{"id":3456,"date":"2017-01-25T17:51:42","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T06:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sydney.edu.au\/education-portfolio\/ei\/teaching@sydney\/?p=3456"},"modified":"2017-01-28T12:33:58","modified_gmt":"2017-01-28T01:33:58","slug":"personalising-learning-support-large-units-using-sres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/personalising-learning-support-large-units-using-sres\/","title":{"rendered":"Personalising learning support in large units using the SRES"},"content":{"rendered":"

Imagine sitting in a large lecture theatre with 400 other students, your lecturer at the front of the room not knowing who you are, and a sense of doubt about what you are doing there. This is an ever-increasing reality for our students due to ballooning enrolments, greater student diversity, and pressures on staff time. Now, imagine receiving a personalised email from that lecturer who you thought didn’t care. The email says that they noticed that you have been attending labs and contributing to online discussions, but that you might need extra assistance with yesterday’s mid-term assessment and suggests an upcoming catch-up session. At your next tutorial, your tutor greets you by name and comments on how well you did in the last online activity. How can we provide such personalised learning support when resources are increasingly stretched? Read on to find out about a system at the University that can do this right now, and upcoming workshops to help you get started.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

This is my fourth year at University and this is the first time a teacher has sent a personal email like this giving advice.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Blanket emails and announcements are often ignored by students because they may lack relevance. The Student Relationship Engagement System, or the SRES, was developed from 2012 at the University of Sydney by academics who needed to efficiently scale up personalised<\/strong><\/em> pastoral and learning support to cohorts of 1000-2000 students. If you’re a unit coordinator, you can join over 80 of your colleagues from across 20 departments and schools to use the award-winning<\/a> SRES to personalise bulk interactions with your students.<\/p>\n

When I tried the SRES for the first time, I was blown away by the immediate reaction from my students\u2026 [they] were really pleased to have been singled out and either offered help or praised for their efforts. This is motivating for both ends of the spectrum\u2026 [The SRES] engages students easily and effectively.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What can it do for me?<\/h2>\n
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One example of how emails can be personalised using data within the SRES<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The SRES can help you by<\/p>\n