2021 Sydney Teaching Symposium – Resources

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Sustaining and maintaining teaching innovation for a new normal

This University-wide symposium on Wednesday 14 July 2021 celebrated simple and shareable innovations in active learning and assessment from the past year. The aim of this was to highlight the approaches to teaching and assessment developed by colleagues across the University, and to come together and share practice and ideas.

 

Symposium program

[wpcs_schedule date=”2021-07-14″ session_link=”none”]

 

Get further equipped for teaching in the new normal

Following the symposium, a number of professional learning workshops will be run to further equip Sydney educators
with the tools to redesign their curriculum, delivery, student support and engagement, and assessment approaches.
They will be delivered by Educational Innovation with assistance from experienced teachers from across the institution.

Sydney educators can also book a 30 minute online consultation with an educational designer at any time.

 

Keynote resources

Keynote by Professor Peter Felten, Elon University.

Relationship-Rich Education: How Human Connections Drive Success in College

Authors: Peter Felten and Leo M. Lambert

More information:
https://www.centerforengagedlearning.org/books/relationship-rich-education/

 

Responses to follow-up questions

Peter Felten has also posted thoughtful responses to the questions that we didn’t have time to address in the keynote Q&A: https://bit.ly/2TeqP9j

Recording: Relationship-rich education and the ‘new normal’

Download the slidedeck (PDF, 22 MB)

Student panel recording

Concurrent session recordings

Session 1 Track A

[1A1] Building connection and belonging in large remote and on-campus cohorts – Alix Thoeming, Anastasiya Byesyedina, and Tara Smith

[1A2] Physics@Home: Authentic experiments and community building online and anywhere – Tara Murphy and Mike Wheatland

[1A3] Replacing placements with authentic, simulated experiences for work-integrated learning – Elizabeth Bourne, Amani Bell, Robyn Johnson

Q&A panel

Session 1 Track B

[1B1] Improving student learning and academic integrity by replacing exams with supported authentic reflections – Robyn Martin

[1B2] Data, storms, and a film festival: Transforming field trips for the new normal – Ana Vila-Concejo and Tristan Salles

[1B3] Flexible authentic assessment to promote group work, enhance communication skills and foster research inquiry – Clara Sitbon


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Session 1 Track C

[1C1] How ‘true’ HyFlex can foster community, engagement, and relationship –
Tamara Neal

[1C2] Stimulating higher order thinking by gamifying HyFlex learning activities – Eryn Werry

[1C3] Engaging students as co-creators of simple but effective HyFlex experiences –
Sue Randall

Q&A panel

Session 2 Track A

[2A1] From teacher-telling to student-doing: Changing engineering teaching to support case-based groupwork – Fatima Afzal

[2A2] Cementing student understanding through a jigsaw of groupwork and team teaching – Elizabeth Cayanan

[2A3] A structured case-based groupwork to enhance online collaboration – Corina Raduescu, Jeffrey Lo

Q&A panel

Session 2 Track B

[2B1] Preparing students for the new normal using flipped classrooms, authentic challenges and student voice –
Maria Ishkova, Vanessa Loh, Georgia White, Oliver Lawton, Jenna Tyson, Herman Fung, and Mina Askovic

[2B2] How journals enhanced student engagement with pre-readings and supported assessment preparation –
Ben Brown

[2B3] An ‘active learning ecosystem’ to transform online student collaboration and time-efficient support –
Andy Smidt

Q&A panel

Session 2 Track C

[2C1] Stepping back so students can step up: How sharing rich media online can open up true collaboration –
Angela Hecimovic and Robert Morley

[2C2] Connecting student teams and industry experts across the globe in project-based learning –
John Kavanagh, Graham Madsen, Claudia Moratti

[2C3] Encouraging thoughtful student peer feedback using thinking hats online –
Helena Robinson

Q&A panel

 

More information

This symposium is being organised by the Educational Innovation team in the DVC (Education) Portfolio, and is led by Eszter Kalman, Adam Bridgeman, and Danny Liu.
To contact us, please email [email protected].