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Using primary sources in your teaching
As well as their rich range of physical and electronic books and journals, the University Library provides access to a number of collections of digitised primary source archives. The well-structured nature of these collections and accompanying thematic guides makes them an especially approachable entry point for students inexperienced with primary source archives.
Adelaide Graduate Award reaches Milestone in 2021
This year marks a milestone for the Adelaide Graduate Award, with over 1,100 students achieving the Award since the program was first piloted in 2017.
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Increase student engagement with help from the MLC
In the courses you teach, I am sure you can call to mind particular students or groups of students who you know are capable but you wish you could help to engage at a higher level. For many students, their relationship with mathematics might be a key factor in how well they engage and how well they perform.
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This is how I teach
This month we spoke with the four recipients of the 2021 Stephen Cole the Elder Award for Excellence, Professor Joanne Bowen (School of Biomedicine), Professor Natalie Edwards (School of Humanities), Kayoko Enomoto (School of Social Sciences) and Dr Thomas Wanner (School of Social Sciences), about their passion for teaching and their hopes for their students.
Mixed Cohort Learning
The MCL project supports classes with some students attending face-to-face, and others online, simultaneously.
Detecting Similarity and Deterring Plagiarism In Your Course
Detecting similarity to aid deterring plagiarism is now a requirement for text and code based assignments in your course.
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MyUni New Quizzes
New Quizzes is now available in MyUni as the new quiz engine, offering new features and question types.
Academic Integrity Awareness Week Roundup
Students showed off their knowledge of academic integrity (AI) during Awareness Week (18-22 Oct).
Learning from designing online courses
The process of creating online courses was an enlightening learning experience for Dr Peta Callaghan (School of Psychology). Starting in 2019, Dr Callaghan worked closely with the Online Programs team and Pearson colleagues to design courses for the fully online Graduate Diploma in Psychology.
This is how I teach
This month we spoke with Dr Florian Ploeckl about how he sparks his students curiosity and challenges them to become the best versions of themselves. Florian is a Senior Lecturer and Postgraduate Coursework Program Coordinator with the School of Economics and Public Policy. He is also member of the Adelaide Education Academy.