Assessments for learning, equity, and agency in a first-year unit
byAssessment redesign is rarely driven by a single factor. In a first-year, first-semester Occupational Therapy unit at the University of Sydney, several pressures and…
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Getting Every Student to Open the Book and do Assigned Readings: An Integrated Workshop Design in First-Year Pharmacy
byIn 2023, the Sydney Pharmacy School implemented a new vertically integrated curriculum. Incoming first-year students enrolled in the Pharmaceutics and Pharmacy Practice (PHAR1921) unit…
‘Tell me what you learned’: oral assessments and assurance of learning in the age of generative AI
byGenerative artificial intelligence (AI) has created new challenges for educators seeking to design assessments that provide assurance of learning and uphold academic integrity. In…
Designing for diversity – inclusive assessment
byInclusive assessment in higher education refers to the design and implementation of assessment practices that accommodate the diverse learning needs, backgrounds, and abilities of…
Innovation through educational design collaboration
byRefreshing your unit can happen for many reasons: maybe there is an assignment that’s not working quite the way you intended or maybe you’d…
Charting our students’ assessment workload
byAs detailed in our recent article asking How Much Assessment is Enough?, research across UK research-intensive universities by Tomas & Jessop (2019) suggests that…
How Sydney academics are using generative AI this semester in assessments
byOur approach to ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence (AI) at the University of Sydney is one of productive and ethical engagement. Whilst recognising…
How much assessment is enough?
byWe’re all aware that assessment is a central part of Higher Education. It plays a fundamental part in shaping the experience of how and…
Wrangling student cohorts in Canvas
byWith a little help from the Educational Innovation team and some experimentation, I’ve found that organising student cohorts in Canvas to be a case…
Mitigating Risks to Academic Integrity
byTo limit plagiarism and misconduct, prevention is better than a cure. In this article we highlight how the University is working to improve academic integrity and what…