What Is The Best Way To Allocate Groups?
Is random allocation or allowing students to pick their own groups best? Or do you use a different method? It's important to understand, and make clear to students, what you are actually trying to achieve with groupwork.
A New Way To Hand-le Reflection 😃
Consider using the ‘body parts’ exercise for reflection – allowing students to see an experience from a different perspective.
‘Groupwork’ Benefits WITHOUT Doing ‘Groupwork’
Take a look at these 6 collaborative activities that hone cooperation and communication skills without actually formalising it as 'groupwork'.
An ‘In-Built’ Urge That Hinders Teaching… And An Easy Way To Fix It
An average person can tolerate only 0.6 seconds of silence mid-sentence. What does that mean for teaching? It's important to allow students enough time to answer questions.
5 Ways To Make Lectures More Engaging
Try out these 5 tips for including engaging interactive activities in your lectures.
A Toxic Effect Of ‘Flying Solo’ For Teaching Staff
Research suggests that working in isolation might actually be harmful for your job satisfaction and well-being, especially if you are an ‘early career’ academic.
9 Tips For Designing A Non-Accredited Program: A Case Study
How does one design a non-accredited program? What works and what does not? This case study of a Macquarie program shares some insights...Â
University Assignments: Why Students Rarely Go ‘Outside Of The Box’
Macquarie undergraduate student Aprill Miles took to the podium to deliver a keynote at the German Undergraduate Research Conference last month. For Aprill, the experience of working on her own research project has been truly transformational. It also opened her...
Program-Level Design: 10 Practical Strategies For ‘Keeping It Real’
Program-level design helps to provide students with a coherent learning pathway, and ensures what they experience is more than a ‘collection of individual units’.