Teaching Commons

Learn how the comprehensive platform, Smart Feedback, can address the challenges of large classes, international student engagement, and teaching quality assessment and how to integrate it within your course.

Gain the opportunity to think through the use of AI using a model that backmaps what students will need to know about AI for their future professions.

Gain perspectives on how to refine oral assessment practices to foster more accurate, equitable, and meaningful evaluations.

This Lightning Workshop will model effective strategies to embed critical and purposeful reading instruction into your course without straying from your core content.

Understand different models of oral assessment, such as the viva voce, and examine strategies for designing, scaffolding and implementing oral assessments in your course.

In this workshop, participants will apply Transparency in Learning in Teaching (TiLT) principles to one assessment task, without redesigning the task itself.

Participate in the upcoming Scholarship of Teaching of Learning sessions in October! Held fortnightly on Wednesdays from 2-3pm. 

Enhance your teaching toolkit with proven communication strategies that foster student engagement and understanding.

Building on the successful Assessment and Feedback session held at the 2024 EF Retreat, this roundtable session offers participants from the UNSW education community the opportunity to learn and discuss a wide range of topics and ideas relevant to

Learn best practices for designing this clear, fair, and comprehensive assessment tool that enhances student learning and streamlines marking. Perfect for teachers looking to refine their assessment strategies and improve educational outcomes.

Be part of the launch of our Innovation Showcase series with an interactive Al prototype session! This
is your chance to explore and test Al tools designed to revolutionise teaching, learning, and support at

Are you eager to explore innovative ways to enhance your teaching practice? Join us for an engaging, hands-on workshop on Action Research within the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) lens in higher education. 

The Pedagogy of Kindness (PofK) is a simple yet radical approach to transforming teaching and learning in higher education.

In this Practitioner Workshop, Dr Poon Leung demystifies the idea of "storytelling", shares his story-centred process for designing engaging classes, as well as evidence that supports the success of this approach.

Join Ari and Bandana from the UNSW Library, for a series of hybrid sessions on the importance of copyright for teaching, and creating a digital course resource list.

This series of workshops provide information, engaging activities and collaborative opportunities. They aim to support the development of inclusive teaching pedagogy and understanding of underrepresented student cohorts. 

Explore how first-year students' expectations align with the reality of university life and its impact on their academic journey at UNSW.