Connections series
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- Tue 23 July 2024
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11am - 12pm
### Systems thinking and programmatic perspectives for meaningful curricular transformations
Discover systems-thinking based perspectives on designing meaningful curricula and engage in discussions on programmatic approaches to assessment transformations in this upcoming Connections seminar with A/Prof. Priya Khanna.
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chevron_right - Thu 6 June 2024
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11am - 12pm
### Innovative approaches to stimulate student engagement and support learning
Join Dr Thomas Duncan and A/Prof. Junming Ho as they explore their innovative approaches to enhancing learning and engagement in undergraduate courses by using 3D Atlases and Supercomputers, respectively.
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chevron_right - Tue 2 April 2024
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12 - 1pm
### Empowering student partners for educational impact
This Connections seminar will share the strategies used by UNSW lecturers, Dr Gee Chong Ling and Ms Melody Li, to increase student voice and engagement in their course through the Student Partner Initiative.
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chevron_right - Wed 13 March 2024
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12 - 1pm
### Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SOTL): Your new academic superpower
This Connections seminar will introduce the concept of SOTL and discuss why it’s important to engage in educational research and evaluation to boost student engagement and learning.
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chevron_right - Tue 31 October 2023
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12 - 1pm
### Power and Point of View: How point of view can shape power dynamics in writing and life
This Connections seminar will help transform thinking about how the formal literary element of Point of View can be used as a tool to uphold, resist or subvert power on the page and in real life.
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chevron_right - Fri 8 September 2023
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2pm - 3pm
### Transforming your academic experience with student feedback
This Connections seminar will share the different strategies used by UNSW Senior Lecturers, Dr Inma Tomeo-Reyes and Karen Kriss to gather effective feedback from students.
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chevron_right - Wed 26 July 2023
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1pm - 2pm
### Curricular approaches to support student academic success and wellbeing
This Connections seminar will introduce an evidence-based framework for curricular and co-curricular approaches to supporting student self-management, academic success and wellbeing.
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chevron_right - Thur 25 May 2023
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12pm - 1pm
### Enhancing English language proficiency and empowering international students
The Connections seminar will share the strategies used by A/Prof. Mira Kim and Dr Nirmani Wijenayake to support and empower our international students.
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chevron_right - Wed 12 April 2023
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12pm - 1pm
### Academic Integrity: What to look for and how to save time
The Connections seminar will provide an overview of UNSW's processes for referring academic integrity concerns, as well as cover prevalent integrity breaches and the most effective ways to detect them.
chevron_right - Tue 21 March 2023
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1pm - 2pm
### Connecting lip balm to an eraser? Creative & collaborative processes to develop flexible thinking
In this Connections seminar, A/Prof Susan Giles, a Visiting Teaching Fellow at UNSW, will lead participants through hands-on exercises that aim to enhance students' ability to collaborate and improve their idea development and analytical skills.
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chevron_right - Wed 15 March 2023
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12pm - 1pm
### Improving Digital Accessibility in your Teaching
This Connections seminar invites educators and professional staff in universities, with the goal of improving their understanding and abilities in digital accessibility.
chevron_right - Tues 25 October 2022
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12pm - 1pm
### Increasing student success: Leveraging the advantages of online teaching
In this seminar, hear first-hand experience from A/Prof. Elizabeth Angstmann on how she has harnessed the advantages of online teaching and the tools she has used to improve her students' learning success and emotional engagement.
chevron_right - Thur 13 October 2022
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10am - 12pm
### Improving assessment using Transparency in Learning & Teaching
In this workshop, delivered by Dr Alex Bannigan and Dr Sonya Brown, participants will use a simple framework to apply the principles of TiLT to an assessment from their course.
chevron_right - Wed 28 September 2022
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10am - 12pm
### Teaching Team Based Learning with engaging blended activities
In this workshop, participants will be guided by Associate Professor Stuart Clark through online tools that can be used to support Team-Based Learning.
chevron_right - Wed 3 August 2022
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12 - 1pm
### “Asynchronous" is not a dirty word: Maximising engagement in online learning
Want to engage online students and promote active learning? Don't shoehorn an in-person format, online.
chevron_right - 6 July 2022
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10 - 12pm
Teaching in hybrid mode can be challenging and, due to technological constraints, careful re-design and adjustment of learning activities are often required. Learn about some of these activities...
chevron_right - 9 June 2022
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11:30am-1pm
### Feedback as dialogue: Engaging students for success
Explore the idea of feedback as dialogue to increase student engagement.
chevron_right - 7 April 2022
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12 - 2pm
### Constructive alignment and student learning: why? what? and how?
Is your course due for a health check-up? This hands-on workshop will take you back to the principles of constructive alignment and support you in applying them to your course.