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Recognising teaching excellence: Navitas Advance HE Fellowship Program

The Navitas HEA Fellowship program is a ‘wrap around’ support program to assist you with the process of writing your application, creating a network of peer support and feedback, along with providing expert feedback mechanisms.

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Academic Integrity Awareness Week: Research integrity matters

ACAP’s Academic Integrity Awareness Week aims to raise awareness of the importance of academic integrity to students and staff.

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Intercultural communication for university classrooms

This lecture focuses on cultural differences that can lead to miscommunications and other challenges in the context of American Higher Education.

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Can classroom engagement and positive psychology help address anxiety among students?

Explore some teaching strategies that can help provide a safe and supportive classroom environment.

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English language teachers and the native speaker fallacy

Students want both native and non-native English-speaking teachers, but Victoria Phillips’s research finds that hiring practices may not always reflect this.

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Navigating academic culture with international students

When international students move from one academic culture to another, they encounter differences with the students at their new college or university. The main difference we often focus on is the language proficiency of international students compared to domestic students. However, there can be deeper philosophical and cultural differences in terms of learning and teaching;…

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Scaffolding assessment completion with H5P learning interactives

Ges Ng and Rebecca Rosemoore present early findings from a pilot project which aimed to provide students with active learning opportunities using H5P.

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Power and the Wave: Scaffolding students’ academic writing

Richard Ingold from Navitas English shares various teaching tools required for successful academic writing, including Power Words and Power Grammar.

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Using the SAMR model to innovate assessment design

Bronwyn Mortimer and Gemma Clarke share how they achieved a complete redefinition of traditional group oral presentations using the S.A.M.R model.

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Teaching statistics between enabling and widening practice

Teaching statistics can be a complex mission. Explore how SIBT improved delivery and performance using innovative teaching and learning techniques. 

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Thinking critically about the student digital experience

Explore some highlights from a seminar presented by education consultant, writer, researcher and commentator, Helen Beetham, on understanding the student and teacher digital experience.

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The Learning Hub: Growing a culture of independent learning

The Learning Hub is designed to build a community and culture to support students to learn independently.

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Institution-wide review of academic integrity at SIBT

Since introducing approaches to educate staff and students about academic integrity, there has been a significant drop in academic misconduct cases reported at SIBT.

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Do you understand?: Ways to check understanding in the classroom

Kimi Anderson shares effective strategies and tips that teachers can implement to gauge students’ level of understanding in the classroom.

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Best practice in international student mental health

Sophie O’Keefe shares ‘The Guide to Best Practice in International Student Mental Health’ and considers approaches for addressing mental health concerns.

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ASCILITE Conference 2018 recap

Lindsay Rattray shares insights from the 35th ASCILITE Conference on ‘Innovation, Practice and Research in the Use of Educational Technologies in Tertiary Education’.

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