In Episode 17, Professor Helen Partridge joins Dr Jo Elliott to discuss student responses to 2020's rapid transition to online learning and how that feedback has informed our approach to teaching online. They also discuss how we can create timely, informal, and meaningful opportunities for students to help shape learning experiences.

In Episode 16, Associate Prof. Colin Higgins, Director of Global Courses, speaks to Associate Prof. Chie Adachi about how connecting and designing for real-world learning experiences with/for students can be done online and why this is particularly important during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In Episode 15, Brett McLennan discusses the notion of learning analytics in the complex landscape of learning. He shares that learning analytics will never give you an answer, but rather it will provide you with prompts to look at what is happening and why. Listen to this discussion on the role learning analytics can play in your context today.

In Episode 14, Jo Elliott speaks to Dr Antonia Pont from the School of Communication and Creative Arts about using videos to help students connect with unit readings, and to build educator presence.

In Episode 13, Joan Sutherland interviews Dr Prue Francis to explore her rapid transformation to online and how her use of digital polling software, Mentimeter, enabled her to connect with her cohort, and increase feedback loops in the online space. 

In Episode 12, Jo Elliott and Paul Collins from Deakin's School of Engineering discuss a trial of a new learning platform that didn't quite go to plan. Together they reflect on what went wrong and what they learned along the way.

In Episode 11, Associate Prof. Chie Adachi speaks to Dr Dominique Condo, working as Lecturer in Sport Nutrition as well as Dietitian for the AFL team, Geelong Cats. From a hotel room of the quarantine hub with the Cats, Dom shares what constructing authentic learning and professional identities looks like online, remotely with students.

In Episode 10, Associate Prof. Barbie Panther speaks to Dr Madeleine Schultz about moving a first-year Chemistry unit online, designing experiments students could conduct in their own kitchens, and analysing participation, engagement, and performance data to evaluate what really works!

In Episode 9, Joan Sutherland and Daniel Steen discuss how a 'challenge mode' was implemented as part of the MBA using MS Teams and building a sense of authentic connection throughout the unit. Daniel explores the service design strategies that were implemented to understand student behaviours and attitudes to enhance the learning experience by embedding employability skills and activities to maintain motivation throughout.

In Episode 8, Jo Elliott speaks to Karen Powell about designing an online Law Clinic to provide more inclusive and flexible work-integrated learning experiences for online students.