assessment – Page 8 – Teaching@Sydney

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Assessment, Offer meaningful assessment, feedback and academic integrity 13 March, 2023 13 March, 2023

Charting our students’ assessment workload

by Adam Bridgeman

As detailed in our recent article asking How Much Assessment is Enough?, research across UK research-intensive universities by Tomas & Jessop (2019) suggests that…

Teaching tips 8 March, 2023 14 March, 2023

Student-staff forums on generative AI at Sydney

by Danny Liu

On 1 March and 7 March 2023, we heard from two student panels on their thoughts about generative AI and what it means for…

Assessment, Educational excellence, Teaching tips 8 March, 2023 8 March, 2023

How Sydney academics are using generative AI this semester in assessments

by Danny Liu

Our approach to ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence (AI) at the University of Sydney is one of productive and ethical engagement. Whilst recognising…

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Assessment, Medicine and Health, Student experience 12 February, 2023 9 March, 2023

“It doesn’t test what we want it to” – tweaking online exams to better assess students in pharmacy

by Jessica Pace

For graduates working in healthcare, being able to undertake difficult tasks at a moment’s notice in a way that is safe is a core…

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Assessment, Build teacher-student relationships, Have clear communications and expectations, Medicine and Health, Offer meaningful assessment, feedback and academic integrity, Teaching tips 12 February, 2023 12 February, 2023

Transitioning students from laptop to lab

by Jessica Pace

Transitioning pharmacy students back to lab-based learning in a pharmaceutical compounding unit Pharmaceutical compounding refers to the process of combining, mixing, or altering ingredients…

An exam hall with students sat at desks completing an exam with pen and paper. A female student in a blue and white striped sweater, face out of view, is in the foreground and holding a beige pen. Students are seen in the background.

Assessment, Educational integrity, Teaching tips 23 January, 2023 15 February, 2023

How can I update assessments to deal with ChatGPT and other generative AI?

by Danny Liu

There is a constant stream of news and opinions about ChatGPT, a relatively new generative artificial intelligence (AI) that can produce paragraphs of human-sounding…

Assessment, Educational integrity, Inclusive teaching, Teaching tips 20 January, 2023 15 February, 2023

How AI can be used meaningfully by teachers and students in 2023

by Danny Liu

There has been a lot of hype over the last few weeks about students using ChatGPT, a conversational artificial intelligence (AI) that can write…

Assessment, Offer meaningful assessment, feedback and academic integrity 18 January, 2023 18 January, 2023

How much assessment is enough?

by Ruth Weeks

We’re all aware that assessment is a central part of Higher Education. It plays a fundamental part in shaping the experience of how and…

Arts and Social Sciences, Teaching tips 10 November, 2022 10 November, 2022

Projecting student work into the public sphere

by Matthew Stavros

The dissemination of Enlightenment ideas during the 17th and 18th centuries was fostered by a ‘Republic of Letters’. The greatest thinkers of the day…

Assessment, Core pedagogical principles, Medicine and Health, Offer meaningful assessment, feedback and academic integrity, Use engaging approaches to content delivery 14 October, 2022 17 October, 2022

Group work – rich, meaningful and transformative learning

by Kria Coleman

Group learning is an increasingly popular approach to assessment; it provides opportunities for collaborative and authentic learning experiences. However, it is not without controversy; teachers report…