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Student engagement – 53 Powerful Ideas All Teachers Should Know About

In idea 42, Gibbs argues that student engagement has now become too slippery a concept, and that in invoking it, we need to be…

Professional learning opportunities for casual academics

After attending a faculty-based introduction to university teaching, casual teaching academics may be keen to find other opportunities for professional learning. Here are some…

Class size matters – 53 Powerful Ideas All Teachers Should Know About

In idea 19, Graham Gibbs revisits the issue of ‘class sizes’ in universities arguing that cohort size is strongly negatively correlated with student performance. In…

Free learning analytics society membership for Sydney staff & students

We are pleased to announce that the University of Sydney has recently become an insitutional member of the Society for Learning Analytics Research (SoLAR)….

Nifty tools in the LMS and how to use them: Collaborate & Kaltura

Collaborate (Ultra) Collaborate (Ultra) is a web conferencing and collaboration system managed from within the University’s Learning Management System (LMS). This system enables engagement,…

Supporting students with a disability

Inclusive teaching practices involve creating a learning environment where students maximise the potential for their own learning, and the learning of others. Such approaches benefit…

Educational Integrity

The Vice-Chancellor’s Academic Misconduct and Plagiarism Taskforce1 has resulted in a number of changes that will be in place for semester 1 this year….