Tales 4 Teaching

In episode 37, Dr Jo Elliott speaks to Deakin Business School 's Dr Micaela Spiers and student Eleni Dardagan about working in partnership to design an inclusive, supported assessment experience for first-year students.

In Episode 36, Joan Sutherland speaks to Dr Kerri Morgan from Deakin's School of Informational Technology about developing an inclusive introductory maths unit to help students connect with, and overcome anxiety about, maths.

In Episode 35, Dr Joanna Tai from CRADLE joins Associate Prof. Chie Adachi to share insights from her recent NCSEHE-funded project, Reimagining Exams, and the development of an Inclusive Assessment Design Framework.

In Episode 34, Dr Jo Elliott speaks to Dr Jillian Healy and PhD candidate Anna Miltiadous about their work on curating a learner-centred collection of open educational resources for a first-year Biology unit.

In Episode 33, Dr Angela Ziebell joins Associate Prof. Barbie Panther to reflect on her experience, as a non-Indigenous academic, of co-designing an Indigenous Science unit with colleagues at Monash University's William Cooper Institute .

In Episode 32, Dr Jo Elliott catches up with Dr Sarah Lambert to learn about open educational resources and how they can benefit our students and communities. Sarah shares suggestions for getting started with open textbooks and other open resources, and some initiatives growing OER in Australia. 

In Episode 31, Dr Jo Elliott and Dr Mollie Dollinger talk about how to get started with Students as Partners, with suggestions for how we can increase the involvement of students in decision-making at all levels of the University.

In Episode 30, Dr Jo Elliott catches up once again with Karen Powell from the Deakin Law School, and guest from Episode 8, for an update on the Online Law Clinic. Karen shares more about how the team created inclusive and flexible experiential learning activities online, and some unanticipated benefits!

In Episode 29, Associate Prof. Barbie Panther is joined by Prof. Mark Rose, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Indigenous Strategy and Innovation, to talk about embedding Indigenous knowledge and ways of thinking and a sense of connection to place and one another, in digital learning.

In Episode 28, Deakin's Dean of Students, Professor Lisa Hanna talks to Associate Prof. Chie Adachi about why the framework, Students as Partners is important, what this means for staff and students, and how this is being enacted through various initiatives at Deakin.

In Episode 27, Arts/Law student Meg Reid joins Jo Elliott to share her insights on how universities and teaching staff can support student mental health and wellbeing.

In Episode 26, Isma Seetal speaks to Prof. Bardo Fraunholz, Director of Analytics at the BL Deakin Business School, about the project work component in one of his units, and how he uses various strategies and tools to engage and support students in their projects in an online environment.

In Episode 25, Jo Elliott speaks to Emily Wade, Associate Lecturer in Communication, about Emily's research on online student engagement, how to get students talking on Zoom and social media, and how these interactions can build professional networks.

In Episode 24, Rina Garner speaks to Communications and Public Relations student Tallia Herbert about undertaking an online internship with the University of Glasgow, and the advantages of online (and international) WIL as an online student.

In Episode 23, Dr Isma Seetal speaks to Wendy Webber, Director of Student Experience about her team's experience in developing the Business and Law Skills toolkit and discusses how the toolkit supports students’ success in their courses and beyond. 

In Episode 22, Rina Garner speaks to postgraduate student Diego Posada about his experience of undertaking an internship online and his research into what motivates online students to study success!

In Episode 21, Dr Jo Elliott chats with image designer Matthew Griffiths about how multimedia can support student learning and how we can incorporate different types of multimedia in our teaching. 

In Episode 20, Associate Prof. Chie Adachi talks to Professor Phillip Dawson about his latest book, 'Defending Assessment Security in a Digital World' - where they discuss what it is, why we need to care about it, and some practical advice for teachers facing this emerging issue in online learning. 

In Episode 19, Dr Elicia Lanham joins Dr Jo Elliott to share how she and her course team are using e-portfolios to help Bachelor of IT students develop their career understanding and employability.

In Episode 18, Associate Prof. Chie Adachi and Dr Olivia Millard reflect on a year of teaching dance and performance, and creating a community of dancers, online - and some of the unexpected benefits.

In Episode 17, Professor Helen Partridge joins Dr Jo Elliott to discuss student responses to 2020's rapid transition to online learning and how that feedback has informed our approach to teaching online. They also discuss how we can create timely, informal, and meaningful opportunities for students to help shape learning experiences.

In Episode 16, Associate Prof. Colin Higgins, Director of Global Courses, speaks to Associate Prof. Chie Adachi about how connecting and designing for real-world learning experiences with/for students can be done online and why this is particularly important during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In Episode 15, Brett McLennan discusses the notion of learning analytics in the complex landscape of learning. He shares that learning analytics will never give you an answer, but rather it will provide you with prompts to look at what is happening and why. Listen to this discussion on the role learning analytics can play in your context today.

In Episode 14, Jo Elliott speaks to Dr Antonia Pont from the School of Communication and Creative Arts about using videos to help students connect with unit readings, and to build educator presence.

In Episode 13, Joan Sutherland interviews Dr Prue Francis to explore her rapid transformation to online and how her use of digital polling software, Mentimeter, enabled her to connect with her cohort, and increase feedback loops in the online space.