Designing your lecture for the 2021 world (and beyond)
The move to online learning and the subsequent impacts of our opportunities to teach at scale in large rooms has seen many academics rethinking…
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Working with the wind
To be honest, my first years of unit co-ordination were somewhat of a challenge. Sweeping into the wind when all I had to do…
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…
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….
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…
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…
A style guide to provide clarity and improve students’ experience
Comments shared by students in the semester 1 USS, and presented as a qualitative topic–model analysis at this year’s Symposium by Jess Frawley and Sam Clarke, highlighted something that we know well: students value clear communication and clear expectations. By way of the…
How do ordinary people teach well during extraordinary times?
Having survived semester 1’s rapid shift to online teaching, members of the University of Sydney community gathered together to celebrate and learn from some…
Learning online during COVID – key insights from Sydney students
Coming up for air after a semester like no other, on 8 July 2020 University of Sydney staff had a chance to “gather” online…