Teaching and learning

Tips to improve student retention, engagement and participation drawn from teaching blended and online introductory computer programming courses, which cannot rely on in-person labs

Educators can use the issues, challenges and opportunities brought by artificial intelligence to think about teaching in terms of design and process rather than outcomes

Sonia Kumar shares a guide to developing community-engaged learning projects that benefit the student participants and the communities where they work

There is debate over how higher education institutions can best offer, measure and assess the skills employers are demanding

Embedding project-based learning and participatory research in degree courses can provide students with the critical-thinking skills that employers require

How do educators foster a safe environment for students while encouraging their independence? Brooke Wilson discusses why this is important

Students who can critique ideas and generate sound, reasoned arguments in real time will be better prepared to find success after they graduate, says Rebekah Wanic

The benefits and challenges associated with four key modes of instruction, on-campus, blended, hybrid and fully digital, alongside a framework for ‘e-tivities’, presented by Gilly Salmon

The proliferation of AI text generators such as ChatGPT has major implications for higher education. Nancy Gleason explores how educators should respond to these tools which can write essays in seconds

With students struggling to focus on and comprehend assignments, summaries can take some of the leg work out of learning and allow students to come to class ready to connect