Wayfinding – your guide to (some) teaching resources at Sydney
When I started teaching at Sydney I was definitely winging it! My first class was early in my PhD studies, as sole tutor in…
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2022 Sydney Teaching Symposium
Join us on Monday 18 July 2022 for the annual Sydney Teaching Symposium. This popular event highlights approaches to teaching and assessment developed by…
Jisc’s new principles of good assessment and feedback
In case you missed it, Jisc has recently published an excellent resource on the principles of good assessment and feedback. A UK not-for-profit organisation, Jisc…
Open Canvas Sites – 2022 edition
How have we adapted our Canvas sites alongside our teaching in recent COVID times? Over the last two years, and since our previous Open…
Maintaining engagement in a large online unit with a diverse cohort
In 2021 we launched a new 6cp Open Learning Environment unit: OLES1602 The Apocalypse in Science and Culture. The unit was designed to be…
A snapshot of student diversity at Sydney
Our students come from a variety of countries, backgrounds, and life experiences. The University of Sydney is committed through its visions and values to…
A shared sense of place – empowering culturally responsive teaching
What is culturally responsive teaching? To be a culturally responsive teacher is to be “able to understand and consider the different cultural backgrounds of the people (we) teach“. The University of Sydney is an…
The value of prework and how to ‘get them to do it’ in the new normal
Although I take comfort that I am not alone in facing the challenge of getting students to complete class prework, it has always frustrated…
An early support system in response to the Job-ready Graduates Package
In semester 2, 2021 we piloted an approach to find and support students who may have been struggling across multiple units of study in…
Online Communication: Scale, Scope and Simplicity in FASS1000
2021 brought with it further challenges to teaching and new opportunities to reflect and learn. Centred on the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences…