Assessing Clinical Skills in light of COVID-19
byThe first year of the renewed MD 2020 curriculum was implemented in January of this year. The Year 1 program focuses on developing the…
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Embracing the moment: Teaching Cultural Politics of Difference through Covid-19
byDr Shawna Tang joined the Department of Gender and Cultural Studies in 2018 as Lecturer in Gender Studies. She has held postdoctoral fellowships at…
Collaborative assignments via Zoom: “It was a new experience but a good one.”
byIn Semester 1, 2020 among the many challenges with rapidly going online was how to modify complex assignments to achieve the same learning outcomes…
Using Padlet in the classroom
bySince the University’s shift to online teaching on March 23, there have been different approaches to how best utilise resources for student engagement and…
Horses for courses – finding the humanity in remote teaching and assessment
byDr Nesrine Basheer joined the School of Languages and Culture in 2015, and hasn’t looked back. With a PhD in Arabic Linguistics, her passion…
Zooming online: oral and video presentations
byLiving through a global event in which we haven’t experienced the likes of before, there is no better time to highlight the fantastic and…
‘Hello my dear tutor’ – Helping off-campus students have a supportive and personal learning experience in EDUF1018
byWith my colleagues Remy Low and Valerie Harwood, I co-coordinate EDUF1018 Education, Teachers and Teaching, a core first year unit in Education Studies. This…
Don’t just bake any old cake – understanding our students to drive practical changes in our teaching
byAs the year kicks off, there’s always the fascinating mix of excitement for a fresh semester, intermingled with the more mundane “recipe” of things…
‘Teaching Tips’ – Opening up a faculty resource to the University
byOver the past two years, the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) has gathered a series of teaching tips from our best teachers….
Animations in education – why and how?
byTeaching students from a broad range of academic backgrounds is a challenge, one that is quite common in many postgraduate coursework degrees. Students in…