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The future of education: Is it in the Basement?
Having shiny new EdTech tools is all well and good. Brilliant even. That is, if we assume that all have equal access to this tech-power, which as we know, is not the case. As we saw in the pandemic, our places, our learning spaces differ enormously. As educators and students, we need to talk about…
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Bringing calm to the chaos: Using educational theory to reframe AI in higher education
The furore around Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its significance for education and academic integrity can be overwhelming. Opinions abound on the merits and provocations of using (or not) these tools (see for example Bryant, 2023). UNESCO have recently produced this comprehensive report to getting started with ChatGPT and AI and outlines other major challenges including…
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Reimagining the student experience
Our understanding of people who study at universities, and their experiences, are often shaped by a range of context-specific and broader demographic categories. Targeting specific groupings are often central to university agendas, policy and funding; and are informed by large quantitative datasets on student experience. Whilst important, overemphasis of these categories have particular implications for…
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Leveraging the possibilities of ‘learning at scale’: Future proofing business and management education
This call for papers invites submissions to a special issue of the Journal of Work Applied Management. We welcome practical case study-based articles that demonstrate quality learning experiences in large business and management learning contexts. We also invite conceptual, empirical and viewpoint pieces. At scale contexts Work-applied management methods such as action learning, work-based or…
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Belonging & Learning: How important is belonging to our students?
The Work, Live, Play, Learn (WLPL) project uses academic literature and qualitative research with university students to analyse student belonging on a theoretical and applied level. Using data from the University of Sydney Business School the blog explores two learning modes and discusses them in relation to belonging.
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ChatGPT; using pedagogy to reframe our perspective
Last night my daughter laughed uproariously. When asked what she was looking at, she replied, “My friend asked ChatGPT to describe coding functions in a Gossip Girls voice”. I looked, and the explanation was concise, easy to understand, accessible AND entertaining. A lightbulb exploded. My perspective on artificial intelligence and its role in education shifted,…
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The Joy of Learning and Teaching
In preparation for our upcoming Learning and Teaching Forum here at the University of Sydney Business School, we introduce this year’s theme of ‘joy’. Challenge and reward Learning and teaching in higher education can be both a challenging and rewarding experience for educators and students alike. Whilst memories of teaching and learning during the pandemic…
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Working Together: The Benefits of Providing Choice in Topic Selection
In recent years, there has been a shift in the educational landscape towards a more student-centered approach to learning. This means that educators are increasingly looking for ways to involve students in the design and delivery of their own education. One way to do this is through student-staff partnerships (Felten et al., 2014), where students…
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Chaos and calm in the lecture theatre: Transforming the lecture by creating and sustaining interactivity at scale part 3
In this third post, Peter Bryant looks at the design challenges when you move away from the didacticism of the lecture model and replace it with opportunities for students and staff to interact, connect and engage in active learning.
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Unleashing your inner co-design pirate to find buried treasure
Q: How do you know you’re a pirate? A: You just know you RRRR Collaboratively developing a course over several semesters can be an arduous process. Sometimes we need constructive fun to push the development process to the next level. As echoed in the title of an upcoming University of Sydney Business Schools Learning &…
