learning design

The SIBT teaching community professional development project

How can we extend the value we offer our teachers? How can we strengthen our teaching community?
What PD has the greatest impact on our students’ learning experience?

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Making groups work: Embedding team engagement in assessment

How do you assess group work and engage students in the process? Renuka Pathmasuntharam from Curtin College shares a model with great learning outcomes.

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Reflective practice and resilience: The key to improving student engagement

Applying the concepts learned in the Navitas Engagement & Motivation course, Celia Brockway shares her approach to increase student engagement, and the results of her efforts.

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Crossing borders, breaking silos: Internationalising your PD

Dr Lincoln Gomes reflects on the benefits of internationalised PD in bringing teacher communities together through shared experiences.

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Designing spaces for collaboration, community and diversity

With a new campus nestled into Hyde Park, Sydney, Maria Spies shares four key principles that drove the design of campus spaces.

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8 reasons to start using lesson plans

Whether you have days or decades of teaching experience, lesson planning has the potential to enhance your impact. Dr Lincoln Gomes shares why and how to get started.

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Using H5P as an Active Learning opportunity in your content

How can we provide students with the opportunity to engage actively and flexibly in their own time? H5P offers some great, interactive ideas.

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What do learners really want? Using Moodle to transform the student experience

In this recording, hear the process behind a successful transformation that brought effective technology into learning and teaching practices.

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MoodleMoot 2017 and the future of learning technologies

A conference dedicated to the platform in which we spend so much time learning and teaching: MoodleMoot! Andrea Scheuringer shares her key takeaways.

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Break it down: Exploiting a model text

In this recording, Richard Ingold shares a detailed 4-stage process of how to introduce and use a model text with students.

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Break it down: Exploiting a model text

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Exploring #lxconf: The first online conference for learning experience design

LX design saw its first global online conference in May 2017. Georgie Lowe shares her key takeaways from some of the sessions.

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‘It’s affirmative’: Student debates are a great alternative to presentations

If you’re still battling death by PowerPoint, why not design a better assessment? SIBT’s Karen McRae swapped presentations for debates, with some lively results!

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Creating a simple online welcome video – come on in!

A lot of teachers are keen to get a video uploaded but find it time consuming and fiddly. Jon Hvaal shares a method of scripting and recording that is fast and effective.

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