My experience of assessment in a fully online unit
byAs I’m currently enrolled in a fully online MSc programme, I thought I’d share some honest observations about my experience of being assessed in…
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Meet the new Turnitin: Feedback Studio
byThe University’s similaritydetection software, Turnitin, has undergonea cosmetic makeover and re-branded its feedback and grading interface. The new version is known as “Turnitin: Feedback…
Contract Cheating and Assessment Design
byThe MyMaster scandal involving several prominent NSW universities in 2015 highlighted the proliferationof contractcheating (or ghostwriting) of student assignments as a significant problem facingall…
Let your students surprise you: Making a unit relevant and engaging
byFirst year students taking Agricultural Chemistry couldn’t see the relevance of what they were studying, and experienced a lack of cohort identity.How did Dr…
How to make your assessments ‘renewable’
byAt the recent Sydney Teaching Colloquium, three of our outstanding teachers shared how to design and implement assessments with student-generated resources that can be…
Designing and reflecting on assessment
byThe Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) recently held their assessment forum, an afternoon of presentations by teaching staff that gave insights into…
Encouraging pre-reading using student-generated videos
byStudents not engaging with pre-class readings is a perennial struggle. Dr Joseph Lizier, DECRA fellow in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies and…
Authentic assessment: What is it?
byThe new University Learning and Teaching Policy, 2015 requires us to have authentic assessments in our courses. But what is an authentic assessment, and…
Small changes in teaching: Spacing out learning
byIn a series of articles inThe Chroniclefrom his book “Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons From the Science of Learning“,James M. Lang presents simple and practical…
Small changes in teaching: Giving them a say
byIn a series of articles inThe Chroniclefrom his book “Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons From the Science of Learning“,James M. Lang presents simple and practical…