Designing and reflecting on assessment
byThe Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) recently held their assessment forum, an afternoon of presentations by teaching staff that gave insights into…
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“I’ll see you on the discussion boards”: Tips for Engaging Students this Semester
by“If you want to get the most out of this unit, I’ll see you on the discussion boards.” This is what Associate Professor Abelardo…
Podcasts on Legal History – An interview with Professor Joe Campbell
byLegal history is part of our shared history of ideas. In this interview, Adjunct Professor Joe Campbell talks about his Legal History Podcast series…
2017 Strategic Education Grants Now Open
byThe Strategic Education Grants program is a competitive scheme to fund educational innovation and targeted curriculum development to deliver enhanced student learning outcomes across the University. The…
#edTech talk: Large scale simulations and interprofessional learning – Fri 14 Oct
byLarge scale simulation is challenging to orchestrate, and requires both financial and human investment and often the question is raised ‘is it worth it?’. In…
Innovation Week 2016: Can data help me better understand and support learners? Monday 24th October
byFrom 1-5 pm on Monday 24th October, during the University of Sydney’s Innovation Week, the Education Portfolio and the Centre for Research on Learning…
Innovation Week 2016: Sydney Teaching Colloquium – Experiments in Learning and Teaching
byFrom 1-4 pm on Thursday 27th October, during the University of Sydney’s Innovation Week, the Education Portfolio is hosting a three-part Teaching Colloquium about…
Encouraging pre-reading using student-generated videos
byStudents not engaging with pre-class readings is a perennial struggle. Dr Joseph Lizier, DECRA fellow in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies and…
Reflections on the Indigenous Science Symposium, Sydney 2016
byThis article covers a snapshot review of the Indigenous Science Symposium. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following material & links…
Education Innovation Grant – Success for the Sydney Design Thinking Toolkit
byAs commerce, business and IT increasingly see the value of design thinking for addressing a range of problems, more students from non-design backgrounds are…