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Alix Thoeming

Alix Thoeming

Educational Designer at Educational Innovation, Office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Education)

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Build teacher-student relationships, Foster a sense of belonging and community, Have clear communications and expectations, Teaching tips 19 July, 2023 26 July, 2023

Power up your preparation for small class teaching

The first classroom that most of us step into as tertiary educators is usually a small, rather than a large one. Small class teaching…

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Educational excellence, Student experience 17 July, 2023 19 September, 2023

Taking chances – investing in innovative education at Sydney

Prof Joanne Wright, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) joined the University a year ago as a champion of innovation in education. Innovation is a key feature…

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Build teacher-student relationships, First Year Coordinators, Foster a sense of belonging and community, News & events, Student experience, Transition 26 May, 2023 26 May, 2023

Transition to University – 2023 update

What is transition? Transition to university is a critical period for students as they move from high school to tertiary education, return to study,…

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Be human, Build teacher-student relationships, Foster a sense of belonging and community, Have clear communications and expectations, Measure and support engagement, News & events, Teaching tips 30 March, 2023 30 March, 2023

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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Be human, Have clear communications and expectations, News & events, Teaching tips 19 October, 2022 21 October, 2022

Managing difficult conversations in the classroom

With around 75,000 students at The University of Sydney it should come as no surprise that occasionally they, and we, might feel differently about…

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First Year Coordinators, Inclusive teaching, Medicine and Health, Student experience 16 September, 2022 24 September, 2022

Pharmacy Students Working with Museum Collections and Artefacts – A Case for Object-Based Learning

For an incoming first-year pharmacy student, understanding how their chosen profession has evolved and developed over time will enable a better appreciation and connection…

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Be human, Build teacher-student relationships, Core pedagogical principles, Foster a sense of belonging and community, Inclusive teaching, News & events, Off-campus learning, Student experience, Teaching tips 26 July, 2022 26 July, 2022

Being human together – insights from students and teachers at the 2022 Sydney Teaching Symposium roundtable

It’s the middle of 2022 and we’ve had two and a half very strange years at Sydney. Two and a half years of figuring…

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Be human, Build teacher-student relationships, Core pedagogical principles, Foster a sense of belonging and community, Inclusive teaching 31 January, 2022 1 February, 2022

A shared sense of place – empowering culturally responsive teaching

What is culturally responsive teaching? To be a culturally responsive teacher is to be “able to understand and consider the different cultural backgrounds of the people (we) teach“. The University of Sydney is an…

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News & events, Sydney updates 30 January, 2022 31 January, 2022

Important Canvas updates for semester 1 2022

Canvas has been updated with new features for 2022 including anonymous posting on discussion boards, the ability to add and/or request your pronouns to…

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Arts and Social Sciences, Core pedagogical principles, First Year Coordinators, Have clear communications and expectations, Teaching tips 24 November, 2021 24 November, 2021

Online Communication: Scale, Scope and Simplicity in FASS1000

2021 brought with it further challenges to teaching and new opportunities to reflect and learn. Centred on the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences…

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