Padlet and collaborative learning
The Education Innovation team has recently been given the chance to offer University of Sydney staff an unlimited Padlet account until the end of…
On the wire – highlights from across the web
The month’s highlights on higher education from across the web 1.‘Is It Ever OK to Lecture?’ Is it ever ok to lecture? Good question….
Introducing Sydney Data Stories
Sydney Data Stories is a campus-wide interdisciplinary project which aims to inspire students with the importance of statistical thinking by showcasing the way researchers…
[Don’t] Get Lost! Using good navigation and organisation to improve your Canvas site
Good (or bad) site navigation and organisation can go a long way towards making (or breaking) your unit of study Canvas site. Creating a well…
Instagram & Disrupt
Mobile devices and social media have often received a bad rap in education. They are often seen as being disruptive or distracting. This year,…
Hack Your Lecture 2018
The lecture has been around since the Middle Ages and the role the lecture is constantly evolving. Over the past few years you may…
Building Effective Interactive Polls for Lectures
In our previous article on Interactive Polling Tools, we reviewed three popular polling tools with the aim of helping you select the most suitable…
Three Interactive Polling Tools Reviewed
To poll or not to poll, that is the question! Interactive Polling Tools (also called student response systems, ‘clickers’, or classroom response systems) have been…