Authentic and active learning tip sheet
This new tip sheet builds on the good practice guide Students are engaged in authentic and experiential learning, which provides important principles for authentic assessment, scaffolding […]
Archive Tag: student engagement
Students find out their study personality
The Student Learning Support Service (SLSS) team have been looking at different ways to increase student engagement with academic support and resources. One way they have […]
A Common purpose to engage students in Semester 2!
The Commons will come alive once again in Semester 2, following the trial of ‘Tuesdays in the Commons’ drop in academic and career sessions in Semester […]
Teaching Tip: Facilitating student and teacher interaction in FLO
When we teach in an online environment, it may feel like the spontaneity and visual feedback of student and teacher interaction is challenged. How do we […]
Creating your own video resources: it’s not rocket science
Creating your own video resources is easier than it used to be. If you’re using a desktop PC, all you need to make a start is […]
TEACHING NOTES: How do I get students to read for class?
Students turning up for class unprepared tends to drive us to distraction. You have planned your class, vigilantly scaffolded your learning activities and tried hard to […]
The ‘university place’: how and why place influences the engagement and...
This seed project aimed to enhance Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander university student engagement and retention. Specifically, this project attended to the notion of the ‘university […]
Students as partners: a case study of co-creation in an Eastern context
There is an increasing body of evidence suggesting the benefits of students as partners (SaP) in engaging students in their learning, resulting in positive learning experiences […]
TEACHING NOTES: How do we cultivate reflective learning?
Welcome to the final article in our series on Strategies for keeping students engaged in class. In our March 2018 issue, we explored active learning and […]