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Virtual work-integrated learning: opportunities in a time of crisis
Ensuring that students have the opportunity to undertake authentic learning experiences with real-world organisations is an important function for those of us working in higher education. However, doing this at scale is challenging. It can be even more challenging when the capacity of our industry partners to take on students is reduced by a global…
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Virtual Agile Processes: a ‘business not as usual’ approach for group projects at scale
During Covid’s summer break at the end of 2020, the great educational buzz was about how to create a sense of community among our online learners and how to better engage and facilitate learning using virtual tools. Moreover, consistent with the Business School’s recent approach to pedagogical developments, solutions to these problems should be ‘at…
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Talk amongst yourselves: critical thinking in group discussions
Meditation exercises often use the idea of a ‘happy place’ as a tool for reflection. My professional happy place: a group discussion among my students that ‘hums’. Students are engaged, challenging each other, using examples and having fun while they do it. Adversely, for many educators a stalled group discussion is a nightmare. No matter…
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An ecosystem approach to immersed business education
Pre-Covid-19, I coordinated some of the China immersion units at the Business School. I created immersed learning experiences by providing students with real and authentic encounters in physical places. This involved carefully planning how classes would be structured, how projects should be completed, and when and where company meetings would be scheduled. Students immersed themselves…
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Making the most of the spaces we have: Design principles for successful hybrid and hyflex learning
Hybrid and hyflex learning are lasting legacies of our years of pandemic education. For educators at scale, with cohorts spread across the world by closed borders, these modes of delivery are a necessary response to ensure a safe return to campus and the ongoing online education of vulnerable and offshore students. Hyflex learning in particular…
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5 things accounting students should know before they graduate
When I went to university (in Germany, and many years ago) I thought getting a job would be a given. I would leave job fairs with goodie bags filled with branded pens, stress balls and all types of candy. It shouldn’t be so hard to get a job, right?! Now almost 20 years later, I…
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Not another survey! 5 tips for drawing students to your survey
“Not another survey!” We all live in a survey world and so do students. I can empathise with how students feel. As a recent graduate myself, I recall receiving emails from several institutions and departments wanting my opinion about different things. Heck, I can’t even listen to my favourite tunes by Rita Ora or EDM…
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Play to learn: interactive experiences in education
One perennial question that educators ask themselves is ‘what is the best way to engage my students’? Increasingly, students are expected to be active participants rather than passive consumers of content. The switch to remote online learning has further exacerbated the need for educators to find more innovative ways of presenting their material. Face to…
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Python + Ed: code for collaborative learning
The University of Sydney offers a collaborative educational experience between students and lecturers by integrating innovative technologies into the teaching toolkit. The application of Python, a computer programming language, alongside Ed, a digital learning platform, offers the opportunity to enhance the learning experience by improving student engagement. The increased uptake of coding within the University…
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3 lessons in creating sustainable learning design
The recent move to online and remote teaching due to COVID-19 has increased our reliance on effective online tools. But which ones should we choose? How many? And how sustainable are they? As digital learning designers we want to help create an engaging experience for students. We work with education developers, media specialists and content…
