Everyday innovation with tech tools
The rapid development of generative AI and all its amazing possibilities is quite rightly drawing a lot of attention as people in all industries and fields…
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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…
Improving in-class engagement and assessment integrity using Gradescope
Can we improve the student experience and build academic integrity without adding to administration load for teaching staff? Lecturer in the School of Economics Dr…
What would a new, attention-driven pedagogy look like?
A reflection on interdisciplinary teaching conversations between Humanities-based educators In this long-form piece, Dr Benjamin Nickl, Discipline of Comparative Literature and Translation Studies (University…
Dr MattTabolism – an AI assistant that helps me help students with biochemistry
BCMB2001 Biochemistry and molecular biology is a second-year unit of study in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences. Students find this unit challenging…
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…
About the Division of Teaching and Learning
The Division of Teaching and Learning (formerly Educational Innovation) is a central team within the DVC (Education and Students) Portfolio at the University…
Getting Every Student to Open the Book and do Assigned Readings: An Integrated Workshop Design in First-Year Pharmacy
In 2023, the Sydney Pharmacy School implemented a new vertically integrated curriculum. Incoming first-year students enrolled in the Pharmaceutics and Pharmacy Practice (PHAR1921) unit…
Bridging first year barriers: fostering belonging in the biology learning space
First year teaching often requires a delicate and deft hand – teachers balance the delivery of important foundational content with facilitating student transition to…
Building language and communication skills with strategic assessment and feedback
Do we assume our students come to university with the language and communication skills to succeed in their studies? Writing well is a crucial…