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What teachers and students should know about AI in 2023
2022 ended with a tremendous amount of discussion on artificial intelligence (AI) and the trend has continued in 2023. People on social media are amazed by ChatGPT, a generative AI fine-tuned from a...
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How AI can be used meaningfully by teachers and students in 2023
There has been a lot of hype over the last few weeks about students using ChatGPT, a conversational artificial intelligence (AI) that can write human-sounding responses to prompts. Some of the main...
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How can I update assessments to deal with ChatGPT and other generative AI?
There is a constant stream of news and opinions about ChatGPT, a relatively new generative artificial intelligence (AI) that can produce paragraphs of human-sounding text in a matter of seconds in...
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Transitioning students from laptop to lab
Transitioning pharmacy students back to lab-based learning in a pharmaceutical compounding unit Pharmaceutical compounding refers to the process of combining, mixing, or altering ingredients to create...
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“It doesn’t test what we want it to”– tweaking online exams to better assess...
For graduates working in healthcare, being able to undertake difficult tasks at a moment’s notice in a way that is safe is a core requirement. To meet this need university pharmacy programs have to be...
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Maximising student engagement, connection and learning with Mentimeter
Welcome news – online polling tool Mentimeter is now available for all University of Sydney Staff! Engaging students, particularly in large classes, is one of the biggest challenges that we face as...
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Frequently asked questions about generative AI at Sydney
Over the past few weeks, we have held a number of roundtables and open forums with staff across the University around how we can productively engage with artificial intelligence at Sydney. This FAQ is...
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Three quick strategies to improve student learning using Universal Design for...
Our UDL Chat series for 2023 kicked off in February with guest speaker, Dr Benjamin Miller from the School of Art, Communication and English. Since 2012, Ben coordinates a large first-year academic...
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How Sydney academics are using generative AI this semester in class
Our approach to ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence (AI) at the University of Sydney is one of productive and ethical engagement. Whilst recognising the need to safeguard academic...
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How Sydney academics are using generative AI this semester in assessments
Our approach to ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence (AI) at the University of Sydney is one of productive and ethical engagement. Whilst recognising the need to safeguard academic...
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Student-staff forums on generative AI at Sydney
On 1 March and 7 March 2023, we heard from two student panels on their thoughts about generative AI and what it means for their learning, assessment, and future. Over 450 staff and students joined us...
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Charting our students’ assessment workload
As detailed in our recent article asking How Much Assessment is Enough?, research across UK research-intensive universities by Tomas & Jessop (2019) suggests that reducing the volume of assessment...
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Students answer your questions about generative AI – part 1: Assessments and...
The discourse around generative AI in higher education has heard from academics, researchers, and thought leaders – but the student voice has been largely missing. In early March, we held two forums...
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Students answer your questions about generative AI – part 2: Ethics,...
The discourse around generative AI in higher education has heard from academics, researchers, and thought leaders – but the student voice has been largely missing. In early March, we held two forums...
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GPT-4 is here. What is it, and what does this mean for higher education?
The internet has exploded again, this time with the release of GPT-4 on Pi day, 2023. But what is this next generation AI, and what impact might it have for higher education? Just tell me how to get my...
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Receive personalised expert review and support for your teaching in 2023
Teaching has often been described as a lonely profession. We can be surrounded by students but isolated in our experience and pedagogical decision-making. Stephen Brookfield famously advocates for...
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Make attendance tracking meaningful: check-in with insights using SRES
Attendance tracking is commonly used as a measure of student engagement and participation in higher education, but taking rolls alone does not provide a complete picture. When meaningfully designed,...
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Why “good teachers” do more harm than good
Good teachers have an immovable place in the cultural landscape of education. Kind, dedicated, wise, knowledgeable, altruistic, good teachers do it for the love of the job. These teachers change lives...
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Whiteboard? No; lightboard!
The Educational Innovation Media Team has added a new piece of equipment to its studio; a lightboard. It’s similar to a whiteboard or blackboard, but the writing surface is a clear piece of glass...
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Taking History Beyond the Classroom: A Student and Unit Coordinator’s...
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 of my undergraduate History degree. But there I was, at a historic...
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