Rebecca Ng
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Teaching Online Beyond Zoom
Teaching online beyond Zoom by Michael Yuen, School of Philosophy Teaching online can be fun and rewarding. This is how I think it’s possible. In recent months, I began teaching a first-year philosophy course online. As with many new things, starting was a stressful and daunting experience. To prepare, I interviewed some past students.…
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A student-focused method to quantitative teaching in the pandemic
Dr Collin Payne, School of Demography Structuring lectures for online learning requires a very different approach than in-person teaching. My presentation will discuss a case-study from my graduate-level quantitative methods course, where I moved from having separate lecture and tutorial sessions to a blended approach. My approach centred on generating short (~15 minute), single-topic focused…
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MetoDHology
Dr Terhi Nurmikko-Fuller, Centre for Digital Humanities Research In this presentation, we will introduce MetoDHology, a free and open online platform developed by the Centre for Digital Humanities Research to provide teaching and training materials for those looking to learn digital and online methods. Speaker Bio Dr Terhi Nurmikko-Fuller is a Senior Lecturer at the…
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Collaborative drawing and art challenges: moving practice-based studio classes online
Dr Anna Madeleine Raupach, School of Art and Design Printmedia & Drawing at the ANU School of Art & Design teaches experimental approaches to drawing. The challenges of 2020 were used as an opportunity to explore how this topic could be enhanced with limited materials, online technology and alternative working spaces. Projects included ‘Drawing and…
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Building Resilience in the Arabic Classroom: Challenges and Success Stories
Dr Leila Kouatly, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies The unforeseen switch to online teaching in first semester has had major implications for second-year Arabic students. This new mode of delivery and the restrictions it presented, students’ sudden return to their interstate homes, the anxieties caused by COVID-19 among other factors, have added additional levels…
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Re-imagining research and learning communities beyond contagion
Dr Ben Silverstein and Dr Mike Jones, School of History One consequence of moving to remote delivery of classes was the stretching of collegial relationships amongst and between students and staff. We were convening a small discussion-based Honours and Masters level class titled ‘Seminars in Advanced Historiography’ in Semester One, and this attenuation of contact…
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Adventures in Online Lecturing
If you would like more information about Dr Katharina Bonzel’s presentation, please contact education.cass@anu.edu.au Dr Katharina Bonzel, School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics This presentation (and its title) seeks to encapsulate the various presentation tools and techniques that I have tried out over the last few months. From using Prezi Videos – a hit with…
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Smoke, Fire, Hail… but no Snowflakes: Resilient teaching in the face of disaster
Dr Adam Masters, Centre for Social Research and Methods There is a lot of talk these days about young people not being as resilient today as they were in the past. I call BS. In January 2020, before COVID seriously impacted our daily lives, Canberra was engulfed in dust storms, blanketed by bushfire smoke, baked…
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When All Else Fails: Transitioning to Remote Learning for Quantitative Methods with Cloud-based Software.
Dr Matthew Kerby, School of Politics and International Relations In this presentation I discuss how I repurposed POLS8024: Quantitative Methods for Political Science from an in-situo, intensive hands-on, lab-based course to online deliver with minimal effort and without having to significantly alter the course objectives. Key to the successful transition involved using cloud-based to address…
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Hello Out There: Reflections On Remote Teaching of a Large Discussion Based Class
Dr Rachael Brown, School of Philosophy It is tempting to simply put together your lectures for remote delivery just like you would for on-campus instruction, turn up at the empty theatre, and simply hit “record” on Echo360. For all but the most entertaining lecturer, however, this is sure to see low levels of student engagement…
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