Showcasing Teaching
Badugulang will host talks, events, symposia, and showcases highlighting the best of Western’s teaching.
** Badugulang's event program for 2022 has concluded. Please check back in 2023 for upcoming events. **
Recent Events
NOVEMBER 2022
2022 BADUGULANG TEACHING AND LEARNING SHOWCASE
The Future is Now: Teaching and Learning Innovation and Success
Come and engage with the extraordinary and exemplary work being done across Western.
The showcase features keynote presentations from Sustainability aligned with our THE #1 World ranking for WSU’s commitment to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, University of Melbourne presenting research into peer review, scholarly insights and findings to enhance teaching practice and student learning experience and Dr Jenna Condie - Western’s 2021 Vice Chancellor’s Teaching Excellence Award Winner.
There will also be three parallel streams to further showcase the excellent work in the areas of Peer Review and Mentoring, Educational Partnerships, and Teaching Innovation.
Visit the event page for more information and to register.
OCTOBER 2022
Research Week - 2022
Unlocking Possibilities: Higher Education Research and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
The Badugulang Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Advisory Group members will facilitate this interactive and informative workshop to introduce participants to current scholarship work across Western and facilitate staff to join existing or undertake strategic Teaching and Learning projects. The session will include personal accounts of SoTL research and the chance to engage with current projects under the Badugulang Research Grants Program, including discussing processes and outcomes and the importance of SoTL research for career progression.
Visit the event page for more information.
AUGUST 2022
Badugulang Research Grants Program
Badugulang and Learning Futures are offering grants between $2,000 and $10,000 to support staff who wish to engage in SoTL at Western.
This program has closed. Please contact Badugulang with any queries.
JUNE 2022
Interested in how students can help develop your subject? Come along to a presentation from colleagues and students in the School of Education who developed a new subject using Partnership Pedagogy.
Visit the event page for more information.
APRIL 2022
Teaching and Learning Week 2022
Badugulang is excited to host Teaching and Learning Week 2022. This year’s theme is Resilient and Responsive Teaching and Learning and will showcase the innovation happening across Western and beyond.
Visit the Teaching and Learning Week event page for more information.
DECEMBER 2021
2021 Learning Futures and Sydney City Campus Showcase
“The Evolution of Higher Education at the technological nexus of teachers, students, employers and society.”
Learning Futures and Sydney City Campus hosted the 2021 Showcase which recognised teaching innovation at Western.
Attendees representing all Western Schools, Units and Divisions engaged in discussions covering themes such as Indigenous Education @ Western, Innovating Alternative Credentials (iAC), HyFlex, Alternative Assessments and Digital Transformation. The showcase provided an exciting opportunity to be inspired and reflect on teaching practices as we wrap up 2021 and prepare to launch in 2022!
Please see the recordings below:
Opening and keynote (Susan Page) - Click here for recording
Stream/Name | Presenters | Recording |
Innovating Alternative Credentials (iAC) - iAC Strategy: An Overview | Simon Bedford | |
Innovating Alternative Credentials (iAC) - iAC Priority Projects: Experience of developing AltCreds | Simon Bedford | |
Innovating Alternative Credentials (iAC) - How to get involved: Launch of EOI Process & the iAC web footprint | George Karliychuk | |
HyFlex at Western - Hyflex Learning and Teaching Experiences in 2 Large First Year Psychology Units | Kell Tremayne | |
HyFlex at Western - Flexible learning in the transition to university | Sofia Eriksson | |
HyFlex at Western - Illusions of Choice: Perceptions of HyFlex Learning and Teaching | Rowena Butland | |
HyFlex at Western - The Hyflex Experience at Sydney Institute of Business & Technology | Peta Bollen | |
DVCA Awards Alt Assessment - Innovative Use of Poster to Enable Students Develop a Structured Approach towards Implementation of Complex Technical Guidelines | Payam Zekavat | |
DVCA Awards Alt Assessment - Transforming authentic assessments in competency-based training in PG Psychology – case report and video submission | Janet Conti | |
DVCA Awards Alt Assessment - Design and evaluation of a part-seen alternative assessment in biochemistry | Chris Jones | |
DVCA Awards Alt Assessment - Alternatives to Invigilated Exams in Computing subjects | Buddhima De Silva | |
DX Transformation - Embedding H5P content for Biomechanics in Product Innovation | Karen Yévenes | |
DX Transformation - Global City Processes: A mixed reality (MR) field trip to Pyrmont | Dr Cameron McAuliffe | |
DX Transformation - New extended reality workflows for learning and professional practice | Dr. Mauricio Novoa Muñoz | |
DX Transformation - To lecture or not to lecture? Reflections on enhancing learning by replacing lectures with a self-directed practitioner-based rich media platform | Ana Rodas |
View the Showcase Program (opens in a new window).
If you did attend please complete the event evaluation (opens in a new window).
NOVEMBER 2021
Wellbeing for Tertiary Educators
Please click on the event title for more information.
"From Languishing to Functioning - Wellbeing for Tertiary Educators"
Daniela Falecki, Western alumni
Wednesday, 3rd November 2021
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