Lots to read, watch, join and interact with in the June edition of the TechDem newsletter including:

• Call for EOI - USQ ASCILITE membership
• Learning and teaching initiatives - apply now!
• TechDem Champions
• ThinkPiece Conversations
• Engageli Awareness Session - starting this week!

Technology Demonstrators provides the spice of life for learning and teaching!

Participate, join, collaborate today.

In this video Professor Petrea Redmond shares information about the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. USQ has a Gold membership and staff are invited to apply for one of the 25 seats. Watch the video to learn more about criteria for membership and also the opportunities ASCILITE provides for those interested in research and collaboration around educational technologies in teaching and learning.

Fill in this form (embedded below as well) to register your EOI for a USQ ASCILITE membership.

DEADLINE - extended to Friday July 1, 2022

In this video Colin shares his approach to supporting Academic Development (in collaboration with Dr Ian Davis). He also shows how easy it is to leverage H5P as a design and interactive learning element. Explore the AD website for lots of great resources and H5P examples that can be downloaded and reused in your courses.

WordPress student portfolios?

Engageli (learning environment) Pilot?

A TD Special Interest Group SIG? (Student engagement, Online collaborative learning, Student portfolios, MS Teams for Teaching)

Watch the initiatives session video - find all hyperlinks on the slides.

Contact TechDems if you have bespoke needs and questions.

We are here to support!

Ask yourself...

• Are you frustrated by the limitations of Zoom and want to try something different?

• Do you want to provide a more collaborative and flexible online learning environment for your students?

• Do you want to stream high quality video during tutorials?

• Do you want enhanced student engagement data to better support student success?

Solution: Join your course to the Engageli Pilot in Semester 2.

Start by joining one or all three of the Engageli Awareness Sessions taking place Thursday's where we will support pilot participants through:

• Revising current Engageli features that you may already know
• Reviewing and learning about new features
• Sharing experiences and questions
• Talking about pedagogical approaches to using Engageli and what to setup for Sem 2 - including synchronous and asynchronous learning

The first session is Thursday June 23, 9am.

RSVP via the event invitation below - and we will be in touch!

Do you:

• Have a keen interest in online learning and working cooperatively with others?

• Have an interest in any or all of our four pillars: tools, pedagogies, evaluation, or research?

• Think of yourself as a novice or expert when using edtech?

• Have a willingness to support colleagues and collectively build capacity?

YOU are invited!

Share your ideas, research, experiences, practices, skills, innovation….and more!

• 10 weeks of ThinkPiece Conversations August-October

• Conversation brings together the ideas and video into a blog post

• 'Meet the creators’ TechDem special sessopms to discuss ThinkPieces

WATCH this video where Julie shares this new ThinkPiece Conversations TechDem initiative.

Click the heading to read more info on our website

Don't wait any longer - SIGN UP to share a ThinkPiece now via the form below!

The Technology Enhanced Learning Collaborative (TELC) (click banner to go to go to website) is a research team based at the University of Southern Queensland. It is a research team within the Institute for Resilient Regions. The TELC will examine how technology can be made integral to learning and to enhance different forms of formal and informal education. It will also explore ways that technology can assist learners to be connected to their families, friends, peers, and educators.

Contact: Professor Petrea Redmond for further details.

Click the button to access our SIG web pages with lots of great resources! You will find all events, SIGs, CoPs and more on our EVENTS page.

Fill in the embedded form below.

May 2022 - Engage with Engageli - Meet the Champions

April 2022 - Connectivism and TechDem Champions

March 2022 - Creating a HyFlex classroom

February 2022 - Updates and resources

January 2022 - How to engage with Technology Demonstrators

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.

Dr Julie Lindsay

Senior Education Technology Advisor

Email: julie.lindsay@usq.edu.au
Phone: +61 7 46312890