July 31, 2018

In this series of bulletins, we are drawing on Subject Experience Survey questions to inspire the our weekly topics. This week’s focus comes from

Question 4: The quality of teaching in this subject helped 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.

10 Strategies for Enhancing Learning in Introductory Courses
By Dr Barbara Jacoby
Source: https://www.magnapubs.com/magna-commons/?video=3076
(See below for instructions on how to access the CSU free subscription to this resource).

QUOTE: “Teaching is leading students into a situation they can only escape by thinking”.

- attributed to University of Maryland colleague of Dr Jacoby.

With this week's focus on Question 4 of the SES in mind, the content from Dr Jacoby in this webinar addresses challenges associated with teaching compulsory introductory subjects. Most strategies are relevant across any level of a course, with a few that are specific for new students. They can be applied in online and blended classes, although the primary focus is on face-to-face learning and teaching.

Four common challenges are identified as "cases" and strategies to address each case are outlined in this 60-minute webinar.

1. The Case of the Disappearing Students

Strategy 1: Tell students what they should learn; give them early and frequent feedback

Strategy 2: Make learning useful and relevant

Strategy 3: Ask students frequently for feedback about their learning

2. The Case of Blaming the Students

Strategy 4: Managing cognitive Load by providing structures for learning

Strategy 5: Helping students learn through metacognition

3. The Case of the 1,000-yard Stare (aka, the Case of the Zombie Students)

Strategy 6: Don’t make it only about content

Strategy 7: Offer a variety of ways to learn

Strategy 8: Teach students to ask questions instead of only answering them

4. The Case of Pedagogy Overload Syndrome

Strategy 9: Don’t feel you have to embrace every new teaching strategy

Strategy 10: Use technology, but not as a panacea

The drawing out of each strategy includes useful examples and resources. The main points of Strategy 2 are an indicator of what you can expect.

Strategy 2: Make learning useful and relevant

• Let students know why we fell in love with our discipline to begin with - INSPIRE
  
• Use important social issues that affect students in their context
• Create a learning environment that: Is personally meaningful to students & faculty; Suggests practical applications related to students’ experience;
  

• Example:
  

1. SENCER http://sencer.net/ Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities – has a large range of resources to prompt your thinking and examples of model subjects.
2. PKAL – Project Kaleidoscope - https://www.aacu.org/pkal - STEM resources.

The Supplementary Materials include mapping and rubric development templates and examples and an extensive list of references.

RECOMMENDED PUBLICATION: Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning – available through CSU Library, Volume 50 is current for 2018.

At CSU, you can get expert help with developing rubrics by submitting a SRS request, or by contacting the Assessment Leads in the Division of Learning and Teaching. For rubrics, check out the range of self-help resources on the Assessment, Moderation and Benchmarking website.

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.

NOTE: CSU Twitter feed this week broadcast a reminder to students that this session's SES is opening soon.

Monday 20 Minute Mentor ****ENDS ON AUGUST 12****

Do you have 20 minutes per week to learn new teaching tips?

You have a short window of opportunity to access this resource.

CSU has an 8-week institutional subscription to the Monday Morning Mentor Summer (USA) Edition that expires on August 12. You can listen to the presentation and download the accompanying resources up to that time.

For the unique weekly passwords

CSU staff, please contact Ellen McIntyre: elmcintyre@csu.edu.au

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Quote from a CSU Academic on Yammer: “These are good."

Email feedback: “It was easy to listen to, non-sensational and credible. I love the fact that the short session can be ingested at any time of the day.”

Topics so far in 20-Minute Mentors:

How Can I Help Students See that Sweat-Working Hard and Smart-Is Key to Their Success?

How Do I Use Controversial Issues to Build Cognitive Skills in my Students?

How Can I Teach Routine Courses with Energy and Enthusiasm? This is about teacher presence.

How Do I Discuss Academic Integrity During the First Class?

How Can Improving Student Feedback Improve the Quality of Each Educational Encounter? This is about feedback from students and teaching responses, e.g. Subject Experience Survey.

How Do I Get Students to Come to Class Prepared?

What are the Secrets to Making Highly Effective Educational Videos?

What is Essential in a Grading Policy?

How Do I Release My Students' Natural Zest and Curiosity for Better Learning?

How Can I Use Simple Gamification Strategies to Engage my Students?

How Can I Move My Teaching Forward at Midcareer?

How Do I Set Students up for Success in Online Courses?

How Can I Inspire Creative Confidence in the Classroom?

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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

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:

NORFOLK Paperless Marking - an Introduction. Adobe Connect session 31 July 2018 at 1:00 pm; OR

Writing good learning outcomes. Adobe Connect session a 1 August 2018 at 1:00 pm

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 'enhancing learning' with a filter for Education and eLearning returned 116 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,

Learning to Teach Online (2h 5m).

Using TED to enhance learning (4m 14s) and Engage students in learning content with Quizlet (7m 10s) video as part of the broader topic of Teacher Tech Tips (8h 45m).

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.
Follow this link for more information: Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching

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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Folder with all previous issues.

Issue 1 Group Work; Issue 2 Engagement; Issue 3 Engagement;

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

Issue 7 Active Engagement; Issue 8 Building on Prior Learning;

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;
Issue 17 Activities for Effective Learning; Issue 18 Dialogic Feedback;

Issue 19 Student Evaluation

FoBJBS Newsletter: BJBS-News

FoA&E Newsletter: NeXus Issue#4

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