Teaching and Learning Centre

Teaching and learning cultures in higher education

‘I’ve noticed a strong culture of problem-based education in this department, whereas at my previous university, teaching was mostly lecture-based.’

Fostering inclusion through transnational continuing education – Trainers’ perspectives

Remembering to Remember: The Importance of Memory

In an era where technology seems to have taken over the task of remembering everything we need to know, the role of memory and memorisation in education has come under scrutiny.

Pedagogical reflections on teaching sustainability

As researchers and educators, we have been discussing and pondering our role in promoting sustainability. While sustainability has received widespread attention it is defined, interpreted and implemented in various ways. Despite the urgency of a planetary crisis, sustainability is still often considered something distant from the core content of our teaching. In many disciplines, curricula hardly include sustainability issues.

Using examples to reduce sedentary time during online teaching

Teaching in a classroom involves a certain amount of movement almost by default. I tend to prowl around the front of the room or wander among the students when I ask them to discuss in groups. Most of the time is spent on my feet. Breaktime brings a reversal in roles whereby I sit down to rest and the students get up to get some air, stretch or go get a coffee.

Let’s start with something silly! The use of icebreaker questions in synchronous online education

At this point, all teachers have been there: an online lesson starting and all you see in front of you is just a grid of black squares with names on them: no video, no pictures, no sounds – if even names, sometimes just “iPhone” text. How can you engage the students from the get-go?