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Sustaining and maintaining teaching innovation for a new normal<\/h2>\n

This University-wide symposium on Wednesday 14 July 2021 will celebrate simple and shareable innovations in active learning and assessment from the past year. The aim of this is to highlight the approaches to teaching and assessment developed by colleagues across the University, and to come together and share practice and ideas. We will be joined by internationally-renowned educator and author Peter Felten<\/a> from Elon University, who will be delivering a keynote address. Come, be inspired, and get practical ideas for your own teaching that will help your students feel more connected, engaged, secure, and that they belong.<\/p>\n

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Key details<\/h2>\n

Date:<\/strong> Wednesday 14 July 2021, starting at 9:20 am AEST (UTC+10).<\/p>\n

Venue:<\/strong>
Online via Zoom, due to the new COVID restrictions in Sydney. Zoom details will be emailed to registrants closer to the date of the symposium.<\/p>\n

Cost:<\/strong> Free but registration essential.<\/p>\n

Availability:<\/strong> Registration is available to University of Sydney staff and students, as well as staff from other higher education institutions.<\/p>\n

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Symposium program<\/h2>\n

This will feature a keynote by Peter Felten, 18 talks by colleagues from across the University, and a student panel to explore students’ experience of the “new normal”. When you register please submit a question for the student panellists to find out more about what life and learning has been like for our students.<\/p>\n

Please note that the times below are in Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST), UTC+10.<\/p>\n[wpcs_schedule date=”2021-07-14″ session_link=”none”]\n

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About our keynote speaker<\/h3>\n

\"ProfilePeter Felten<\/a> is executive director of the Center for Engaged Learning, assistant provost for teaching and learning, and professor of history at Elon University. He works with colleagues on institution-wide teaching and learning initiatives, and on the scholarship of teaching and learning. In his teaching, Peter aims to help students think critically and write clearly about the connections between the lives of individual people and larger themes in history. He has published six books about undergraduate education including most recently (with Leo Lambert), Relationship-Rich Education: How Human Connections Drive Success in College (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020). He has served as president of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, and is co-editor of the International Journal for Academic Development, on the advisory board of the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), and a fellow of the John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education, a foundation that works to advance equity in higher education.<\/p>\n

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Get further equipped for teaching in the new normal<\/h2>\n

Following the symposium, a number of professional learning workshops will be run to further equip Sydney educators
with the tools to redesign their curriculum, delivery, student support and engagement, and assessment approaches.
They will be delivered by Educational Innovation with assistance from experienced teachers from across the institution.<\/p>\n