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How can social media be used in a positive way in an academic setting? How can digital tools be used to engage students? How can podcasts be shared for teaching purposes? Explore these questions and more in the three short animations and associated article below.
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The how and why of podcasting: connection, creation and conversation!
Explore some of the key elements of podcasting and how these can help you to create podcasts that are relevant to your audience. One way of thinking about podcasts is to focus on the 3 Cs – connection, creation and conversation!
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Effective digital pedagogy: new ways of engaging students
As technology develops, the potential for further engaging students offers extremely exciting opportunities. This article explores three ways: quick response, augmented reality and virtual reality.
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The benefits of social media in academia
Discover how social media can be useful for academic professionals and students alike with this short animation and article.
The Digital Champions are a group of colleagues from the School of Early Childhood, Youth and Sport who are passionate about innovative, digital solutions. The group promotes all forms of digital pedagogy, supporting people to engage and facilitate its use in teaching, learning, researching and skill development.
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Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world
This free course, Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world, will develop your confidence and skills for life online, whether study, work or everyday life. It explores a range of digital skills and practices, including digital identity, digital well-being, staying safe and legal, finding and using information and online tools, and dealing ...
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Take your teaching online
In this free course, Take your teaching online, you will gain knowledge fundamental to delivering effective teaching online. You will hear about the experiences of real educators, be introduced to cutting edge research, and understand the ideas and tools that shape how we teach and learn online. You will also learn useful methods that will ...
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