Teaching and learning

Karin Avnit, Victor Wang and Prasad Iyer describe how combining technology-supported learning with targeted face-to-face instruction helps ensure all students start university with the knowledge and skills they need to succeed

Trent Montgomery shares the key considerations for developing effective hybrid flexible teaching that will boost universities’ educational offering in the long term

Helen Wolfenden from Macquarie University presents a podcast offering advice on publishing or communicating research in new formats beyond the scope of traditional academic journals

Traditional exams under tightly invigilated conditions are highly stressful for students, but online alternatives bring their own issues, says Michael Priestley

Why do we fetishise high-tech teaching while denigrating reading as a second-rate learning style? asks Andy Farnell

Gill Aitken and Tim Fawns explain how to design online postgraduate courses that operate at the boundaries of the academic and professional worlds

The social elements of university help students succeed academically, so we must start transplanting them online, says Elizabeth Lehfeldt

Academics should drop the holier-than-thou attitude and look at cheating from a student’s perspective if we want to understand and eradicate it, says Hamish Binns

These teaching techniques are designed to pique students’ emotions and lodge key lessons more firmly in their memories

How can academics ensure their teaching strategies meet the needs of diverse students and create inclusive, equitable classrooms