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Different professors teach differently. If you’re a student with choices in a program, it makes sense to find out what you’re getting.
The annual Student Experience Survey is a litmus test of student engagement, satisfaction and educational quality. But the survey’s categories of study no longer match the post-COVID experience.
Since the pandemic began university decision-making has become more student-centred in response to students’ demands for flexibility.
Prisons seem an unlikely source of outstanding university students, but it is. What’s more, those who have done such study are much less likely to reoffend when they get out.
Artificial intelligence makes it possible to create a highly adaptable, module-based curriculum backed by a system that actively guides students’ choices based on their desired jobs.
Community-run centres in regional and remote Australia are having positive impacts on students who were historically under-represented at university and at high risk of dropping out.
Rather than just blaming the students, educators must consider why course materials are not being read and develop strategies to tackle the problems students face.
People living outside our big cities face many obstacles to going to university, but the innovations during lockdowns have opened a door to permanently improving their access and experience of study.
Digital technology and COVID-19 have transformed the ways universities are delivering courses. But some are taking a minimalist low-cost approach, while others are aiming higher.
Universities can best prepare students by teaching them in ways that reflect the realities of how professionals and the wider community now operate.
Tight funding and COVID-related limits on face-to-face contact have forced academics to find other ways to expose students to the real-life work they are preparing them for.
Even before the pandemic added to their financial stresses, a survey of international students suggests more than 20,000 were renting beds that are available to them for only certain hours.
About two-thirds of Australian universities won’t be offering on-campus lectures in 2021. But that’s not all the pandemic’s fault – it simply accelerated a shift away from the traditional format.
Université de Sherbrooke introduced 10 new outdoor classrooms during COVID-19 and created a guide about outdoor teaching. It will fine-tune outdoor teaching in response to student feedback.
There’s no mystery about how to improve your grades. The same steps apply to all assignments to ensure the work you produce is as good as it can be.
There is no pleasure without pain in the doctoral journey, but with the right frame of mind and supportive supervisors, the joys certainly outweigh the suffering.
The Australian National University is turning to digital proctoring to replace the role of a walking invigilator. But who watches the proctor, what are the risks, and what data will be collected?
Online learning can actually be as effective as when classes are delivered face-to-face. But teachers need training to do this effectively.
The intensive mode offers opportunities to enhance student learning. It also risks exhausting academics and students, and leaving students behind. But careful design can mitigate these risks.
Top contributors
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Deputy Associate Dean (Academic), Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; Associate Professor of Educational Psychology, School of Education, The University of Queensland
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Director of Centre for Postgraduate Studies, Rhodes University & Visiting Research Professor in Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, Rhodes University
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Adjunct Professor, Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education, OISE, University of Toronto
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Dean of Graduate Studies; Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Tourism and Regional Development, CQUniversity Australia
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Alan Morris is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Institute for Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney
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Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Education and Students), University of Technology Sydney
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Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Engagement), The University of Queensland
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Chief Data Officer, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor and Director of Knowledge Lab, UCL
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Associate Professor, Higher Education, Institute of Teaching and Learning Innovation, The University of Queensland
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Dean of Research (Creative), University of South Australia
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Deputy Dean (Research), School of Education & the Arts, CQUniversity Australia
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Deputy Vice-Chancellor Education, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer in Industrial Design, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University
