Resources About Technologies in Learning and Teaching
iLearn
iLearn is Macquarie's new Learning Management System from semester 1 2012. The iLearn web site has a variety of resources to help staff. The best place to start is the Quick Guides page.
Blackboard
From semester 1 2012 learn.mq (Blackboard) was replaced by iLearn. Blackboard will still be used by MGSM until later in 2012, and is only available to other staff for file retrieval purposes. All other online units will be delivered through iLearn (see above).
- Blackboard Technical Information - Help with software and hardware to enable access to Blackboard and iLecture
- Also see the Staff Guide links below for more help with Blackboard.
Echo360 (previously known as iLecture)
- Blackboard Technical Information - Help with software and hardware to enable access to Blackboard and Echo360
- iLecture staff guidelines [PDF - 476k] These guidelines are based on the results of a national study on the impact of web-based lecture technologies such as iLecture on learning and teaching. They have been developed to explore some of the issues emerging from the study. Also see our iLecture student guidelines [PDF - 409k], showing students how to get the most out of Lecture Recordings.
Resources to Help You in your Teaching
- Learning Portfolios @ Macquarie - What are e-portfolios and would they be useful in your teaching?
- Wikis, Blogs, Forums: Which One, When and How? - A guide to these technologies to help in your decision making process.
- Curriculum design with technologies - tips and checklists for good practice.
- Assessment Toolkit is part of a series of short, focused resources on learning and teaching being produced by the Learning & Teaching Centre. The resources are designed to help you implement effective assessment in your teaching.
- 'How to Lead Discussions' [PDF - 1MB] is a guide to some of the best techniques for engaging students in active learning, improving their communication and argumentation skills, and getting them to participate in class debates and discussions. This booklet was developed by the Division of Economics and Finance (now the Faculty of Business and Economics) in conjunction with the LTC.
Staff Guides for Blackboard
The following Staff Guides are for Blackboard CE8 and associated technologies. For iLearn resources go to the iLearn website.
- Blackboard: Getting Started
- iLecture
- Blackboard: Managing your online unit
- Blackboard: Authoring and managing files
- Blackboard: Discussions
- Blackboard: Assessments
- LAMS