Month: March 2024
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What’s the difference between scholarly teaching and the scholarship of teaching?
The Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching MOOC provides a practical starting point for those getting started with SoTL.
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AFR Higher Education Awards are now open!
Expressions of interest are now open for the AFR Higher Education Awards (AFR awards).
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Higher Education in context: purposes, politics and futures
The Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching MOOC considers the political, economic, social and cultural influences and power structures that shape the higher education sector.
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Apply now for a work integrated learning research grant
Opportunity alert: ACEN grant for work integrated learning research now open to Macquarie staff.
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Experiments in teaching: shaking up teamwork, assessment and feedback
Nandini Kumar (Accounting and Corporate Governance) has a passion for teaching which drives her to constantly experiment with techniques to engage students and ensure they have the skills to succeed.
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Managing student teamwork
Student team projects can be challenging. The Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching MOOC provides strategies for facilitating effective teamwork for student projects.
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Your opportunity to observe teaching [and teachers] in action
Open for Observation: Experienced educators across the university are opening their classes for teaching & learning support colleagues to observe and learn.
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Academic Senate Top 5, 27 February 2024
Macquarie University's Academic Senate convened for its first meeting of the year on February 27th. Check out the top 5 items from this meeting.
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Take your unit design and delivery to the next level – to benefit all your students – with UDL
Embrace Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles to enhance your unit design, make learning activities seamlessly accessible for all students and reduce the need for reasonable adjustments.