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Uni’s back: Five ways to build useful online learning
The pandemic hastened the transition to online delivery. While several studies have looked into strategies for developing higher-order …
Happy new year reading: our most popular posts of all time
EduResearch Matters began back in 2014 under the stewardship of the amazing Maralyn Parker. At the end of 2020, Maralyn retired and I tried to fill very big shoes. The unusual thing about EduResearch Matters is that even posts published in the first couple of years of the blog’s existence continue to get readers – …
How Australian universities could stop inequality and save the planet in one easy move
To address the global inequalities in access to higher education, I propose an Australian-led network for global online …
Five Ways to Rethink Online and Blended Learning Post-COVID
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Australian universities rapidly shifted to online models of learning and teaching. Some …
Why it’s a nightmare to use Zoom to get moving
Schools around Australia were forced into online delivery of physical education (PE) in Term 2, 2020, due to measures taken to suppress and restrict the spread of Covid-19. We looked at what really happened in classrooms. The results show us exactly how marginalised PE became. What we found in our research, ‘Just do some physical …
How to really engage students online
From engaging on social media to attending virtual conferences, across the globe, academia has experienced how digital spaces …
Online learning will never be a substitute for face-to-face
In 2020 higher education student satisfaction with their ‘entire educational experience’ hit its lowest point since Australia’s national survey of current students began in 2011. But the detailed survey results, which cover many aspects of student life, paint a mixed picture. Despite an unexpected shift to online learning due to COVID-19 restrictions, satisfaction with many …
Why practical content really matters for assessment in online learning
Meet Melissa Fanshawe and Katie Burke, two senior lecturers from the School of Education at the University of Southern Queensland. These two first met in a Zoom workshop in which they were both presenting on online pedagogy. Hearing about each other’s ideas, they instantly wanted to work together. Here’s what happened next. Melissa: We teach …
How teaching online during COVID-19 lockdown made me think deeply about how physical presence matters
There’s a general feeling among teachers of pride and relief that we got through the recent few months when were teaching online. And at the moment, all of us are feeling for our school teacher colleagues in Melbourne who face returning to the challenges of teaching remotely again in just a week with their city …
New evidence: Stark inequity of online access for rural and remote students
It’s long been known that those in regional and remote areas of Australia do not have access to …