Campus talks: how to be a good mentor and mentee
Contributors from across the globe offer their advice on how to make these critical relationships work for everyone involved
September 14, 2023
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The power and the peril of virtual reality in higher education
From investing in training to identifying educational objectives, Mark Milliron offers advice on fully realising VR’s promise for universities
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Teaching how to use numbers as a tool for justice
Statistics are not neutral, writes Wendy Castillo. Here, she explains how to use QuantCrit to show students the effect that historic racism and bias have on data collection and analysis
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How to select and monitor climate adaptations for universities
In the fourth and final part of their series, Rob Wilby and Shona Smith explain how universities can implement adaptation measures and monitor their progress towards resilient net zero
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How to teach creative writing even if you’ve never done any yourself
A successful writing workshop depends on respect, which is a two-way street, observes Toby Litt. Refrain from sneering at bad writing and offer praise to offset the critiques
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How to design and build microcredentials in four steps
A team from Tecnológico de Monterrey explains how to plan, design, deliver and measure microcredentials at your university
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Learning by doing: practical tips from a decade of making Moocs
Lessons gained during a decade of developing and refining massive open online courses from two online learning experts
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An academic’s advice for navigating risk
From publication to grant applications, the rites of academia come with unfavourable odds. Yet researchers are rarely taught how to deal with uncertainty. Here, Yaniv Hanoch offers mitigation strategies
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How humour stimulates critical thinking, creativity and communication skills
After assigning students to write comedy scripts instead of seminar papers, André Martinuzzi and Angelo Spoerk explain how humour has great potential as a learning method
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A checklist for advancing equity, diversity and inclusion in medical sciences and education, part one
Three questions that lecturers in medical sciences should ask when revising their curricula to promote diverse representation and health equity
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Maximising graduate employability in APAC through artificial intelligence
Universities can leverage technology to modernise pedagogy and assessment models, creating future-ready graduates
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How mentor and mentee can help each other
Mentorship is a symbiotic relationship. Here, two scientists look at steps in the meeting process and benefits from both sides
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Embracing generative AI as a co-design partner for designing and developing courses
Generative AI is here to stay, so what opportunities are there for educational developers and learning designers to leverage it as a partner when designing courses?
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Help your students to become assessment literate
Practical suggestions to address a staff-student disconnect relating to the purpose and practice of assessment and to enhance assessment literacy on your courses
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Shaping the future of education using stackable credentials
Stackable microcredentials provide a dynamic and flexible means to support diverse learning pathways and continuous education
September 8, 2023