(Don’t) Make Me Think
During the year 2000, in the height of the dot-com bubble, Steve Krug’s slim and conversational book Don’t Make Me Think burst onto the scene. Neither the first nor the…
Why design matters when keeping students’ attention online
Web and interaction design has had a long history of making difficult and complicated systems usable. When tech is easy we use words like ‘intuitive’,…
In defence of small teaching
Universities can often feel like places of endless optimisation, where grants, research papers, strategic documents and promotions applications, make the case for how much…
Graduate qualities – what are they and why are they important?
Throughout higher education there has been a lot of talk about graduate qualities – sometimes referred to as graduate attributes. Graduate qualities are usually defined…
(Re)designing your unit of study – learning outcomes and constructive alignment
Whether you are designing from scratch, or revising an existing course or subject, a few key principles can help steer you in the right…
Finishing well
Tips for concluding the semester Approaching the end of the University semester can bring a heady mix of exhilaration, exhaustion, and relief – for both…
Business School academics recognised in prestigious international fellowships
The Business School’s Giuseppe Carabetta, Stefan Meisiek, Attila Balogh, Evelyn Lai and Robyn Martin have been awarded fellowships from the prestigious Higher Education Academy (HEA)…
A New Peer Learning Experience at the Business School
The Master of Commerce is the largest postgraduate program at the University of Sydney Business School. This program has a very high proportion of…
The myth of the ‘digital native’
In 2001, Marc Prensky’s paper ‘Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants’ burst onto the education scene with a metaphor that managed to put into words what a…
Engaging students with tough topics using informal tutorial quizzes
On paper, tutorials are small classes that allow students to apply, discuss, debate or practice the week’s lecture content. Though often imagined as a forum for student…