Effective ways to keep students motivated
Dr Nigel Gearing reminds us of a few simple steps to enhance teaching and course design that can help alleviate the phenomenon of student disengagement.
Effective ways to keep students motivated
Case studies in teaching
Filtered by category. Clear the filter to view all.
Filtered by category
Alternative assessment for inclusive teaching
Alternative assessment for inclusive teaching
Discover how Associate Professor Alice Mills (Criminology) is transforming assessments in her large undergraduate courses to better support students with learning impairments.
Constructive Failure story: When ‘hands-off’ becomes too hands-off
Constructive Failure story: When ‘hands-off’ becomes too hands-off
In the latest tale from our Constructive Failure series, we explore a teacher’s experiment with student autonomy, testing the limits of self-directed learning in higher education.
Supporting students’ intrinsic motivation through enabling choice in DANCE 101G assessments
Supporting students’ intrinsic motivation through enabling choice in DANCE 101G assessments
Alys Longley provides choice and authenticity in assessment for DANCE 101 in order to engage students’ intrinsic motivation and interest.
Student choice in Law assignments: quiz design as assessment
Student choice in Law assignments: quiz design as assessment
Jayden Houghton introduced student choice into his Law course assessments through having them create quizzes to support their fellow students.
Student choice in Microbiology assignments
Student choice in Microbiology assignments
In the course, Principles of Microbiology, Dr Kathryn Jones provides students with a choice of essay topics for a writing assignment.
Developing students’ agency by enabling them to design their own patchwork assessment journey
Developing students’ agency by enabling them to design their own patchwork assessment journey
Maxine Lewis has used patchwork assessment to make assessment both more engaging and more inclusive.