Practical learning

Reflection and advice for hands-on university teaching practices and experiential learning. These resources offer expert tips to support quality teaching through lab work, fieldwork and work placements as well as community-based learning, project-based learning and simulations.

By Miranda Prynne , 20 December, 2021

Using community-based research projects to motivate learning among engineering students

Insight on how community based research projects can motivate students as their apply their learning to real world problems

Trithos Kamsuwan explains how community-based research projects can be used to motivate students, creating opportunities to apply principles they have learned in class to solve real-world problems

By Miranda Prynne , 30 November, 2021

Keeping it real: bringing practical dimensions into online teaching

Advice on bringing real world practical training into the online classroom through case studies

Pamela Henderson sets out how to bring real world training into the online classroom by developing effective simulated case studies, based on her experience teaching law

By Miranda Prynne , 25 November, 2021

How to revitalise student knowledge exchange with local communities

How co-creating an ‘umbrella’ programme can help institutions innovate student knowledge exchange and improve engagement with local communities and businesses, a team from Queen Mary University of London explain

By dene.mullen , 22 November, 2021

How to deliver healthcare education in a hybrid world

Medical training has had to adapt quickly to the shift online

Hannah McGee explores solutions to address the unique challenges that universities face in preparing healthcare students for frontline roles

By Miranda Prynne , 18 November, 2021

How to develop partnerships that offer students real-world learning experiences

Advice on developing external partnerships which create opportunities for real world learning

Rhianedd Smith shares insight on how to collaboratively create real-world learning experiences for students with professional partners

By dene.mullen , 16 November, 2021

Immersive tech in teaching and learning: first steps into the metaverse

Virtual and augmented reality can provide powerful experiences for university students, and they are probably not as hard to create as you think

Virtual, augmented and mixed reality can provide powerful experiences for students, and it’s probably not as difficult as you think. Neil McDonnell provides simple, practical advice

Reading time

3minutes

By Miranda Prynne , 15 November, 2021

Developing virtual experiential learning: key takeaways

Advice on creating virtual fieldtrips to complement in-person teaching

Well-designed virtual experiential learning could have far-reaching useful applications. Here three academics share lessons from developing effective virtual tours and field trips during the pandemic

Reading time

4minutes

By Miranda Prynne , 12 November, 2021

Hosting industry professionals: embedding vocational skill-building into higher education

Advice on inviting industry professionals to share their expertise with students

Liam Jarvis sets out three common pitfalls and three points of advice for facilitating productive encounters between students and industry professionals in higher education

Reading time

4minutes

By Miranda Prynne , 3 November, 2021

How to be a civic university: lessons in collaborating with local communities

Advice on university strategies for civic engagement

Deborah Bull outlines how institutions can make their civic duties a strategic priority, developing mutually beneficial partnerships with local communities and organisations

Reading time

4minutes

By miranda.prynne , 11 October, 2021

Collaborative learning cases: a fresh approach to applied learning

Insight on a new approach to training students in applied learning from the medical school team at NUS

A group of medical educators introduce a new teaching model being used to improve students’ ability to apply learning in clinical or real-world settings through collaborative work on specific cases

Practical learning