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…
Teach like a Nobel Laureate
Before the Sydney Ideas lecture on 11 March, Nobel Laureate Professor Carl Wieman and Dr Sarah Gilbert facilitated a special workshop for students and teachers on…
Handy hints for health and wellbeing inside the classroom
Move more, sit less According to a 2013 survey of University of Sydney staff and students, many of us don’t get enough daily physical…
Student engagement – 53 Powerful Ideas All Teachers Should Know About
In idea 42, Gibbs argues that student engagement has now become too slippery a concept, and that in invoking it, we need to be…
Professional learning opportunities for casual academics
After attending a faculty-based introduction to university teaching, casual teaching academics may be keen to find other opportunities for professional learning. Here are some…