Cengage Australia & New Zealand

11/12/2024

Our digital platform WebAsssign now includes optional integration with Respondus Monitor so you can more easily monitor online exams.

Respondus Monitor features we**am recording during assessments, supporting you in ensuring a secure testing environment.

As online education continues to grow, institutions and instructors continue to explore innovative ways to uphold academic integrity in their courses. With the integration of Respondus Monitor in WebAssign, we’re partnering with you to enhance the security of online testing every step of the way.

Learn more about Respondus Monitor: https://blog.cengage.com/deliver-secure-online-testing-with-respondus-monitor-in-webassign/

Contact your local Cengage Learning Consultant: https://au.cengage.com/repfinder/

Learn how the new integration of Respondus Monitor proctoring software with WebAssign offers you more secure online testing.

05/12/2024

With the shift to remote learning, there comes a growing need for secure online testing options that uphold academic integrity. That’s why we’ve made improvements to our digital platform WebAssign.

WebAssign now includes optional integration with Respondus Monitor so you can more easily monitor online exams. Respondus Monitor is an automated proctoring solution that records students via we**am during online exams and gives instructors valuable analytics to flag areas of concern.

Better yet, Respondus Monitor features customisable monitoring settings so you the instructor can decide what information students will need to provide. For example, you can require them to show their ID or check their testing environment before starting the exam.

Discover more about Respondus Monitor: https://blog.cengage.com/deliver-secure-online-testing-with-respondus-monitor-in-webassign/

Connect with your local Cengage Learning Consultant: https://au.cengage.com/repfinder/

Learn how the new integration of Respondus Monitor proctoring software with WebAssign offers you more secure online testing.

29/10/2024

Only one more sleep until the National VET Conference!

We wanted to remind you to visit the Cengage booth at Booth 83. Our team will be ready to engage with you and showcase our latest solutions and resources designed to support educators and learners in VET.

Event Details:
National VET Conference
Date: 31 October – 1 November 2024
Location: Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
Website: https://www.velgtraining.com/nvc

We look forward to meeting you tomorrow!

24/10/2024

The National VET Conference is just around the corner, and we’re excited to see you there!

You'll find us at Booth 83, where our team will be ready to chat with you and discuss how our course materials can transform your teaching and enhance student learning.

Event Details:
National VET Conference
Date: 31 October – 1 November 2024
Location: Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
Website: https://www.velgtraining.com/nvc

If you’d like to schedule a dedicated time slot for a personalised discussion, please don't hesitate to reach out to Allison, our Enterprise Sales Manager via [email protected].

See you soon!

16/10/2024

The National VET Conference is coming very soon, and we’ll be thrilled to see you there!

We invite you to join us at Booth 83, where we’ll be showcasing our award-winning resources, training materials, eLearning and assessments all designed to help instructors, learners and institutions thrive.

Event Details:
National VET Conference
Date: 31 October – 1 November 2024
Location: Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
Website: https://www.velgtraining.com/nvc

Keen to schedule a dedicated time slot for a personalised discussion? Please reach out to Allison, our Enterprise Sales Manager via [email protected].

10/10/2024

We’re excited to announce that Cengage will be attending this year’s National VET Conference.

You'll find us at Booth 83, where our team will be ready to chat with you and discuss how our course materials can transform your teaching and enhance student learning.

Event Details:
National VET Conference
Date: 31 October – 1 November 2024
Location: Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
Website: https://www.velgtraining.com/nvc

If you’d like to schedule a dedicated time slot for a personalised discussion, please don't hesitate to reach out to Allison, our Enterprise Sales Manager via [email protected].

26/09/2024

🩺📚 Discover the eTextbook for our new first edition: Medical-Surgical Nursing! 🌟
More info here: https://au.cengage.com/c/medical-surgical-nursing-a-concept-map-approach-1e-burton-moloney/9780170459983/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social_organic&utm_campaign=burton-moloney
Contact your Learning Consultant for more information or click Instructor Next Steps on the web listing to learn how you can start using it in your course.

24/09/2024

Say hello to Dr Marilyn Richardson-Tench at JCU: James Cook University, Australia, author on our Nursing title Research in Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health: Evidence for Best Practice. Tap and swipe the image or keep reading below 👇 to learn a bit about one of the many amazing Cengage ANZ authors.

What is your top tip for instructors teaching with your book?
Use the suggestions in each chapter in the manual from the authors, who are all experienced educators.

What inspires you about your field?
Research is so important in adding to the body of knowledge in nursing.

What was the moment when you knew this field was for you?
I was reading some research papers for my studies and realised that I could add to the nursing knowledge base for clinical nurses.

What has been the most exciting development in your field?
I think the increased focus on best practice standards based on research.

When not working you are most likely to be …
Reading, attending aquarobics, walking and meeting friends for coffee.

29/08/2024

🩺💡 A new tool for Nursing students and instructors! Watch This Video! 🎥
Our new title, Medical-Surgical Nursing, uses a streamlined approach and concept maps to empower nursing students to confidently translate theory to practice. Plus, the textbook is light enough to easily keep in a bag and have at the ready.
Hear from Trish Burton as she shares how she envisions you as an instructor using the text effectively.

Watch the video now.

29/08/2024

Where can you find resources that explain how you can bring AI to your classroom or set up an exam in WebAssign with effective cheating prevention strategies? :thinking:
Summer of Learning is our Webinar series for Math & Science Faulty and gives you access to all of the recordings and resources for a variety of topics related to teaching in the STEM field.
Check it out here: https://www.cengage.com/events/summer-of-learning/

Watch recordings from this instructor webinar series to help you prepare for your WebAssign courses. Get expert advice for in-person, hybrid or remote teaching.

20/08/2024

🩺📚 Students struggling to Apply Theory to Practice? Watch This Video! 🎥
Nursing students often struggle to bridge the gap between theory and practice. Discover our new title: Medical-Surgical Nursing.

The concept map approach provides visual pathways, guiding students through APIE plus discharge, whilst gaining confidence in safely applying their knowledge to patient care.

Discover the inspiration behind this approach in our exclusive interview with Trish Burton.

Watch the video now.

15/08/2024

📢 Exciting News for Nursing courses! 🩺🎓

Introducing Medical-Surgical Nursing, our new title designed to enhance placement. This streamlined text provides essential knowledge without the bulk, allowing you to take it with you on the go.

Medical-Surgical Nursing integrates with Cengage's Nursing titles, including Clinical Psychomotor Skills by Joanne Tollefson, for additional resources and references.

With a concept map approach, this title promotes deeper learning for students as author Trish Burton explains in the video below.

22/05/2024

The world is entering a golden age of Generative AI, says Corinne Hoisington.

Accordingly, instructors can incorporate AI into creative text-based assessments so students learn more deeply.

10 ideas for using AI in assessments:

Professor and Cengage Author Corinne Hoisington discusses how faculty can use ChatGPT to help students think creatively and critically.

15/05/2024

65% of students say they get distracted by digital devices. So, how can instructors engage students in a world of so many interruptions?

Try these three higher ed trends in your courses to engage students and ensure they understand the subject matter.

08/05/2024

One of GenAI’s most profound impacts in education could be its capacity to potentially democratise access to high-quality instruction, says Dr Goran Trajkovski on the Cengage blog.

What do you think the future holds for GenAI in education?

We’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments below.

Goran Trajkovski, Ph.D. explores how ancient philosophy seamlessly merges with the capabilities of AI in education.

30/04/2024

Say hello to Ralph Berry, author on our Electrotechnology title Electrical Trade Practices. Tap and swipe the image or keep reading below 👇 to learn a bit about one of the many amazing Cengage ANZ authors.

What is your top tip for instructors teaching with your book?
Use comprehension-type questions where the answers are easily found in the text or require some interpretation.

What inspires you about your field?
The ability to apply scientific knowledge to make life easier for ordinary people.

What was the moment when you knew this field was for you?
My father and two of my uncles worked in telecoms and I always had old telephones and things to mess around with.

What has been the most exciting development in your field?
The introduction of programmable controllers to industrial systems with monitoring and control over the internet.

When not working you are most likely to be …
Making electronic control and security projects, helping my adult children with work around their homes and volunteering with my local fire brigade.

23/04/2024

Say hello to Geoff Arnott, author of our Community Services titles Individual Support Worker, Disability Support Worker, and Delivering Person Centred Services. Tap and swipe the image or keep reading below 👇 to learn a bit about one of the many amazing Cengage ANZ authors.

What is your top tip for instructors teaching with your book?
Assess competence on an ongoing basis as a part of job placement rather than leaving on-the-job placement towards the end of class and/or online delivery. Simulations can be used as a part of assessment but assessment on the job is far preferable and is consistent with training package requirements. Assessment on the job is especially important for students [with English as their second language] who are in a much better position to demonstrate their knowledge, skills and attitude in the ‘real world situation’ involving their chosen field of work. I am conscious of the following quote from a student:
"I found the course very hard at first as there was so much to learn and I had to use my Thai dictionary a lot to understand what I needed to know … When I went on my course placement everything that I learnt made sense and I was able to apply what I had learnt."

What inspires you about your field?
The field provides care and support to people who would otherwise be faced with a dire future and there can be no higher form of service. I have always been conscious that there have been major problems in the sector but community service workers have produced positive outcomes to the best of their ability. It is only now that society seems to have recognised that remuneration for the workers has been insufficient but this has never impacted on their dedication to serve fellow Australians which is truly inspirational.

What was the moment when you knew this field was for you?
After I became involved in 1987 as a Head of Department in course development and ongoing liaison with community service organisations.

What has been the most exciting development in your field?
I was initially employed at Swinburne as a teacher/lecturer in history and modern government and this was before there was a TAFE system. I then became a part of the new TAFE system soon after 1974. In my view the most exciting development for community service programs were:
· The Kangan report and the setting up of the TAFE system and the incorporation of community service programs which were originally described as Social and Community Service Programs (SACS) Initially community service programs were localised and accredited internally. My first involvement was setting up a HACC program internally by Swinburne.
· Training packages which included nationally accredited community service programs.
· Movement away from outmoded medical-influenced delivery models to social models of delivery with a focus on individualised support plans, person-centred delivery and strength-based practices.

When not working I am most likely to be:
· at my country property in Wedderburn, Victoria
· on community radio 98.1 Eastern FM once a month talking about history and my history writing where I have written a number of publications
· running with Master athletics down at the Croydon athletics track
· at the Croydon RSL sub branch about once a fortnight
· chairing meetings of the Croydon History Society where I am President
· spending time in my garden and/or looking after my bird aviary as well as going to monthly meetings of the Australian Avicultural Society.

*Photo of Geoff at the book launch of one of his history publications

16/04/2024

Say hello to Louise Alexander, author on Mental Health Nursing. Tap and swipe the image or keep reading below 👇 to learn a bit about one of the many amazing Cengage ANZ authors.

What is your top tip for instructors teaching with your book?
To ensure that they integrate many of the concepts in sections one and three into their teaching of mental illness. For example, recovery should not be taught in isolation but rather should be integrated throughout all illness sections.

What inspires you about your field?
Working with students who have a realisation during class that mental health nursing could be a good career option for them.

What was the moment when you knew this field was for you?
When I realised that using my communication skills were far more rewarding and powerful than any technical nursing skill I could do.

What has been the most exciting development in your field?
The growing emphasis on person-centred care and recovery-oriented approaches that recognise the importance of empowering consumers to actively participate in their treatment and pursue meaningful goals.

When not working you are most likely to be …
Spending time with my family, reading history books or walking on the beach.