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Interactive orals at scale: What happened when we tried to draw the owl?

Jason Lodge, Daniel Taylor-Griffiths & Kate Newman document the trials and tribulations of doing interactive orals at scale. Was it worth all the effort? Absolutely!
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Structural practices for improved fully online higher education

Christopher Fisher, Ana Tarakci, Leicha Keate, Chris Walsh discuss structural approaches to improving online education, including the use of universal design for learning (UDL).

Humanising Assessment Using A Praxis-Based Approach

Katie Burke, David Roy, Sian Chapman, William Baker, Amy Hamilton, & Katie Hotko encourage us to consider a praxis-based assessment approach to create space for reflection and to humanise the learning process.

Show Your Working: Assessment Needs to See the Process, Not Just the Product

James Tsatsaronis explores assessing the process and the product where students solve complex problems in small groups, as a means of ensuring assessments maintain security and validity.

Can Generative AI Be a Fair Marker?

Julia Low & Jing Ye shed light on whether GenAI can mark student work fairly, by comparing the marking to a human assessor.

Teaching the arts in virtual environments: rising to the challenge

Katie Burke addresses the challenges and predictors of success for teaching the arts in virtual environments.

Is the way we assess students healthy?

Bhawana Bhatta Kaudal explores strategies educators can use to alleviate assessment related stress to help students reach their full potential!

Peer Review for Practice: A Developmental Approach to Teaching Improvement

Hasti Abbasi and Barbie Panther introduce a model for academic peer review aimed at enhancing teaching capability, called Reflective Peer Teaching Development (RPTD).

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