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Updated Academic Integrity Policy

On 22 July 2024, the new Academic Integrity Policy will come into effect. This means that any new Academic Integrity cases will be dealt with according to an updated process.

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This is how I teach

Sara Krivickas

This month we spoke with Dr Sara Krivickas, Associate Lecturer and level 1 Chemistry course coordinator in the School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences, in the Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology. Sara became a member of the Adelaide Education Academy in 2023 and in the same year was awarded the Executive Dean’s Commendation for Excellence in Teaching (Faculty of SET).

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Help shape the future of learning and teaching in this year’s academic program reviews for the Faculty of SET

Help shape the future of learning and teaching by sharing your feedback on student experience, teaching methods and methodologies, curriculum quality and more in this year’s academic program reviews. In Round 4, 21 programs are undergoing review within the Faculty of Sciences, Engineering, and Technology. Submissions for Round 4 are until Friday, 12 July 2024. Ìý

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This is how I teach

Shona Crabb

This month we spoke with Dr Shona Crabb, Senior Lecturer in the School of Public Health and Deputy Dean (People & Culture) for the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences. Shona received the Stephen Cole the Elder Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2007 and is an alumna of the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide.

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Help shape the future of learning and teaching in this year's academic program reviews

All coursework programs offered by the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ are subject to a review as part of a 5 - 7 year cycle. The review process allows the Faculty, School, and program staff, and an independent, external reviewer, to reflect and enhance the learning and teaching delivered in their programs, such as student experience, curriculum quality, teaching methods and methodologies and growth opportunities.

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Student Academic Skills Team

Elise Westin

The Academic Skills team has a new Writing Support Programs Coordinator! Elise Westin introduces herself and her approach to fostering academic excellence and supporting student success.

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Studiosity Writing Feedback Plus

Noodle Bowl

The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide wants to support every student to succeed. That's why we offer Studiosity for fast, scaled, formative feedback for all students.ÌýFor our first year undergraduate students, the new Studiosity Writing Feedback Plus service offers ethical, AI-powered feedback in just minutes.

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A very short history of GPTs before ChatGPT

Introducing Chat GPT

For many of us, artificial intelligence (AI) seemed to arrive with ChatGPT. But the field of AI is hardly new—the term itself is almost 70 years old—and the core technology that powers the generative AI software we use today is something ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide staff and students have been working with well before ChatGPT burst onto the scene.

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How contract cheating providers target students

Cheating is never the right answer

A has flagged changes in the behaviour of commercial academic cheating services that target students studying for an ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n higher education award. Reports received by TEQSA suggest operators of these services are being more aggressive and direct in their promotional activities and are more frequently targeting users of their service for blackmail or identity theft.

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This is how I teach

Mark Giancaspro

This month we spoke with Dr Mark Giancaspro, Senior Lecturer, Adelaide Law School, Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics. Mark has been teaching at the university for over ten years delivering a wide range of courses. Here Mark sharesÌýwhat he likes most about teaching law to our studentsÌýand how he has taken his own experiences as a practising commercial lawyer into the classroom.

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