Category: Faculty of Science and Engineering
From the Faculty of Science and Engineering.
Celebrating award-winning educational leadership – Macquarie Business School / Faculty of Science & Engineering
A unique cross-faculty initiative between Macquarie Business School and Faculty of Science and Engineering has developed innovative capstone units that aim to prepare business and science students for post-pandemic ways of working.
Celebrating award-winning teaching: Christian Thomas
Dr Christian Thomas relishes the challenge of showing students how mathematics is something that can bring wonder.
Enhancing ‘teacher presence’ to improve online engagement
In the Faculty of Science and Engineering, improving Convenor (teacher) presence in the online space proved to be very effective for student engagement.
What environmental sciences can tell us about teaching in higher education
How providing opportunities for learning outside the classroom can deliver memorable and authentic learning experiences.
Engineering Student Employability Conference (ESEC) was a SUCCESS!
Careers and employability were in the spotlight at Macquarie University’s first-ever Engineering Student Employability Conference (ESEC) on 23 November 2022.
Rubrics: Why, What and How
A quick tour of the Why, What, and How behind rubrics - with links to resources.
Educators of Impact: In conversation with Joyce El-Haddad
As an associate lecturer in anatomy in the Department of Chiropractic, Joyce El-Haddad strives for the best in herself, her students and in her teaching practice. TECHE asks her what drives her aspirations to be the best teacher she can...
Learning is doing, learning is context
Professor Helen Pask, happy to have students back on campus, outlines how Physics units employ contextual learning for non-Physics majors. She reflects on moving teaching wholly online in session 1: some changes have been short-term but others will continue.
Educators of Impact: In conversation with Dr Gaurav Gupta
Dr Gaurav Gupta is a computer programming educator who encourages his students to see the value of persistence over natural capability. Since his approach routinely produces student breakthroughs in learning, TECHE asks this self-confessed soccer obsessive how he consistently kicks...