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Educational Fellowships 2020
What is the Sydney Educational Fellowship Program? In 2018 the University of Sydney became an accredited partner of the Higher Education Academy (HEA), allowing professional and academic staff who are...
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Welcoming students with SRES
I started my tertiary education journey here at the University of Sydney. While I was fortunate enough to have somewhat of a soft landing by virtue of arriving with many of my high school peers, I...
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LIBR1000: The Essential Information & Digital Literacy Module for First Year...
LIBR1000 is an essential skills course developed specifically for first year students. It is designed to: Develop targeted information literacy skills Enhance the quality of the work students...
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Including off-campus students in a positive learning experience
As semester 1 starts, many units are running with online supported learning for at least part of the semester for students impacted by travel restrictions. For many, learning online may be more...
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Ensuring off-campus students can access resources to learn anywhere and anytime
This semester, many units are running with online supported learning for at least part of the semester for students impacted by travel restrictions. A positive, supportive and inclusive learning...
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‘Hello my dear tutor’– Helping off-campus students have a supportive and...
With my colleagues Remy Low and Valerie Harwood, I co-coordinate EDUF1018 Education, Teachers and Teaching, a core first year unit in Education Studies. This semester, we have almost 600 students (and...
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Teaching when you’re off campus yourself
Principles for teaching in the time of COVID-19 As the University moves to offering a totally off-campus experience for students and staff, the following principles will help you. Teaching off campus...
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Learning while off campus
We are living in very challenging times. For our students, the move to studying remotely for the next few months is certainly a big change, and one that they may find difficult to adapt to. They are...
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Lectures in the time of COVID-19 – synchronous or asynchronous?
Although March 2020 seems to have been going on for about 45 years, we’ve actually only been teaching remotely for just over 2 weeks! Colleagues all over the University have managed to transform their...
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Reimagining our teaching for online delivery – book a consultation now
Our shift to fully online learning has been swift and incredibly well received by students. This semester, we first had to learn how to teach in a mixed mode, with some students learning face-to-face...
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Summative assessments in the time of COVID-19: Balancing anxiety, workload,...
The situation we’re all in this year has meant a complete rethink of not only how we teach, but also how we assess. Some assessment-related issues with the COVID-19 context include: students not being...
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Protecting your Zoom classroom
Since 23 March when the University officially moved all teaching to “online”, we have collectively embraced Zoom as our new and sometimes unwieldy teaching assistant. We have battled some of the...
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Building a learning community in the time of COVID-19: Overcoming isolation...
We are living, teaching and learning in extraordinary times. This semester, we had an increased focus on developing a sense of belonging and connection with and between our students. When travel...
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Zooming online: oral and video presentations
Living through a global event in which we haven’t experienced the likes of before, there is no better time to highlight the fantastic and innovative work our colleagues are doing in their online...
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Horses for courses – finding the humanity in remote teaching and assessment
Dr Nesrine Basheer joined the School of Languages and Culture in 2015, and hasn’t looked back. With a PhD in Arabic Linguistics, her passion for (and research in) language pedagogy has informed her...
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Using Padlet in the classroom
Since the University’s shift to online teaching on March 23, there have been different approaches to how best utilise resources for student engagement and cohort building. One way has been the use of...
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Are they even watching? Ask your students to let you know what they are...
Do you want to know whether your students are benefiting from your carefully developed videos? Ask them to share their reactions by commenting. They can do this directly in your embedded Studio videos...
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Design for online – opportunities to enrich your students’ education for...
Preparing for semester 2 2020 has certainly been a very challenging year so far, but it seems likely that there will be a slow relaxation of social distancing during the rest of 2020. With this in...
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In defence of just doing what you can during COVID-19
It’s been a tough semester. And, as it comes to an end we may feel the urge to look back on what just happened. The speed of change has been disorientating, the semester feeling like the moment right...
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What does physical distancing teach us about what we value in terms of...
Recently I found myself looking for a good way to kick-off a meeting about physical learning spaces, in Zoom. The irony of allocating time online to focus on the planning of physical infrastructure for...
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