Working it out for themselves: the effect of active learning on student outcomes
byThere are many definitions of what active learning is. One of the simplest comes from the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) in North…
There are many definitions of what active learning is. One of the simplest comes from the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) in North…
The rapid transition to online teaching due to COVID-19 both in Australia and abroad has left us all in a strange new world. One…
In Semester 1, 2020, I coordinated the postgraduate research capstone unit in the Master of Economics (MEc) program – Economics Research Project (ECON7030). The…
Population 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…
The oral exam, sometimes referred to as a “viva voce” or just “viva”, is most commonly associated with the formal defence of a PhD…
Late one Tuesday afternoon in March 2020, I was at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music busily preparing handouts for the following morning’s solfège tutorials….
With constructivism as its theoretical underpinning, group work relies upon social interactions to enhance learning by building connections between existing and new ideas or…
For many teachers at Sydney diving into HyFlex teaching this semester for the first time, it has been like learning to drive; how do…
It is hard to drive a car and simultaneously engage in a serious conversation for a P-plate driver, particularly when they need to steer…