Teaching@Sydney
Cognitive design principles are essentially research-based guidelines that take into account the limitations of human cognitive architecture. In other words, if we understand the…
As I’m currently enrolled in a fully online MSc programme, I thought I’d share some honest observations about my experience of being assessed in…
With the beginning of semester 1 looming, many higher degree research candidates will be preparing to tutor for the first time. This is likely…
By Gulnaz Beg (student ambassador), with Tom Hubble. We participated in the 2016 ‘Students as Partners for Cultural Competence’ project, designed as collaboration between…
The MyMaster scandal involving several prominent NSW universities in 2015 highlighted the proliferation of contract cheating (or ghostwriting) of student assignments as a significant problem facing all…
As part of the Innovation Week, the University of Sydney held a workshop on how to better use data to understand learners and provide…
As we approach the three-quarter mark of semester 2, final assessments are in our students’ minds at the same time as we are trying to…
In week 4, lecturers across the University opened the doors to their classrooms and invited colleagues in to observe how they engage their students….
The International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education is pleased to announce a special issue on the “STEAM classroom” of the future….
The new University Learning and Teaching Policy, 2015 requires us to have authentic assessments in our courses. But what is an authentic assessment, and…