A low-touch approach to high-touch online teaching
A little strategising can go a long way in increasing contact points with students without sacrificing work-life balance, says Sarah Rose Cavanagh
July 28, 2021
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A guide to selecting the right ed-tech tools for your university 
Vikas Nand Kumar Batheja presents the key considerations and questions to ask when selecting new technological tools to support your teaching and university support services
July 27, 2021 -
Online review exercises to improve student performance in large courses
Online review exercises, used in combination with other learning activities, improve student engagement and learning performance in large online courses, Peng Cheng and Rui Ding explain
July 26, 2021 -
Blended learning should be embraced for the benefit of all
By using online capabilities, higher education could be transformed from a privilege into a basic human right for anyone who wants it, says Sir Tim O’Shea
July 26, 2021 -
Pronouncing students’ names correctly: the whys and hows
Xin Xu, Natasha Robinson and Niall Winters explain why correctly articulating students’ names is so important to an inclusive learning environment, and provide practical tips for pronouncing Chinese names
July 26, 2021 -
Scaling up student support services
Suzanne Mitchell advises on how to scale up student support services, using technology that provides multiple communications channels and early warning systems to assist specialist staff teams
July 23, 2021 -
We shouldn’t confuse online engagement with logging in
When assessing the all-important ‘engagement’ metric, the sector often defaults to the crude measurement of attendance − which is clearly flawed, says Chris Headleand
July 23, 2021 -
Striving for imperfection: introducing randomness into virtual experiments
Rachel Martins explains how she introduced random error into her lab simulations when teaching online physics, to better replicate real-world experiments for her students
July 23, 2021 -
Silver linings: lessons from the Covid-19 crisis
Three leaders in global higher education explore what the pandemic has taught us about higher education and how universities can carry those lessons forward as they look to rebuild
July 22, 2021 -
How to engage students when some are in the room and some are on Zoom
Flower Darby offers practical tips for keeping all students engaged when teaching a class in which some students are with you in person and others are learning remotely via a teleconferencing platform
July 22, 2021 -
Enabling staff-student co-creation of experiential learning at scale
Simon Riley and Gavin McCabe share a reflective learning and assessment framework for staff and students to co-create experiential learning that is scalable and effective
July 21, 2021 -
Teaching at scale: reaching all your students in large classes
Heather McQueen explains how lecturers can fulfil their responsibility to facilitate learning for all students, particularly in large classes where individual student contact is minimal
July 20, 2021 -
Pandemic teaching: storm clouds and silver linings
Glenn Geher talks through the highs and lows of teaching during a pandemic and the lessons we can learn from them
July 19, 2021 -
Group work: improving communication, participation and dynamics
Improving participation and communication among student peers facilitates more effective group work. Jonathan Sim offers three methods
July 16, 2021 -
Funny memes and other ways to encourage students to keep their cameras on
Frank R. Castelli offers advice from his evidenced-based strategy to get students to use their cameras without requiring it
July 16, 2021