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Course design and delivery How to design in-person, hybrid and online courses that maximise student engagement, inclusion and learning. Here, you can find advice on instructional design including lesson planning, creation and organisation of educational materials and effective use of digital technologies; as well as teaching methods and styles to help you achieve specific learning outcomes.
Copyright © 2025 THE - Times Higher Education. All rights reserved. Strategies for scaling up quality online courses in higher education
As remote and blended learning models look set to remain in place , universities need to consider how to scale online courses while maintaining quality . Michael …
THE Digital Transformation Forum : Reimagining higher education teaching and learning
Four academics offer practical advice on different aspects of online teaching and learning based on lessons from the rapid pivot to remote courses triggered by Covid - 19
A guide to effective digital course design and delivery from four online teaching experts
Chrysi Rapanta consolidates the knowledge of four online teaching experts to produce guidance on what pedagogical content knowledge faculty need in order to develop …
Making online content relevant and fun for Gen Z students
Relating your online teaching content to real - world interests and issues affecting your students is a great way to win and keep their attention . Tina Joshi explains how she does …
Top online teaching tip : ask your students questions
Asking students questions during online classes provides insight into what they understand and where they need support . David Martin explains how to do this …
Make virtual learning fun : using ‘ break in ’ rooms in online teaching
Creating fun , game - like activities as part of your online classes can aid learning , student engagement and collaboration . Shonagh Douglas explains how she …
Soft skills : how to promote student collaboration in online environments
Online collaboration is not an innate skill for most students but something that instructors must cultivate . Hugh McFaul explains how he did this through careful design of …
Optimise your synchronous online classes
Teaching online requires adaptations to in - person teaching , whatever your level of experience . Jesper Hansen explains what key changes he has made to his teaching …
Three questions to ask before using a new digital resource
What should educators consider before adopting a new digital resource to support their online teaching ? Michael Windelspecht outlines three key questions to ask
Instructor presence : How to engage students through building an authentic ‘ voice ’
Lessons in how to use an authentic instructor voice to keep students engaged when teaching remotely , from Shannon McCarty of National University
Efficient and effective assessment of written work remotely
Hear about some tried and tested methods for effective assessment of written work when teaching online from Sara Clarke and Katy Dumelle of Oregon State University
Using an adaptive active model to promote student success
Susan Holecheck explains why flipping the traditional classroom teaching model with an adaptive active learning approach has proven so effective at Arizona State …
Designing with quality and engagement at the forefront
Online learning expert Angela Gunder offers advice on how to design digital courses with a focus on quality and engagement
Ask the experts : Evidence - based practices in online teaching and learning
Find out about using evidence - based practices in online teaching and learning in this Q & A with Ryan Luke , programme director for adaptive learning at the …
Ask the experts : Evidence - based practices in digital learning
Learn about how and why to apply evidence - based practices to digital learning in this Q & A with Nina Araujo , instructional designer at Northeastern University
Expert Q & A : Designing online classes
Brandon Karcher , instructional technology manager at Bucknell University , and Douglas Wilson , instructional designer at Dallas College , answer fellow academics ’ …
Expert Q & A : Active learning – engage learners across modalities
Peter van Leusen , director of adaptive and personalised learning at Arizona State University answers questions on how to engage students when teaching across …
Building an effective home studio for remote teaching
Recording classes well from home can be a challenge but by getting the basics right you can create a simple studio set up which will support effective online teaching . Here , Sean …
How to communicate your online teaching structure to students – and why it matters
It is important to explain your online teaching plan to students at the start of the course , so they know what to expect . Here , Dawn Gilmore explains why and how to do …
Chunking lectures – it ’ s a no brainer
Students respond much better to manageable packages of information . Here Paul Moss explains why and how to go about ‘ chunking ’ online lectures to get the best …
How to build outstanding pedagogy for teaching via Zoom
Too many educators still view online as a second - rate form of teaching , but it does not have to be . In this video , Stephen Hersh offers advice on how to offer first - class …
How to design an online course centred around interactive learning
Interactive learning is an effective way to keep remote students engaged with online courses . Sara Wolfson offers four tips on how to design classes with a strong focus …
The power of peer to peer : how and why to encourage your students to learn from each other
Peer - to - peer learning brings major benefits for students and instructors . Here , Zachary Walker explains how to encourage your students to learn from each other and …
How to support staff across all departments to design quality online courses
The sudden shift to online forced university staff to rethink and redesign classes often with little experience or knowledge of remote teaching . Helen Carmichael …
Establishing a robust quality framework for online education
How can universities monitor and guarantee the quality of their online courses ? Here Geo Laws talks about how establish a robust quality framework for online teaching
Tackling ‘ fake news ’ in online education
Higher education remains awash with claims and theories that are backed by little evidence . Here , Celia Popovic and Fiona Smart debunk some of the more …
In defence of old - school teaching during a worldwide crisis
The rapid move to online teaching risks lecturers becoming over reliant on technology and steadily disappearing from their own courses . Here Glenn Geher …
How I fostered multilingual student discussion in asynchronous online classes
Ioannis Gaitanidis explains how designed his asynchronous online teaching to foster the same level of spontaneous student discussion as his in - person classes
Transform engagement : Interaction and online course design
Advice on designing online courses with lots of interactive elements to boost engagement from Michele Hampton , professor at Cuyahoga Community College
Think - pair - share : how to structure online classes
When students discuss ideas and learn from one another , they absorb far more , which is the rationale behind the think - pair - share teaching model . Here Jos é Guzman explains …
Top five strategies for integrating active learning into virtual classes
It is all too easy for remote learning to become a passive experience for students , sitting on their own at home . Here Steven Mintz outlines some strategies for ensuring …
Lessons from navigating the digital pivot
Having reopened for a new academic year , universities are now looking ahead to how they can deliver the best possible online teaching for the longer term . Here , …
How to reach remote students with limited access to technology
Angela Owusu - Ansah of Ashesi University in Ghana explains how her institution has tackled this problem to ensure all students can access teaching online
How to use online tools to offer more personalised teaching
There is no one - size - fits - all model for effective online teaching . Rupert Ward offers advice on selecting tools to promote personalised teaching and to encourage …
Ask the experts : What faculty need to know when designing online courses
Find out what faculty need to know when moving their courses online in this Q & A with Kayla Jutzi , instructional designer at Tulane University
Affecting connecting : High instructor presence through videos
Liza Hita shares important lessons on using videos as a way of boosting instructor presence when teaching online
How to create an engaging online experience using Microsoft Teams
Learn how to use Microsoft Teams to offer students an engaging online learning experience with David Kellerman , senior lecturer at UNSW
Expert Q & A : Course design with strong pedagogy
Sophia Strickfaden , eLearning technologist for Colorado Colleges Online , talks through how to design online courses with strong pedagogy
Balancing the needs of students , faculty and institutions when designing online courses
Students , faculty members and institutions all have different goals from their teaching and learning programmes . Thomas Cavanagh explains how to …
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