ANU Learning and Teaching Community Newsletter

After our highly informative and thought-provoking expert panel on managing classroom discussions on challenging topics, I caught up with one of the panel members, Dr Michael Zekulin, to ask some of the questions that we didn’t get to at the panel event. Two online attendees asked about what type of advice or guidance the teaching […]

In this era where technology and pedagogy increasingly intersect, the terms “flipped learning” and “blended learning” often come up in discussions about innovative teaching. Both approaches improve students’ academic performance (Cao, 2023; Tutal & Yazar, 2021), foster higher-order thinking competencies (Brewer & Movahedazarhouligh, 2018), and enhance engagement (Bond, 2020; Means et al., 2013); however, they […]

Each semester the Student Experience of Learning and Teaching (SELT) asks students for feedback about their courses of study and how they are taught.

On 26 September, a group of ANU academics and professional staff gathered for a hands-on workshop on Team-Based Learning (TBL). The session, led by Associate Professor Stuart Clark, allowed participants to learn about the theory and practice of Team-Based Learning through experiencing it themselves. I had the opportunity to interview one of the attendees, Ann […]

When students attend the opening lecture of the Biomedical Parasitology course in third year, they are met with a surprising scene. They encounter an intriguing character: the flea circus director Professor Schmarotzersindwunderbarhausen, or as a rough translation suggests, a professor for “parasites are wonderful”. Role playing Meet Alex Maier. For Professor Maier, donning a costume […]

The challenge of teaching what is often described as the ‘dismal’ science of economics may be daunting to some, but not for Associate Professor Creina Day, who teaches macroeconomics to postgraduate students at the Crawford School of Public Policy.

Finding it hard to record? You know it’s a good thing to do… and of course, you’re busy, but is that the only reason it’s been on your to do list for a while now?  Recording a video of yourself can feel like an even bigger hurdle than getting students back into the lecture theatre […]