Technology Demonstrators

Community of Practice Newsletter. Issue 1, January 2022

Welcome to Technology Demonstrators 2022

Technology Demonstrators is a USQ initiative designed to foster educational innovation, through active experimentation with, and evaluation of, educational technologies and other digital platforms to continuously improve learning and teaching.

The new iteration of TechDems started in September 2021. What did we achieve? To find out read TechDems21: The Year in Review by Katrina Cutcliffe, Learning and Teaching Assistant.

As 2022 commences a raft of opportunities awaits those who are....(see image below)

.... IS THIS YOU?

Ask yourself - How can YOU engage with Technology Demonstrators in 2022?

Let your imagination and sense of adventure take flight.

2022 could be the year that you start/continue digital learning initiatives and innovate your teaching and learning at USQ.

Consider NOW how YOU can engage with TechDems, collaborate with colleagues, and embrace new ideas and practices to foster improved student learning experiences.

Choose your 2022 TechDem Adventure

Click the button and explore options. Read further details about possible 'adventures' below.

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Paricipate in the TechDem Community of Practice

The TechDem CoP is a core group providing collegial sharing, implementation and research.

Our first meeting for 2022 is on February 10 and has a focus on 'Tools' to kick off the year.

Browse past meeting archives and resources:

Join a Special Interest Group (SIG)

TechDem Special Interest Groups aim to break down silos and foster conversation, resource development and action aligned with learning and teaching and the contextual relevance of educational technology.

Explore and join one or more of the following SIGs:

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Undertake a TechDem Initiative

TechDems is here to support you and your students with innovative initiatives (pilots and projects) driven by Academic Plan alignment at USQ.

TechDem initiatives support your goals to:

Try new tools and pedagogies in a supportive environment
Align with research goals (promotion, enhanced status)
Access additional L&T Assistant support for implementation, evaluation and evidence-based reporting

Initiatives available Semester 1, 2022

TechDem Learning and Teaching Assistant Support

Propose or join an initiative and leverage LTA support in 2022

Each semester, a limited number of places are available within the Technology Demonstrators program for academics seeking to implement a digital learning initiative.

TechDems Digital Learning Initiatives allow participants, with the support of individualised Learning and Teaching Assistants, to address an opportunity or barrier within their course or other student-facing implementation.

Initiatives will involve the selection of a relevant digital affordance/s and pedagogical approach. Each initiative will be supported for the length of the semester’s implementation, when LTA assistants will then work with academics to evaluate the impact of the initiative. (Many of our previous TechDems participants have aligned this process with research goals - browse the 2020 TechDem initiatives)

Initiatives should be aligned with the goals of the USQ Academic Plan or strategic initiatives such as First Year Experience, employability, Work Integrated Learning, digital literacy, student engagement, virtual campus and so on.

Learn more and apply by clicking the button above.