Pedagogy

Learn more about pedagogy and how different theories of teaching and learning work across higher education. Here, academics offer insights into a variety of pedagogies, drawing on their own teaching experience alongside research, to provide practical advice on what instructional methods work best for different university contexts, disciplines and classes.

By Laura.Duckett , 30 January, 2024

Use Etherpad to improve engagement in large transnational classes

Class of students using Etherpad to discuss learning points

By leveraging technology to create an anonymous and collaborative space, educators can empower hesitant students to actively contribute and foster a more interactive and inclusive learning environment

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4minutes

By Eliza.Compton , 24 January, 2024

Believe it or not, you can use conspiracy theories as tools for teaching

Illustration of a man with clouds for a head

When misinformation is a global risk, critical thinking skills are more vital than ever, writes Malcolm Schofield. Here, he offers techniques from parapsychology and belief studies that can make research and analysis more rigorous

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4minutes

By Eliza.Compton , 12 January, 2024

Don’t just chat(GPT): turn on critical interrogation

Critical thinking is often seen as the antidote to generative AI. But what if educators took it one step further back and aimed to encourage students’ curiosity? Giuseppe Cimadoro explains

By sara.custer , 10 January, 2024

Why your students need to learn the skills of a journalist

A student practices their interviewing skills

Interviewing real people to gain original stories and insights is a skill that will serve your students well in the age of AI. Julie Nightingale offers tips

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3minutes

By Eliza.Compton , 8 January, 2024

Three ways to use ChatGPT to enhance students’ critical thinking in the classroom

The balance between technology and traditional educational values, as well as ensuring that AI complements, rather than replaces, the human element in education, are the keys to maximising AI’s benefits in the classroom, writes Nikolas Dietis

By Eliza.Compton , 4 January, 2024

Students see the benefits of AI-generated learning content

human hands using laptop with robot hand emerging from screen

Students might already show a preference for AI-generated online learning content, so academic colleagues and institutions need to capitalise on this to improve resource management and staff well-being, write Dean Fido and Gary F. Fisher

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3minutes

By kiera.obrien , 3 January, 2024

Give students the tools to judge difficult materials in context

A woman looks shocked as she browses a laptop

After Osama bin Laden’s viral 'Letter to America', Nicholas Chan provides a pedagogical pathway to tackling difficult material

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4minutes

By Eliza.Compton , 2 January, 2024

Stay in your lane or swim sideways: working respectfully in the third space

Learning designers and subject matter experts often have to navigate the choppy waters of course co-creation. Here, Jay Cohen offers six tips for collaborating successfully

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4minutes

By Eliza.Compton , 27 December, 2023

Using communication before content to develop cognitive presence

Cognitive presence goes beyond physical presence and enables students to feel comfortable in the learning environment, writes Alison Thirlwall. It puts the educator in students’ minds as a supporter and guide

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4minutes

By kiera.obrien , 22 December, 2023

The comfort and joy of flipping the classroom

‘Tis the season to embrace the magic of a flipped classroom. Multidisciplinary educators offer their perspectives

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4minutes

Pedagogy