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News & events 15 March, 2022 16 March, 2022

Open Canvas Sites – 2022 edition

by Aaron Baird

How have we adapted our Canvas sites alongside our teaching in recent COVID times? Over the last two years, and since our previous Open…

Foster a sense of belonging and community, Measure and support engagement, Science 10 March, 2022 23 March, 2022

Maintaining engagement in a large online unit with a diverse cohort

by Tara Murphy

In 2021 we launched a new 6cp Open Learning Environment unit: OLES1602 The Apocalypse in Science and Culture. The unit was designed to be…

Be human, Build teacher-student relationships, Foster a sense of belonging and community, Have clear communications and expectations, News & events, Teaching tips 14 February, 2022 14 February, 2022

Getting back into the physical classroom 2022 – tips for teachers

by Educational Innovation

This semester, most of us will be heading back into the physical classroom. It’s an exciting time, but may be a bit unfamiliar for…

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Teaching tips 8 February, 2022 14 February, 2022

Teaching with Zoom Webinars

by Eszter Kalman

With large class teaching going ahead in the online format some of us are considering Zoom ‘webinars’ as the tool of choice for live…

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Be human, Build teacher-student relationships, Core pedagogical principles, Foster a sense of belonging and community, Inclusive teaching 31 January, 2022 1 February, 2022

A shared sense of place – empowering culturally responsive teaching

by Adam Bridgeman

What is culturally responsive teaching? To be a culturally responsive teacher is to be “able to understand and consider the different cultural backgrounds of the people (we) teach“. The University of Sydney is an…

Build teacher-student relationships, Have clear communications and expectations, Teaching tips, Use engaging approaches to content delivery 30 January, 2022 31 January, 2022

The value of prework and how to ‘get them to do it’ in the new normal

by Robyn Martin

Although I take comfort that I am not alone in facing the challenge of getting students to complete class prework, it has always frustrated…

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Arts and Social Sciences, Be human, Build teacher-student relationships, Core pedagogical principles, Educational excellence, First Year Coordinators, Measure and support engagement, Use engaging approaches to content delivery 22 January, 2022 22 January, 2022

‘The Little Things’: excellence, empathy and fallibility

by Leanne Stevenson

Centred on the FASS (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences) pedagogical values, On by Our Design (OBOD) provides a platform for teaching and education…

Build teacher-student relationships, Foster a sense of belonging and community, Have clear communications and expectations, Off-campus learning, Teaching tips 20 March, 2021 17 July, 2021

Four meaningful ways to enhance student relationships and engagement with the right data

by Danny Liu

Students consistently say that they value their relationships with their teachers and their support and feedback. As we move into a COVID-normal teaching context,…

Off-campus learning, Science, Sections, Teaching tips 21 January, 2021 21 January, 2021

Working with the wind

by Cameron Edward Fisher Clark

To be honest, my first years of unit co-ordination were somewhat of a challenge. Sweeping into the wind when all I had to do…

Business, Off-campus learning 20 January, 2021 20 January, 2021

Supporting students to become leaders for good in a post-COVID world

by Peter James Bryant

The global, local and personal challenges facing students engaging in their university studies in 2020 cannot be underestimated. The immediate impacts of the pandemic…