Festival of Learning and Teaching June 2023

To help craft a strong and positive future for our students, The ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog has embarked on a journey to design a future-fitÌýlearning and teaching strategy:Ìý

Attendees engaged with the key ideas informing the strategy at the second event, on 16 June, Activating Learning.

2023 Festival of Learning and Teaching June Lecture Theatre

Keynote presentation with Professor Angela Carbone at the 16 June Festival event

The half day event was held at the Adelaide Health and Medical Sciences Building.

Attendees heard from the keynote presenter, Professor Angela Carbone and university colleagues and had the opportunity to contribute to discussions about Active Learning.


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Features of June Program

KEYNOTE

The Power of Active Learning
Professor Angela Carbone,ÌýAssociate Deputy Vice-Chancellor Learning, Teaching and Quality within the STEM College at RMIT ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog.

This keynote presentation explores the concept of active learning and its practical implementation in various educational environments. Participants will have an opportunity to engage in active learning activities while exploring the concept, implementation, and benefits and challenges in various educational environments.

A focus of the presentation will explore how active learning can be applied in practice, and its adaptability to different educational settings, including traditional classrooms and online learning environments. The presentation will showcase some active learning initiatives at RMIT ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog. Participants will gain insights into specific examples of how RMIT incorporates active learning methodologies into its curriculum through its Active, Applied and Authentic (AAA) Signature Pedagogy.

2023 Festival of Learning and Teaching June Senior staff

Associate Professor Graham Hardy, Professor Suzanne Le Mire, Professor Angela Carbone and Professor Danny Liew

Interactive concurrent sessions on the following topics

  • The 7E model of enquiry based learning
  • Activating learning in SET
  • Active learning in a large group setting; increasing student engagement and understanding
  • Principles, pedagogy and praxis: Active learning for university teachers
  • Chat JGT (Just Good Teaching)
  • AI and active learning
  • ​â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹Enabling active learning and skill building in group work assessment
  • ​â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹Designing active learning approaches across a program: Lessons learned

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