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 Laura.Duckett, 9 February, 2026

Let’s not patronise Gen Z students

A lecturer at the front of class presenting to students

Gen Z students don’t need flashy visuals to keep them engaged. They want clear, effective design, say Svetoslav Georgiev and Joseph Tinsley

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4minutes

By Eliza.Compton, 4 February, 2026

Campus webinar: co-creation and tapping into the student voice

Hear experts from four Australian universities discuss how educators, course designers, professional development teams and institutions can embed the skills for effective co-creation in the classroom

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60minutes

By Laura.Duckett, 2 February, 2026

Let professors play: the case for sandbox classes in HE

Students working on a project together in class

Some of the most powerful innovations in teaching don’t come from policy mandates – they come from freedom to play, writes Danny Oppenheimer

By Eliza.Compton, 27 January, 2026

How universities can prepare faculty to teach executive education

Young female professor taking a question in class

Teaching seasoned professionals requires a different approach from undergraduates or even MBA students. This guide aims to prepare faculty to connect academic insight with real-world leadership experience

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4minutes

By kiera.obrien, 26 January, 2026

How to establish a community of practice for co-creation

To co-create research-informed teaching, a group of educators established a community of practice with doctoral students. Here’s how it worked

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4minutes

By Laura.Duckett, 22 January, 2026

Teaching design in 3D: blending sketching, AI and AR

A hand sketching prototype designs amongst rulers and other tools

GenAI can do more than generate images – it can spark design students’ ability to imagine objects and spaces in 3D. Here’s how

By kiera.obrien, 21 January, 2026

Small shifts to nurture a design thinking mindset in university teaching

A scrunched-up piece of paper is fashioned into a lightbulb

Design thinking, with its focus on problem-solving in a structured way, can help ready students for the workplace – and doesn’t require a curriculum overhaul, writes Asrif Yusoff

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5minutes

By Laura.Duckett, 21 January, 2026

From shortcut to support: GenAI’s role in essay-writing

A student writing an essay by hand in a library

A guide to moving beyond panic and prohibition, showing how educators can set clear, evidence-informed boundaries that turn GenAI from an essay-writing shortcut into a meaningful learning support

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5minutes

By Eliza.Compton, 20 January, 2026

Connected classrooms: building belonging, trust and well-being

Learning communities that are grounded in trust, psychological safety and holistic support give students space to explore and share their talents

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4minutes

By Laura.Duckett, 19 January, 2026

Guide students through four stages of cognitive development

A woman deep in thought sitting at a desk

Critical thinking does not develop automatically. Using William Perry’s model of cognitive development, Adeola A. Matthew shows how lecturers can help students progress from simplistic, dualistic thinking to more reflective and reasoned judgement

Higher education pedagogy