students as partners – Teaching@Sydney

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Assessment, Everyday innovation, Graduate qualities 14 October, 2024 23 October, 2024

Everyday innovation in assessment

by Alessandra Wollaston

The emergence and acceleration of generative AI necessitates reflection on what’s valuable for students to learn, and how this learning can be assessed. The…

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News & events, Sydney updates 16 August, 2024 3 September, 2024

Partnering with students to transform teaching and learning

by Jessica Frawley

The University of Sydney has a long history of staff and students working in partnership. In 2023 the nominated practitioners in student-faculty partnership came…

Be human, Build teacher-student relationships, Core pedagogical principles, Foster a sense of belonging and community, Law, News & events 15 August, 2024 5 November, 2024

What do Law students really need? Students talk to students!

by CHERIE TSE

In this article, student partner Cherie Tse, student in the Bachelor of Arts/Law IV cohort, shares how she and her peer, Edward Ford, led…

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Medicine and Health, Teaching tips 11 April, 2024 11 April, 2024

Medical education reimagined – the power of student-faculty partnership

by Joanne Hart

In the dynamic landscape of higher education, student-staff collaborations for curriculum design and development improve both the outcome (our curriculum) and process (the way…

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News & events 10 August, 2023 10 August, 2023

“I am not a customer”

by Jessica Frawley

At this year’s 2023 Sydney Teaching Symposium, educators learnt about students-as-partners in a unique session hosted and co-facilitated by Business School Lecturer, Dr Maria…

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Build teacher-student relationships, Foster a sense of belonging and community, News & events 10 August, 2023 18 September, 2023

Make students part(ners) of your teaching

by Jessica Frawley

Universities spend a lot of time thinking and talking about students. From how we improve teaching on a day-to-day basis, through to how we…

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Build teacher-student relationships, Core pedagogical principles, Foster a sense of belonging and community, Measure and support engagement, News & events, Use engaging approaches to content delivery 2 August, 2023 2 August, 2023

“Async is hard”: Enhancing Interaction in Asynchronous Learning Environments

by James Kite

Asynchronous learning has become a significant part of higher education today, especially post-pandemic. With the increasing demand for flexibility and convenience, students told us…

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Arts and Social Sciences, Student experience, Transition, Use engaging approaches to content delivery 4 April, 2023 4 April, 2023

Taking History Beyond the Classroom: A Student and Unit Coordinator’s Reflections on Work Integrated Learning

by Darcy Campbell

I never thought I’d find myself mediating a debate about where to put an early 20th century wine stomping vat, let alone as part…

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Arts and Social Sciences, Be human, Build teacher-student relationships, Core pedagogical principles, Foster a sense of belonging and community, Have clear communications and expectations 29 September, 2022 29 September, 2022

Open to the possibilities: reconnecting with students through languages and cultures

by Leanne Stevenson

Dr Kylie Giblett teaches in Germanic Studies in the School of Languages and Cultures. I met Kylie at a recent teaching day for the…

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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…