“It doesn’t test what we want it to” – tweaking online exams to better assess students in pharmacy
byFor 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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Accelerating students’ engagement in a Master of Architecture course
byFor Dr Jennifer Ferng, the unit coordinator of MARC5010/MARC5020 within the Master of Architecture degree, peer engagement meant building community within studios, leveraging students’…
‘If we want student engagement, we need to engage academic staff first’: teaching in a changing online environment.
byDr Simon Kwok holds a PhD from Cornell University and specialises in time series econometrics and finance: ‘essentially a study of how observations align…
Open Canvas Sites – 2022 edition
byHow have we adapted our Canvas sites alongside our teaching in recent COVID times? Over the last two years, and since our previous Open…
Getting back into the physical classroom 2022 – tips for teachers
byThis semester, most of us will be heading back into the physical classroom. It’s an exciting time, but may be a bit unfamiliar for…
Continuity and Change: Teaching history via material culture in the 21st Century
byOnline by Our Design platforms the innovative teaching practices across the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences generated by the shift to online learning…
Teaching with Zoom Webinars
byWith large class teaching going ahead in the online format some of us are considering Zoom ‘webinars’ as the tool of choice for live…
‘The Little Things’: excellence, empathy and fallibility
byCentred on the FASS (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences) pedagogical values, On by Our Design (OBOD) provides a platform for teaching and education…
Online Communication: Scale, Scope and Simplicity in FASS1000
by2021 brought with it further challenges to teaching and new opportunities to reflect and learn. Centred on the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences…
Helping Students Learn by Using Ancient Memory Devices
byWhen you think of ancient memory devices you might think of a memory palace. This is a memory device used by memory champions to…