Higher Education Teaching and Learning

“Do adults learn differently?” This has been a fundamental question that I have been asked time and time again. Much of what we know about learning and memory comes from research on students To generalize from these studies to someone mid-career… is that reasonable?

A blog about educational research Hattie and visible learning.
Critique of Visible Learning

Everyone who sings – from young students to passionate amateurs – should be taking care of their voice.

Three out of four of our survey participants were concerned about high workloads, and nearly two-thirds about investment in staff development.

A concise guide to students as partners in higher education, including definitions, best practices, emerging questions for research, and key scholarship.

The YouTube sensation and Ultimate Classroom presenter admits he was a “real latecomer to mathematics. I was always slow, always behind the eight ball.”

The lecture is 800 years old (Lecture). Teachers questioning students is millenia-old. Yet these staples of instructional practice in K-12 and higher education, while criticized--often severely by pedagogical reformers--are alive and well in charter schools, regular public schools, and elite universities. Are these ways of teaching simply instances of traditional practices that stick like flypaper because they…

University lecturers have taken to social media to share their frustration at how lecturing nearly-empty halls has become their new normal.

Infographics can make complex topics accessible in education, but they're often simple to a fault. We take a look at Bloom, Dale and Maslow's limitations.

The use of constrained choice activities in higher education classrooms can improve students’ critical thinking and real-world decision-making skills.

World-renowned education researcher John Hattie speaks to Tes ahead of the publication of his new book, Visible Learning: the Sequel, about his vision for expert teaching - and how teachers can improve their practice

Governor Ron DeSantis’s anti-critical-race-theory legislation is already changing how professors in Florida teach.

The benefits of storytelling in teaching and learning are well established — and digital tools can help make stories more interactive, boost engagement, and convey ideas more effectively. Here's how to make the most of technology and sidestep common mistakes in the use of storytelling for learning.

Using examples skillfully and appropriately to illustrate complex ideas and procedures is integral to great teaching, no matter what discipline we're talking about. In math, examples help to demystify the steps that mathematicians take to solve problems. In foreign language class, examples help to bring permanence to sentence constructions that are slippery and transient if…

This section provides insights and information about the course from the instructors.

As we start a new fall semester, instructors should keep in mind that today’s students come from a vast array of backgrounds and still have pandemic-related stress.

Tough feedback can shake our confidence. But there are healthy, helpful ways to process it. And yes, venting is one of them!

The doctoral programs that prepare faculty for their positions often fail to train them on effective teaching practices. We owe it to our students to provide faculty with the professional development they need to help learners realize their full potential.

In a recent survey, nearly all higher education chief online officers expected online learning of some kind to be a part of the typical student experience within the next three years. While survey respondents did not necessarily agree on how much online would become the norm, it's clear that hybrid models are favored to dominate instruction by 2025.