A face-to-face icebreaker for group work assignments
Group assignments require a great deal of planning to achieve successful outcomes and prevent them from becoming a source of dissatisfaction for students. Imbalances…
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How can our teaching enhance student mental health and wellbeing?
As we approach the beginning of semester 2 and dust off our chalk (or whiteboard markers or PowerPoint files), it’s a key time to…
Making effective video assignments
As the need for video and other online learning resources becomes more important, empowering students to create their own rich media offers a great…
Interactive lectures – as easy as M-C-Q
Classroom response systems, sometimes called ‘clickers’, have been used in secondary and higher education for many years. They can be invaluable, especially in large…
Deep student learning while crowdsourcing quality questions? The power of PeerWise
PeerWise is an award-winning online platform that helps students engage with unit concepts more deeply and critically. It does this by providing a space…
Getting your students to know you!
Student engagement and student experience in the classroom are two of the pinnacles of the University’s Strategic Plan for 2016-2020. For me, transforming the…
Business Studio Teaching & Learning – A Sydney-Copenhagen Collaboration
The University of Sydney Business School and Copenhagen Business School (CBS) have initiated a strategic partnership around teaching development. The first tangible outcome of…
Padlet and collaborative learning
The Education Innovation team has recently been given the chance to offer University of Sydney staff an unlimited Padlet account until the end of…
Integrating Text and Data Mining into a History Course
This article was authored by Mathew Toll and Marco Duranti. Being introduced to conventional statistical programs can be daunting for students put off by…
Introducing Sydney Data Stories
Sydney Data Stories is a campus-wide interdisciplinary project which aims to inspire students with the importance of statistical thinking by showcasing the way researchers…