FOLD – Fostering Online Discussion in Higher Education
This site focuses on fostering asynchronous online discussion in higher education. It includes strategies for engaging students in online forums and is targeted at tertiary educators […]
Resources
Diversity and inclusion – put it in the syllabus!
A recent Tomorrow’s Professor Posting – Diversity and inclusion – put it in the syllabus! looked at a tangible example of diversity and inclusion in STEM. […]
Millennial students in fieldwork: guidelines to success
Millennial students can be seen as multitaskers, ‘digital natives’ and even overly confident, spending much time on their phones instead of paying attention in class. These […]
MOOC: e-Learning Ecologies: Innovative Approaches to Teaching and Learning ...
This open online course explores the ecology of e-learning in a world where education is still relatively unaffected by technology for most. How to innovate in […]
To Wikipedia or not to Wikipedia?
Jimmy Wales (founder of Wikipedia) got asked the questions on the Quora online forum – “What does Jimmy Wales think when a university professor discourages students […]
Do you teach first year students?
There are a host of resources and activities for staff teaching first year students. Whether you are a topic coordinator or tutor the following resources, workshops […]
eLearning Gateway - can you help?
Do you use FLO? We would like you to complete a survey on the eLearning Gateway (‘the Gateway’), a support resource that provides guides and examples […]
Learning to teach online
These videos cover a variety of differing online pedagogies and explore varying topics such as: Conducting effective online discussions Managing your time teaching online Engaging students […]
Critical thinking – overrated or under-utilised?
Does your course or topic have critical thinking as a desired learning outcome? It’s common throughout much of higher education, but how students demonstrate it and […]