Kria Coleman – Teaching@Sydney

Two illustrations of two Rubiks cubes that are completed and in different positions. Both are suspended in space on a black background. The cube on the left shows its blue, orange and green face. The cube on the righ shows its yellow, white and red face.

Assessment, Have clear communications and expectations, Offer meaningful assessment, feedback and academic integrity, Teaching tips 13 July, 2023 19 July, 2023

What is a rubric?

Why use marking rubrics? Assessments are important educational tools, but they can cause confusion and stress if academic expectations are not clear. Some students…

Group of young people working collaboratively

Assessment, Foster a sense of belonging and community, Have clear communications and expectations, Measure and support engagement, Offer meaningful assessment, feedback and academic integrity, Science 8 June, 2023 8 June, 2023

Making group work relevant, meaningful and accessible – Universal Design for Learning in practice

In the April Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Chat meeting, we met with Dr Anne Quain from Veterinary Science to talk about the redesign…

Person in occupational therapy with therapist training his dexterity at the rope board

Be human, Build teacher-student relationships, Core pedagogical principles, First Year Coordinators, Foster a sense of belonging and community, Inclusive teaching, Measure and support engagement, Medicine and Health 7 June, 2023 7 June, 2023

Rethinking unit design to support students in entering Occupational Therapy

This case study outlines an ongoing collaboration between Dr Joanne Hinitt, unit coordinator of OCCP1104 Analysing and Teaching Occupations, and educational designer Kria Coleman,…

News & events 5 June, 2023 15 June, 2023

Innovation through educational design collaboration

Refreshing your unit can happen for many reasons: maybe there is an assignment that’s not working quite the way you intended or maybe you’d…

Assessment, Core pedagogical principles, Medicine and Health, Offer meaningful assessment, feedback and academic integrity, Use engaging approaches to content delivery 14 October, 2022 17 October, 2022

Group work – rich, meaningful and transformative learning

Group learning is an increasingly popular approach to assessment; it provides opportunities for collaborative and authentic learning experiences. However, it is not without controversy; teachers report…