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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 &…
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Chaos and calm in the lecture theatre: Transforming the lecture by creating and sustaining interactivity at scale part 2
In part 1 of this blog post, I looked at the debates surrounding the epistemological efficacy of the lecture, in the context of the economic, logistical and scale benefits that they generate for higher education institutions. In this second part, I will further explore the rationales for moving away from the lecture as a mode,…
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Breakout Warrior: Engaging Online Learners in Ways Not Possible In-Person
Many would agree that the most effective online teachers leverage technology to enhance their teaching methods rather than simply attempting to replicate in-person instruction. We learnt quickly that remote learners tend to be more engaged when the technology supports interactivity and fosters creativity. In this post, business academic Terry Wickenden reflects on four strategies he…
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Design Patterns for Connected Learning at Scale Have New Digs!
Last year we announced an initiative to develop and share design patterns for Connected Learning at Scale. To accommodate the number of patterns we now have to share, we have a new home! Ready to explore? Here’s what you’ll find… Patterns are like tools for a designer. They can be used to create an endless…
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Chaos and calm in the lecture theatre: Transforming the lecture by creating and sustaining interactivity at scale part 1
The use of lectures has been a long debated practice in the design of teaching and learning in higher education, despite its relatively ubiquitous status as the at-scale pedagogy de rigueur for most institutions (see Webster, 2015; Gibbs, 1982; and Nordmann et al., 2021 for some examples). Successive waves of trendy and often transient pedagogical…
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Reimagining First Year Accounting with a Practical Connection
How can we connect with students who have little business experience and ensure they develop the necessary skills to become capable professionals? As business academics and practitioners, we grapple with this issue every semester. At the end of 2022, we presented our story of making practical connections with students at the ASCILITE Conference. The Practitioner…
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Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome!
Some of you might remember the phrase from Cabaret – ‘In any and every language, Welcome!’ If the pandemic taught us anything, it was the value of seeing and hearing from our students rather than talking to blank screens. You may have tried inviting (or even pleading with) students to turn on their cameras. But…
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We need to talk about ChatGPT
AI and ChatGPT – a turning point in education? Now we have tools for education that once were the stuff of science fiction stories.
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An integrated approach to complex learning through partnership pedagogy and leadership in action
Employability is a key priority for the University of Sydney Business School, and the university more broadly. This is highlighted by the university receiving consistently high rankings, 1st in Australia and 4th in the world recently. Our students are expected to engage in a developmental process resulting in new and more complex ways of thinking…
