Resources
Evaluating Pedagogical Practice
The topic Evaluating Pedagogical Practice (other terms often used are educational research, pedagogical research, gathering student feedback, measuring teaching effectiveness) aims to provide an overview of the most commonly used techniques to review and evaluate lecturing practice.
Recognition of Prior Learning
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) is a process by which prior learning is formally recognised, assessed and measured against the qualification in which the learner is enrolled
Portfolio Assessment
Each claim of learning submitted in support of an Recognition of Prior Learning application need to be accompanied by appropriate evidence documents which provide proof of learning achieved or verifying the learning experience. Find out more here.
Google Apps
Google Apps is a suite of on-line applications that exist to support teamwork and cooperative work/learning. Consider, a team-based activity that might need to produce a report as an end result.
Plagiarism
Many students see the primary purpose of education as not to learn about oneself and the world but rather to increase the chances of getting a better paid job. This can lead to plagarism. This resource will cover the factors that influence academic dishonesty, the plagiarism framework and strategies for preventing it.
Blackboard
Blackboard is a leading example of a Learning Management system, a web-based application for the administration, documentation, tracking, and reporting of training programs, classroom and online events, e-learning programs, and training content.
Multiple Choice Questions
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) are a standard approach to assessment which can be used across a range of disciplines. The strengths and weaknesses associated with the use of MCQs are explained in this section.
Formative Assessment
Formative Assessment or Formative Feedback can encompass any task that creates feedback to students about learning achievement (Knight, 2001). In contrast to summative assessment which focuses on grading students, the main purpose of formative assessment is to provide guidance to the student to facilitate learning.
Research Design
Research design is the systematic planning of research, usually involving: (a) the formulation of a research question or research questions (b) the development of a strategy to answer or address (a); (c) the gathering of data and evidence using a range of appropriate data gathering instruments and methods; (d) the analysis of this data in context of (a); (e) the presentation of results.
Learning in Groups
Learning in groups (also known as small group teaching, cooperative/collaborative learning) involves defining a group activity, organizing students into suitable groups, facilitating the group and, frequently, assessing the group.
Digital Images
Digital images are all around us and understanding them and the pixels they are made up of is the first step to using and manipulating them optimally, it’s also the first step in understanding more complex multimedia/media design concepts. This workshop offers a basic introduction to pixels, resolution, image file format and some basic digital image manipulation.
Digital Images Resources
Digital Audio
Digital audio is a digital version of "real world" sound or analog recording: understanding basic differences between analog and digital audio, key determinants of digital audio quality including sample rate and sample format as well as the various compression techniques and file formats are key steps to recording and manipulating your own digital audio files. This workshops offers a basic introduction to these topics and gives a short hands-on introduction to using the popular open source audio editing and recording software, Audacity.
Digital Audio Resources
