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Mobius

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Mobius聽is a powerful聽platform that supports innovative teaching, learning and assessment design. It is particularly suited to STEM subjects but can be used effectively and creatively across disciplines.

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Mixed Cohort Tutorials

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So, you have a dilemma: you have 30 students and normally run 3 tutorials of 10 each, but 5 students are remote. You can鈥檛 afford to run a fourth with only remote students. You need to include them in the 3rd tutorial. But how can it be done in a way that feels like the remote and face to face students are connected as one, are equally engaged in the tutorial, and getting a quality learning experience?

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Introducing new features in the Self & Peer Learning Assessment Tool (SPLAT)

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SPLAT is an online tool used by students to assess the contributions of individual members of their team, as well as themselves.聽

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How to effectively use MyUni Course Announcements

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During the present times of purely remote learning, it is increasingly important for students to receive personalised messaging from their course coordinators, lecturers and tutors.聽

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What is an Educational Technologist? A Q&A with Eman Rashwan

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Have you ever wondered what an Educational Technologist does? With our focus this month being on technology in learning and teaching, we interviewed Eman Rashwan to find out about her role. Eman has worked in the eLearning space for almost 13 years and across several countries. Here鈥檚 what she had to say:

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Farewell to Adobe Flash

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Adobe Flash, the popular animation and interactive creation tool, is聽聽as of the end of December 2020. This includes any ongoing security updates for the tool聽and聽the desktop Flash Player.

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Improving group dynamics with SPLAT 鈥 Q&A Hayley McGrice

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SPLAT is an online tool used by students to assess the contributions of individual members of their team, as well as themselves. Using course coordinator-defined criteria, an individual weighting factor, more commonly known as a Peer Assessment Factor or PAF, can be calculated for each student.聽

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Find what you鈥檙e looking for with MyUni Search

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MyUni has been updated with a new 鈥淪earch鈥 function that will be available to all users from聽8thOctober 2019.聽

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Key takeaways from an Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) pilot

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Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) is when computer software recognises the human voice.聽

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How group work enhances employability

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Despite being every student鈥檚 pet peeve, group assignments are hugely important for personal development and future employability.聽The 成人大片 prides itself on producing graduates with qualities and characteristics that are transferable beyond the disciplinary context in which they have been developed. It is group work in particular that aligns with two of the聽University鈥檚 core graduate attributes. These include teamwork & communications skills and self-awareness & emotional intelligence.

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