University course design and delivery

How to design in-person, hybrid and online courses that maximise student engagement, inclusion and learning. Here, you can find advice on instructional design including lesson planning, creation and organisation of educational materials and effective use of digital technologies; as well as teaching methods and styles to help you achieve specific learning outcomes.

By kiera.obrien , 28 September, 2026
Even students with a solid grasp of English can find it hard to construct coherent arguments in their academic writing. A six-week training course centred around an AI-powered corpus platform could help, writes Liu Kanglong
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5minutes
By Eliza.Compton , 25 September, 2026
Educators should embrace their role as advocates for higher education and the critical thinking skills it imparts, argues Sarah Birrell Ivory. Here, she shares a classroom exercise that compares the learning benefits of a written source with generative AI
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6minutes
By Laura.Duckett , 21 September, 2026
Students on large online courses can sometimes feel like a face among the crowd. Keep them engaged with interactive activities such as digital escape rooms or business simulators
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4minutes
By Laura.Duckett , 18 September, 2026
From celebrating your university library to demonstrating your own source selection process, learn strategies to help students confront increasing misinformation and disinformation online
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4minutes
By Laura.Duckett , 15 September, 2026
While disciplinary expertise remains important, future graduates will increasingly need broader capabilities to cope with uncertainty and change. Lei Zeng offers advice on how to develop them
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4minutes