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Course Readings Upgrade
Managing your student’s readings in MyUni is now easier with a new upgrade to the Course Readings tool. The refreshed look provides a modern and intuitive user interface with some key enhancements to streamline your experience and make Course Readings even more user-friendly.
Launching - Students as Partners
Students as Partners (SaP) is an initiative created by student leaders and staff to ensure students have a central role in co-creating improvements in their experience of curriculum, services, and their overall university experience.
Learnings from LTAG - Dr Ratna Derina
Colleagues within the Faculty of ABLE have developed a simulation activity which enables students to experience global wealth management as well as informing the enhancement of courses.
This is how I teach
This month we spoke with Dr Kim Barbour, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Media, Faculty of ABLE. Kim’s excellent teaching practice was recognised in the 2023 Commendations for the Enhancement and Innovation of Student Learning, in the category of Inclusive learning and teaching approaches. Here Kim shares her insights about preparing students for jobs which don’t yet exist and how she uses Prezi Video to enable active engagement with her students.
Evidencing your teaching effectiveness
On Thursday 15 February, staff enjoyed a presentation by Emeritus Profession Denise Chalmers AM, which focused on a myriad of ways to evidence excellence learning and teaching practice.
Assessment reform for the age of artificial intelligence
TEQSA has published guiding principles and propositions to support the sector in considering the risks and opportunities of generative artificial intelligence (genAI).
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This is how I teach
This month we spoke with Associate Professor Edward Palmer, Director of the Unit of Digital Education and Training in the School of Education where he is also Acting Deputy Head of School. Read about his innovative use of technology to benefit both the teacher and the student.
Learnings from LTAG - Dr Hong Cai
The Meeting Multilingual Minds facilitates language and cultural exchanges between ‘Language Learners’ enrolled in language courses and ‘native’ speakers of those languages, who volunteer as ‘Language Helpers’ by registering their interest through the web form.
Students give top marks to their teachers
As part of the World Teachers’ Day festivities, students were encouraged to give a ‘shout out’ to a teacher who has supported or inspired them to reach their potential through their studies - with this year's theme "Hat's off to teachers".
Developing Feedback Literacy
We know that feedback needs to be timely and focused on information which can improve performance. However, to make the most of feedback, students need to learn how to interpret and respond to feedback. As part of their personal and professional development, they also need to learn how to constructively and respectfully seek and provide feedback. Colleagues in the School of Psychology share how they are supporting the development of students’ feedback literacy.