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This is how I teach

Madeleine Perrett

This month we spoke with Madeleine Perrett from the Adelaide Law School, Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics. Madeleine is a PhD candidate, sessional teacher and HDR representative. She was recently awarded the school’s Semester 1 Prize for Excellence in Sessional Teaching and will be formally recognised of this achievement at a ceremony in November.

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Reflections from HERDSA 2025

HERDSA Colleagues

The 2025 Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) Annual Conference in Perth, themed Shaping Education: Past, Present, Future, brought together educators, researchers and practitioners from across Australasia and beyond.

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This is how I teach

Dr Samantha Newell

This month we spoke with Dr Samantha Newell from the School of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences. Samantha is a member of the Adelaide Education Academy, the Adelaide College of Reviewers and a Senior Fellow of Advance HE. In 2023 she won a national teaching award from the Australian Psychological Society.

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Recent AI tech signals and what they might mean for higher education

A stylised lecture hall split between analogue and digital worlds, with a female educator bridging warm, traditional elements and cool, data-driven motifs.

Eddie Major, AI in Learning and Teaching Coordinator, explores some recent AI signals and ponders what they might mean for higher education.
 

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Dentistry-Pharmacy-Medicine IPL Activities

At the recent Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Symposium, jointly hosted by the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia, Dr Abdullah Barazanchi, the current IPE lead at Adelaide Dental School, delivered a presentation titled “Advancing Interprofessional Education: Cultivating Collaborative Practitioners for Enhanced Health and Well-being.”

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Laying the Groundwork for a Programmatic Approach to Assessment at Adelaide University

Associate Professor Braden Phillips, Deputy Dean Learning and Teaching, Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology provides an update on the Assessment Framework and a programmatic approach to assessment.

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Learnings from LTAG - Dr Adrian Hunter

Dr Adrian Hunter

The Learning and Teaching Advancement Grant (LTAG) scheme supports innovation and leadership in learning and teaching. This month, Adelaide Education Academy member Dr Adrian Hunter, School of Biological Sciences, shares the findings of a project on improving the design of online videos to support student learning.

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This is how I teach

Ingrid Sierp

This month we spoke with Mrs Ingrid Sierp from the School of Allied Health Science and Practice, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences. Ingrid is an Advance HE Fellow and co-facilitator of the Effective and Engaging Teaching and e-Learning Communities of Practice.

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Online course gives students the opportunity to have power over their maths skills

David Butler wears a blue t-shirt with many numbers on it, and looks at the screen while holding a pen in his hand. On the table in front of him are mathematical pictures and calculations, as well as brightly-coloured blocks arranged in various places. In the background behind him is the corner of a large artwork made of white pyramids taped together into a bigger pyramid with lots of holes in it.

The Maths Foundations online course was written to help students – especially those not studying in a STEM degree – gain confidence to embrace future learning that requires maths skills.

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Learnings from LTAG - Ms Cornelia Koch

Cornelia Koch

The Learning and Teaching Advancement Grant (LTAG) scheme supports innovation and leadership in learning and teaching. This month, Adelaide Education Academy member Ms Cornelia Koch, Adelaide Law School, shares the findings of a project focused on upskilling in Generative AI.

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