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Simon D Angus

Monday, 12 Oct 2015


Simon D Angus   Simon D Angus  •  Monday, 12 Oct 2015

Journeys in Educational Innovation and Summative Peer Review, Iteration 2: Getting Back on the Podium

Earlier in the year, I shared my bruising experiences of introducing ‘flipped assessment’ (summative peer review of essays) into my 2nd year Economics class during semester one, 2014.
The experience caused a lot of soul searching and reflection on the unique nature of educational innovation (as opposed to scientific innovation), and later, musings on what academic circumstanceswould lead to the effective incubation of classroom innovation.
At the time of writing those reflections, ... read more
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Simon D Angus

Wednesday, 15 Apr 2015


Simon D Angus   Simon D Angus  •  Wednesday, 15 Apr 2015

The Highs and Lows of the Educational Innovator: of cobbles, haircuts, and flipped assessment Part Three

Arc de Triomphe lit up for the final stage of Le Tour De France. Image Credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/loic80l/9347603724

We started by looking at radical innovation and one example in my own unit of how this can play out in the field. Last time, we drew some conclusions from the experience, in particular, looking to the peculiar nature of educational innovation.

Here, I provide some reflections on what an innovative context needs. These thoughts are not exhaustive, but are g... read more

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Simon D Angus

Wednesday, 8 Apr 2015


Simon D Angus   Simon D Angus  •  Wednesday, 8 Apr 2015

The Highs and Lows of the Educational Innovator: of cobbles, haircuts, and flipped assessment (Pt. Two)

Chris Froome competing in the Vuelta a Andalucía, February 2015. Image credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/106253394@N02/16547689506

In Part One of this article, I shared a bruising experience on the road to educational nirvana. I'd introduced, during 2014, a radical change to the assessment of within-semester essays in my unit: I'd decided to flip the assessment and put the students in charge. I implemented summative Peer Review.

Despite the hard work in setting the system up, ... read more

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Simon D Angus

Wednesday, 1 Apr 2015


Simon D Angus   Simon D Angus  •  Wednesday, 1 Apr 2015

The Highs and Lows of the Educational Innovator: of cobbles, haircuts, and flipped assessment (Part One)

Chris Froome 'Tour De France 2013' image credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sumofmarc/9347911050


Let me share a tale of blood and toil on the frontline of educational innovation ..

I teach a 100+ student second and masters year Economics unit at Monash University that I built from the ground up.
After seven years of hard work, carefully tending to my unit’s content, assessments, delivery method and engagement mechanisms the fruit had started to come --
Purple letters of commen... read more
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Laura J Shepherd

Wednesday, 18 Mar 2015


Laura J Shepherd   Laura J Shepherd  •  Wednesday, 18 Mar 2015

Teaching feminism/teaching while feminist

‘How it works’. Image credit to xkcd.

As teachers, we all kind of hope that what – and how – we teach matters. We hope that students will journey with us through our classes and by the end of the journey, perhaps think a little differently about the world. I teach in the discipline of International Relations, so I have taught large survey courses on theory, and smaller courses on peace and security, international law, international organisations, and so on. And as a feminist, even w... read more

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Abd Karim Alias

Wednesday, 18 Feb 2015


Abd Karim Alias   Abd Karim Alias  •  Wednesday, 18 Feb 2015

'Chalk And Talk' Or Technology. Do I Have A Choice? (Part Three)

Click here to read Part One and Two of this article

How useful is the online lecture? Used wisely and sparingly, online lecture can be used effectively to add another dimension to the classroom lecture. The students can view the presentation repeatedly either for revision or to get better understanding of the process. This is a great way to add value to the classroom teaching because very often the time to cover even the important aspects of the course is very limited. It is advisabl... read more

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Abd Karim Alias

Wednesday, 11 Feb 2015


Abd Karim Alias   Abd Karim Alias  •  Wednesday, 11 Feb 2015

'Chalk And Talk' Or Technology. Do I Have A Choice? (Part Two)


Click here to read Part One of this article.

Much has been written about integrating technology into a classroom. The question that is usually asked is, is it really necessary — is it really useful? In my opinion, the traditional approach of chalk and board still has its place but I strongly believe that educational technology could offer myriad of pedagogical benefits. Technology today, in various forms, have grown tremendously and have permeated all areas of our lives. Similarly,... read more

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Abd Karim Alias

Wednesday, 4 Feb 2015


Abd Karim Alias   Abd Karim Alias  •  Wednesday, 4 Feb 2015

'Chalk and Talk' or Technology. Do I Have a Choice? (Part One)

"If we teach today's students as we taught yesterday's, we rob them of tomorrow"

— John Dewey.

Image credit: katrinalopez on Flickr. Some rights reserved.

Recently I shared one article on the Facebook (FB) group, Learning innovation Circle (LIC) and asked for comments from the members. The article, “’Chalk and Talk’ Might be the Best Way to Teach After All”, sparked the idea for this brief article.

The article I shared on FB described the ‘finding’ of seventy teachers from the UK wh... read more

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Richard Buckland   Richard Buckland  •  Wednesday, 28 Jan 2015

Do Your Students Have Harmful Expectations?

There is often a mismatch between how we want our students to be changed in our courses, and their expectations of those courses. This tension can be particularly acute for first year university students or high school graduates taking a MOOC whose expectations about education are based on how they experienced high school which privileges marks over deep learning and individual performance over working collaboratively.

This article considers the expectations high school graduates mig... read more

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Mushtak Al-Atabi   Mushtak Al-Atabi  •  Wednesday, 28 Jan 2015

Brain Rewiring and Success

Yesterday I was speaking with one of my colleagues, a new aspiring lecturer and we moved on to the topic of online courses. My colleague noted that “one cannot truly connect with students online.” I definitely beg to differ and I asked my colleague “have you attended a class with a lecturer in flesh where that lecture failed to connect with students?” He replied, “yes!” We both agreed that the most essential ingredient to connect is the lecturer herself or himself. Delivered with the... read more

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