Pedagogy
UNSW survey that collects information on students' learning in the form of feedback
What is MyExperience?
A bunch of MCQ questions designed to be answered collectively by a group of students
The phenomenon when the immune system generates a response against the body's own tissues.
What is autoimmunity?
Generation of people born between 1997-2012
A subgroup of academics whose contract requires 65% educational activities, 15% educational development, and 20% leadership time allocation.
Who are EF academics?
A learning theory that states that learners construct their own understanding and knowledge of the world through experiences and reflecting on those experiences.
What is constructivism?
Exchange of verbal information between students during the tutorial session.
What is a discussion?
A task (or series of tasks) performed by the students using the set list of instructions to generate the outcome which is then evaluated and interpreted.
What is an experiment?
Desire or ability of an individual, organization, or country to perform successfully and maintain a favorable position relative to others.
What is competitiveness (competition)?
Exchange of ideas while sitting at the O-shaped piece of furniture.
What is a round table discussion?
An instructional approach in which students engage with the material through activities like discussions, problem-solving, and hands-on exercises, rather than passively receiving information through lectures.
What is active learning?
A component of the automatically-graded assessment task where students are required to answer the question by filling in the missing word, dragging and dropping boxes, or categorizing terms etc.
What is an objective item?
Casual academics who teach in the labs and tutorial classes
Who are teaching assistants?
A device used to indicate your willingness to answer first.
What is a buzzer?
A group of academics with a shared interest in a specific area of education or teaching that regularly meets on Teams to present and discuss their ideas and practices with each other and the broader UNSW community.
What is the Community of Practice?