In today’s environment, we know that students face a great number of challenges as they study at university. But how can we provide support (both academic and wellbeing) to students at scale? How do we engage students in rooms of 200, 300 or 500 with a single teacher at the front of the room?
In this session, visiting scholar Associate Professor Amanda White OAM will share her approach to leveraging technology to manage, engage and energise large cohorts. Amanda is an AAUT Award for Teaching Excellence winner, member of the Order of Australia and teacher of large (1000+) classes. She’s an active ASCILITE member and her recent work is related to frameworks for designing assessment at scale.
This is a hybrid delivered event. Please nominate how you’ll be attending in the registration form. This event is open to UQ staff and is hosted by the Teaching Focused Network. Find more information about the UQ Teaching Focused Network.
About UQ Teaching Focused Network
Coordinated by: Associate Professor Rachel Fitzgerald
The UQ Teaching Focused Network welcomes all UQ staff with an interest in scholarly approaches to teaching, with a particular emphasis on supporting teaching-focused (TF) academics. The network provides a space to connect TF colleagues across the university, share effective practices, foster career development, contribute to strategic planning discussions, and circulate information relevant to TF roles.
The TF Network Leadership Group guides the network's direction, coordinating events and communication to strengthen engagement among TF acdemics at UQ. If you are interested in joining the leadership group, please send an expression of itnerest to Rachel Fitzgerald.
TF Network Leadership Group, 2025-26:
- Rachel Fitzgerald, BEL
- Suzanne Bonner, BEL
- Roma Forbes, HMBS
- Joan Li, HMBS
- Kelly Matthews, ITaLI
- Janette McWilliam, HASS
- Preetha Thomas, HMBS
- Louise Kuchel, Science.