Embracing the moment: Teaching Cultural Politics of Difference through Covid-19
Dr Shawna Tang joined the Department of Gender and Cultural Studies in 2018 as Lecturer in Gender Studies. She has held postdoctoral fellowships at…
Collaborative assignments via Zoom: “It was a new experience but a good one.”
In Semester 1, 2020 among the many challenges with rapidly going online was how to modify complex assignments to achieve the same learning outcomes…
Scaling up use of SRES in semester 2, 2020
The ‘Student Relationship and Engagement System’ (SRES) was developed by teachers at Sydney to help other teachers personalise engagement with large student cohorts. By…
What does physical distancing teach us about what we value in terms of physical space for learning?
Recently I found myself looking for a good way to kick-off a meeting about physical learning spaces, in Zoom. The irony of allocating time…
In defence of just doing what you can during COVID-19
It’s been a tough semester. And, as it comes to an end we may feel the urge to look back on what just happened….
Design for online – opportunities to enrich your students’ education for semester 2 and beyond
Preparing for semester 2 2020 has certainly been a very challenging year so far, but it seems likely that there will be a slow…
Symposium: Teaching well and supporting students during COVID-19
Ordinary people teaching well during extraordinary times This University-wide symposium on Wednesday 8 July will celebrate and share ‘simple, but different’ COVID-related teaching and…
Are they even watching? Ask your students to let you know what they are getting out of your videos!
Do you want to know whether your students are benefiting from your carefully developed videos? Ask them to share their reactions by commenting. They…
Using Padlet in the classroom
Since the University’s shift to online teaching on March 23, there have been different approaches to how best utilise resources for student engagement and…
Horses for courses – finding the humanity in remote teaching and assessment
Dr Nesrine Basheer joined the School of Languages and Culture in 2015, and hasn’t looked back. With a PhD in Arabic Linguistics, her passion…