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When it comes to understanding your health, your urine can offer valuable clues. A urologist explains what to watch out for in your urine’s color, clarity and odor.
The art of crafting videos that captivate your audience, improve knowledge retention, and foster an immersive learning environment is key. Let’s delve into common mistakes that must be avoided to ensure the creation of impactful videos for an exceptional video-based learning experience.
Since the earliest days of colleges experimenting with teaching over the internet, the goal has been to replicate as closely as possible the physica
At their best, synchronous online courses are shared experiences, and students are fully present to boost each other's learning. But in the virtual world it takes more than webcams to get us there. Here, Gardner Campbell explains his concept of integrity in online learning and how it can make your students true learning colleagues.
This study used critical discourse analysis to explore how higher education administrators in the United States talk about how they assess and support online programs. Specifically, we hoped t
AI-powered technology that projects lifelike avatars trialled at Loughborough University
Learn about "escape rooms" as a teaching tool for higher education, what they are and how to create one for your class or school.
I have been writing this blog post on and off for the last 2 years, but up until now have not had the confidence to publish - as I expect what I have to say here, won't sit comfortably with many, and as a freelancer, labelling yourself as a potential heretic isn't always deemed as…
Researchers disagree on the extent to which social cues in instructional videos influence learning and learning-relevant outcomes and processes. The i…
This concise paper explores the role of learning designers as third-space professionals in higher education, exploring both their self-perception and the perceptions held by other professionals in the sector. Learning designers play a crucial role in learning support, program design, web-based learning, and industry partnerships, being also able to challenge traditional practices and enhance student experiences and outcomes.
Find out how to improve learner engagement by adding branching scenarios to your LMS with Moodle Certified Integration, Near-Life.
Adjusting the ADDIE model of instructional design specifically to accommodate trauma offers an opportunity to address the collective challenges that d
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Continuing trends and a milestone shift
The TMSR instructional design model with four "Ons" can be used to create effective online learning environments with collaborative project-based lear
Learning in the flow of work is an essential frontline tool, ensuring that your workers have seamless access to knowledge, right at the point of need.
TLDR; From experience and benchmarking against a number of providers, on average it costs between $50,000 and $60,000 Australian dollars to develop a 12 week activity based, asynchronous course or unit that represents 25% of a full time load for a Semester or Trimester. To develop the whole degree p
This year, school has become a unique hybrid of in-person and remote learning. How can we ensure teachers and parents have the tools to create a positive learning experience for students? TED-Ed ha…
Six strategies can help develop intentional, effective structures to improve students’ digital experiences.
For institutions that lack the budget or staff expertise to utilize instructional design principles in online course development, generative AI may offer a way forward.
ListenMany LMSs claim to support "competencies," "skill paths," "mastery," and so on. But a true CBE learning platform requires a few architectural features. This paper helps you separate the wheat from the chaff.
Trait inferences from first impressions are drawn rapidly and spontaneously. However, the Covid-19 pandemic forced interactions online introducing differential influential factors on first impressions. As such, there is an absence of research investigating video background on videoconferencing impression formation. This study explored the influence of video background, facial expression, and gender on first impressions of trustworthiness and competence. Video background affected trustworthy and competence perceptions with Plants and Book backgrounds scoring highly on both dimensions while the Home and Novelty backgrounds consistently received the lowest ratings. Happy faces were perceived as more trustworthy and more competent while female faces were also rated as more trustworthy and more competent, regardless of the background they were using. The explanations for these findings are discussed, along with future directions for research and the implications for videoconferencing use.
ASCILITE 2023 Full papers
By synthesising the expertise of the ASCILITE community and its affiliates, Contextualising Horizon examined the social, technological, economic, environmental and political trends impacting the tertiary education sector and identified the following seven educational technology and practice trends for 2022-2023:
Hybrid and flexible learning Artificial intelligence literacy Mental health and well-being Evolution of mobile learning Integration of Indigenous knowledges
Participants were monitored with electroencephalogram and electrocardiogram instruments that recorded electrical activity in the brain and their heart rhythms.
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted traditional methods of teaching and learning within higher education. But what remained when the pandemic passed? While the majority of the literature explores the shifts during the pandemic, with much speculation about post-pandemic futures, a clear understanding of lasting implications remains elusive. To illuminate this knowledge gap, our study contrasts pedagogical practices in matched courses from the pre-pandemic year (2019) to the post-pandemic phase (2022/2023). We also investigate the factors influencing these changes and the perceptions of academics on these shifts. Data were gathered from academics in a large comprehensive Australian university of varying disciplines through a mixed-methods approach, collecting 67 survey responses and conducting 21 interviews. Findings indicate a notable increase in online learning activities, authentic and scaffolded assessments, and online unsupervised exams post-pandemic. These changes were primarily driven by university-guided adaptations, time and workload pressures, continued COVID-19 challenges, local leadership, an individual desire to innovate, and concerns about academic integrity. While most changes were seen as favourable by academics, perceptions were less positive concerning online examinations. These findings illuminate the enduring effects of the pandemic on higher education, suggesting longer-term implications than previous studies conducted during the acute phase of the pandemic.
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