WIL Lighthouse Projects Posted April 2016 The ACDS is delighted to announce its six WIL in Science Lighthouse Projects for 2016. The Lighthouse projects are action-learning … Continue Reading»
Chemistry teaching strategies Posted April 2016 What makes a great teacher? Madeleine Schultz from QUT and Gwen Lawrie from UQ with research assistants Bronwin Dargaville and … Continue Reading»
VisChem resources for Chemistry Posted March 2016 VisChem (Visualizing Chemistry) is a research and development project to study the effectiveness of molecular-level visualization as a learning strategy, … Continue Reading»
First Year workshops – presentations available Posted February 2016 The ACDS TL Centre ran two workshops, one in Melbourne and one in Sydney, in early February for first year … Continue Reading»
WIL in Science National Forum 2015 highlights Posted January 2016 The ACDS held its inaugural ACDS WIL in Science National Forum in Melbourne on Friday 11 December 2015. The forum … Continue Reading»
Work Integrated Learning in Science Posted September 2015 On August 31st the Chief Scientist launched STEM-Trained and Job-Ready, an occasional paper addressing the state of work integrated learning … Continue Reading»
Compare discipline TLOs Posted September 2015 The Science TLOs have now been translated to a range of science sub-disciplines, mathematics, and two related fields. Discipline networks … Continue Reading»
Get Set for Success Posted August 2015 Get Set for Success introduces the GetSet diagnostic test for entry level University maths skills. The GetSet test was developed … Continue Reading»
ACDS TL conference 2015 highlights Posted July 2015 The annual ACDS Teaching and Learning Conference sparkled this year with vigorous discussion in all sessions. The Conference kicked off … Continue Reading»
Rethinking laboratory activities Posted July 2015 At the recent ACDS TL Conference, Les Kirkup from UTS gave a presentation on an OLT funded Seed project:’ Matching … Continue Reading»
2015 OLT Fellows in Science Posted July 2015 July 14, 2015 The ACDS TL Centre is delighted to see three new OLT National Teaching Fellowships in science in … Continue Reading»
ASELL workshops 2015 Posted February 2015 ASELL (Advancing Science and Engineering through Laboratory Learning) has created a database of peer-reviewed, educationally sound undergraduate science experiments. ASELL experiments … Continue Reading»