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Assessment is, indeed has always been, a practice that is central to all teaching institutions. It happens, often, so instinctively that little thought goes into whether it is as good as it could be

Questions like the following are often not examined:

What is the difference (...)

Have you ever wanted to:

Communicate important study related events to your students?

Provide a unit outline and learning materials in a central location?

Manage access and release results to individual students?

If you answered yes to any or all of these (...)

Prerequisites: Quickstart Guide to Developing your 2009 LMS unit (or equivalent)

Have you ever wanted:

Students to be able to access learning materials via your LMS unit trouble-free?

Your LMS files organised so that you can easily find and manage them from one year (...)

This workshop aims to assist participants:

In developing a clear understanding of their role and responsibilities as a supervisor in relation to the Graduate Research School's guidelines, policies and procedures;

To develop a more productive working relationship with their (...)

Have you ever wanted to:

Communicate important study related events to your students?

Provide a unit outline and learning materials in a central location?

Manage access and release results to individual students?

If you answered yes to any or all of these (...)

Studies clearly show that in ‘traditional’ lectures, students attention declines rapidly after 15 minutes. Thus, while students retain 70% of the first ten minutes of a lecture, they only retain 20% of the last ten minutes. ‘Active Learning’ aims to involve students in the learning process, so that (...)

Foundations of University Teaching and Learning is designed to offer an integrated and highly interactive perspective on teaching in a research-intensive university. The programme provides a theoretical framework relating to teaching and learning, along with opportunities to explore a range of (...)

Have you ever wanted to:

Communicate important study related events to your students?

Provide a unit outline and learning materials in a central location?

Manage access and release results to individual students?

If you answered yes to any or all of these (...)

IUT is designed for specifically for postgraduate students who are tutoring, demonstrating or lecturing at UWA. It will help them develop a repertoire of teaching strategies and techniques, and will also introduce them to the latest research in teaching and learning.

The program (...)

Have you ever wanted to:

Communicate important study related events to your students?

Provide a unit outline and learning materials in a central location?

Manage access and release results to individual students?

If you answered yes to any or all of these (...)

In this workshop, you will examine a range of strategies for facilitating discussion and running engaging, interactive classes. The workshop is aimed at those of you who are new to tutoring or looking to develop your teaching skills.

Teaching in the laboratory or workshop setting can often become a routine process that does not take full advantage of the opportunities to improve student learning. This workshop will introduce you to strategies to enhance student engagement and communication between teacher and students, making (...)

New to teaching in higher education? Feeling as if you have been thrown in the deep end? Finding that, as sessional staff, you can’t get to the longer teaching professional development sessions? Help is at hand. Eight short, sharp workshops when you need it. This workshops focuses on managing (...)

The Senior Women Network

invites you to an informal discussion with

Dr Antonette Palma-Angeles

“Leadership Challenges for Women in Asia-Pacific Universities”

For academic and professional staff women. Morning tea provided.

Please join with (...)

When we think about team teaching we start to ask questions like: how would you do this; and, if you did, why would you do it? This workshop addresses these questions by providing an opportunity to learn about various team teaching approaches as ways of making the teaching and learning environment (...)

This seminar will give a glimpse of the work carried out in Rostrata Primary School by Richard Johnson, winner of the Premier's Prize for Excellence in Primary Science Teaching in 2008.

Ric believes the universal appeal of science learning poses no boundary to any child. The secret to (...)

Effective teaching is a central aspect of an academic career at UWA. This workshop will focus on the criteria and evidence that can be included in a teaching portfolio and used for PDR and promotion. You will leave this session confident and eager to make a start on your own portfolio

'Marking Student Work and Providing Effective Feedback' workshop for sessional staff.

Sessional teachers include those who teach as casual staff, are paid on an hourly basis, fractional appointments less than 0.5FTE or those who may teach unpaid as part of their professional role. They (...)

The strength of a teaching portfolio or award submission often rests on the quality of evidence provided to support it. This session will examine what constitutes robust evidence. It is a good follow-up to 'Developing your Teaching Portfolio'.

At the end of the session, you will:

Australian artist Boo Chapple will discuss the 2009 Honours Class “BioArt: contemporary art & the life sciences” she recently ran at The Arts & Genomics Centre (TAGC), in Leiden, The Netherlands. The Class was an art and science crossover lab that encouraged students from various (...)