From AI Anxiety to Teaching Confidence: Ways Forward
Your students are already using AI. The question isn’t whether AI belongs in higher education; it’s how you can engage with it thoughtfully and…
From Confused to Confident: How AI Chat Agents Enhanced Finance Learning
Learning complex financial concepts like derivative securities is challenging. Students can struggle with the technical terminology, the trading platforms, and find it difficult to…
From Reactive to Intentional: The Impact and Opportunity of the Proactive Design Intensive
Transparent, inclusive, and intentional course design is no longer a “nice to have”—it’s essential. As university classrooms become more diverse and student needs more…
Mapping students’ assumed mathematical knowledge with the Learning Hub’s Mathematics Academic Planner
In 2025, the University of Sydney removed HSC Mathematics Advanced as a compulsory prerequisite for several degrees, including Commerce, Economics, Science, Medicine, and Psychology….
Rethinking student evaluations: evidence and practice
In years gone by at the end of each semester, we would open an envelope containing hand-written student evaluations with a mix of expectation…
Guide to curriculum mapping: A systematic process for program redesign
The introduction of AI has encouraged us to look at our program designs and ensure that we are thoroughly supporting and assessing learning (Cantú-Ortiz…
Interactive Oral Assessment in practice
Interactive Oral Assessments (IOAs) are defined as secure assessments in the new Sydney assessment framework. With the rise of generative AI, concerns about academic…
From Compliance to Creativity: Teaching Problem-Reframing with GenAI in the Capstone
When generative AI first entered the mainstream, universities worldwide scrambled to respond. Many adopted a prohibitive stance. Thankfully, the University of Sydney has taken…
Making Peace with AI – ChatGPT-Integrated Assessments in Economics
The University of Sydney is leading the way in embracing Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) in education, particularly in assessment. Starting Semester 2, 2025, a two-lane…
2025 Sydney Teaching Symposium
Join us on Wednesday 23 July 2025 for the annual Sydney Teaching Symposium. This popular annual event highlights approaches to teaching and assessment developed…