Knowing Your Students – deep insight into your cohort
byAs we meet the many smiling faces in the first few classes of semester, we are often left wondering, who are our students exactly?…
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Engaging students with tough topics using informal tutorial quizzes
byOn paper, tutorials are small classes that allow students to apply, discuss, debate or practice the week’s lecture content. Though often imagined as a forum for student…
Educational Integrity In 2017
byIn this article we highlight some of the work the Office of Educational Integrity is doing to support you and your students this semester….
Cultural Competence within Introduction to Geology (GEOS1003)
byBy Gulnaz Beg (student ambassador), with Tom Hubble. We participated in the 2016 ‘Students as Partners for Cultural Competence’ project, designed as collaboration between…
Six quick and impactful changes you can do today on your Blackboard site
byAs we gear up for week 1, tens of thousands of students across the University will be logging into their Blackboard sites for the first…
What I learnt as an online student – 7 tips for teachers
byAfter 17 years as an educational designer I became an online student. Here is what I learnt. I first started working as an educational…
Mitigating Risks to Academic Integrity
byTo limit plagiarism and misconduct, prevention is better than a cure. In this article we highlight how the University is working to improve academic integrity and what…
Strategic Education Grants – Humanities, Social Sciences and Creative Arts
byAcademics from Arts and Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, Sydney College of the Arts and Sydney Conservatorium of Music were successful recipients of…
Wassup? – Embedded Mental Health Education to raise awareness of mental health issues
byBy embedding mental health education in to the Bachelor of Health, students will gain an understanding of mental illness and overcome obstacles to academic…
Strategic education grants – transforming learning in health and medical sciences
byInnovative teaching and learning initiatives from the health and medical sciences are on the way to transforming student learning and well-being. Projects from Dentistry,…