Future of OLT: redirection of funding
The notice below about the future of the Office for Learning and Teaching is the statement from the Federal Government which appears on the…
Retaining and Engaging First-in-Family Learners in higher education
As part of her OLT Fellowship on Engaging and Retaining First-in-Family Learners, Associate Professor Sarah O’Shea will be running a two-day forum exploring best practice…
Call for proposals: 2016 ePortfolio Forum ‘Connecting learning to the future’
2016 ePortfolio Forum – Connecting learning to the future 28-29 September 2016 Sydney Conservatorium of Music The University of Sydney The call for proposals…
Congratulations! OLT grant success for Sydney staff
The Office for Learning and Teaching has announced the successful grants in its final grants round. (See report in this issue of Teaching@Sydney about…
Congratulations to the Widening Participation travel grant recipients
Congratulations to the following recipients of 2016 Widening Participation travel grants: Maegan Baker, Cathryn Forsyth, Melissa Hardie, Rebecca Johinke, Melinda Lewis, Renee Lim, Kieryn McKay, Alison de Pree-Raghavan and…
Small changes in teaching: the minutes before class
In a series of articles in The Chronicle from his book “Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons From the Science of Learning“, James M. Lang presents simple and practical…
Call for proposals: Australian Conference on Science & Mathematics Education
ACSME is a great opportunity for university-level science and mathematics educators to share ideas and innovations and hear about key new ideas and research on student…
Innovation at the core of the vision for education in the Strategic Plan
The 2016–20 Strategic Plan sets out a vision for a distinctive Sydney education. Alongside a renewal of what students learn is a focus on how they…
Tools for flipping your class #2: response systems for polling, formative assessment and feedback
Flipping the class by encouraging students to prepare before a lecture, perhaps by providing short videos, helps build engagement and attendance. It also ensures that they are ready to be…
Uncertainty around the future of the OLT
Since the establishment of the Office for Learning and Teaching in 2012 Australian universities have benefitted from its awards, grants and fellowship programs and…