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Issues and priorities arising around academic development, teaching and learning in Higher Education.
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Designing a self-directed course model

Designing a self-directed course model | Higher Education Teaching and Learning | Scoop.it
With increasing numbers of students learning remotely and showing high levels of independence, the ability to offer self-directed courses is more important than ever
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March 19, 2022 1:50 PM
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What role do emotions play in learning?

What role do emotions play in learning? | Higher Education Teaching and Learning | Scoop.it
If educators understand the factors that interplay with emotional states to affect learning, they can work with this to enhance the learning experience. Here are six strategies to manage the role of emotions in learning
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March 17, 2022 12:51 AM
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INCLUSIVE ADDIE: Initial Considerations for DEI Pedagogy

INCLUSIVE ADDIE: Initial Considerations for DEI Pedagogy | Higher Education Teaching and Learning | Scoop.it

The INCLUSIVE ADDIE model was created to extend the popularity of the ADDIE model and support diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in instructional design and course implementation.

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March 15, 2022 12:49 AM
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The Top 10 Myths of Learning

@jasonmlodge from UQ Institute of Teaching and Learning Innovation
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March 9, 2022 1:43 PM
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Lessons from the pandemic on fairer and more caring uni teaching and learning

Lessons from the pandemic on fairer and more caring uni teaching and learning | Higher Education Teaching and Learning | Scoop.it
The switch to online delivery further disadvantaged students from migrant and refugee backgrounds. But a new study also finds many students and staff developed closer and more caring relationships.
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February 17, 2022 6:43 PM
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Short and Sweet: The Educational Benefits of Microlectures and Active Learning

Short and Sweet: The Educational Benefits of Microlectures and Active Learning | Higher Education Teaching and Learning | Scoop.it
The combination of short videos and the techniques of active learning can create rich, engaging educational experiences to maximize learning.
Teaching & Learning Centre - SUSS's curator insight, February 20, 2022 8:17 PM

Microlectures with active learning aspects such as embedding interactive quizzes, seeking written content from students, and incorporating pause-points can help to provide students' engagement and learning performance.

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February 15, 2022 7:04 PM
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Uni fail rate falls by 40% with block model of intensively learning 1 subject at a time

Uni fail rate falls by 40% with block model of intensively learning 1 subject at a time | Higher Education Teaching and Learning | Scoop.it
Students from equity groups gained the most from the block model, but the arrival of the COVID-affected generation will require all universities to pay more attention to teaching and student support.
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January 13, 2022 5:59 PM
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Designing the New Normal: Enable, Engage, Elevate, and Extend Student Learning

Designing the New Normal: Enable, Engage, Elevate, and Extend Student Learning | Higher Education Teaching and Learning | Scoop.it
The pandemic has provided educators with unprecedented opportunities to explore blended learning and identify the practices and approaches that provid
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December 31, 2021 7:25 PM
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A Pedagogy of Kindness

A Pedagogy of Kindness | Higher Education Teaching and Learning | Scoop.it
Kindness is something most of us aspire toward as people, but not something we necessarily think of as central to teaching.
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December 4, 2021 6:49 PM
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What you need to know if you're teaching a student with a disability

What you need to know if you're teaching a student with a disability | Higher Education Teaching and Learning | Scoop.it
Teaching a student with a disability may be one of the most rewarding experiences you will ever have, but it comes with its challenges. If you have a student with a disability in your classroom, here are some things you should be aware of.
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November 29, 2021 1:06 AM
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The Best Advice for New Teachers, in 5 Words or Less

The Best Advice for New Teachers, in 5 Words or Less | Higher Education Teaching and Learning | Scoop.it
We asked experienced educators to share their best tips for new teachers. Here’s what they said.
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November 11, 2021 8:48 PM
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Ph.D. programs should require online teaching courses (opinion)

Ph.D. programs should require online teaching courses (opinion) | Higher Education Teaching and Learning | Scoop.it
The study of teaching and learning, including online instructional methods, must be part of every doctoral program, argue Judith Altschuler Cahn, James R. Stellar and Suzanne Brooks.
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November 4, 2021 5:29 PM
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Students are told not to use Wikipedia for research. But it's a trustworthy source

Students are told not to use Wikipedia for research. But it's a trustworthy source | Higher Education Teaching and Learning | Scoop.it
At a time when it’s increasingly difficult to separate truth from falsehood, Wikipedia is an accessible tool for fact-checking and fighting misinformation.
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March 20, 2022 1:49 PM
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Learning How to Blend Online and Offline Teaching

Learning How to Blend Online and Offline Teaching | Higher Education Teaching and Learning | Scoop.it
In the pandemic many higher ed faculty, forced onto Zoom and other videoconferencing platforms, have continued teaching online just as they always di
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March 19, 2022 12:54 AM
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How Higher Education Is Turning A New Leaf Through An Online Approach

How Higher Education Is Turning A New Leaf Through An Online Approach | Higher Education Teaching and Learning | Scoop.it
The higher education sector today has seen loads of changes. However, the watershed moment came a few years back with the introduction of online learning. Such is the paramount impact of the e-learning option that most people today are embracing at a rapid pace. The huge shift in the scenario has also led to access […]

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March 17, 2022 12:49 AM
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Dismantling Leadership Echo Chambers

Dismantling Leadership Echo Chambers | Higher Education Teaching and Learning | Scoop.it
Although decisions can often be made more easily in echo chambers, leaders should learn how to break out of their comfort zones of agreement in order
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March 11, 2022 12:33 PM
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Prizing university teachers

There’s a lot of talent out there and the more we celebrate great teachers, the more they will grow, prosper and inspire.
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March 7, 2022 3:25 AM
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Constructivism is a theory of learning, not a theory of pedagogy. Neuroscience explains why this is important

Constructivism is a theory of learning, not a theory of pedagogy. Neuroscience explains why this is important | Higher Education Teaching and Learning | Scoop.it
A successful theory of learning does not imply a particular pedagogical approach.
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February 15, 2022 8:28 PM
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Is it active learning?

Is it active learning? | Higher Education Teaching and Learning | Scoop.it
How do we tell whether something students do is really active learning or not? Look back at the definition.
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January 21, 2022 10:50 PM
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Every parent I know is worried about their child’s anxiety. Here’s what 25 years of teaching has shown me

Every parent I know is worried about their child’s anxiety. Here’s what 25 years of teaching has shown me | Higher Education Teaching and Learning | Scoop.it
My years teaching in universities – and my own children – have changed my attitude to the storm of disability our young people face
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January 2, 2022 3:16 PM
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Faculty should study video games to improve their teaching (opinion)

Faculty should study video games to improve their teaching (opinion) | Higher Education Teaching and Learning | Scoop.it
Why have students—many of whom are video-game players—so disliked the virtual learning environments of their colleges and universities? JT Torres asks and suggests some answers.
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December 15, 2021 4:05 PM
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Top teaching tips in 2 minutes – how videos can spread better practices through our unis

Top teaching tips in 2 minutes – how videos can spread better practices through our unis | Higher Education Teaching and Learning | Scoop.it
Teaching News You Can Use is a new online resource to guide and inspire university teachers and, in doing so, help build an academic community that recognises good teaching practice.
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December 1, 2021 2:27 AM
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How Online Learning Changed my Teaching Methods

How Online Learning Changed my Teaching Methods | Higher Education Teaching and Learning | Scoop.it
In this article we share testimonials from our professors about their personal experience with online education.
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Link thanks to @neilmosley5

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November 12, 2021 4:09 AM
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University of Tasmania joins others in ditching face-to-face lectures in favour of online learning

University of Tasmania joins others in ditching face-to-face lectures in favour of online learning | Higher Education Teaching and Learning | Scoop.it
Some universities are choosing not to bring back traditional lectures post COVID. While some students welcome the shift, others say they fear their learning will suffer.
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November 11, 2021 12:12 AM
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UTAS explains why it's moving away from face-to-face lectures

UTAS explains why it's moving away from face-to-face lectures | Higher Education Teaching and Learning | Scoop.it
The University of Tasmania is moving all its lectures online, and some students aren't happy about it.
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