2025 Sydney Teaching Symposium – Resources

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This page houses the resources from the 2025 Sydney Teaching Symposium, which the presenters and facilitators have given permission to share. We will add to this page as more resources are provided.

Recordings and resources

The full program, including abstracts, can be found at the bottom of this page.

Welcome and Keynote

  • Welcome by Adam Bridgeman
  • Keynote: Effort vs. efficiency: The role of AI in high-quality learning by Jason Lodge

RECORDING

Session 1

[1A1] Presence, connection, collaboration: scaffolding an undergraduate groupwork assessment in Film Studies

Susan Potter

[1A2] Navigating the Labyrinth: Understanding Group Dynamics in Changing Environments

Mark Freeman

[1A3] Rebuilding Teaching Quality Through Relational Pedagogy: Combining Warmth, Competence, High Expectations, and Academic Rigour

Sonia Khosa

[1B1] From struggle to success: Rethinking academic support for students through Helpdesks and Bootcamps

Mohammad Polash

[1B2] Programmatic Assessment for Learning and Custom Skills Tracking in Year 2 of the Doctor of Physiotherapy program

Nicole D’Souza and Jean Meyer

[1B3] Enhancing the Learning Experience of Chinese International Students in the Master of Public Health (MPH) program

Jing Zhao, Jinqi Xu, Brooke McGregor, Yvonne Laird, Heidi Gilchrist, Erin Mathieu, Julie Mooney-Somers

[1C1] From Student to Professional: Using Virtual Workplace Integration to Transform Student Learning

Chiara O’Reilly and Anna Lawrenson with student partners: Rhianna Lean, Andrew Wolfsen, Charlotte Kowalski

[1C2] Digital Literacy and Software Learning: advancing innovative strategies for teaching design software and computational techniques

Anastasia Globa

[1C3] Image-based digital storytelling: a pilot project in HPSC 3888

Daniela Helbig

Session 2

[2A1] Uplifting diversity and inclusion in advanced units

Zsuzsanna Dancso

[2A2] An alternative solution: Supporting student cohort identity and cultural intelligence through authentic assessment

Sandy Noakes, Nicole Graham

[2A3] Knowledge under scrutiny: Students imagine more just alternatives through Object Based Learning in the Library

Leanne Williams Green, Anne Goodfellow, Pippa Herden

[2A4] Transforming the Library’s Education Support Services with AI Assisted Learning Experience Design

Minh Huynh, Isabella Micallef

[2B1] Examining the influence of student-AI interaction styles on scientific writing quality

Ryan Jones, Michael Widjaja, Fran van den Berg

[2B2] Interactive oral exams for scalable and authentic assessment in a large data science cohort: challenges and learnings

Shila Ghazanfar, Andy Tran

[2B3] Two-stage exams: Turning secure assessments into learning experiences

Tim Lee, Caitlyn Forster, Tanya Latty, Tom White, Stephen George-Williams

[2B4] 1000 words for a picture, how much for video? Student perceptions to video and screen-recorded feedback

James Tsatsaronis

[2C1] Fluent Flo: A Chatbot for Enhancing Student Preparedness in Clinical Communication

Petra Avramovic

[2C2] A subject-agnostic Cogniti writing tool: helping students use evidential reasoning

Kirk Dodd

[2C3] How can generative AI be integrated in clinical epidemiology teaching – a survey with clinician students

Naomi Noguchi, Anupa Pathak

[2C4] Two Bots, One Mission: Empowering Student Learning with AI in Engineering Design Education

Sandhya Clement, Peter Lok

Session 3

[3A1] Feedback Without Fear: Supporting Rejection-Sensitive Students in Higher Education

Timothy Davies

[3A2] Reimagining Empathy Education: A Safe and Transferable Simulation Protocol

Tamara Power, Louise Sheehy, Bangyun Wang

[3A3] Learning by Doing: Preparing Registered Nurses with Virtual Patient Encounters

Melissa Riegel, Silvia Choi, Matthew Kiem

[3B1] Fostering Leadership and Belonging in Engineering: A Cross-Cohort Education Initiative

Yogambha Ramaswamy, Sandhya Clement, Peter Lok

[3B2] Reviving Relevance: Innovating foodservice management education for future dietitians

Priya Iyer, Mariah Issa

[3B3] Maximising the Impact of Cogniti AI Agents: A Holistic Approach

Tyler Sprague, Joanna Ernenwein

[3C2] Process over Product: A Technology-Agnostic Framework for Using Generative Artificial Intelligence in University Assessments

Jen Scott Curwood, Karly Lazarou, Kazjon Grace, Nick Kelly

[3C3] Reimagining assessment in research education for health professions students in the age of generative AI

Joanne Hart

 

Program

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More information

This symposium is being organised by the Educational Innovation team in the DVC (Education) Portfolio, and is led by Eszter Kalman, Marianna Koulias, Ali Wong, Dominique Briones, Samantha Clarke, Jessica Frawley, Danny Liu, and Adam Bridgeman. To contact us, please email [email protected].