Teaching Resources

The following documents provide guidance and inspiration for the development of excellence in teaching practice:

• Key ideas for effective teaching
• In at the deep end - starting to teach in higher education
• 10 worst teaching mistakes

Student feedback plays an integral role in the continuous improvement of student learning experiences and outcomes.

The getting and using student feedback document provides a brief overview of the primary ways student feedback can be used to improve teaching and learning, discusses the various types of student feedback available to staff, offers some recommendations for best practice, and raises some questions for discussion. 

Resources

SELT Use and interpretation Guide 2020

SELT promo slide deck for staff

Top Tips for increasing your SELT response rates

The videos below illustrate the passion of our teachers in teaching their courses and give insight into student learning as part of the courses.

• What makes a good teacher?- University of Adelaide
• Studying the Australia Wine Industry
• Discovery Learning in Human Biology
• Human Biology at the University of Adelaide
• Flipping the Public Law Classroom
• Putting Human Rights into Practice

Preparing well presented documents can greatly enhance the student learning experience. The following links provide some basic guidelines for publication design using standard University-installed software and also cover some of the issues to consider in the preparation of resources for presentation in both print and on-screen format.

• Copyright advice
• How to use Microsoft Word
• What makes a good document
• 10 ways to make your PowerPoints more engaging

Freely available resources can be embedded easily into MyUni to inform and demonstrate assumed or desirable study skills sought to optimise individual student success and concurrently provide a foundation of practical knowledge for each cohort.  Resources include, but are not limited to, group work, presentation skills and technology use (eg Excel).

More information about accessing and using LinkedIn Learning for Educators can be found here. 

Each of these 52 cards provides practical high-impact, low technology ideas for engaging students designed for face to face, online and blended learning environments. The accompanying guide explains ways to use the cards as well as proving prompts for inclusive and reflective practice.