I think you are right about acronyms. It can be extremely alienating. I'm
ploughing my way through the email deluge today, I have been Googling
Define:XXX (Vague Acronym) lots.
The two that get me most today are HE (Higher education? I think what we
would called Tertiary in Australia) and FE (Further Education? I think this
is equivalent to our TAFE sector) because I can't find clear definitions
for these. To out UK colleagues out there are these [...]
I teach compulsory first year statistics courses at a small regional campus of a large Australian University across a number of departments mainly science and Business and Economics. Some of my students are studying totally online. For light relief and preservation of my sanity, I also teach reading writing and research skills to second year science students.