BLT Bytes: Timely takeaways for teachers

Annabel Orchard; Cherry Stewart; Alberto Gonzalez; Barbara Macfarlan; Kirsten Schliephake; Tammy Smith

BLT Bytes: Timely takeaways for teachers

Annabel Orchard, Cherry Stewart, Alberto Gonzalez, Barbara Macfarlan, Kirsten Schliephake, Tammy Smith

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Abstract

Learning design is part of the multifaceted role of the university teacher. However, very few university teachers have expertise in this field. The Educational Design Team at Monash University is addressing this need by developing a suite of digitally enabled capacity-building resources to support teachers at their point of need as they work towards enhancing teaching and learning practice. These resources, known as the BLT (Better Learning and Teaching) Bytes, provide just-in-time answers whilst also enabling and enhancing further understanding of the learning design process. These self-access digital resources are designed to support individuals and foster the development of communities of practice. This paper addresses the rationale for a just-in-time approach to professional learning in the higher education context. It describes the range of strategies that the educational design team has implemented in order to meet the complex professional development needs of university teaching staff.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of ASCILITE 2014 - Annual Conference of the Australian Society for Computers in Tertiary Education
Editors	B. Hegarty, J. McDonald, S.-K. Loke
Place of Publication	Queensland, Australia
Publisher	ASCILITE
Pages	722-725
Number of pages	4
Publication status	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes
Event	31st Annual Conference of the Australian Society for Computers in Tertiary Education, ASCILITE 2014 - Dunedin, New Zealand Duration: 23 Nov 2014 → 26 Nov 2014

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Other	31st Annual Conference of the Australian Society for Computers in Tertiary Education, ASCILITE 2014
Country/Territory	New Zealand
City	Dunedin
Period	23/11/14 → 26/11/14

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Keywords

Capacity building
Digital resources
Professional learning
Technology integration

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Orchard, A, Stewart, C, Gonzalez, A, Macfarlan, B, Schliephake, K & Smith, T 2014, BLT Bytes: Timely takeaways for teachers. in B Hegarty, J McDonald & S-K Loke (eds), Proceedings of ASCILITE 2014 - Annual Conference of the Australian Society for Computers in Tertiary Education. ASCILITE, Queensland, Australia, pp. 722-725, 31st Annual Conference of the Australian Society for Computers in Tertiary Education, ASCILITE 2014, Dunedin, New Zealand, 23/11/14.

BLT Bytes : Timely takeaways for teachers. / Orchard, Annabel; Stewart, Cherry; Gonzalez, Alberto et al.

Proceedings of ASCILITE 2014 - Annual Conference of the Australian Society for Computers in Tertiary Education. ed. / B. Hegarty; J. McDonald; S.-K. Loke. Queensland, Australia : ASCILITE, 2014. p. 722-725.

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