University course design and delivery

How to design in-person, hybrid and online courses that maximise student engagement, inclusion and learning. Here, you can find advice on instructional design including lesson planning, creation and organisation of educational materials and effective use of digital technologies; as well as teaching methods and styles to help you achieve specific learning outcomes.

By miranda.prynne, 13 October, 2021

Using productive failure to activate deeper learning

Advice on using productive failure to activate deeper learning
Manu Kapur explains how using a flipped-classroom approach, setting students problems that they are unable to tackle properly until they have been taught the associated concepts, deepens their learning through ‘productive failure’
By miranda.prynne, 1 October, 2021

Serious play: building knowledge with Lego bricks

Advice on how LEGO can facilitate learning across many disciplines in higher education
Using Lego blocks to aid brainstorming has migrated from boardrooms into university classrooms. This guide explores how to get the most out of it in your teaching – whether virtual or on campus
By miranda.prynne, 22 September, 2021

A model for developing global expertise in blended learning

Advice on delivering far reaching faculty development training in blended learning
Daniella Bo Ya Hu outlines a framework for building expertise in blended learning using lessons in capacity development, staff incentivisation and leadership learned from an international pilot training programme
University course design and delivery