Educational Innovation

Colleagues from the Educational Innovation Pillar, led by Director A/Prof. Simon McIntyre, capture their work in 2021 and highlight their contributions to implementing the PVC Education & Student Experience Strategy.

Dr Melanie Fentoullis – writes how she harnessed the opportunities presented by the EF Pathway to support student learning during the pandemic.

Introducing the new PVCESE Innovation Partner model designed to improve cross-collaboration and engagement with colleagues in faculties and divisions in educational technology and innovation. 

Two UNSW academics have been recognised for their work to advance adoption of immersive learning technologies in higher education.

Associate Professor Adrienne Torda, Senior Lecturer Dr David Kellerman, and Senior Lecturer Dr Lynn Gribble are all Education Focussed academics who have each been awarded a Citation for outstanding achievements in university teaching at the 2020

David Kellerman has become Microsoft’s gold standard for innovative integration of Office 365 in the classroom and presented to 25,000 people in July 2019 at Microsoft Inspire.

Alberto Motta and Isabella Dobrescu are unconventional academics. They have thrown aside their old economics textbooks and transformed their course into a video game which makes learning economic fundamentals fun and engaging for students.