Month: March 2024
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.
AFR Higher Education Awards are now open!
Expressions of interest are now open for the AFR Higher Education Awards (AFR awards).
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.
Apply now for a work integrated learning research grant
Opportunity alert: ACEN grant for work integrated learning research now open to Macquarie staff.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.