Alessandra Michelle Wollaston

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

a mind map style storyboard for the unit

Educational excellence, Student experience 14 October, 2022 17 October, 2022

Storyboarding for a successful intensive in FASS3999

In 2021 I had the fun challenge of coordinating the FASS3999 Interdisciplinary Impact December intensive. Storyboarding enabled me to address a number of existing…

Eight roundtable participants sitting at the front of a lecture theatre

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…

a moody shot with black and red tones and low, warm lighting, shows three people sitting on a large piece of cloth on which they’re painting an artwork together

Educational excellence, Foster a sense of belonging and community, Teaching tips 25 July, 2022 25 July, 2022

Getting it together – setting up group work for success

I am a huge fan of collaboration – as a set of skills, and a process, it’s one of the best ways to generate…

a coastal hillside, scrubby touch plants, rough stairs made of wood and sand lead upwards to a slice of sky

Educational excellence, Inclusive teaching, Off-campus learning, Teaching tips 29 April, 2022 30 May, 2022

Wayfinding – your guide to (some) teaching resources at Sydney

When I started teaching at Sydney I was definitely winging it! My first class was early in my PhD studies, as sole tutor in…