Technology Demonstrators

Community of Practice Newsletter. Issue 2, February 2022

Technology Demonstrators CoP meeting - February 10, 2022

At this session, with TOOLS as the theme, we discussed what is on our 'radar' in terms of edtech tools in 2022. Learn from and contribute to the On Our Radar Padlet - add your ideas, comment on others. Did you know we have a list of edtech tools 'signed off' for use at USQ?

A big thank you to guest presenters Dr Melissa Taylor and Stephanie Piper - see videos below.

Don't forget to engage with TechDems in 2022 - the January newsletter and our new TechDem website has links and resources to get started.

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Video of TechDem CoP session

Guest Presenters - Tools theme

USQ Makerspace - Stephanie Piper

Steph talked about the latest in Library Makerspace, including space move, grant application ideas and the industry placement student program.

New Website! Maker Resources

Increasing social and collaborative student engagement through interactive technology - Dr Melissa Taylor

Melissa shared TechDem 2021 project outcomes and StudyDesk exemplars with a focus on Voicethread and H5P.

Events for you to join

Click the button for the TechDem Events page - the calendar shares all forthcoming meetings, SIGs and other opportunities for you to engage with.

Germany - Australia International Collaboration

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Don't forget to register!

Announcing a unique opportunity to explore contemporary themes in online learning and collaborate with others beyond the borders of USQ!

Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany and the University of Southern Queensland, Australia, are collaborating virtually to share ideas and co-construct understandings of tools, pedagogies and support systems for hybrid learning.

Theme:

Humanising the tyranny of distance: Tools and pedagogies for the socialisation of hybrid learning

Read more, register now - download the PDF flyer to share

Don't miss this opportunity!

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CoPs, SIGs....are these on your radar?

You will find all events, SIGs, CoPs and more on our EVENTS page.

The next Technology Demonstrators CoP meeting is March 10, 2pm in ZOOM.

MS Teams for Teaching SIG - February 24, 11am in ZOOM

Student Engagement SIG - February 24, 3pm in ZOOM

Online Collaborative Learning SIG - March 8, 12pm in ZOOM

ePortfolio SIG - March 16, 11am in ZOOM

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Interesting resources

Synthesis of student engagement with digital technologies: a systematic review of the literature

The review focused on student engagement across technologies that encompass social media, video, and collaborative learning technologies. Three core themes were identified:

There was no shared understanding of what constitutes student engagement with learning technologies,
There was a lack of explanation concerning the contextual variation and modalities of student engagement across the digital technologies, and,
Self-reporting was the primary method of measuring student engagement, rendering results as perceptual rather than behavioural.

READ the article

Improving Cognitive Presence in Online Discussions in Large Enrolment Courses

Strategies included:

Small groups using structured protocols for discussion

Modeling exemplary discussion posts
Increasing the grade percentage

READ the ASCILITE blog post that links to the full article

Implementing H5P Online Interactive Activities at Scale

ASCILITE Conference 2021 paper

Past Newsletters

January 2022 - How to engage with Technology Demonstrators

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EdTech and Learning Technologies website

Technology Demonstrators has its own website - well 2 websites really that interconnect (how clever is that?)

FIRST: Educational Technology @USQ (Use QR code to access also) - where TechDems material can be found including CoP, Special Interest Groups, Initiatives and Events.

SECOND: Learning Technologies - where we provide resources for popular tools and pedagogies.

There is also Conversations - This is our blog! Lot's to share and comment on.

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