I continue to share brief lessons from the modules in Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching. Session 1, 2024 started February 12th and runs until June 30th, 2024. Enrolment is open now. You can sign up at https://canvas.instructure.com/register and use the following join code: FPXJJW. This is the final module in the course! Gender equity in higher education is Module 24 and part of the Leading learning and teaching pathway through the course. Developed by Gail Crimmins (University of the Sunshine Coast), this module explores the sociocultural and economic contexts of gender equity and ..read more

I continue to share brief lessons from the modules in Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching. Session 1, 2024 started February 12th and runs until June 30th, 2024. Enrolment is open now. You can sign up at https://canvas.instructure.com/register and use the following join code: FPXJJW. Quality assurance and our responsibilities: Helping guide your development is Module 23 and part of the Leading learning and teaching pathway through the course. Developed by Julie Fleming (Central Queensland University) and Kogi Naidoo (Institute of Health & Management), this module provides an over ..read more

I continue to share brief lessons from the modules in Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching. Nearly done! Session 1, 2024 started February 12th and runs until June 30th 2024. Enrolment is open now. You can sign up at https://canvas.instructure.com/register and use the following join code: FPXJJW. Leadership for learning and teaching is Module 22 and part of the Leading learning and teaching pathway through the course. Developed by Sandra Jones (RMIT), Marina Harvey (Macquarie University) and Agnes Bosanquet (Macquarie University) this module promotes a collaborative approach to leader ..read more

I continue to share brief lessons from the modules in Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching. Session 1, 2024 started February 12th and runs until June 30th 2024. Enrolment is open now. You can sign up at https://canvas.instructure.com/register and use the following join code: FPXJJW. Scholarly teaching and the scholarship of teaching is Module 21 and part of the Enhancing your teaching pathway through the course. Developed by Olga Kozar (Macquarie University) and Marie B. Fisher (Australian Catholic University), this practical module is designed for people who are either new to SoTL o ..read more

I have had a Sage Research Methods case published! The full title (a bit of a mouthful) is: Using Feminist Autoethnographic Methods and Collective Narrative Inquiry to Reflect on the Lived Experiences of Early-Career Academics. Sage Research Methods is an extensive library of resources—books, articles, videos, and exemplars—on all aspects of conducting research. The case studies, now numbering over a thousand, offer a behind the scenes look at the research process. Researchers share their mistakes and lessons with hindsight. I find them invaluable! The cases are paywalled, but if you have a un ..read more

I continue to share brief lessons from the modules in Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching. Session 1, 2024 started February 12th and runs until June 30th 2024. Enrolment is open now. You can sign up at https://canvas.instructure.com/register and use the following join code: FPXJJW. Image source: Wikimedia Commons Higher Education in Context: Purposes, Politics and Futures is Module 20 and part of the Leading learning and teaching pathway through the course. This is a module developed by me, Agnes Bosanquet, with Cathy Rytmeister (Macquarie University) that provides an opportunity t ..read more

I continue to share brief lessons from the modules in Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching. Session 1, 2024 enrolment is open now. You can sign up at https://canvas.instructure.com/register and use the following join code: FPXJJW. Managing Student Teams is Module 19 and part of the Enhancing your teaching pathway through the course. Developed by Donella Caspersz, Judy Skene and Mare Stevanovski (University of Western Australia), this module provides strategies for facilitating effective teamwork for student projects. Team projects can be challenging! The module invites teachers to re ..read more

This is the fifth post in a series in a series which looks at higher education learning and teaching through a disciplinary lens. What can the knowledges, theories, methods and practices of particular disciplines tell us about learning and teaching across the university? In each post, I speak to disciplinary experts from my university and seek their insights to inform the teaching practices of colleagues in other disciplines. Previous posts in the series include Psychology, Economics, Environmental Sciences and Interdisciplinary Research Training. Today’s post focuses on a discipline close to ..read more

The Reflection for Learning Circle recently shared guest blog posts on Improve with Metacognition: Metacognition is the use of reflective awareness to make timely adjustments (self-regulation) to behaviors that support a goal-directed process (e.g. learning, teaching, driving, cooking, writing). Through metacognition, one should become better able to accurately judge one’s progress, and select and engage in strategies that will lead to success. Each post features links to scholarship and a practice task. Here’s a round-up: The role of reflection for learning and metacogn ..read more

I continue to share brief lessons from the modules in Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching. Session 1, 2024 enrolment is open now. You can sign up at https://canvas.instructure.com/register and use the following join code: FPXJJW. Academic Mentoring is Module 18 and part of the Enhancing your teaching pathway through the course. Developed by Dr Trudy Ambler, Dr Jayde Cahir and Honorary Associate Professor Marina Harvey (Macquarie University), this module explores academic mentoring for continuous professional development and learning. Academic mentoring is “ goal orientated, and ..read more