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Students as partners: on course to empowering UTS students with GenAI literacy
A student-led initiative from a SAP grant will empower leaners to understand and apply GenAI principles confidently and ethically.
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How tablet computing annotation and sharing technology transforms student participation
Dr. James Wakefield from the UTS Business School is engaging students in Accounting tutorials by using tablets as learning aids.
7 habits of highly efficient markers
Marking places many demands on your time and energy and requires some forward planning and preparation. It begins with setting fixed dates for submitting and returning assignments. This includes allocating fixed times in your diary for marking and not allowing other things to impinge in that time. Here are some...
Challenging post-truth with Urthboy
Post-truth is the Oxford word of the year for 2016. Sad but true. Millions of voters swayed to vote by emotion rather than evidence. So what does Urthboy have to do with this, you might ask?
Are You Present?
Do you know how much students benefit from your online presence and your feedback?
Bringing industry practice and relevance to students
Assessment design is often challenging because it must be customised to a suitable level of difficulty for students while still assessing the learning objectives for a subject that relate to real-world application.
Geraniums and Contract Law: learning by storytelling
Think of a discipline area where creative writing and storytelling might lend themselves to a learning activity. I’m guessing contract law wasn’t the first thing to spring into your head? Tim Miles is trying to change all that, one geranium at a time.
Engineering and IT writing without tears
This is dreadful! They just can’t write! Cries of anguish echoing down the corridors of engineering & IT faculties around Australia...
‘The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on.’ Oscar Wilde
Have you ever had a frozen moment in front of the camera?
The best things in life are free images
Searching for high quality images to use in teaching and learning, free from copyright, licensing or cheesiness issues?
Blogging is in Higher Ed’s blood
Don't believe those who will tell you that blogs are dead, dying, or even 'reanimated' as content marketing, 'brand story-telling' zombies. Our sector has embraced blogs to the extent that they are now in Higher Ed's blood.
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