Making friends with failing
It can be tempting to think that success looks like things working smoothly and going to plan. It can even be tempting to peg…
Prompt engineering for educators – making generative AI work for you
ChatGPT has received a lot of attention across numerous industries. Bill Gates, drawing on the recent advances in AI which include ChatGPT, proclaimed in…
Taking History Beyond the Classroom: A Student and Unit Coordinator’s Reflections on Work Integrated Learning
I never thought I’d find myself mediating a debate about where to put an early 20th century wine stomping vat, let alone as part…
Whiteboard? No; lightboard!
The Educational Innovation Media Team has added a new piece of equipment to its studio; a lightboard. It’s similar to a whiteboard or blackboard,…
Why “good teachers” do more harm than good
Good teachers have an immovable place in the cultural landscape of education. Kind, dedicated, wise, knowledgeable, altruistic, good teachers do it for the love…
Make attendance tracking meaningful: check-in with insights using SRES
Attendance tracking is commonly used as a measure of student engagement and participation in higher education, but taking rolls alone does not provide a…
Receive personalised expert review and support for your teaching
Teaching has often been described as a lonely profession. We can be surrounded by students but isolated in our experience and pedagogical decision-making. Stephen…
GPT-4 is here. What is it, and what does this mean for higher education?
The internet has exploded again, this time with the release of GPT-4 on Pi day, 2023. But what is this next generation AI, and…
Students answer your questions about generative AI – part 2: Ethics, integrity, and the value of university
The discourse around generative AI in higher education has heard from academics, researchers, and thought leaders – but the student voice has been largely…
Students answer your questions about generative AI – part 1: Assessments and their future
The discourse around generative AI in higher education has heard from academics, researchers, and thought leaders – but the student voice has been largely…