The inaugural Sydney Education Unconference in 2023 lets us share ideas, get inspired, form networks, and connect with the wider group of educators at Sydney.
Loosely following an unconference format, registrants will be invited to pose potential sessions they would like to run, or take part in. These sessions will be 50 minutes long and be interactive, collaborative, and discussion-based. Sessions will be curated ahead of the day, based on proposals and interests, and merged if necessary. Sessions would usually run once, or twice if there is sufficient demand known ahead of time.
Session formats may include:
- World caf├® or micro-stations – small rotating groups of participants aided by group facilitators to discuss a wicked challenge or share practical ideas around a set of related teaching approaches e.g. unit/course coordination challenges.
- Speed mentoring – rotating 1:1 or small group conversations that aim to mix participants and ideas around a particular topic e.g. building education-focused careers.
- Workshop/tutorial/hackathon – interactive, practical, and hands-on activities that help individuals or groups produce a tangible output e.g. how to include student voice, how to apply for fellowship, how to design for equity.
- Problem sharing – interaction session to share teaching issues/challenges and work collaboratively to solve them.
Details
Date and time: Friday 3 February 2023 from 9:30 am
Venue:
Abercrombie Building H70. Due to the interactive nature of the day, this will be an in-person event only.
Cost: Free, but registrations are essential for catering purposes.
Audience: University of Sydney staff who are education-focused academics, educational designers, HEA/AdvanceHE fellows, unit coordinators, sessional academics, other educators.
Program
[wpcs_schedule date=”2023-02-03″ session_link=”none” show_locations=”link”]Event is full - add yourself to the waiting list
What would you like to learn or share?
We are keen to find out what topics around learning, teaching, and assessment you would like to learn more about, or share. Please post your ideas into the Padlet below and vote for others that you want to see. To post an idea, click the plus button in the bottom right of the Padlet wall.
More information
This unconference is being run by the Educational Innovation team in the DVC (Education) Portfolio.
For more information, please contact [email protected]