Authentic online assessment: strategy, innovation and management
byRecent years have seen an increased emphasis on authentic assessments in business courses, designed to mirror the real-world tasks that graduates face in the…
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Pharmacists’ Ways of Thinking and Ways of Doing through Object Based Learning
byI found teaching inspiration for pharmacy education in the most unexpected place – Ancient Greece. It all started with a digital collection of artefacts…
Designing your lecture for the 2021 world (and beyond)
byThe move to online learning and the subsequent impacts of our opportunities to teach at scale in large rooms has seen many academics rethinking…
Teaching Through Podcasts: Reflections on a year of practice
byLast January, in those halcyon pre-COVID days, I was preparing to teach a unit of study that was new to me. This was a…
Supporting students to become leaders for good in a post-COVID world
byThe global, local and personal challenges facing students engaging in their university studies in 2020 cannot be underestimated. The immediate impacts of the pandemic…
Strategies for teaching languages online
byDr Hongzhi (Veronica) Yang, from the School of Education and Social Work, participated in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Online By Our…
Are they even watching? Ask your students to let you know what they are getting out of your videos!
byDo you want to know whether your students are benefiting from your carefully developed videos? Ask them to share their reactions by commenting. They…
Welcoming students with SRES
byI started my tertiary education journey here at the University of Sydney. While I was fortunate enough to have somewhat of a soft landing…
Help with educational technologies is now easier to find
byFrom February 2020, information and help guides for Canvas, Turnitin, Echo360, SEAMS, ePortfolios, and other online tools for education will be easier to find,…
A tipping point for higher education?
byThe disruption of higher education through forces such as technological innovation, globalisation, shifts in government funding, and changes in the nature of work has…