RMIT SHEER Centre launch Posted November 2013 Science, Health and Engineering Educational Research (SHEER) Centre launched at RMIT The SHEER Centre was launched on 24 September. The … Continue Reading»
Discussion point: sessional staff training Posted September 2013 The ACDS launched its report on demonstrator training at the ACDS TL conference 2013. The report authored by Dr Paddy … Continue Reading»
Maths Assess Project Posted September 2013 The Maths Assess Project explores criteria and standards for assessment in mathematical sciences and was presented by A/Prof Cristina Varsavsky … Continue Reading»
Inquiry Oriented Learning Posted August 2013 In this talk from the recent ACDS Teaching and Learning Conference, Les Kirkup describes his recently completed ALTC National Teaching … Continue Reading»
ACDS TL conference report Posted July 2013 The 2013 ACDS conference was held in Sydney July 18-19 focusing on leadership of teaching and learning in Faculties of … Continue Reading»
ACDS TL Conference 2013 Posted June 2013 The ACDS Teaching and Learning Conference 2013 will be held July 18 and 19th at the Mercure Hotel, Broadway, Sydney. … Continue Reading»
Draft discipline TLOs Posted June 2013 The ACDS TL Centre has worked with the Science discipline networks in biology, biomedical science, chemistry, mathematical sciences and physics … Continue Reading»
Barriers to change? Posted May 2013 Why aren’t science academics more interested in teaching reform? Read Sara Brownwell and Kimberley Tanner’s recent paper on Barriers to Faculty … Continue Reading»
New Project: FYiMaths Posted April 2013 First Year in Maths (FYiMaths) is an Office of Learning and Teaching funded project involving the University of Melbourne, University … Continue Reading»
Science & Maths Teacher Education Workshop Posted April 2013 An historic workshop bringing together science & maths and education academics explored ideas for joint teacher education programs in Melbourne … Continue Reading»
TLOs in Science project launched Posted March 2013 The publication of the Threshold Learning Outcomes for Science (TLOs) set a new collective benchmark for learning outcomes for science … Continue Reading»