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By Miranda Prynne , 15 March, 2023

Virtually writing together: creating community while supporting individual endeavour

Group of women working together online via teleconferencing

Lessons in setting up and running a virtual writing group that facilitates individual and collaborative work through a supportive community of practice

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3minutes

By dene.mullen , 14 March, 2023

Seven steps for successfully introducing adaptive learning

How to start adaptive learning for a large cohort

A team from Monterrey Institute of Technology presents advice for the implementation of an adaptive learning strategy for large student cohorts

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4minutes

By dene.mullen , 14 March, 2023

Rather than waiting to be told, here’s how to do something about online harms

How to help students and staff with online harms

Emma Bond and Andy Phippen outline what institutions can do to better support their students (and staff) when tackling online harms

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4minutes

By Miranda Prynne , 14 March, 2023

Five common misconceptions on writing feedback

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 , 13 March, 2023

Managing cognitive load for EAL – and all – students

Extraneous cognitive load weighs especially heavily on students who have English as an additional language. Kate Power shares four ways in which you can support them while benefiting all students

By dene.mullen , 13 March, 2023

The five key steps for getting the best out of a flipped classroom

From planning properly to understanding cognitive load, Aaron Taylor reveals how to engender greater student engagement and motivation through the flipped classroom

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4minutes

By Miranda Prynne , 13 March, 2023

Keep calm and carry on: ChatGPT doesn’t change a thing for academic integrity

Student cheating using their mobile phone during an exam

ChatGPT is a technological advancement on an already present risk of academic integrity, therefore the same careful approach to assessment design is required to minimise cheating, write Patrick Harte and Fawad Khaleel

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4minutes

By Eliza.Compton , 10 March, 2023

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

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

By dene.mullen , 10 March, 2023

How to embed service to society within the educational experience

University student teaching secondary school students

Helen Coulshed and Jeanne Wilson discuss their experience creating an interdisciplinary “service” module to challenge gender inequalities in local schools

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4minutes

By Miranda Prynne , 10 March, 2023

Good daily work habits for early career researchers

Colleagues laughing and having a chat over coffee

A collection of good daily work habits that will help early career researchers flourish, based on insight from a number of academics

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3minutes

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