Course design and delivery

How to design in-person, hybrid and online courses that maximise student engagement, inclusion and learning. Here, you can find advice on instructional design including lesson planning, creation and organisation of educational materials and effective use of digital technologies; as well as teaching methods and styles to help you achieve specific learning outcomes.

By Miranda Prynne, 22 August, 2022

Helping students see biology within a broader context

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Should educators help students understand their chosen subjects within a broader context of learning? Mark Coleman has been experimenting with this in his biology course and shares his findings so far
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5minutes
By Miranda Prynne, 15 August, 2022

Threshold concepts: what they are and how they help students learn

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Threshold concepts are themes that underpin an academic discipline and can provide a framework for students to build knowledge. But teachers must be mindful of students’ capacity to understand them, as Becky Lewis explains
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4minutes
By Miranda Prynne, 11 August, 2022

How to address bias in the classroom and in assessment in five steps

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Biases can affect personal interactions, course design, learning activities, assessment and institutional practices, thus it is vital that educators work to remove bias from their teaching. Donna Hurford and Andrew Read share helpful approaches
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4minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 10 August, 2022

Rhythm of a class: lesson-planning and assessment in block teaching

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Block scheduling rethinks curriculum design, lesson-planning, assessment and feedback. Tom Clark outlines how this shift, as well as blended learning resources, helped Victoria University meet students’ need for clear and reliable rhythms of study
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4minutes
By Miranda Prynne, 8 August, 2022

Why online learning must remain part of the education toolkit

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Critics of online learning often blame the medium itself rather than ineffective instruction, when the focus should be on how to deliver the best teaching possible using all available tools and formats, writes Andreina Parisi-Amon
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4minutes
Course design and delivery