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This is how I teach
This month we spoke to , Scholarly Teaching Fellow within the School of Social Sciences.Ìý Hong teaches Chinese languages and linguistics to undergraduate students and translation theories and professional interpreting to MA students in the MAITTC program (Master of Arts [Interpretation, Translation and Transcultural Communication]).Ìý In 2019 she was presented with a Stephen Cole the Elder Award for Teaching Excellence, and was nominated for a Citation with the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn Awards for ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog Teaching in 2021. SheÌýspoke to us about her passionÌýfor fostering learners’ autonomy and promoting career readiness and leadership with her students.Ìý
Supporting academic skill development through Cadmus
The transition to university and meeting the requirements of academic scholarship and the associated academic skill development, can prove to be daunting and overwhelming for students. Learn how the Cadmus online assessment platform supports academic skill development via in application referencing support tools.
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Developing evaluative judgement
A new external Peer Review tool has been added to the MyUni ecosystem to support the development of evaluative judgement. This reduces workload for academic staff, enabling students to recognise the quality of their own work and that of othersÌýto enable them to move from novice to effective practitioner.ÌýLearn more about the role of Peer Review and how it has already been used successfully in course delivery at the university.Ìý
Design team support for major initiatives
Learning Enhancement and Innovation (LEI) would like to introduce its new SET Projects Team.
Echo360 Impact and Innovation Grants on offer
Two academic champions grants are available under the Echo360 e3 grants. Both grants are offered to qualified applicants interested in improving learner outcomes focusing on at least one area of equity, engagement, or evidence.
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Welcome back to campus - Professor Suzanne Le Mire
I am delighted that through the hard work and dedication of many, we can now welcome our students back to campus. I know your planning is well advanced to teach our students in person, or in online classes for our students offshore. As we kick off our Orientation for international students today, and our Orientation week for all, next week, it is really pleasing to know that already almost 1000 international students have re-joined us on campus.
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New look Library Essentials
Library Essentials is an online course designed to teach students the fundamentals of finding, using, evaluating, and acknowledging information in an academic environment at their own pace.
New TEQSA resources for AI
TEQSA is continuing to work with the sector to strengthen cultures of academic integrity within higher education and to reduce the integrity risk posed by commercial academic cheating services.
Setting Academic Integrity expectations in your course
Looking for targeted, interactive resources to help set expectations around assessments and integrity? We have a range of videos, explainers and activities available for download, along with tips and suggestions to incorporate academic integrity learning into your course.
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Effective ways to support student skills assessment
Last year the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog piloted a with over 2,500 students completing the online quiz.Ìý We discovered that our students felt positive about their problem solving skills, working independently and interacting with people from different cultures, but were less confident about their presentation, networking and time management skills.
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