Enhancing pharmacy education using AI coaches
Part of clinical education in pharmacy involves helping students counsel patients and manage pharmacies. Both are traditionally difficult, facing student engagement challenges. Here, I…
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Fostering agentic engagement and autonomy support in tutorials
A key goal of tertiary teaching and learning must be to develop independence in our students through encouraging them to take charge of their…
2024 Sydney Teaching Symposium
Join us on Tuesday 16 July 2024 for the annual Sydney Teaching Symposium. This popular event highlights approaches to teaching and assessment developed by…
A fresh look at MCQs using Cogniti
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools, like ChatGPT are generative in that they create something new by using machine learning algorithms to make outputs that are similar…
Workshops and events
Workshops We provide a range of workshops for staff on educational design, technology and education-focused professional development. Events Through hosted events, the Educational…
Marking and feedback of early feedback tasks (EFT)
As you may already know, in response to the Higher Education Support Amendment Bill 2023, the Academic Board has approved changes to the Coursework Policy…
“Async is hard”: Enhancing Interaction in Asynchronous Learning Environments
Asynchronous learning has become a significant part of higher education today, especially post-pandemic. With the increasing demand for flexibility and convenience, students told us…
Transition to University – 2023 update
What is transition? Transition to university is a critical period for students as they move from high school to tertiary education, return to study,…
Why “good teachers” do more harm than good
Good teachers have an immovable place in the cultural landscape of education. Kind, dedicated, wise, knowledgeable, altruistic, good teachers do it for the love…
Artificial intelligence and education at Sydney
New and existing artificial intelligence tools present urgent and compelling challenges and benefits for higher education at Sydney. Our approach to generative AI at…