Engaging students on placement through asynchronous online modules
byAsynchronous online learning is a key part of many degrees at Sydney, but one that students often struggle to engage with. Add in professional…
Assessment
Designing for diversity – inclusive assessment
byInclusive assessment in higher education refers to the design and implementation of assessment practices that accommodate the diverse learning needs, backgrounds, and abilities of…
Rethinking assessment design one small step at a time.
byThis year our monthly UDL Chats continue to host colleagues from around the University, willing to share their stories about using Universal Design for…
Transforming a pharmaceutical compounding unit using competency-based assessment and Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
byPharmaceutical compounding is recognised as a core pharmacy skill, both in Australia (1) and internationally (2). As part of their accreditation requirements, Australian University…
What is a rubric?
byWhy use marking rubrics? Assessments are important educational tools, but they can cause confusion and stress if academic expectations are not clear. Some students…
What to do about assessments if we can’t out-design or out-run AI?
byGenerative AI is improving at a rapid pace and is increasingly integrated into software that we use daily. It is becoming increasingly clear that there…
Making group work relevant, meaningful and accessible – Universal Design for Learning in practice
byIn the April Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Chat meeting, we met with Dr Anne Quain from Veterinary Science to talk about the redesign…
ChatGPT is old news: How do we assess in the age of AI writing co-pilots?
byIn the seven months since ChatGPT was released, the world of generative AI has progressed at an almost impossible pace. Trying to keep up…
Concept Maps: a useful way of putting theory into practice
byIn an engineering degree, students start by learning fundamental mathematical principles. In second year, students are expected to make a substantial conceptual leap from…
Charting our students’ assessment workload
byAs detailed in our recent article asking How Much Assessment is Enough?, research across UK research-intensive universities by Tomas & Jessop (2019) suggests that…