What do students think about working as ‘students as partners’?
byIn 2020, a group of student co-designers partnered with the University of Sydney’s Educational Innovation team to develop Get Prepared, a learning resource supporting…
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How can our teaching enhance student mental health and wellbeing?
byAs we approach the beginning of semester 2 and dust off our chalk (or whiteboard markers or PowerPoint files), it’s a key time to…
“Thank you so much for your kind words and encouragement!”: Using SRES in a large, first-year sociology course
byWith over 500 students, lecturing shared among 5 co-coordinators, and 24 tutorials run by 10 tutors, reaching out to particular students in a first-year…
Designing and reflecting on assessment
byThe Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) recently held their assessment forum, an afternoon of presentations by teaching staff that gave insights into…
53 Powerful Ideas All Teachers Should Know About – Configuring Exams
byIn Idea 10 of Graham Gibbs’ blog, he discusses the idea that “Students’ marks are often determined as much by the way assessment is configured…
Small changes in teaching: Spacing out learning
byIn a series of articles in The Chronicle from his book “Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons From the Science of Learning“, James M. Lang presents simple and practical…
Small changes in teaching: Giving them a say
byIn a series of articles in The Chronicle from his book “Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons From the Science of Learning“, James M. Lang presents simple and practical…
53 Powerful Ideas All Teachers Should Know About
byIn Idea 40 – that ‘self assessment is central to intrinsic motivation‘ – from Graham Gibb’s blog, he argues for the importance of involving students…
53 Powerful Ideas All Teachers Should Know About
byThe pick this month from Graham Gibbs’ blog is Idea 33 – that ‘motivating students is not magic‘. The end of a long semester seems…