Sarah Crossing

Sarah Crossing

Recent Posts

What is the Technology Acceptance Model?

Oct 17, 2019
This is why the Technology Acceptance Model should be getting more air time with educators implementing important online student services and other critical EdTech. And what are the recpurcsusions of ignoring technology acceptance rates?

5 Things You Should Do In Your HSC English Exam

Sep 19, 2019
Here are five things every HSC student should be doing when they are staring down at the exam page in the HSC English exam.

New academic writing support tool to target unintentional plagiarism (and make students happier)

Aug 9, 2019
Most plagiarism is unintentional, so what can be done for the majority of students trying to do the right thing? This new, integrated feedback feature helps universities improve student confidence and capability. So what is it?

Does one-to-one student support improve retention?

Aug 6, 2019
If a student gets help, they do better. CQUniversity's Chris Veraa brought the 'Students First' Symposium three years (2017, 2018, 2019) worth of data on Studiosity users: retention, academic success, rates of unit failure, and also how students’ anecdotal feedback compares to academic outcomes. | Studiosity

'Students First 2019': Day Two highlights

Jul 26, 2019
The second part to the 'Students First 2019' highlights reel. What students expect (service vs learning), inclusion for the Deaf student community, digital peer-to-peer, the myth of learning, are universities really putting students first, and previews of Studiosity’s technology in 2020. And more... | Studiosity

'Students First 2019': Day One takeaways

Jul 25, 2019
33 universities, 63 higher education institutes, 145 special guests in one room. Day One was about: listening to your students, La Trobe university case studies, Keynote Professor Pat McGorry addressing the waste of human potential and managing the mental health of tertiary students, feedback and cheating and the case for evidence-based action, building capability and awareness of academic integrity standards, CQUniversity’s case study on the positive correlation between Studiosity and retention, Studiosity's Academic Writing Evaluation (AWE) service.  Read on... | Studiosity

Research reveals what students are missing at university

Jul 24, 2019
Australian universities are doing more to respond to students' demands for more feedback. Studiosity's annual, national student wellbeing survey reveals what the need is, and why. Here's the data. | Studiosity

Studiosity tackles accidental plagiarism

Jun 27, 2019
Australian-based online academic support provider, Studiosity, has developed a new writing support tool to help students avoid accidental plagiarism and reduce student anxiety around unintentional cheating, as reported by the Professionals in Education (PIE) news.

Are tech and stress to blame for our kids' declining writing standards?

May 14, 2019
How are technology and stress levels related to kids' (especially boys') declining writing standards? What if both tech and stress could also shine a light on a possible solution? Understanding the modern needs of students, parents, and teachers and looking to some traditional evidence for learning, maybe we can.

Evidence-based practice to help schools tasked with fixing Australia's 'writing crisis'

May 13, 2019
There is ongoing concern about Australian high school writing standards, particularly boys, and research points to timely personalisation being a solution to this complex problem, here's why and how.