Mixed-mode classes: an idea whose time has come?
Looking to provide a fulfilling learning experience for students both online and on campus? Could now be the time to give mixed-mode classes a try?
Lucy Arthur
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“It was some ride” – an Autumn session like no other
Three months ago, UTS was put on pause and pivoted to remote teaching. Lucy Arthur takes stock of the changes, challenges and successes.
A stitch in time: how a practical Fashion subject switched to remote teaching
Face-to-face classes are currently out of fashion – so how can a practical subject adapt to the trend of remote teaching?
While you wait: what to do while you’re in the Canvas queue
There's still plenty you can do before you switch over to Canvas.
The Deconstruction Exercise
Try The Deconstruction Exercise if you want your students to reflect critically on underlying beliefs about sensitive issues around race - without unproductive blaming and shaming.
Why can’t we be friends? PowerPoint and active learning
The classic PowerPoint presentation - bullet point-riddled slides clicked through almost as if to distract you from actually listening to a lecture - is the hallmark of a style of teaching that treats students as passive receivers of information. There’s an argument for ditching that slideshow altogether. But Powerpoint...
Slack lost the showdown with Teams, and I’m still bitter about it.
Did it come down to our slack debating skills or the other guys’ superior team-work? Or is Microsoft Teams….really the better platform?
Writing a blog post? Here are 7 things to avoid.
Avoiding these common traps will make it easier to start - and finish - that post.
Calm your public speaking nerves
Your mind is primed to give a great class or talk, but your body is threatening to betray you. Helpful public speaking advice evaporates, because physically you feel that you're about to have a nerve-induced meltdown. Sound familiar?
How to design a good open book exam
Open book exams are, in general, more authentic as assessment tasks. They mimic real world conditions better, and can side-step the memorisation-regurgitation of information for which closed-book exams are notorious. But how do you get them right?
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