Make attendance tracking meaningful: check-in with insights using SRES
Attendance tracking is commonly used as a measure of student engagement and participation in higher education, but taking rolls alone does not provide a…
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Scaling up use of SRES in semester 2, 2020
The ‘Student Relationship and Engagement System’ (SRES) was developed by teachers at Sydney to help other teachers personalise engagement with large student cohorts. By…
Welcoming students with SRES
I started my tertiary education journey here at the University of Sydney. While I was fortunate enough to have somewhat of a soft landing…
Transforming practice and personalising feedback and engagement – at the inaugural SRESCon2019
Join over 100 educators from 7 universities on Tuesday 19 November 2019 to share good practice around personalising student learning using data. Specifically, we’ll be…
Start this semester off with SRES
While there’s admittedly a lot that you can do in an Excel spreadsheet (like pulling together different sources of information with vlookup, late penalties…
“Thank you so much for your kind words and encouragement!”: Using SRES in a large, first-year sociology course
With over 500 students, lecturing shared among 5 co-coordinators, and 24 tutorials run by 10 tutors, reaching out to particular students in a first-year…
Personalising learning support in large units using the SRES
Imagine sitting in a large lecture theatre with 400 other students, your lecturer at the front of the room not knowing who you are,…
Personalising learning support using the SRES
Do you want to be able to contact and support individual students based on their performance and engagement but find it difficult in your…
Designing for authenticity: early feedback in music
In 2024, the Support for Students Policy introduced early feedback tasks across all 1000-level units at the University of Sydney. These tasks aim to identify students at…
Using generative AI as part of assessments: Cheating or opportunity?
What do you want students to learn and achieve when they complete assessments? Are there opportunities for AI to improve how students achieve these…