Handy hints for health and wellbeing inside the classroom
Move more, sit less According to a 2013 survey of University of Sydney staff and students, many of us don’t get enough daily physical…
Student engagement – 53 Powerful Ideas All Teachers Should Know About
In idea 42, Gibbs argues that student engagement has now become too slippery a concept, and that in invoking it, we need to be…
Professional learning opportunities for casual academics
After attending a faculty-based introduction to university teaching, casual teaching academics may be keen to find other opportunities for professional learning. Here are some…
Class size matters – 53 Powerful Ideas All Teachers Should Know About
In idea 19, Graham Gibbs revisits the issue of ‘class sizes’ in universities arguing that cohort size is strongly negatively correlated with student performance. In…
Free learning analytics society membership for Sydney staff & students
We are pleased to announce that the University of Sydney has recently become an insitutional member of the Society for Learning Analytics Research (SoLAR)….
Nifty tools in the LMS and how to use them: Collaborate & Kaltura
Collaborate (Ultra) Collaborate (Ultra) is a web conferencing and collaboration system managed from within the University’s Learning Management System (LMS). This system enables engagement,…
Supporting students with a disability
Inclusive teaching practices involve creating a learning environment where students maximise the potential for their own learning, and the learning of others. Such approaches benefit…
Educational Integrity
The Vice-Chancellor’s Academic Misconduct and Plagiarism Taskforce1 has resulted in a number of changes that will be in place for semester 1 this year….
Welcome from the new Educational Innovation Team
Welcome to the new year, and to the first edition of Teaching@Sydney for 2016. At the end of 2015, the Institute for Teaching and…
Knowing your students and supporting their success
How can we use data to optimise learning and our teaching? At the start of semester, many lecturers conduct informal surveys of their classes…