Macquarie University has a nice arboretum that incorporates native plants, with information on how the aboriginal people used them.
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| explanation of plants |
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| vanilla lily |
The university also has pretty much windows in all of its classrooms -- including windows out to the corridor to make it easier to see what is happening in the room. This is primarily in those spaces where students do a lot of learning on their own, so, computer labs, active learning spaces. These windows, just like the ones to the outside, have blinds. While the furniture invites collaboration and active learning, the walls still focus the room to the front of the room because that is where the only white board is.
In those rooms where lecturecapture is an option, students are greeted on the door with the following text:
Attention Students
Please be advised that iLecture may be recording sound in the classroom during lectures and may potentially record student conversations.
I am wondering if we need to put such warnings on our doors as well and/or have that kind of statement in our syllabi if we decide to use lecturecapture.
Sydney is working very hard at preserving its buildings and, to some degree, its skyline, so any renovation in the center of town appears to be going down into the ground. You will also see a lot of street art.
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| artwork in pedestrian tunnel |
This building, built in the early 19th century under Governor Macquarie's guidance, held convicts for quite a while and then other groups of immigrants, like the 4000 Irish orphan girls who came in the later 19th century during the Great Famine. The museum does a great job of bringing this history back to life, engaging the visitors through little activities, and it even has a place where you can enter a name to see if there are any records about that particular name.
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| Mural outside the museum |
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| room with convict profiles and sounds |
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| convict hammocks |
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