James Tracy – Learning and Teaching Hub

Dharug CountryXCity

Dharug Country across the City is a website based on the current post-doctoral research project of Dr Jo Anne Rey, a Dharug community member, in collaboration with Dharug community and other allies. The research project, ‘Weaving Country across the City:…

Transferable Skills Framework

Following on from the Bachelor of Arts’ recent win (for Employability) in the Australian Financial Review Higher Education Awards 2020, the L&T Team now turns its attention to applying a course-level approach to refine alignment of designated BA majors and…

Media Based Assessment

Media Based Assessment as a Primary Document Format in the Humanities Based on current and past deployment of Student Video Assessments where Echo360 was used for delivery and assessment of student work, investigate the commonalities and differences between humanities disciplines…

iLearn Template Migration

The Faculty of Arts has implemented a standardised approach to the structure, design and conventions used in our iLearn units. By taking a students first approach to unit design, we create a familiar and easier experience for our students and…

Adobe Creative Cloud

The Faculty of Arts has deployed Adobe Creative Cloud licenses to a select set of its student body to enhance digital media fluency and address skills shortages as identified in the BA transferrable skills framework. This project includes activating a…

Portfolium rollout

The Faculty of Arts will use Portfolium as the primary eportfolio tool for use in our coursework suite from 2021. Portfolium is an online space where students can curate their achievements, projects, and competencies and showcase them to potential employers,…

Curriculum Architecture

The Macquarie Curriculum Architecture project (CA2020) is a University-wide endeavour to improve the coherence, structure, accessibility and constructive alignment of curriculum that is challenging, meaningful and useful. An additional goal of the Curriculum Architecture project is to improve the clarity…

OUA Renovation

Project Background The Open Universities Australia (OUA) Renovation pilot project was a strategic initiative established to implement the objectives of the Faculty of Arts Strategic Plan. Aligning to Learning and Teaching objectives, a model of continuous improvement to online unit…