Sailing into the blue: Losing yourself to gain new focus as a teacher
No matter how experienced you are as a teacher, to regain empathy for the challenges faced by learners it’s important you become a student again, writes Gemma Clarke.
Linking learners to their learning goals: constructive alignment and assessment design
Bronwyn Mortimer and Gemma Clarke highlight the importance of constructive alignment and describe how it shapes transparent and fair assessment design.
Setting students up for success through independent learning
Independent learning is critical for success in higher education. Paul Lockhart-Thomas from Cambridge Ruskin International College shares approaches to directing and supporting independent learning.
The value of higher education in recent times: HERDSA conference recap
Conference takeaways from the 41st annual HERDSA conference, where participants reflected on the value and purpose of higher education in changing times.
Strategies for giving effective written feedback to international students
Chad Eller draws from his own experiences with grading assignments to demonstrate how you can provide engaging and useful feedback for international students.
Can teachers be innovators too?
Gemma Clarke reflects on the evolution of innovation in learning and teaching, and offers her strategies for innovative teaching.
What Norma the dog can teach us about effective communication with students
Read about the success of ACAP library website’s chat box to learn how staff can facilitate engaging communication with students.
The world at your feet: Preparing students for real life with VR
Culminating from lessons about beach safety which incorporated VR, students from Navitas English Bankstown visited Tamarama Beach to experience things firsthand.
Making Connections: Global Student Technology Survey
The 2018 Navitas Student Technology Survey report provides our first global view of student behaviours and attitudes towards using technology in learning.
Strategy Sessions: Sharing best practice across the Navitas network
This Strategy Sessions series gave teaching staff the opportunity to share strategies for overcoming challenges experienced in the learning and teaching context. Watch the 11 sessions here.
Motivation and memory: Virtual reality in ESL
Michelle Cowans shares observations for improved student engagement and motivation using the VR technology ‘Expeditions’ in her adult ESL classroom.