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 Eliza.Compton, 29 April, 2022

Block teaching: what it is, how to do it and why

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With its short, intense courses, is block teaching the way to boost student success and engagement? John Weldon gives seven tips for switching to the block model and examples of what it offers university educators
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4minutes
By Miranda Prynne, 28 April, 2022

Developing interstate course sharing to boost graduation rates

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Image depicting US interstate connections
Expanding course sharing between higher education institutions in different US states would help students pursue more flexible learning pathways and transfer credits to complete their studies and secure a degree, as Jay Field explains
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3minutes
By dene.mullen, 26 April, 2022

In-person teaching now needs to be justified

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If we take the same critical lens to in-person learning as we once did to online, rationalising our need for the former, how much better could we make our teaching?
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4minutes
Course design and delivery