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Current projects (March 2018)
This year is shaping up to be an interesting year. The following are some of the major projects I’m involved in. Best practice and trends in family counselling and mediation services in NSW: A collaborative case study of Uniting I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Being an academic
Tagged My work, University academic, University lecturer, University of Newcastle
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Hints for new course coordinators at Uni
It’s my first day back at Uni today and I’m speaking to some new course coordinators. There some notes about what I cover at https://sustainingcommunity.wordpress.com/2017/01/19/course-coordination/ It’s fairly specific to the University of Newcastle, but it might be helpful to others as … Continue reading
Posted in Being an academic
Tagged University academic, University lecturer, University of Newcastle
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Updated information for new lecturers.
This morning I spoke to some new lecturers at the University of Newcastle about how I try to maintain a balance between supporting students and not letting teaching take up all my time as an academic. In preparation, I updated … Continue reading
Some hints re course coordination for new lecturers
[Updated 23 January 2018] I’ve been asked to speak to new lecturers at the University of Newcastle about the role of a course coordinator and thought I’d share some thoughts here. (Note: the University of Newcastle uses course to refer … Continue reading
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Tagged Academia, Online teaching, Teaching, University academic, University lecturer
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Keeping contact with students in online teaching
I’ve recently started emailing students more frequently in the online elective on community engagement I teach at the University of Newcastle. The students come from a wide variety of disciplines: since it started in 2008 there have been 1389 students … Continue reading
Posted in Facilitation & teaching
Tagged HLSC2241, Online teaching, University academic, University lecturer
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Blogging as an academic
Blogging is becoming a more important part of my life as an academic. I started blogging around August 2010 as a way of sharing interesting resources with students in online subjects I teach on community engagement and community capacity building. … Continue reading
