Online learning

The rise of online learning has revolutionised university teaching. Whether students study in-person, remotely or take a hybrid approach, much higher education is now delivered via digital platforms, supported by a proliferation in educational technology (ed-tech). Find out how lecturers can adapt their teaching methods for digital delivery, build online learning communities and use the latest technology to support immersive learning, gamification and AI-adaptive learning.

By Eliza.Compton, 7 April, 2023

Using gamification as an incentive for revision

Young Asian woman in red top happy in front of laptop
Novelty, competition and engagement give gamification an edge when it comes to getting students to revise. Here, Teegan Green, Iliria Stenning and Rasheda Keane explain how they use The Chase from H5P in a hybrid course
By Eliza.Compton, 5 April, 2023

Three features that will make your Mooc stand out

Illustration of young woman doing an online course
Learning designers and educators should focus on creating value for learners that goes beyond Mooc content. In this article, Temesgen Kifle and Ben Cossalter share innovative features that drive belonging and engagement
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3minutes
By Miranda Prynne, 4 April, 2023

AI text detectors: a stairway to heaven or hell?

Robot looking through a microscope
The emergence of GPTZero, OpenAI’s text classifier and Turnitin’s AI detector bring a risk of over-reliance on AI classifiers. Are they a solution or a further problem to be solved?
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4minutes
By Miranda Prynne, 20 March, 2023

A Spotify model of personalised higher education

A young woman walking down the street in headphones, reading from her phone
With technology offering greater potential for a personalised approach to higher education, Michael Rosemann and Martin Betts look at what universities can learn from the ubiquitous music platform Spotify
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4minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 16 March, 2023

AI or VR? Matching emerging tech to real-world learning

Student immersed in a hospital VR setting in the FMH Media Lab at University of Sydney
Defining the problem can determine the best tech to deliver realistic training environments. Here is how one media lab demystifies technology-enabled learning experiences and empowers educators to develop their own
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4minutes
By dene.mullen, 3 March, 2023

The library and the metaverse: a match made in heaven

Using the metaverse to teach about the library
A group of librarians and education specialists from Monterrey Institute of Technology share their tips after designing a virtual escape room that inculcates library skills
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4minutes
Online learning