Scientia Education Academy Lecture - The Scientia Educational Experience: Roles of Assessment, Feedback (and Humour)

The pillars of the Scientia Educational Experience are ‘Communities’, ‘Inspired learning though inspiring teaching’, ‘Feedback and dialogue’, and ‘Being digital’. No matter how well academics design curricula, we know that assessment and feedback will play crucial roles in students’ learning, as well as

Scientia Education Academy Lecture - myEducation Portfolio: What is it, and why does it matter?

In September 2019, I delivered a Scientia Education Academy lecture regarding the evidence basis and rationale for the development of myEducation Portfolio, which is one of the first tools of its kind in Australia and beyond.

This lecture explained how UNSW educators can utilise myEducation Portfolio to

Development and Implementation of myEducation Portfolio

myEducation Portfolio is a platform that enables UNSW staff to demonstrate their educational achievements in relation to the dimensions of effective teaching in higher education.

Research has traditionally been rewarded and recognised more than teaching at leading universities such as UNSW. One reason

Educational leadership roles

  • As Associate Dean (Education) in Medicine since 2016 and Senior Vice Dean (Education) since 2018, I have led UNSW Medicine's Blended Learning Project (funded by a UNSW SEF2 Learning and Teaching grant) and Medicine’s involvement in UNSW’s Inspired Learning Initiative.