Beginning to Belong: building learning communities online for the future
byBuilding a strong sense of belonging is key for student-centred teaching and learning and a core value in the Faculty of Arts and Social…
Arts and Social Sciences
‘The Little Things’: excellence, empathy and fallibility
byCentred on the FASS (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences) pedagogical values, On by Our Design (OBOD) provides a platform for teaching and education…
Online Communication: Scale, Scope and Simplicity in FASS1000
by2021 brought with it further challenges to teaching and new opportunities to reflect and learn. Centred on the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences…
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…
Learning from the best: A case for intra-unit peer observation
byPeer observation is terrifying. There, I said it. Many of us tertiary teachers walk into our first class with naught but a half-day orientation…
Supporting Online Group Work
byWith constructivism as its theoretical underpinning, group work relies upon social interactions to enhance learning by building connections between existing and new ideas or…
HyFlex Teaching: Let the environment and students scaffold you
byIt is hard to drive a car and simultaneously engage in a serious conversation for a P-plate driver, particularly when they need to steer…
I speak of place, I speak of me: integrating Indigenous knowledge collaboratively in a first-year unit.
byIn 2020, the transition unit pilot in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences asked teachers and unit coordinators to enact a new vision…
Telling it like it is: Supporting international students’ transition to university
byAs Adam Bridgeman reminds us, “starting university is a daunting and life-defining moment”. This is especially so if you move to a new city…
Managing timely feedback and marking
byMost teachers would agree that marking assignments and giving students feedback are crucial aspects of educational practice that contribute significantly to student learning. However,…