How to plan an online learning-friendly assessment
Maribell Reyes explains how to create comprehensively designed learning assessment strategies for an online course
January 19, 2022
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Has government investment in higher education equity been worth it?
Evaluating the success of sector-wide initiatives is fraught, but there are some universal truths that should be considered, say Steven Howard and colleagues
January 18, 2022 -
New norms in higher education that can help disabled students long-term
Certain changes sparked by the reorganisation of higher education during the pandemic have benefitted disabled students and should be kept and developed in the long term. Sean Cullen outlines four key areas of positive change
January 17, 2022 -
Answering common questions about immersive experiences
Not sure about introducing extended reality? Gabriela Sánchez Castillo offers insights into developing immersive experiences that are useful for assessing real-world skills
January 17, 2022 -
Landing your first lectureship: top five academic career planning tips
Utsa Mukherjee shares five tips to help early career researchers build their professional experience and CV in order to secure their first permanent academic post
January 14, 2022 -
Academic snobs can’t afford to ignore LinkedIn any longer
Considering a career move? When asking for a favour, such as info or an introduction, it helps to build a chain of trust. Which is where LinkedIn comes in, says Emma Williams
January 14, 2022 -
Start with why, part one: taking a new approach to curriculum development
Graeme Knowles explains how his team have overturned the long-accepted curriculum development process to make the purpose of the programme and its learning outcomes the starting point rather than the end result
January 13, 2022 -
I took an alternative route to academic success – and I’m happier than ever
I ignored senior management and marketing departments and experimented with making my work more accessible and interesting – it paid off, says Jonathan Wilson
January 13, 2022 -
Breaking the oldest rules in the book: making promotion and tenure more equitable
Pardis Mahdavi and Scott Brooks explain how a rethink of the processes that govern promotion and tenure to put diversity work at its heart could result in a more equitable higher education system
January 12, 2022 -
Missing face-to-face interaction? Try becoming a ‘hologram professor’
Beaming a hologram of lecturers into classrooms offers greater closeness than video systems, say Carla Victoria RamÃrez López, Leticia Castaño Sánchez and Patricia Aldape Valdés
January 12, 2022 -
Co-creating an interdisciplinary well-being module for all students
Elena Riva and Wiki Jeglinska explain how academics can work with students to co-create well-being modules that span multiple disciplines and support students’ self-care, drawing on their own experience of collaborating on such a scheme
January 11, 2022 -
Why interactive and game-based instruction beats lecturing every time
Going through the motions is easy for experienced lecturers, but we should all go the extra mile to make our classes interactive, challenging and fun, says Nancy Boury
January 11, 2022 -
How to structure a multiple choice question exam
Anthony Evans explains how to arrange a multiple choice question exam to provide a fair evaluation of students’ understanding, aid their learning progress and minimise cheating
January 10, 2022 -
Ideas for using media to connect with students
Students need to be motivated and engaged to be successful, which is where podcasts, social media and music come in, say Esmeralda Niño-Perez and Angeles Carolina Aguirre-Acosta
January 10, 2022 -
How to use journalism and current affairs to support your teaching
Noam Schimmel explains how to use news articles, video and obituaries to teach complex subjects such as human rights
January 7, 2022