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 July, 2022

Strategies to motivate students in asynchronous learning

A student watching a lecture online at home
The self-directed nature of asynchronous learning makes it easy for students to disengage. Guhuai Jiang and Jiayu Zhou offer strategies that boost students’ motivation when working on their own
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By Eliza.Compton, 5 July, 2022

Say goodbye to bored students

bored students in a lecture hall
Boredom is the enemy of learning. Educators can minimise it, increase student engagement and allow deep learning to take place with these practical tips
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3minutes
By Miranda Prynne, 24 June, 2022

A course design method to aid the transition to quality blended learning

Illustration of online and blended learning
To adapt traditional teaching techniques to a blended learning model educators must apply effective instructional design processes that harness technology to support the pedagogy and access to teaching materials, as Nelcy Natalia Atehortua Sanchez and Juan Sebastian Blandon Luengas explain
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3minutes
Pedagogy