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’Hub Chats’ is created by the Macquarie University Teachers’ Learning Hub, at Macquarie University in Sydney. Episodes are released fortnightly.

  1. 3 FEB

    31 | Using AI effectively to support lesson planning and assessment design

    Dr Brian Ballsun-Stanton and Dr Jodie Torrington discuss how to use AI effectively to support your planning and assessment design for your classroom. Learn how to retain an internal AI-Locus of Control while using AI technologies. Remember to: -know your goal -provide all the details and context -use an auto-interview technique -use your own judgement and reflection throughout the process -ask yourself: “Am I happy to put my name to this output?” Additional resources to support your AI journey: Prompting tips and strategies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PKNoM8tc_A&list=PLsicw0ghQckgHREOX2uCDaRTDaxNZFyNK   Prompting poster: https://zenodo.org/records/17373463   AI-Locus of Control framework: https://zenodo.org/records/17823628

    34 min

  2. 20 JAN

    30 | Help! I’m teaching Geography for the first time

    In this episode, we are talking about out-of-field teaching in high schools, focusing specifically on teaching Geography.  Dr Susan Caldis and Kathy Jones talk about their new microcredential that provides comprehensive support for new-to-geography teachers. Find out what makes a geography lesson geographical, and how AI can be used effectively and authentically to support teacher planning and assessment design.  Enrol in our “Help! I’m teaching Geography for the first time” professional learning microcredential here: https://microcredentials.mq.edu.au/courses/help!-im-teaching-geography-for-the-first-time  Find the GEOG standards here: https://agta.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/geogstandards.pdf   Susan’s fan diagram can be viewed here: Caldis, S. (2022). What makes my geography lesson distinctive and powerful? In M. McInerney, J. Butler, S. Caldis, S. Cranby, M. Law, A. Maude, & R. Nicholas (Eds.), Teaching secondary geography (pp. 201-217). Cambridge University Press (CUP).

    37 min

  3. 12/12/2025

    29 | How can museums support your teaching practice?

    In this episode, Dr Jodie Torrington chats with The Gale History Museum at Macquarie University’s Education and Outreach Coordinator, Dr Yvonne Inall to explore practical ways teachers can integrate community resources like museums into their programmes. Yvonne shares tips on making the most of museum visits and discusses how the museums, such as the Gale Museum at MQ can be a powerful educational tool for your classroom.

    28 min

  4. 05/11/2025

    28 | Applying for funding for service-based projects and initiatives in ECE

    In this episode, Professor Sheila Degotardi, the Director of the Centre for Early Childhood Education at Macquarie University chats with Dr Catherine Jones, who is the preschool room teacher and educational leader at Goodstart Kurri Kurri about the benefits and challenges of applying for external funding to support your ECE context.

    17 min

  5. 21/10/2025

    27 | Social media and language learning

    Have you thought about engaging your language learners by harnessing real-life examples that they view on social media? Listen to Dr Yeong-Ju Lee talk about how to use technological innovations in language education, and how you can promote informal language learning using TikTok and Instagram. She shares pedagogical strategies for teachers to integrate multimodal and real-life practices into language classrooms and encourages students to “play” with language using social media.   Here is the link to her book that we talk about in the episode: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781003543541/social-media-language-learning-yeong-ju-lee   **Special 20% discount (valid until 31 Oct 2025): use code 25SMA3**

    21 min

  6. 08/10/2025

    26 | Engaging with culturally and linguistically diverse families in early childhood settings

    In this episode, Professor Fay Hadley chats with Sene Gede, Centre Director at Boundary Lane Children’s Centre and Akram Eshaghi, Centre Director at Uniting Airlie Preschool Oatlands as they share their advice and strategies about engaging with culturally and linguistically diverse families.

    30 min

  7. 24/09/2025

    25 | Maintaining mutuality and respect: using psychoanalytic tools in education

    Professor Deborah Youdell, Dean of the Macquarie School of Education chats with Dr Tamara Bibby about psychoanalytic approaches in education. Tamara invites educators to think beyond rational “self-knowing” to the “incompleteness of knowing” in real, living classrooms using psychoanalytic ways of thinking. This episode is valuable listening for both new and experienced teachers.  For more teacher resources and education inspiration, visit the Macquarie University Teachers’ Learning Hub.

    36 min

  8. 10/09/2025

    24 | Supporting Regional and Remote Children’s Participation in Early Childhood Education

    Following from our last episode about teaching in rural and remote schools, in this episode we discuss Early Childhood Education in rural locations. Dr Loraine Fordham chats with Michele Carnegie, Chief Executive Officer of CELA (Community Early Learning Australia) about supporting early learning in regional and remote communities across Australia.  Visit the MQ Teachers' Learning Hub for more professional learning resources.

    32 min
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’Hub Chats’ is created by the Macquarie University Teachers’ Learning Hub, at Macquarie University in Sydney. Episodes are released fortnightly.

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  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
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