Referencing in first year – what’s the point?
byBeing able to reference correctly is often taken to be a fundamental academic competency and core to the values of academic scholarship. In assessments…
Offer meaningful assessment, feedback and academic integrity
The power of feedforward
byIn Semester 1, 2020, I coordinated the postgraduate research capstone unit in the Master of Economics (MEc) program – Economics Research Project (ECON7030). The…
Smart Responses to Communicating Health Messages: Developing a podcast assessment in first year of nursing studies
byPopulation Health Population Health is a first-year unit for pre-registration nursing students that takes a broad perspective of health and focuses students on the…
With living voice: the power of oral examinations
byThe oral exam, sometimes referred to as a “viva voce” or just “viva”, is most commonly associated with the formal defence of a PhD…
Zooming in on the mind’s ear: Aural Perception exams in a pandemic
byLate one Tuesday afternoon in March 2020, I was at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music busily preparing handouts for the following morning’s solfège tutorials….
Supporting students through HELP funding changes
bySince the end of the free tertiary education reforms introduced by the Whitlam government, most domestic students have seen their time at university supported…