What does a teaching specialist look like? Are you a science academic with a strong interest in education? Were you hired as a science education specialist, or … Continue Reading»
2016 WIL in Science Forum presentations The 2016 ACDS WIL in Science forum was held on Friday December 2nd focusing on the ACDS Lighthouse projects. Participants explored … Continue Reading»
ACSME 2016 round-up ACSME (Australian Conference for Science and Mathematics Education) greeted over 200 registrants in Brisbane this year, breaking attendance records. The … Continue Reading»
WIL at Macquarie University Improving work-integrated learning has been nominated as a key target for Australian university in the national WIL strategy published in … Continue Reading»
Evidence-based practice for STEM learning ‘…every university now has at its disposal the tools to improve undergraduate STEM teaching, and no defensible reason for not … Continue Reading»
New ideas in T&L: August University Science Academics and Students Agree on One Thing: We’re falling short on skill development Australia needs innovative science graduates … Continue Reading»
WIL in Science webinar – July 5 The ACDS WIL in Science project teamed up with ACEN (Australian Collaborative Education Network) to present a webinar on July … Continue Reading»
New ideas in T&L: May Involving students in science higher education = Effective leadership Effective higher education leaders involve students. Craig McInnes and Hamish Coates … Continue Reading»
New ideas in T&L: April When Nobel Prize Winners Talk About Teaching University Science Nobel Prize winning physicist Carl Wieman visited The University of Queensland … Continue Reading»
WIL Lighthouse Projects The ACDS is delighted to announce its six WIL in Science Lighthouse Projects for 2016. The Lighthouse projects are action-learning … Continue Reading»
Chemistry teaching strategies What makes a great teacher? Madeleine Schultz from QUT and Gwen Lawrie from UQ with research assistants Bronwin Dargaville and … Continue Reading»
VisChem resources for Chemistry VisChem (Visualizing Chemistry) is a research and development project to study the effectiveness of molecular-level visualization as a learning strategy, … Continue Reading»
