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 Miranda Prynne, 20 March, 2023

A Spotify model of personalised higher education

A young woman walking down the street in headphones, reading from her phone
With technology offering greater potential for a personalised approach to higher education, Michael Rosemann and Martin Betts look at what universities can learn from the ubiquitous music platform Spotify
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4minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 16 March, 2023

AI or VR? Matching emerging tech to real-world learning

Student immersed in a hospital VR setting in the FMH Media Lab at University of Sydney
Defining the problem can determine the best tech to deliver realistic training environments. Here is how one media lab demystifies technology-enabled learning experiences and empowers educators to develop their own
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4minutes
By Miranda Prynne, 14 March, 2023

Five common misconceptions on writing feedback

A young woman working in a library
Misapprehensions about responding to and grading writing can prevent educators using writing as an effective pedagogical tool. Rolf Norgaard and Stephanie Foster set out to dispel them
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5minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 10 March, 2023

It takes a village: using a trading game to teach economics

Students working together
Large-group interactive classroom games can bring learning alive. Here, Suzanne Bonner, K. K. Tang and Terence Yeo share how a scalable trading game uses social interactions to enhance learning
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4minutes
University course design and delivery