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, 20 July, 2021

Teaching at scale: reaching all your students in large classes

Advice on teaching large classes to try and keep all students actively engaged in learning

Heather McQueen explains how lecturers can fulfil their responsibility to facilitate learning for all students, particularly in large classes where individual student contact is minimal

By miranda.prynne, 16 July, 2021

Group work: improving communication, participation and dynamics

Advice on methods that help improve group dynamics by encouraging communication

Jonathan Sim offers three methods for facilitating effective group work by improving participation and communication between student peers

By miranda.prynne, 6 July, 2021

Five shifts to consider for building a better learning environment

Advice on designing higher education to make the most out of in-person teaching alongside online instruction

Kyriaki Papageorgiou outlines shifts in higher education that should help academics in designing more effective teaching and in recognising what areas need in-person instruction and what can be done online

By miranda.prynne, 5 July, 2021

Three tips for a future of hybrid teaching

Advice on how to approach hybrid teaching to overcome key challenges

Brad Chan offers three tips for making hybrid learning work for all, based on his experience teaching languages

By miranda.prynne, 2 July, 2021

Never waste a good crisis: what to keep from pandemic teaching strategies

Advice on what online teaching strategies developing during the pandemic should be kept long term

Flower Darby talks through the digital teaching skills and tools that instructors should hold on to, even after returning to campus, to enhance student learning and success

By miranda.prynne, 25 June, 2021

Equitable teaching that creates pathways to success for all students

A framework for an equity oriented pedagogy that improves student grades

Andrew Estrada Phuong and co-authors present a framework for an adaptive equity-oriented pedagogy that helps diverse students achieve better results

By miranda.prynne, 23 June, 2021

Campus webinar: Innovative teaching

Webinar discussion how to reduce student drop out rates in the context of the pandemic and online learning

As we emerge from the pandemic, what innovations in online teaching have come about in the last year? Four experts in digital and teaching innovation from the UK and US discuss effective ways of teaching that harness new technological tools

Reading time

60minutes

By miranda.prynne, 22 June, 2021