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…
OLT Teaching Excellence and Program Awards 2016l
The OLT Teaching Excellence and Program Awards are highly prestigious and provide recognition of significant achievements in teaching at a national level. The University…
Assessment and professional judgement – 53 Powerful Ideas All Teachers Should Know About
Graham Gibbs revisits the notion that objective assessment is likely to be near impossible. In Idea 43: Most assessment involves (unreliable) professional judgement and…
Small changes in teaching: the first 5 minutes of 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…
Teaching graduates to value inclusivity using disability awareness
Given that disability affects the lives of one in every five Australians1, our graduates are likely to in the future, either experience a disability…
Keep up to date with teaching at Sydney every day using Outlook, Twitter, Yammer and Flipboard
Alongside reading our flagship monthly Teaching@Sydney newsletter, you can now keep in regular touch with educational innovation at Sydney and share news and views: By following @SydneyEduInnov on…
Tools for flipping your class #1: making interactive pre-lecture videos from your desktop
The flipped classroom makes the best use of both preparation and in-class time to maximise student engagement and success. Could the pre-lecture video be…