thinking in canvas
HyFlex Teaching: Let the environment and students scaffold you
It is hard to drive a car and simultaneously engage in a serious conversation for a P-plate driver, particularly when they need to steer…
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…
Four meaningful ways to enhance student relationships and engagement with the right data
Students consistently say that they value their relationships with their teachers and their support and feedback. As we move into a COVID-normal teaching context,…
Students’ perspective on supporting them in their transition to university
The recently launched Get Prepared Canvas site emerged from a collaboration between a group of student co-designers from a number of faculties across the University and Educational Innovation….
Welcoming students to Sydney
Starting university can be an exciting but stressful time. The University of Sydney is a very large institution with a wide range of disciplines…
Supporting students through HELP funding changes
Since the end of the free tertiary education reforms introduced by the Whitlam government, most domestic students have seen their time at university supported…
Get Prepared: Helping students transition to university
In 2020, the year like no other, a team of staff from Educational Innovation and students from across the university came together in partnership…
Designing and implementing learning outcomes
Higher education units are designed in a structured way. Part of the backbone of this structure are learning outcomes that detail what a student…
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….