Instructional design

Creating an active learning environment in a large group setting is challenging. Ingrid Sierp shares ways to increase engagement, encourage attendance and gauge understanding in real time

A guide to using service learning, in which students oversee projects in the community, to enhance theoretical classroom teaching

Movies and television programmes can challenge students’ perceptions and enrich their understanding of the law. But designing an effective module requires more than a must-watch list, writes Michael Randall

Lessons learned over a decade of developing and delivering massive open online courses (Moocs)

Tan Bhing Leet provides three suggestions to help educators maximise the benefits of flipped classrooms

Including generative AI in students’ learning is still in its early stages. Agustín Rodríguez Hernández provides general considerations he has picked up thus far

A five-minute virtual reality exercise has the power to dramatically shift students’ understanding of and empathy for dementia patients’ experience

Don’t generalise about digital learning being problematic for students with ADHD. Rather, find the digital tools that develop their unique talents, argues Dustin Hosseini

The rethinking of course materials and programmes to incorporate future trends is a key requirement for all forward-thinking providers, write Aaron Taylor and Victoria Rafferty

Ice-breaking activities borrowed from the performing arts that can help students form bonds and build belonging from the start of a course