Teaching@Sydney
Comments shared by students in the semester 1 USS, and presented as a qualitative topic–model analysis at this year’s Symposium by Jess Frawley and Sam Clarke, highlighted something that we know well: students value clear communication and clear expectations. By way of the…
The first year of the renewed MD 2020 curriculum was implemented in January of this year. The Year 1 program focuses on developing the…
Do you want to know whether your students are benefiting from your carefully developed videos? Ask them to share their reactions by commenting. They…
With my colleagues Remy Low and Valerie Harwood, I co-coordinate EDUF1018 Education, Teachers and Teaching, a core first year unit in Education Studies. This…
I started my tertiary education journey here at the University of Sydney. While I was fortunate enough to have somewhat of a soft landing…
Canvas has been updated with new features and improvements, these include a consolidated process for assignments involving Turnitin, a new gradebook, and a new optional alternative to…
Part 3 – MCQs, knowledge transfer and the role of feedback We saw in parts 1 and 2 how MCQs can help activate the…
Part 2 -MCQs can help reactivate previously known information. We saw in part 1 how retrieval practice, including through practice MCQ testing, helps students…
With a little help from the Educational Innovation team and some experimentation, I’ve found that organising student cohorts in Canvas to be a case…
Canvas has many powerful features and tools to help your students learn online and for you to support, interact and assess them. We provide…