Get Prepared: Helping students transition to university
byIn 2020, the year like no other, a team of staff from Educational Innovation and students from across the university came together in partnership…
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End the year with MPLF and set yourself up for flexible teaching in 2021
byLaunched last year, the Modular Professional Learning Framework, or MPLF, offers University of Sydney educators bite-sized professional learning for evidence-based educational innovation and excellence….
Supporting your teaching needs through Leganto, a new reading list platform from the Library
byIn a year in which teaching support has never been more important, the University Library is pleased to announce a transition to an enhanced…
Helping first-in-family students navigate their university ‘journey’
byThere is much to be said for conceptualising the experience of transitioning to university as a stage in a ‘journey’ that all students go…
Facing challenges positively – using framing interventions in your class
byWhat are framing interventions? In Tinto’s important article from 1975, anxiety and self efficacy were identified as two of the key barriers to students developing…
How do ordinary people teach well during extraordinary times?
byHaving survived semester 1’s rapid shift to online teaching, members of the University of Sydney community gathered together to celebrate and learn from some…
Memes, polling, and scribbles: An Introduction to Microeconomics
byFor Associate Professor Marian Vidal-Fernandez, innovation makes its way through her teaching – both in her physical and virtual classrooms. Her style reflects an…
Scaling up use of SRES in semester 2, 2020
byThe ‘Student Relationship and Engagement System’ (SRES) was developed by teachers at Sydney to help other teachers personalise engagement with large student cohorts. By…
What does physical distancing teach us about what we value in terms of physical space for learning?
byRecently I found myself looking for a good way to kick-off a meeting about physical learning spaces, in Zoom. The irony of allocating time…
Design for online – opportunities to enrich your students’ education for semester 2 and beyond
byPreparing for semester 2 2020 has certainly been a very challenging year so far, but it seems likely that there will be a slow…