Using broadcast media, such as film, television and radio programmes, in teaching gives new options for classroom and online content. Used as an example or discussion point, short clips can engage students by generating debate and by varying teaching formats,…
Month: May 2015
10 stages to writing an effective assignment brief
The Assignment Brief Communication resource consists of guidelines for lecturers on how to ensure that assignment briefs are clear and coherent and address the appropriate learning outcomes of a module or course. The guidelines were developed by Oxford Brookes University…
Let’s ban PowerPoint in lectures – it makes students more stupid and professors more boring
Any university teacher who does not harbour a painful recollection of a failed lecture is a liar. On one such occasion, I felt early on that I had lost the students entirely: those who hadn’t sunk into comatose oblivion were…