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Hear academics and university leaders reflect on their professional journeys and address some of the biggest questions facing higher education today. The Campus podcast gets under the skin of the issues and individuals defining the future of teaching, research, EDI, digital transformation and sustainability in the academy. Test

By miranda.prynne , 29 June, 2021

Directing research to engage and support local communities

Advice on shaping research around community needs

Helen Szoor-McElhinney and colleagues describe how academics can shape their research around key community needs and encourage participation from multidisciplinary faculty, students and local people

By dene.mullen , 29 June, 2021

Don’t forget that not all internet access is created equal

Not all broadband access is created equal and universities must take their student demographics into account when deciding on levels of online teaching

Broadband quality, and thus suitability for online tuition, varies greatly depending on where students come from, say Darragh Flannery, Dónal Palcic and John Cullinan

By miranda.prynne , 29 June, 2021

Instructional design advice: how to translate your academic knowledge into an effective online course

Advice on creating an online course from an instructional designer

Instructional designer Marcello Crolla talks through the basics of how to create effective, engaging online courses

By miranda.prynne , 28 June, 2021

How universities can build meaningful collaborations to solve societal challenges

Advice on building meaningful collaborations for better community and civic engagement

For universities to extend their impact and community engagement, they need to form strong partnerships with external organisations and individuals. Alicia Wilson shares seven guiding principles that support successful collaboration

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By miranda.prynne , 28 June, 2021

Open to all? Using our physical and digital spaces to better engage local communities

Using university physical and digital spaces to better engage local communities

Richard Calvert explores what role universities’ physical spaces should play in civic engagement and how digital technologies can support this

By dene.mullen , 28 June, 2021

This is our chance to create the classroom of the future

We know what works best for learning, and most of it is easier to implement in the online world, says Daphne Koller

By miranda.prynne , 25 June, 2021

Equitable teaching that creates pathways to success for all students

A framework for an equity oriented pedagogy that improves student grades

Andrew Estrada Phuong and co-authors present a framework for an adaptive equity-oriented pedagogy that helps diverse students achieve better results

By miranda.prynne , 24 June, 2021

Turning a new page: information literacy goes online

Engaging students in readings and microlectures

Xiaowei Li and Lulu Wang explore how to take an on-campus institution such as a university library online to deliver hands-on information literacy skills to students around the world

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By dene.mullen , 24 June, 2021

Distance learners deserve better than HE’s latest bait and switch

Remote learning is the latest scapegoat being used to justify returning to the ‘normal’ of rising tuition costs and sky-high student debt, says Zachary Michael Jack

By miranda.prynne , 23 June, 2021

Overcoming barriers to accessible and inclusive digital learning

Advice on overcoming barriers to accessibility and inclusivity in digital learning

Tim Coughlan offers three key strategies that help to make digital learning more accessible and inclusive, each relating to technology, study support and pedagogy

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