Closing the feedback loop: What we learned when our assessment changes failed
byWhat do you do as an educator when a successful teaching innovation completely backfires with a different student cohort? In a previous Teaching@Sydney article,…
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From Page to Performance: How Interactive Orals Transform Academic Writing Pedagogy
bySince 2020, I have been teaching academic writing across undergraduate and postgraduate levels within the Discipline of English and Writing Studies at the University…
Feedback, fairness and flow: Group work management reimagined with SRES
byAs a new hire through the Sydney Education Horizon pathway, I was excited to be exposed to and amazed by the range of university-developed…
From Drawing to Predicting: An Integrated and Scaffolded Approach to Connecting Theory and Practice in Vet Medicine
byHow often do your students memorise content but struggle to explain the deeper connections that make that knowledge meaningful? In veterinary education, understanding the…
Guide to curriculum mapping: A systematic process for program redesign
byThe introduction of AI has encouraged us to look at our program designs and ensure that we are thoroughly supporting and assessing learning (Cantú-Ortiz…
Interactive Oral Assessment in practice
byInteractive Oral Assessments (IOAs) are defined as secure assessments in the new Sydney assessment framework. With the rise of generative AI, concerns about academic…
Making Peace with AI – ChatGPT-Integrated Assessments in Economics
byThe University of Sydney is leading the way in embracing Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) in education, particularly in assessment. Starting Semester 2, 2025, a two-lane…
Simplify communication using AI: Easy Read and Plain English
byUniversity communications can be overwhelming and confusing for students, especially as they contain unfamiliar or very technical language. So, we built a custom AI…
The 6R’s of using GenAI: How generative AI tools are shaping my engineering classrooms and beyond
byI’ve been teaching engineering courses for quite a while now, and it goes without saying that generative AI (Gen AI) tools have had a…
Peer Partnerships: a collaborative approach to tutor development in the Business School
byIn line with the University’s 2032 strategy to drive student-focused transformational education, the University of Sydney Business School deploys peer partnerships for tutors to…