This was a lightning talk that I gave at LAK 22.
Category: Education
VR and learning design: challenges and possibilities for teachers and students
I was recently interviewed by Brett Henebery from The Educator about VR use in schools. Excerpt below: Studies have shown that Virtual reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies can be used to improve the design of learning spaces, allowing students to learn without distraction, as well as simulate the classroom experience for pre-service teachers, who can…
ADE Reflection 2021
Education focussed Pracademics on Twitter: Building democratic fora
This is a presentation that I did with Steven Kolber regarding our work on #edureading.
Game and Gamification Presentation
This is a presentation that I did to Charles Darwin University pre-service teachers about games and gamification.
#eduReading: Rethinking the Role of Pracademics, Social Media and Democracy in Doing Educational Research
This is a presentation that I did with Steven Kolber at AARE 2021.
Providing Automated Video Feedback to Increase Student Engagement
This is a presentation that I delivered as part of the UTS Teaching and Learning Forum.
SCEAA Conference 2021: Day One
This is an excerpt from my summing up from the SCEAA Conference Day One It now falls to me to try to recap what we’ve covered today, and perhaps, if I’m feeling brave, to try to weave together some of the many themes that we’ve covered today. To help me out here, I’d like to…
Back to the future: What’s changed for active citizenship?
Recently, the Federal Education Minister, Alan Tudge, called upon the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) to substantially rewrite the new draft of the Australian Curriculum. Among other subjects, he focused on History and Civics and Citizenship, arguing that, in the new draft, “important historical events are removed or reframed, such as the emphasis on invasion theory over Australia Day. Even…
How to bridge the teacher and academic divide online
The Problem & the Proposal One of the most widely accepted facts in education is that teachers and academics often do not mix. This hurts teachers engagement with research and its application in the classrooms. Social media, and Twitter especially, holds the potential to bring together teachers, academics, and others within shared spaces to develop…