On the wire – highlights from across the web
byThe month’s highlights on higher education from across the web 1.My university forced me into teaching training It was all dry ‘eduspeak’ This month…
October, 2018
When intuition is not enough
byIn this extended piece for Teaching@Sydney, Jessica Frawley makes the case for scholarly approaches to teaching and learning. This month The Guardian’s Academics Anonymous (higher ed’s go-to…
Multimodal assessment – what, why and how?
byAll acts of communication are inevitably ‘multimodal’, in that all communication acts are a combination of modes. In written texts, the use of different…
Time-saving Excel tips for busy academics
byAs we move into the peak time of year for grading and marks processing, thousands of academics and staff across the University will be…
Hacking your lectures to make them unmissable: Wisdom from the crowd
byHow would you design a lecture that would achieve 100% attendance and engagement? What would make a lecture ‘unmissable’? That was the challenge set…
Canvas workshops: refresh your skills
byCanvas has many powerful features and tools to help your students learn online and for you to support, interact and assess them. We provide…
The Graduate Certificate (Higher Education) accelerates your teaching and career
by“I would recommend the GradCert to anyone involved in Higher education teaching. It really opened my eyes about teaching and provided me with invaluable…
Love learning – a colloquium on interactive lecture sessions
byIn this Colloquium, participants in the 2018 Peer Observation and Review of Teaching (PORT) program from The University of Sydney’s Faculty of Science and…
Saving time online (with Canvas)
byCanvas isn’t just easy to use and visually appealing – it has a bunch of features that can help you save time if you…
Using video in your Canvas site – best practice
byMany teachers are starting to use video to enhance students’ learning experience. With video tipped to consume over 80% of all global internet traffic…