Ed/Tech must-reads 011024

The new LMS and other change initiatives in higher education - Webinar recording from TELedvisors Network

We had a fantastic and wide ranging discussion last week in the TELedvisors Network webinar about what happens behind the curtain when institutions embark on major change initiatives. Michael Sankey (CDU - semi-retired) discussed what goes into a review of existing options (he and his team also made a great open resource about this), Kate Mitchell (UniMelb) took us through her recent survey on the pervasiveness of these changes projects (everyone is doing it) and Antony Tibbs (ECU) looked at what a successful evaluation looks like. The video is 59:53, which, amazingly, is short for many of the videos out there now.

Learning Types from Tim Klapdor

This website from Tim Klapdor (Uni Adelaide) is part of a set which also explores Learning Patterns. This one offers a visually striking guide to seven different approaches to learning and teaching intended to spark purposive thinking about practice:

• Assimilative

• Discursive

• Evaluative

• Formative

• Investigative

• Productive

• Social

ALASI24 - Analytics for learning: finding meaning in the metrics Summer Institute Nov 28/29 from ALASI

Poor old learning analytics has somewhat lost its sexy allure in recent years (I really need to get out more) with the arrival of GenAI but rest assured it still has its dedicated fans. This two day forum at Deakin Uni Downtown (Melbourne) will take attendees through the latest in the field of wrangling data for better learning and teaching. (And while you’re in town, stick around for the Third Space Symposium and ASCILITE conference)

Publish or Perish: the party game from Kickstarter

I mentioned this card game a few months back after it was reported in Nature. It is a party game around the theme of academic publishing, where you and your friends have the chance to be reviewer 2 to someone’s face for fun and glory. It has made it onto Kickstarter and has passed its funding goals, so should be in your hands by March or so next year.