Sustaining and maintaining teaching innovation for a new normal
This University-wide symposium on Wednesday 14 July 2021 will celebrate simple and shareable innovations in active learning and assessment from the past year. The aim of this is to highlight the approaches to teaching and assessment developed by colleagues across the University, and to come together and share practice and ideas. We will be joined by internationally-renowned educator and author Peter Felten from Elon University, who will be delivering a keynote address. Come, be inspired, and get practical ideas for your own teaching that will help your students feel more connected, engaged, secure, and that they belong.
Key details
Date: Wednesday 14 July 2021, starting at 9:20 am AEST (UTC+10).
Venue:
Online via Zoom, due to the new COVID restrictions in Sydney. Zoom details will be emailed to registrants closer to the date of the symposium.
Cost: Free but registration essential.
Availability: Registration is available to University of Sydney staff and students, as well as staff from other higher education institutions.
Symposium program
This will feature a keynote by Peter Felten, 18 talks by colleagues from across the University, and a student panel to explore students’ experience of the “new normal”. When you register please submit a question for the student panellists to find out more about what life and learning has been like for our students.
Please note that the times below are in Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST), UTC+10.
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About our keynote speaker
Peter Felten is executive director of the Center for Engaged Learning, assistant provost for teaching and learning, and professor of history at Elon University. He works with colleagues on institution-wide teaching and learning initiatives, and on the scholarship of teaching and learning. In his teaching, Peter aims to help students think critically and write clearly about the connections between the lives of individual people and larger themes in history. He has published six books about undergraduate education including most recently (with Leo Lambert), Relationship-Rich Education: How Human Connections Drive Success in College (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020). He has served as president of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, and is co-editor of the International Journal for Academic Development, on the advisory board of the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), and a fellow of the John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education, a foundation that works to advance equity in higher education.
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.
- Modular Professional Learning Framework winter school
- Tuesday 13 July – Module 04
Curriculum design and constructive alignment - Friday 16 July – Module 05
Assessment and feedback for learning - Monday 19 July – Module 01
Principles of learning and teaching
and Module 08
Engaging students in lectures and large classes - Tuesday 20 July – Module 03 Inclusivity and diversity and Module 06
Supporting student cohorts and teaching teams - Wednesday 21 July – Module 13
Designing for blended and online learning and Module 14
Online tools for interactive and collaborative learning - Thursday 22 July – Module 15
Creating and using educational media - Tuesday 27 July – Module 21
Supporting interdisciplinary learning
- Tuesday 13 July – Module 04
- Teaching in HyFlex workshops – be equipped with practical approaches to teach classes where students are online and in-person, simultaneously
- All-in-one workshops: Friday 30 July, Monday 2 August, Tuesday 3 August
- Drop-in HyFlex clinics – find a session and book
- Student Relationship Engagement System (SRES) workshops – build stronger relationships and engage your students personally, at scale
- Beginners: Monday 26 July, Thursday 29 July
- Masterclass: Tuesday 3 August
- Zoom workshops – pick up tips and approaches for effective Zoom teaching
Sydney educators can also book a 30 minute online consultation with an educational designer at any time.
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].