Slipped into @pranit_a's presentation a couple of minutes late, oops. He's talking about students who choose not to attend f2f or a range of reasons - which could include physical or learning disability, [mental] health conditions.

#UniSTARS
@pranit_a But, the online/distance ed experience can be 2nd rate due to lack of social connections, access to internet and equipment, familiarity with technology.

Soooo how can create environments to facilitate groupwork?
@pranit_a Group discussion - several platforms and technologies, but importantly, need to actually *facilitate* discussion - lots of guidelines online to create safe inclusive spaces.
Also suggests recording to assist non-attending students - in Zoom cloud vs local recording results in different recording (e.g. host local record can access breakout rooms).

Asynchronous activities can also help promote engagement since there is flexibility in when they occur
Important aspect to ensure is the social interaction - this can occur asynch as well through asking students to contribute to discussion and get to know each other - e.g. online forums. Also need to create connection with staff e.g. email/discussion forums

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7 Jul
Now watching more Deakin colleagues Kat Kain & Naomi Nirupa David talk about not just about access to learning environments but how students develop knowledge once they're in the door - "Peopling the technology: Designing for successful student transition"

#UniSTARS
They outline complexity of Deakin context of students learning in different modes, and diverse learning configurations. They're taking care to emphasise this is not a deficit approach, instead recognising competing demands on student time/energy means variety of learning options
Overview of pedagogical strategy here: canva.com/design/DAEiKE6…

Now they are sharing specific examples of how everything students needed to learn has been laid out
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7 Jul
Back for day 3 of #UniSTARS. Opening by @rachaelfield68 & @kjnnelson! Rachael acknowledges that conference funding is scarce and informs us that STARS is a not-for-profit conference where fees go towards the organisation of the best experience possible, and to support the journal
Now @KiftSally online to introduce our next keynote speaker, Mark Brown @mbrownz. She acknowledges Country. Mark has many leadership roles in digital and distance learning and while he calls Ireland home now it seems he hails from NZ!

My gosh it's 2am over there...

#UniSTARS
@KiftSally @mbrownz Mark also acknowledges Traditional Custodians and pays respect to elders present. His talk today is about "Untangling the Micro: is Small Beautiful?"

He is referring to microcredentials within the "innovation sandbox" - which might be viewed as separate to everyday business.
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6 Jul
Time for the first keynote. @rg_jones from Te Kupenga Hauora Māori, University of Auckland.

He will be talking about "Moving backwards into the future: Indigenising the health professional curriculum"

#ANZAHPEFestival
@rg_jones He starts by asking us to think about designing health professional education - if we build things off what we have done previously, we might miss some of the biggest concerns of the present time - climate change and impact of biodiversity

#ANZAHPEFestival
Rhys introduces the Maori perspective on knowing/time: we only already know what we've already experienced/what we have faced - i.e. the past ... the future is 'behind' us (i.e. we can't see it) ... so, his talk title builds on this.
Read 31 tweets
5 Jul
Hurrah, watching @NLCrawfordTas's presentation at #UniSTARS on her NCSEHE equity fellowship on mental wellbeing. It feels like it's real time but I know it's a recording. Pretty cool experience overall.
Nicole starts off by defining a model of mental wellbeing based on WHO's definition and a self-determination approach which sees it as a complex interaction.

She says that 47.7% of students in her survey considered withdrawing or deferring their studies.
Specific experiences differed greatly but lots of common ground - feeling alone, isolated, juggling/balancing act, but also the teaching & learning support and social aspects were important to students.

Nicole now introducing the guidelines for staff - she'll cover a few today
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4 Jul
Logged into the #uniSTARS platform and ready to go for the first keynote! Pretending this is a breakfast session 😂 ☕️😴
So, livetweeting may be a bit disrupted as I start my day.... lovely welcome by @kjnnelson & team including reminding us all it is NAIDOC week (the theme is healing country) and acknowledging the traditional custodians of the lands from which we join.
Now Simon Marginson kicks off after ensuring his tech works. He contends that our 'public good' approach for higher education is what is needed, and wants to explore what this might look like into the future (and how we can communicate about it).
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27 May
Time to switch back to regular programming - this morning I will be live-tweeting #CMMNeededNow session, now opening by @KiftSally, on Student Mental Health & Wellbeing.
Ian starts. He points out that contrary to previous systems where people became adults at the age of 18, we recognise now that young people are still developing ages 18-25 - and this is the peak time when mental illness develops.

#CMMNeededNow
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