Blog

By Professor Elizabeth (Liz) Angstmann, UNSW Science

Liz shares her experience removing grades from first year physics which shifted the students' focus on obtaining mastery rather than marks.

By Professor Gary Velan, UNSW Medicine & Health

Gary discusses the issue of 'Marksism', a term that he applies to describe the pernicious culture of assessment, and how to counteract this.

By Professor Merlin Crossley, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic Quality

Merlin discusses his thoughts on the importance of teachers rather than technology in education.

By Associate Professor Lynn Gribble,  UNSW Business School

Lynn shares ideas on moving forward with ChatGPT and Generative AI tech with students as we enter the 2023 teaching year.

By Evelyne de Leeuw, UNSW Medicine & Health

Professor Evelyne de Leeuw describes the fascinating process of developing a public health teaching program for medical students in regional Australia.

By Sarah Spackman, PVCESE and School of Art & Design

Sarah reflects on a great event co-hosted by UNSW & Victoria University of Wellington titled What makes us most excited about teaching.

By Jacky Cranney, Nalini Pather, Leesa Sidhu, Gary Velan; SEA Fellows

Scientia Education Academy Fellows on building 'relatedness' and 'belonging' for students and how to address the issue.

By Dr James Bedford, Academic Learning Facilitator.
 

James shares his thoughts on the Term 1 2022 Course Design Institute at UNSW Sydney.

By Sophie Kearns, Team Lead, Student Support.

Sophie shares her deliberations about the beauty and importance of caring for our students.

By Neil Lawrence, Technical Officer, School of Physics

Neil shares his experience introducing a new custom-built 'digital whiteboard' which has had an incredible academic uptake.