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Before you start, note that hybrid classes can be complex to deliver, with multiple ways to interact in-person and online. If you need to teach a class in hybrid mode, you may have to adapt some of your familiar teaching methods and think differently about your approach. Preparation is...
When designing activities for a hybrid class, plan for online students first. Think about how students who can’t be in the classroom will participate in class activities. Provide class instructions or resources in advance. Share these somewhere easily accessible on Canvas or Teams. These could include any links to...
Conduct a trial run in your teaching space before class or arrive early to test your set-up. It can take up to ten minutes to get connected and to make all the necessary pre-class checks for a hybrid class. Logging into the resident PC for the first time in a room may...
Hybrid classes can be a new experience for students and tutors. It’s worth taking the time to establish clear ‘rules of engagement’ so everyone knows what is expected of them and what to expect from you. Brief tutors and assistants in advance about what the ‘plan’ is for each...
Disciplines and subjects will need to adapt to the challenges and opportunities offered by GenAI tools. There are many ways to approach GenAI depending on your context. Aim to ground your practice in the UTS foundations of effective, ethical engagement and ensure that GenAI use is aligned with the objectives...
Start a conversation Talk with your UTS course director, subject coordinator, head of faculty and students about the use of large language models and other generative AI. Send an announcement in Canvas to your students to encourage them to engage with you on this issue and find out where...
The UTS approach to the use of generative AI tools (for example, ChatGPT, DALL-E, Copilot, Midjourney) in learning and teaching is to encourage and support ethical, informed engagement. UTS courses and subjects will necessarily take a variety of approaches depending on their disciplines and contexts. By providing clear guidelines...
While AI has created challenges, it also presents opportunities to re-imagine assessment, particularly in the longer term. Below are some considerations for assessment re-design that use AI to enrich the student learning experience while maintaining academic integrity. AI is already part of acceptable, even expected, professional practice in many...
Disruptive Technologies and the Law is a subject designed to prepare students for emerging complexities that challenge regulatory frameworks, legal practices, and society more broadly. A new assessment task is designed to help students respond to new technology and the legal issues that might be raised by new technologies....
Some projects in the School of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering are created by several team members resulting in varying degrees of complexity and task types among the projects. In the past this has caused some projects to be misaligned with the intended learning level and others to not adequately...
