Higher education pedagogy

Learn more about pedagogy and how different theories of teaching and learning work across higher education. Here, academics offer insights into a variety of pedagogies, drawing on their own teaching experience alongside research, to provide practical advice on what instructional methods work best for different university contexts, disciplines and classes.

By miranda.prynne , 13 October, 2021

Using productive failure to activate deeper learning

Advice on using productive failure to activate deeper learning
Manu Kapur explains how using a flipped-classroom approach, setting students problems that they are unable to tackle properly until they have been taught the associated concepts, deepens their learning through ‘productive failure’
By miranda.prynne , 1 October, 2021

Serious play: building knowledge with Lego bricks

Advice on how LEGO can facilitate learning across many disciplines in higher education
Using Lego blocks to aid brainstorming has migrated from boardrooms into university classrooms. This guide explores how to get the most out of it in your teaching – whether virtual or on campus
By miranda.prynne , 3 September, 2021

Place-based learning in digital universities

Webinar discussion how to reduce student drop out rates in the context of the pandemic and online learning
A discussion of how the exploration and understanding of a place can be the backbone of higher education teaching and learning, whether delivered online or in-person
Higher education pedagogy