Dr. Shawn Ross, School of History and Philosophy Peer review improves student writing and teaches valuable skills related to critical assessment of others’ and one’s own work. In an environment where staff are encouraged to “assess efficiently”, peer review also has the potential to replace some instructor marking. Effective peer review, however, requires an effective […]
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Designing and Implementing Effective Peer Review with PeerMark – 31 May 2011, 1-2pm, Goodsell LG19
June 7th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
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Teaching and Assessment Strategies for Large Classes in Engineering that Encourage and Motivate Students to Learn Threshold Concepts Effectively – 17 May 2011, 1-2pm, Goodsell LG19
June 7th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Dr. Gangadhara Prusty, Engineering In large and diverse groups of students, it is often difficult to identify and help the students who are struggling. In 1st year Engineering Mechanics 1 (>275 students) and 2nd year Solid Mechanics 1 (>300 students) at UNSW, Dr Ganga Prusty has used a blend of online and face-to-face teaching to […]
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How do we help students to become global citizens? – 10 May 2011, 1-2pm, John Goodsell Building LG19
April 27th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Panel: Jacquelyn Cranney, Stephen Marshall, Janet Chan, Jennie Lang, and Eileen Baldry. This interactive session will examine the concept of “Global Citizenship”. As a UNSW graduate attribute, global citizenship is defined as “a commitment to embracing cultural diversity” and graduates are expected to be: culturally aware and capable of respecting diversity and acting in socially […]
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Designing Assessment to Develop Students as Researchers – 3 May 2011, 1-2pm, John Goodsell LG29
April 27th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Dr Patsie Polly (School of Medical Sciences, Medicine) and Ms Gwyn Jones (Learning Centre) In this interactive session, Dr Patsie Polly (School of Medical Sciences, Medicine) and Ms Gwyn Jones (Learning Centre) share their experience of designing and implementing an approach to assessment to enhance student learning and engage them as researchers. Their approach, which […]
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Exploring the affordances of the online learning tool, UNSW Wikispaces, in enhancing the group assessment experience for both students and tutors
September 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Events, Research, Researching Learning and Teaching, Resources, Technology Enabled Learning & Teaching, Uncategorized
Helen Caple (EMPA) & Mike Bogle (TRC/FASS) In this seminar Helen and Mike reported on the initial findings from a small research project investigating the large enrolment course experience in relation to group assessment and online learning tools, in particular UNSW Wikispaces. You can view their slides here: Helen Caple & Mike Bogle Slides You can read […]
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Exploring the affordances of the online learning tool, UNSW Wikispaces, in enhancing the group assessment experience for both students and tutors
August 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Dr Helen Caple, School of English, Media and Performing Arts and Mike Bogle, FASS 1 September, 12 – 1pm Learning & Teaching Workshop (Room 416), Level 4 Mathews Building, Kensington Campus In this seminar we will report on the initial findings from a small research project investigating the large enrolment course experience in relation to […]
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Questionmark Perception™ (QMP): A tool for authoring, delivering and reporting on web-based assessments and surveys linked from Blackboard or Moodle
July 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Technology Enabled Learning & Teaching, Uncategorized
A/ Prof Gary Velan (Medicine) gave a seminar on the QMP assessment system which enables educators to author, schedule, deliver, and report on surveys, formative quizzes and summative examinations (http://www.questionmark.co/uk/perception/). For more information you can: Read Gary’s synopsis QMP Workshop Watch an Overview of Questionmark Perception (QMP) – A best of breed tool for online […]
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Showcasing Learning & Teaching Practice: Video-clips
June 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
You can watch a range of Connections presentations by – and interviews with- UNSW and guest speakers here (or go to http://tv.unsw.edu.au/ and search for ‘Connections’). Clips include: John Shepherd (Engineering) and Alison Rutherford (Medicine) discussing the use of Roleplay in Teaching Simon McIntyre (COFA) presenting ‘Learning to Teach Online‘ Project Christopher Walker (FASS) dsicussing […]
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New Resources Available
May 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Announcements, Resources, Showcasing Teaching, Uncategorized
We’ve added new resources to the ‘Seminar Resources’ page (see right), including: John Shepherd (Engineering) and Alison Rutherford (Medicine) discussing the use of Roleplay in Teaching Simon McIntyre (COFA) discussing the ‘Learning to Teach Online‘ Project Christopher Walker (FASS) dsicussing the use of Case Studies in Social Sciences Slides from Stephen Kaufman’s presentation ‘Case Based […]
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Upcoming – Talking about Teaching: Assessing Less for Better Outcomes
February 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
9 March: Talking about Teaching Assessing Less for Better Outcomes Discussion facilitated by Helen Dalton & Giedre Kligyte, L&T@UNSW This seminar is aimed at providing an opportunity for conversations and sharing ideas and strategies around teaching. This seminar will be informal in structure and take the form of talking about teaching as “work in progress”. […]
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