Bringing the world into your lecture – lessons we learnt from observing other lecturers
byIn week 4 semester 2 last year, lecturers across the University opened their classroom doors and invited colleagues to sit in and observe how…
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Entrepreneurial Thinking for Sydney’s Students
byNew Open Learning Environment (OLE) on Business Entrepreneurship will help today’s students become the business founders and leaders of the future. Entrepreneurship is often…
Grant success helps develop professional learning in Architecture, Design and Planning
byThis year Dr Adrienne Keane and, Dr Dagmar Reinhardt along with Dr Andrew Merchant from Agriculture have received an Educational Innovation Grant for $12,000…
Personalising learning support in large units using the SRES
byImagine sitting in a large lecture theatre with 400 other students, your lecturer at the front of the room not knowing who you are,…
‘Big Science’: Open Learning Environment to help students access large-scale research facilities
byStaff from the faculties of Science, Engineering and Information Technologies and Pharmacy, led by Associate Professor Christopher Ling, have been awarded a 2017 Strategic…
Meet the new Turnitin: Feedback Studio
byThe University’s similarity detection software, Turnitin, has undergone a cosmetic makeover and re-branded its feedback and grading interface. The new version is known as “Turnitin: Feedback…
Library and Learning Centre receive grants to improve students’ research and writing skills
byThe Library and the Learning Centre have been awarded grants for three innovative Open Learning Environment (OLE) units. Each unit will focus on skills…
Video project to enhance learning for criminology students in Law
byLaw School Educational Innovation Grant uses expert and student generated multimedia to help students connect theories from the classroom to real-world cases. For Sydney Law…
Track & Connect in Semester 1, 2017
byDo you coordinate a large, first-year undergraduate or postgraduate unit? The Track & Connect program, a proactive retention strategy designed to increase student engagement…
Edtool Tips #5: SEAMS – Planning for semester – Site Creation, Management, and Launch
byThe start of semester is upon us once again as the glow from the holidays begins to fade. One of the best ways to…