Developing Self-Regulated Learners with an AI Career Coach
byHow do we help students become independent, self-directed learners, especially when AI tools make it tempting to skip the hard and deep thinking? Self-regulated…
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Five ways to help first year students become better learners
byThe University of Sydney’s 2026 Transition Symposium* asked a deceptively simple question: Do we actually teach students how to learn? Keynote speaker Professor Sally…
Writing Course Learning Outcomes that strengthen quality, clarity and integrity
byWhen students have crossed the stage at their graduation and have left the Great Hall one last time, how do we know what they…
Delivering personalised feedback at scale using peer videos
byIn a cohort of large numbers of students, feedback can easily become impersonal. But what if the most powerful feedback didn’t come from us,…
False flags and broken trust – Can we tell if AI has been used?
byA recent ABC news investigation and Sydney Morning Herald story revealed the human cost of the use of AI detectors in some universities and…
Two parallel lanes: the roadmap for a future-ready transformative education
byGenerative AI is a revolutionary technology whose impact on society, industry and individuals is likely to be far larger than the invention of the…
Navigating AI in Higher Education: tasks ahead for 2025 and 2026
byThe rise of generative AI marks a seismic shift in education: one that rivals the impact of the internet, the printing press, and electricity….
Closing the feedback loop: What we learned when our assessment changes failed
byWhat do you do as an educator when a successful teaching innovation completely backfires with a different student cohort? In a previous Teaching@Sydney article,…
From Page to Performance: How Interactive Orals Transform Academic Writing Pedagogy
bySince 2020, I have been teaching academic writing across undergraduate and postgraduate levels within the Discipline of English and Writing Studies at the University…
Guide to unit alignment: A systematic process for aligning your unit
byEnsuring coherent and purposeful program-level design has become a strategic and educational imperative as universities grapple with the challenges of digital transformation, shifting student…