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…
Strategies for teaching languages online
Dr Hongzhi (Veronica) Yang, from the School of Education and Social Work, participated in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Online By Our…
Why not be kind? The pedagogy of kindness in our classrooms
Living through a global event which we haven’t experienced the likes of before, there is no better time to focus on the fantastic and…
Welcoming students to class: Lessons from ICPU intensives
Online learning is often depicted as impersonal – the lack of ‘face-to-face’ interaction can make students (and teachers) feel isolated in the process of…
Helping first-in-family students navigate their university ‘journey’
There is much to be said for conceptualising the experience of transitioning to university as a stage in a ‘journey’ that all students go…
Online By Our Design: Our Community and Our Stories
Observing the rapid, creative, and in some cases experimental approaches colleagues took to engaging students in online learning throughout Semester 1, the Dean of…
Facing challenges positively – using framing interventions in your class
What are framing interventions? In Tinto’s important article from 1975, anxiety and self efficacy were identified as two of the key barriers to students developing…