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Expanding the learning environment through blended learning
Blended learning can optimise the affordances on the on-campus and online learning environments.Ìý
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This is how I teach
This month we spoke to Associate Lecturer at the School of Public Health. In addition to lecturing, teaching and marking a number of courses across generalist public health, sociology of health, health systems, health ethics and research methods, Emma is the Course Co-Coordinator for Create. Communicate. Connect within Health and Medical Sciences, which teaches academic literacy skills for Health Sciences students.Ìý Emma is also an Affiliate Member of the Adelaide Education Academy (AEA).Ìý
SheÌýspoke to us about her student-centred approach to teaching and how it directs her teaching practice, which is based in skill development and student wellbeing.
It’s not too late to embed referencing support into your course
The Library recently conducted an Instagram poll, asking students a range of referencing questions. Interestingly only 55% of respondents knew that referencing support is provided by the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog Library.
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Increasing student engagement through successful collaborations
In Semester 1 2022, the Library’s Learning Support (LLS) team partnered with two teaching academics to co-design informative and engaging activities for their students around using primary source data bases.
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Academic integrity refreshed staff support
From Monday 28 March, Academic Integrity processes will be refreshed with a new set of resources to assist you and your students.
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Student academic skills team - here to help
There are many ways we can support student success at the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog. One team who here to assist you and your students is the Student Academic Skills team, whose main purpose is to help students engage productively in their coursework, and to help them realise and develop their learning skills to succeed at university.
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Improving group work for students and educators
Enabling collaborative learning through meaningful activities and assessment is powerful, yet challenging.
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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