Chunking your class – lessons we learnt from observing other lecturers
byIn week 4, lecturers across the University opened the doors to their classrooms and invited colleagues in to observe how they engage their students….
Teaching research
Call for Papers: Special STEAM issue of IJISME
byThe International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education is pleased to announce a special issue on the “STEAM classroom” of the future….
Authentic assessment: What is it?
byThe new University Learning and Teaching Policy, 2015 requires us to have authentic assessments in our courses. But what is an authentic assessment, and…
Effective Lecturing: Encouraging Students to Take Notes
byThere are lots of benefits in taking notes during lectures.Before slides and handouts, students used to spend the majority of the class trying to…
53 Powerful Ideas All Teachers Should Know About – Configuring Exams
byIn Idea 10 of Graham Gibbs’ blog, he discusses the ideathat “Students’ marks are often determined as much by the way assessment is configured…
Small changes in teaching: Spacing out learning
byIn a series of articles inThe Chroniclefrom his book “Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons From the Science of Learning“,James M. Lang presents simple and practical…
Small changes in teaching: Giving them a say
byIn a series of articles inThe Chroniclefrom his book “Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons From the Science of Learning“,James M. Lang presents simple and practical…
HERDSA 2016: Best paper prize
byDr Kate Thomson (Faculty of Health Sciences),Dr Jen Scott Curwood (Faculty of Education and Social Work) and Associate Professor Martin Tomitsch (Faculty of Architecture,…
Small changes in teaching: making connections
byIn a series of articles inThe Chroniclefrom his book “Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons From the Science of Learning“,James M. Lang presents simple and practical…
53 Powerful Ideas All Teachers Should Know About
byThe pick this month fromGraham Gibbs’ blog is Idea 33 – that ‘motivating students is not magic‘. The end of a long semester seems…