Curriculum and Assessment

The power of gamification in teaching cybersecurity

In 2020 Jabed Chowdhury was awarded a small L&T grant from the College of SHE. His project, Capture the Flag, uses gamification to teach cybersecurity students to find security holes (flags) in a vulnerable machine. The student/team with the highest number of flags wins.

New TEQSA resource on contract cheating for maths

Katherine Seaton, formerly from Maths & Stats and now an adjunct at La Trobe, has developed a new TEQSA resource to support the fight against contract cheating, aimed particularly at symbol and logic-based disciplines such as Mathematics. The guide includes a checklist for investigators.

H5P branching scenarios for online pracs

In this 9 minute video Caroline Taylor and Jarrod Church (Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Microbiology) describe how they used H5P branching scenarios to put together online practicals for their second year physiology students. They also talk about what they learned from the process.

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A thesis-marking workflow for Engineering projects

Matt Felicetti (Engineering) describes how he has created an entire thesis marking workflow using SRES, including thesis submission, blind marking by two reviewers, moderation by the supervisor, provision of feedback to students, and resubmission. SRES is currently being piloted in the College of SHE.

How SRES can improve marking efficiency

Find out how Andrew Buldt (Podiatry) and Dilhani Premaratna (Animal, Plant & Soil Sciences) have been improving the quality and efficiency of marking and feedback in their subjects using SRES (Student Relationship Engagement System), which is currently being piloted in the College of SHE.

Tips and tricks around effective feedback practice

Education Services have put together a self-paced, ten-minute video resource designed to give you practical tips and tricks around effective feedback practice. It addresses the practical needs of teaching staff and is informed by current research in feedback for learning and feedback literacy skills.