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 sara.custer, 2 May, 2022

Don’t lose sight of learning outcomes in pursuit of digital innovation, counsels task force

Institutions should also think carefully about what is considered ‘innovative’

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5minutes

By Eliza.Compton, 29 April, 2022

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

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, 29 April, 2022

Revolving roles: creating inclusive, engaging, participant-led learning activities

A student playing the part of a teacher to represent the revolving roles pedagogy

‘Revolving roles’ is a simple, adaptable method for designing learning activities that challenge and change conventional ‘leader’ and ‘participant’ responsibilities, embrace students’ diverse needs, and develop their unique attributes, as Pablo Dalby explains

By dene.mullen, 26 April, 2022

Naming students is even more crucial in online classes

Naming students in online classes helps them connect and feel that their tutor is present

Naming learners fosters a community in which the teacher is clearly all in and focused on individual members in the unique, shared space of the online classroom

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4minutes

By dene.mullen, 26 April, 2022

In-person teaching now needs to be justified

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

By Miranda Prynne, 20 April, 2022

The mechanics of teaching a multi-section “activeflex” course

Lecturer recording a lesson for an ActiveFlex course taught online and in person

Lessons on the mechanics of bringing faculty together to teach a multiple-section class using the activeflex learning model, by Morgan Stanford

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3minutes

By Miranda Prynne, 18 April, 2022

Strategies to train students in three transferable skills wanted by employers

Image of students learning the transferrable skills wanted in the workplace

Two simple teaching methods that faculty can use in the classroom to train students in the communication, problem-solving and critical thinking skills sought by employers, shared by Elly Vandegrift

By Eliza.Compton, 13 April, 2022

Using vicarious experiences online to engage and motivate students

illustration of woman with wrench watching a practical demonstration on a screen

Vicarious experiences can be harnessed in remote and blended learning to foster both the ‘skill and the will’ of students. Roma Forbes outlines how to do it

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4minutes

By Miranda Prynne, 8 April, 2022