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Everyday innovation in tutorials
The ideas featured in this inaugural everyday innovation selection have been enacted in the tutorial space. Tutors are an influential part of students’ experiences at university as they create vital...
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Using Object-Based Learning to Introduce Cultural Competency and the Social...
Many pharmacy students will find themselves working in diverse clinical contexts where cultural competence and effective inter-cultural communication is essential for optimising patient care and...
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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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Medical education reimagined – the power of student-faculty partnership
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 we get there). When done...
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Dr MattTabolism – an AI assistant that helps me help students with biochemistry
BCMB2001 Biochemistry and molecular biology is a second-year unit of study in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences. Students find this unit challenging and struggle to make connections between...
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What would a new, attention-driven pedagogy look like?
A reflection on interdisciplinary teaching conversations between Humanities-based educators In this long-form piece, Dr Benjamin Nickl, Discipline of Comparative Literature and Translation Studies...
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Illuminating Team Culture: How Lightboards Have Revolutionised Tutor Training
Together we teach in BCMB2X01Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, a second-year unit of study with over 800 students enrolled across 40 different degrees spanning science, medicine, psychology,...
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Five myths about interactive oral assessments and how to get started
What if there was a way to make assessments more engaging, reduce marking time, enhance academic integrity, and assess unit or course learning outcomes effectively? Danielle Logan-Fleming and Popi...
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Menus, not traffic lights: A different way to think about AI and assessments
Earlier this year I went on a Disney cruise with my extended family. Seasickness aside, another notable experience was the dining: a sit-down dinner each night with a full menu – appetizers, soups,...
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“What’s your diagnosis?”: Engaging Medical Students with Board Games for...
Microbiology of infectious diseases is widely known as one of the most challenging areas for first-year medical students due to the large volume of information they need to comprehend and memorise in a...
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Putting support for students at the centre – update on Semester 1 and looking...
Response to the legislative changes to the Higher Education Support Amendment Bill 2023 in Semester 1 As reported previously in Teaching@Sydney, the new requirements from the Commonwealth’s amendments...
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Everyday innovation in group work
Group work can be a polarising feature of teaching and learning. Done well, it provides a unique and multidimensional learning experience which goes beyond content knowledge to also encompass skills...
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Translation and object-based learning for languages students
When thinking about translation in a museum context, things that come to mind may include working with visitor maps, audio guides, wall texts and labels. There can, however, be a lot more to the story....
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Fostering agentic engagement and autonomy support in tutorials
A key goal of tertiary teaching and learning must be to develop independence in our students through encouraging them to take charge of their learning. As teachers we foster a sense of agency and...
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How generative AI can make personalised feedback at scale more consistent and...
Educators play a crucial role in a student’s learning journey by providing assessment feedback that is personalised, encouraging, constructive and timely. However, we often struggle with heavy...
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Teaching with AI: Revolutionising education while honouring tradition
In these challenging times, as we confront environmental, social, and technological upheavals, teaching at a university presents itself as both a daunting and pivotal endeavour. Educating the youth in...
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Running revision sessions
Students place great value in revision sessions that help them check their progress and feel confident, at least informed, about how well they might perform on upcoming assessments. Revision sessions...
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Improving in-class engagement and assessment integrity using Gradescope
Can we improve the student experience and build academic integrity without adding to administration load for teaching staff? Lecturer in the School of Economics Dr Ellen Stuart asked herself this...
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Enhancing pharmacy education using AI coaches
Part of clinical education in pharmacy involves helping students counsel patients and manage pharmacies. Both are traditionally difficult, facing student engagement challenges. Here, I (Andrew) share...
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Everyday innovation with tech tools
The rapid development of generative AI and all its amazing possibilities is quite rightly drawing a lot of attention as people in all industries and fields explore its capabilities and implications for...
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