“What’s your diagnosis?”: Engaging medical students with board games for learning
byMicrobiology of infectious diseases is widely known as one of the most challenging areas for first-year medical students due to the large volume of…
Sydney Curriculum
Assessment in 2023
byOne of the most difficult aspects of remote teaching has been assessment. The shift of assessment, including exams, online ensured that students could continue…
Making our curriculum visible: unit outlines now online
byUnit of study outlines are now published on the University’s website in a common format, giving staff and students unprecedented and transparent access to our…
Unit outlines in the palm of students’ hands
byIn 2020, unit of study outlines will be available on the University’s website in a common format, making them more consistent and accessible, to…
Mapping the curriculum: deriving how units of study contribute to the graduate qualities
byCurriculum mapping involves tracing the connections between the learning outcomes, activities, and assessments in each unit of study to the outcomes for students graduating…
Professional development for academic leadership in curriculum design
bySydney’s new undergraduate curriculum is both bold and challenging in its aim to equip students with the skills and knowledge necessary to be agile…
Connecting the dots in the new curriculum
byCurriculum is ambitious business. In designing it, we make a claim about what we ought to teach, and what our students ought to learn….
Coming Soon: An Institution-Wide Curriculum Mapping System and Unit Outline Template
byFor the first time, the University will have an enterprise curriculum mapping software system across the institution, along with a new unit of study…