Belonging first: creating space for connection in learning and teaching
byLarge higher education institutions can be exciting and energising places to work, but they can also feel fragmented and, at times, isolating. Learning and…
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How weekly group randomisation transformed student collaboration and belonging
byGroup work is a fundamental aspect of active learning, providing students with opportunities to collaborate, problem-solve, and develop essential teamwork skills. It enables students…
The many firsts of the first-year experience
byIn the first week of semester, a student stopped me on campus. My staff lanyard must have been a beacon to this nervous student…
Using AI simulations to support students’ compassionate practice for aged care clinical placements
by“Are you, my daughter? Take me home!” You pause, look around, and realise that neither the question nor the request reflects reality. You are…
Teaching critical self-reflection with help from generative AI
byWe live in a world marked by environmental challenges, social inequities and political uncertainty. These issues are not peripheral to universities; they are central…
Adapting HDR supervision practice at the speed of trust with generative AI
byHigher Degree by Research (HDR) journeys are often framed as a sort of personalised apprenticeship in disciplined inquiry: sifting texts manually, wrestling with raw…
Delivering personalised feedback at scale using peer videos
byIn a cohort of large numbers of students, feedback can easily become impersonal. But what if the most powerful feedback didn’t come from us,…
Adapting Lane 2 assessments through familiar core principles
byThe rapid advancement of generative AI tools has brought about a new era in educational assessments. These tools, with their ability to create everything…
A recipe for relational pedagogy: Combining warmth, competence, high expectations, and academic rigour
byIn the very first class of a multi-cohort unit I was coordinating some semesters ago—the Ernst & Young Interdisciplinary and Community Project Unit (ICPU)…
Teaching and learning with kindness
byI heard someone say of their students recently that, “you cannot show them weakness or they’ll exploit it.” I’m certainly familiar with this attitude….