How to create teacher presence via the use of video
The use of video is a key objective to support and enhance teacher presence in all subjects. Phillip Hua is a multimedia expert and has provided simple resources to make this easy...
Author: Julie Lindsay
How to create a dynamic landing page
Are you tired of that static landing page (home page) that never changes all session? Maybe you update a little bit of the text at times, but essentially students are seeing the...
How to engage students in online meetings – 13 strategies that work
As part of the Faculty of Arts and Education PD series for February/March 2017 this session shared strategies for running an online meeting in Adobe Connect – how to prepare for it,...
Teacher presence – Strategies and ideas
As mentioned in the blog post by Carole, Finding your own online presence, there is not one right way to build effective staff to student interaction and establish the presence of the...
Design approaches to I2 navigation
The navigation menu – content and layout design – is part of the landing/welcome when students enter a subject in Interact 2. Schools and subject coordinators have various approaches to this. Let’s...
Discussion forum strategies for student interaction
This post shares some essential and basic strategies for setting up and managing a discussion forum within Interact 2. It builds on the recent post by Judy O’Connell, ‘Discussion board structure –...
Not group work again!….How one subject fosters positive collaborative learning
Does this sound familiar…… Groan, groan….not a group assignment again! Mature-age study, busy lives with jobs and families…and now they want us to actually communicate and collaborate with others to form a...
Splash some Creative Commons onto your landing page!
Today I was asked how to find GOOD and FREE TO USE images to brighten up the landing page of a subject. A focus of the QLT work at CSU is supporting...
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