On the wire – highlights from across the web
byThe month’s highlights on higher-ed from across the web 1. How to Prepare for Class Without Overpreparing If you have ever had the experience…
Sections
Canvas workshops: foundations and assignments & anonymous marking
byCanvas has many powerful features and tools to help your students learn online and for you to support, interact and assess them. Because it…
Knowing Your Students is back!
byAs we meet the many smiling faces in the first few classes of semester, we are often left wondering, who are our students exactly?…
Educational Technology Blog Review: Hack Education
byThere is seemingly endless enthusiasm and hype in the educational technology world. Hack Education by Audrey Watters is one of my favourite blogs because the author…
Track & Connect is back in semester 2, 2018!
byDo you coordinate a large, first-year undergraduate or postgraduate unit of study? Then sign up for the Track and Connect program as it is…
The Abercrombie Sandpit: Tracing connections between the designed environment and learning activity
byThe Abercrombie Sandpit is a new learning space in the Abercrombie Building. We like to think of it as a ‘living, learning laboratory’ where…
Writing Workshops for 2018 HEA Fellows
byWhat is the Sydney Educational Fellowship Program? In 2018 the University of Sydney became an accredited partner of the Higher Education Academy (HEA), allowing…
EdTool Tips #14: Finding the answer to your Canvas questions quickly
byThere are a wide array of new and existing support options for Canvas and it can be hard to know where to start. We…
Digital Writing and the English Classroom
byIn a 2015 report, the Foundation for Young Australians highlighted the importance of enterprise skills, including digital literacy and critical thinking, for navigating a…
Practicalities of anonymous marking
byAnonymous marking of assessments with written elements is now in effect across the University. A variety of enterprise tools allow coordinators and markers to…