A Connections seminar
How do we strengthen our students’ work-readiness and equip them with career-focused skills? How can we better design our assessments to cultivate industry-engaged learning at scale?
Dr Yenni Tim, recipient of the Heinz Harant Award for Teaching Innovation last year, along with colleague Dr Kevin Liu, will introduce the Sandbox Education Model, an authentic assessment model that incorporates real-world challenges in course assessments for all students – not just the select few who are lucky enough to go on placement.
Already, it has been implemented in six undergraduate and postgraduate Business courses across three Schools to promote practical learning. Over 1,200 students have successfully created solutions for industry problems - ranging from cyber security to retirement savings - with support and feedback from more than 75 industry experts from 16 leading industry partners.
Come and see how easy it can be transferred to any course and be empowered to design challenge-driven assessments that bridge the gap between industry knowledge and education.
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EVENT UPDATE:
Due to the unfolding COVID concerns in NSW, the seminar will now be hosted fully online. Regretfully we will be cancelling the optional in-person workshop session originally planned in the interest of keeping everyone safe. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
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About the Speakers
Dr. Yenni Tim is a practice-driven researcher specialising in Digital Resilience. In the education space, Yenni is a multi-award winning educator who is committed to work with students to develop resilient skill sets that are needed for this rapidly changing environment. She pioneered the Sandbox for Education model and founded the Sandbox Education Program (https://unsw.to/edusandbox) at UNSW Business School to bring together educators and industry practitioners to co-create authentic curricula that expose students to the latest business and technological challenges in the industry. The Heinz Harant Award for Teaching Innovation from UNSW in 2020, and the John Prescott Award for Outstanding Teaching Innovation from UNSW Business School in 2019.
Dr. Kevin Liu is the Undergraduate Program Coordinator of the School of Risk and Actuarial Studies, UNSW Business School. As an education-focused academic, Kevin is committed to empowering students by developing inspirational learning experiences through the integration of a career-focused educational approach and innovative educational technologies. He leads multiple teaching innovation projects at UNSW Business School and received multiple awards for developing innovative course and program that enhance learning. Kevin co-directs the Sandbox Education Program. He also pioneered the StoryWall formative assessment model, which has been adopted in over 25 courses at UNSW Business School to engages students as partners in co-creating authentic learning experiences and active online learning communities.