Bringing the world into your lecture – lessons we learnt from observing other lecturers
In week 4 semester 2 last year, lecturers across the University opened their classroom doors and invited colleagues to sit in and observe how…
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,…
Let your students surprise you: Making a unit relevant and engaging
First year students taking Agricultural Chemistry couldn’t see the relevance of what they were studying, and experienced a lack of cohort identity. How did Dr…
Three Sydney educational innovations on the world stage
Arduinos, ethnobotany, and learning analytics: three educational innovations from the University of Sydney have been shortlisted in the annual QS Quacquarelli Symonds Wharton Business School Reimagine…
Fear and anxiety are enemies of learning: 53 Powerful ideas all teachers should know
As we approach the three-quarter mark of semester 2, final assessments are in our students’ minds at the same time as we are trying to…
#edTech talk: Large scale simulations and interprofessional learning – Fri 14 Oct
Large scale simulation is challenging to orchestrate, and requires both financial and human investment and often the question is raised ‘is it worth it?’. In…
Chunking your class – lessons we learnt from observing other lecturers
In week 4, lecturers across the University opened the doors to their classrooms and invited colleagues in to observe how they engage their students….
Encouraging pre-reading using student-generated videos
Students not engaging with pre-class readings is a perennial struggle. Dr Joseph Lizier, DECRA fellow in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies and…
Welcome to the new Teaching@Sydney
Teaching@Sydney has over 3,800 subscribers who are staff, students, and affiliates of the University of Sydney. As of August 2016, it has moved onto a new, more…