Telling it like it is: Supporting international students’ transition to university
As Adam Bridgeman reminds us, “starting university is a daunting and life-defining moment”. This is especially so if you move to a new city…
Supporting students to become leaders for good in a post-COVID world
The global, local and personal challenges facing students engaging in their university studies in 2020 cannot be underestimated. The immediate impacts of the pandemic…
Managing timely feedback and marking
Most teachers would agree that marking assignments and giving students feedback are crucial aspects of educational practice that contribute significantly to student learning. However,…
Future Makers in the Business School
The University of Sydney Business School has just wrapped up a 9-week crowdsourcing challenge called Future Makers. We invited all students in the School…
A Sense of Purpose – Supporting Second Year Students in 2021
For this year’s first year students, classes started on 24th February. Those affected by the travel ban were studying remotely from day 1. The…
End the year with MPLF and set yourself up for flexible teaching in 2021
Launched last year, the Modular Professional Learning Framework, or MPLF, offers University of Sydney educators bite-sized professional learning for evidence-based educational innovation and excellence….
Helping students prepare for proctored final exams
Those of us who assess with exams have seen remote online proctoring become a big part of our lives in 2020. Exams are stressful…
Supporting your teaching needs through Leganto, a new reading list platform from the Library
In a year in which teaching support has never been more important, the University Library is pleased to announce a transition to an enhanced…
Engaging students on and off campus
Many of us have been teaching and working remotely since mid-March. It seems longer. Much longer. For the most part, we’ve mastered using the…
Teaching flexibly for learning in all locations
It is clear that we will continue to have students who are unable to travel to campus in 2021. Some units of study have…