Student ambassadors for assessment
byThe Centre for Research on Learning and Innovation has formed a new special interest group on students partnerships. Read on to find out more…
The Centre for Research on Learning and Innovation has formed a new special interest group on students partnerships. Read on to find out more…
In the Faculty of Health Sciences we know how essential it is that students receive specific and timely feedback to help them improve…
As 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…
The University’s similarity detection software, Turnitin, has undergone a cosmetic makeover and re-branded its feedback and grading interface. The new version is known as “Turnitin: Feedback…
The MyMaster scandal involving several prominent NSW universities in 2015 highlighted the proliferation of contract cheating (or ghostwriting) of student assignments as a significant problem facing all…
First 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…
At the recent Sydney Teaching Colloquium, three of our outstanding teachers shared how to design and implement assessments with student-generated resources that can be…
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) recently held their assessment forum, an afternoon of presentations by teaching staff that gave insights into…
Students not engaging with pre-class readings is a perennial struggle. Dr Joseph Lizier, DECRA fellow in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies and…
The new University Learning and Teaching Policy, 2015 requires us to have authentic assessments in our courses. But what is an authentic assessment, and…