Learning and teaching at the Business School
Find out what’s happening in the learning and teaching space within the Business School.
For staff
Innovative Learning and Teaching team (ILT)
The Innovative Learning and Teaching team offers help with curriculum development, professional development and more. They also host a series of seminars and events for learning and teaching.
UoA Tutoring Central
This training resource helps Graduate Teaching Assistants get up to speed with what it means to be an effective tutor.
For students
Learning Hub
Academic skills support
The Innovate Learning Team supports students to develop their academic skills, communication and capability.
Learning Essentials
Learning Essentials is maintained by Libraries and Learning Services; it helps students develop their study and research skills. Students also have a link to Learning Essentials from their Canvas courses.
Business Library and Research Support
This website is hosted in Canvas. It provides students with resources to effectively find scholarly sources, improve essay writing, reference their sources and more.
Business Subject Guides
The Business Subject Guides assist students and researchers in finding the right sources for the information they need from a list of curated key resources.
Subject specific
Bachelor of Communication Hub
The BC Hub directs students to information and announcements specific to the Bachelor or Communication programme.
Case studies in teaching
Fostering critical thinking with reflective journals
Lesley Gardner and Udayangi Muthupoltotage discuss how timely, frequent and constructive feedback has a powerful influence on student achievement. However, its impact on higher education students is hotly debated and often highly variable.
Constructive failure story: Exam day chaos
Kicking off our ‘Constructive Failure’ series, we begin with a tale of a celebrated teacher whose momentary irritation triggered a significant blunder, followed by a lesson in humility and grace.
Exploring chat-bot technology to help with student queries
Dr Dulani Jayasuriya developed a chat-bot to aid instructors and students in navigating a large undergraduate course.
Curriculum mapping in Business and Economics’ first-year undergraduate core courses
Using curriculum mapping to maintain coherence across an interdisciplinary core and create a consistent student experience.
We have collated examples of teaching practice from around the University. We hope these might inspire you to try something new.
Page updated:31/01/2024 (added UoA Tutoring Central)