August 14, 2018

In this series of bulletins, we are drawing on Subject Experience Survey items to inspire our weekly topics.

This week’s focus comes from

Item 2: The teaching in this subject motivated me to learn.

Implementing the CSU Value INSPIRING in your teaching.

Through living the value of inspiring we engage and motivate our students and communities to also proactively build innovation and capacity into their lives, careers and industries.

Designing Online Learning to Spark Intrinsic Motivation
By: Rebecca Zambrano

Source: https://www.magnapubs.com/magna-commons/?video=11969

(See below for instructions on how to access the CSU free subscription to this resource).

Students bring their existing individual motivations for learning with them into the subjects they take. This can include extrinsic, intrinsic or even lack of motivation.

How then do we further motivate them to learn from our teaching?

This 45-minute seminar is packed with practical tips to answer that question.

Starting with basic definitions of motivation, Rebecca Zambrano refers to the key components of Self-Determination Theory - Competence, Autonomy, Relatedness - as the background to her recommendations for teaching practices (see Ryan & Deci, 2017).

The practical application of the theory commences at around the 9-minute mark. Each point is supported with examples and suggested strategies and answers to audience questions.

• Before you design or improve your online subject ...
  

........ A series of questions is provided in the talk and the supplementary material for you to answer about why students are taking your subject and what they want to get out of it.

• To tap into diverse motivational profiles ...

........ Create a mix of assignments that recognize diverse motivational profiles, and include choice of assignments where possible.
........ Create assignments that help them gain mastery at increasing levels of complexity or depth over time.
........ Create assignments that build community in and beyond the course (engaged learning).

• Allow students to guide learning.

• Help students to see the value of each voice in the learning community.

........ [Useful tip here for promoting the discussion forum - the Appreciation Wiki]

• Link subject content to big questions and values.

• Ask students to reflect on their growth in the subject.

• Help students to become free.

• Guide students to teach each other.

• Create connections to the senses.

and finally ....

• Shun Perfection!
  

........ QUOTE: Perfection distances us from students!

Further questions are answered in the final five minutes of the presentation.

This webinar contains some great information on how your teaching can motivate students to learn. With SES Item 2 in mind, it also provides prompts to help you to decide how to help students draw the link between your teaching and their motivation to learn.

References available from CSU library:

Ryan, R. M., & Deci, E. L. (2017). Self-determination theory: Basic psychological needs in motivation, development, and wellness. Retrieved from https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.ezproxy.csu.edu.au

Presentation handouts, full transcripts and supplementary resources are available for download from the Magna Commons website if you don't have time to listen to the seminar.

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Contents
1....Teaching support resources at CSU
2....Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching MOOC
3....CSU Professional Learning Calendar
4....Bonus CSU resource - Lynda.com
5....Magna Commons Subscription
6....Links to previous bulletins
7....Subscribe

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You have access to a range of quality CSU resources to help you incorporate educational resources and techniques into your teaching. Check out the following:

• Teaching at CSU - the Division of Learning and Teaching website with links to resources for Teaching Staff, Online Learning, Assessment, Curriculum, Indigenous Curriculum, Workplace Learning, Technologies, Feedback and Analytics, and Learning Spaces.
  
• Resources for Learning and Teaching Academic and Professional Staff - searchable CSU database
  
• Learning Technologies - the starting point for a range of learning design options
• CSU Learning Exchange: Technologies in Context - a searchable database to promote online learning and teaching strategies
• The CSU wiki - a faculty-based source of learning and teaching information and strategies

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Professional Development opportunity for all.

Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching is an

open access COURSE for the Australian Higher Education Sector.

This teaching induction course provides key introductory learning and teaching concepts and strategies for those who are in their first few years of university teaching. The self-paced course is comprised of 11expert-developed modules, and several specialty modules and resources.

For more information on how to enrol, please contact

Sheeja Samuel- email: ssamuel@csu.edu.au ph: +61 2 6051 9742, or

Kellie Smyth - email: ksmyth@csu.edu.au ph: +61 2 6272 6270

NOTE: Completion of this course will provide some credit and a pathway into the CSU Grad. Cert. in Learning & Teaching in Higher Education (GCLTHE). It can provide a basis for commencing preparation for Associate Fellowship (HEA).

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Regular seminars on teaching-related topics are listed on the

CSU Professional Learning Calendar - accessed directly here

or from the Division of Learning and Teaching front page - accessed here

CSU Professional Learning Calendar:

Welcome to the world of Mixed Reality (weimagine:MR). Adobe Connect session 14 August 2018 at 12:00 pm; OR

Assessment feedback how why and where. Adobe Connect session 15 August 2018 at 1:00 pm or 16 August 2018 at 1:00 pm OR

Creating Engaging Interactive Videos. Adobe Connect session 15 August 2018 at 12:00 pm.

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All CSU students and staff members have access to Lynda.com, an online subscription library that teaches the latest business, creative and software skills through high-quality instructional videos.

A search for 'motivation' with a filter for Education and eLearning returned 172 results. Resources range from general teaching tips, to keynote lectures, to the specifics of various tools and applications for employing educational resources and techniques.

For example,

Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation (4m 12s) as part of the broader topic of Gamification of Learning (2h 16m).

Motivate problem solvers (4m 12s) as part of the broader topic of Teaching Future-Ready Students (3h 9m).

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All staff with a CSU email address have free access to our annual

CSU subscription to the Magna Commons series of online seminars

Presentation handouts, full transcripts and supplementary resources are available for download if you don't have time to listen to the seminar.

How to subscribe

Staff with a CSU email address can obtain the Magna Commons CSU subscription code from Ellen McIntyre elmcintyre@csu.edu.au

Magna Commons suggests seminars to watch this month related to DEVELOPMENT:

• Building a Tougher Student: Applying the Research on Intellectual Development
• How to Create a Successful Graduate Teaching Assistant Training and Development Program
  
• The Role of the Strategic Plan in Building Faculty Development Programs

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Issue 4 Academic Integrity; Issue 5 Feedback; Issue 6 Feedback;

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Issue 9 Student Diversity; Issue 10 Learning Outcomes;

Issue 11 Deep Learning; Issue 12 The Teaching-Research Nexus;

Issue 13 Improving Student Learning; Issue 14 Planning for Effective Student Learning; Issue 15 Feedback for Teaching; Issue 16 Gamification;
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Issue 19 Student Evaluation; Issue 20 Enhancing Learning;
Issue 21 Rationale for Assessment

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