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Educational Resources Support and Development

We provide support to staff in the use of learning and teaching technologies, and to design and develop high quality learning materials for students at the University of Newcastle. We work with other staff within the Centre for Teaching and Learning to support the development of educational resources that can be used by students and staff at the University. We also provide support to students in the use of some online learning technologies.

Personnel

• Dr Maria Northcote: Coordinator of Educational Resources Support and Development
• Tammy Robinson: E-Teaching Support and Design Officer
• Leanne Milne: E-Teaching Support Officer
• Rowan Garner: E-Teaching Support Officer
• Kahlee Thomson: E-Teaching Support Officer
• Andrew Yardy: Multimedia Integration and Production Officer
• Nicholas Barham: Educational Resources and Interactive Media Production Officer
• Peter Santone: Website Production Officer
• Ezekiel Kigbo: Website Production Officer
• Elizabeth Burns: Publication Design and Production Officer

Registration information

To register for any of the events organised by the Educational Resources Support and Development Team, please register through the HROnline system.

Workshops and events

We provide a range of workshops and events which support staff to design and develop educational resources. Many of our workshops focus on how to facilitate high quality online learning experiences for students at the University of Newcastle. The workshops are interactive and customised to workshop participants' needs and contexts. The workshop activities involve the use of up-to-date technology and are based upon practical pedagogical guidelines. Workshops can also be designed and developed to address specific requirements of a School, Faculty or administrative Unit.

Details of current workshop and events

Resources for staff and students

We have developed a range of resources for staff and students at the University. These resources include instruction manuals, tipsheets and online resources.

Learning in the online environment resource

This web-based resource has been created by the Centre for Teaching and Learning's Educational Resources Support and Development team to support commencing students at the University of Newcastle.

The University's Learning Management System: Blackboard

Blackboard is a web-based system used by The University of Newcastle to access to online course content and assessment activities.

Turnitin

Respondus

Respondus is a software tool which enables the easy creation and management of quizzes, surveys and exams that can be published to Blackboard.

LOMS/ Equella [site coming soon]

EQUELLA is a digital repository, or a learning object management system, that assists educators to manage and store digital learning resources.

Lectopia

Lectopia allows for the automatic recording of lectures which can be made available within a couple of hours for students to access via Blackboard.