Why not be kind? The pedagogy of kindness in our classrooms
byLiving through a global event which we haven’t experienced the likes of before, there is no better time to focus on the fantastic and…
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Assessing Clinical Skills in light of COVID-19
byThe first year of the renewed MD 2020 curriculum was implemented in January of this year. The Year 1 program focuses on developing the…
Multiple choice quizzes for learning – Part 3
byPart 3 – MCQs, knowledge transfer and the role of feedback We saw in parts 1 and 2 how MCQs can help activate the…
Multiple choice quizzes for learning – Part 2
byPart 2 -MCQs can help reactivate previously known information. We saw in part 1 how retrieval practice, including through practice MCQ testing, helps students…
Transforming practice and personalising feedback and engagement – at the inaugural SRESCon2019
byJoin over 100 educators from 7 universities on Tuesday 19 November 2019 to share good practice around personalising student learning using data. Specifically, we’ll be…
A dirty job – Curriculum change and the introduction of compulsory weekly revision quizzes in a small second year Science unit
byLearning through practice is a foundational and essential part of the student experience (Laurillard 2012). Giving students the opportunity to attempt tasks, make mistakes,…
Saving time online (with Canvas)
byCanvas isn’t just easy to use and visually appealing – it has a bunch of features that can help you save time if you…
Feedback and Feedforward in Canvas
byResearch in education has shown that feedback is critical for enhancing students’ achievement. Good feedback is simply good teaching and is easy to give…
Track & Connect is back in semester 2, 2018!
byDo you coordinate a large, first-year undergraduate or postgraduate unit of study? Then sign up for the Track and Connect program as it is…
Improving feedback on written assignments in a large economics unit
byGood writing skills are a key job market attribute of university graduates. However, most junior units of study in economics do not provide writing…