Tales 4 Teaching

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 strat…

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…

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 (an…

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 suppor…

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 …

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 onl…

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 student…

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 prov…

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…

In Episode 12, Jo Elliott and Paul Collins from Deakin's School of Engineering discuss a trial of a new learning platform that didn't quite go to plan. Together they reflect on what went wrong and wh…

In Episode 11, Associate Prof. Chie Adachi speaks to Dr Dominique Condo, working as Lecturer in Sport Nutrition as well as Dietitian for the AFL team, Geelong Cats. From a hotel room of the quarantin…

In Episode 10, Associate Prof. Barbie Panther speaks to Dr Madeleine Schultz about moving a first-year Chemistry unit online, designing experiments students could conduct in their own kitchens, and a…

In Episode 9, Joan Sutherland and Daniel Steen discuss how a 'challenge mode' was implemented as part of the MBA using MS Teams and building a sense of authentic connection throughout the unit. Danie…

In Episode 8, Jo Elliott speaks to Karen Powell about designing an online Law Clinic to provide more inclusive and flexible work-integrated learning experiences for online students.