What's On at UWA

The role of a Unit Coordinator (UC) is complex. This workshop aims to highlight the key roles and responsibilities of a UC by providing information around what is involved. The workshop focuses on the preparation aspects of unit coordination rather than teaching considerations which is covered in (...)

This mini workshop follows on from the seminars on blended learning and flipped classroom. If the goal is meaningful, deeper, transformational, learning-oriented activity in class and online - what can I do in each environment that is best for learning?

It is open to any participants � (...)

LMS for New Users will provide participants with an introductory overview of the Moodle powered LMS (Learning Management System) used as our online learning environment here at UWA. You will need to complete this workshop before being eligible to take part in any intermediate or advanced LMS (...)

This workshop will enable participants to explore the LMS functionality in greater depth, to manipulate it for pedagogical needs and be exposed to some alternative approaches such as sequencing in the LMS.

This is a micro workshop designed to introduce participants to active learning in classroom contexts. Active learning classroom promotes collaborative and cooperative participation by learners in classroom activity, ensuring greater cognitive engagement and deeper learning. It is a principle for (...)

Flipped classroom is a term currently popular in educational contexts. This seminar defines flipped classroom approach, highlights benefits and pitfalls, illustrates a range of flipped classroom approaches in university teaching, and talks about getting started in flipping your classroom.

Phill Schultz (UWA)

will speak on

Row echelon matrices, flags and Grassmannians

at 3pm Friday February the 7th in Blakers Lecture Theatre.

Abstract:

There is a well trodden path from finite dimensional vector spaces to algebraic geometry (...)

2 FREE Lectures - All are welcome! 1:30pm - "Justinian's Empire" presented by Dr Michael Champion. 2:30pm - Afternoon Tea. 3:00pm - "Western Travellers to Petra in the 19th Century" presented by W/Prof. David Kennedy.

N.B. Lectures are FREE, however there is a small (...)

Foundations of University Teaching and Learning is designed to offer an integrated and highly interactive perspective on teaching in a research-intensive university. The program provides a theoretical framework relating to teaching and learning, along with opportunities to explore a range of (...)

LMS for New Users will provide participants with an introductory overview of the Moodle powered LMS (Learning Management System) used as our online learning environment here at UWA. You will need to complete this workshop before being eligible to take part in any intermediate or advanced LMS (...)

This is a "build your basic LMS unit" workshop for those who just want to get started without the emphasis of exploring the LMS provided in the other beginner level workshop, "Introduction to LMS: LMS for New Users". LMS is an online learning environment that provides a variety (...)

LMS for New Users will provide participants with an introductory overview of the Moodle powered LMS (Learning Management System) used as our online learning environment here at UWA. You will need to complete this workshop before being eligible to take part in any intermediate or advanced LMS (...)

3D printing is an exciting technology whereby a digital representation of data is converted into a physical object that can be held and explored in the same way as we normally study physical objects in everyday life. The technology has been around for some time in the engineering disciplines where (...)

UWA’s LMS has been successfully upgraded to Moodle 2.5. This demonstration will provide UWA staff with an overview of the upgrade to Moodle Version 2.5, and CATL eLearning staff will showcase key features of this new version of the LMS, including improvements to the My LMS Home page’s usability (...)

Intended Audience: UWA teaching staff who have used the LMS for teaching and learning, and wish to explore or problem solve the functionality of LMS or LCS activities with a Trainer/Educational Developer. Appointments are available within the allocated times for one-to-one personalised LMS or LCS (...)

Echo360 Personal Capture is software that allows you to record your voice, your presentation and yourself to produce a short video recording or to record lectures specifically for an online audience, or summary or other recordings for learning purposes. In this workshop participants are introduced (...)

Prof Magnus von Unge (Karolinska Institute and Akershus University Hospital, University of Oslo) will speak at 130pm Thursday February 13 in Uniclub Case Study Room.

Prof von Unge was the first to apply embryonic stem cell therapies to the middle ear and will present his recent work on (...)

The assignment tool is basically a digital dropbox within the LMS which enables you to create and management assignment activities totally online. In this workshop participants are introduced to the assignment tool in the LMS, its component parts and the creation, organisation and management of (...)

Online quizzes are a popular assessment tool – both for students to check their progress, and for formal assessment. Participants are introduced to the quiz activity in the LMS, its component parts and the creation, organisation and management of quiz questions and quizzes. The Workshop is (...)

These repeat workshops follows on from the seminars on blended learning and flipped classroom.

They are open to any participants who have a basic familiarity with the flipped classroom concept, – whether or not the workshop has been attended in the past. It is expected that (...)