All Episodes

Interactive oral examinations

Mindfulness and how we can use it for student learning

Encouraging students to take risks and experiment

Integrating AI into our lectures, tutorials, and overall learning activities

Supporting Neurodivergence in the Classroom (Part II)

Supporting neurodiversity in the classroom

Breaking down journalistic stereotypes of the courtroom

‘Using storytelling and classical literature to help problem solving’

Improving student engagement, satisfaction and learning via an AI based educational tool called RiPPLE

The benefits of seeking in-class feedback from students

Indigenizing the Curriculum

Being accessible and approachable to students

The dos and don’ts of learning design

‘Teaching as Theatre': Engaging in trauma as a form of learning

‘“Show your working”: Using AI as part of student learning’

'Apply first, explain later': using a photo treasure hunt to draw out core academic concepts for student learning

Using film documentary making for student learning and assessment

Preparing students for the cognitive and emotional uncertainties they will face in their future professions

What can generative AI bring to our classroom?

Catering for students who are struggling or are at the risk of failing

Using board games, digital escape rooms, and online scenario games in your classroom

The dos and don’ts of PowerPoint presentations

Helping students learn through cohort building and a strong sense of belonging

Learning across cultures

Integrating regular practical, self-experiential, and collaborative spaces (‘MediaLabs’) into your courses to deepen student learning

Learning through ‘trench warfare’ and wicked problems: Students as proper consultants with real world business clients

Reassuring students, reducing uncertainty, and building student confidence and competence

The iron law of teaching: Bringing a buzz and energy into the lecture room

Make yourself uncomfortable: How making the familiar strange helps students learn

Higher Ed Heroes: The zen of presentation design and delivery (with Garr Reynolds)

Higher Ed Heroes: How can we make those difficult or unpopular topics accessible and fun learning for students?

Higher Ed Heroes: Entering the lecture room for the first time

Weekly journal writing to help student reflection, build trusting relations and create nourishing environments

Higher Ed Heroes: '20 Minute Moments': Opening up your class to place key lessons

Higher Ed Heroes: What factors have the biggest impact on student learning? With John Hattie

Higher Ed Heroes: 'Escape Box' exercise and learning through team work

Higher Ed Heroes: 'Me in a Minute' Video

Higher Ed Heroes: The centrality of role plays in student learning

Higher Ed Heroes: Talking to tutors about being an effective teacher

Higher Ed Heroes: Techniques to make students read

HigherEd Heroes - Different ways of using simulations and role plays

HigherEd Heroes - How to grab and hold the attention of students in large first year lectures

Higherd Heroes - Scrapping Exams and making students learn through solving practical, real-world problems

HigherEd Heroes - How to make students learn through researching the impact of real world problems

HigherEd Heroes - Blake McKimmie on how to redesign your courses around the way students learn

HigherEd Heroes - Jacqui Bond on how to engage with the emotional aspect of learning

HigherEd Heroes - James Arvanitakis on learning as a journey and the classroom as both a safe space and a brave space

HigherEd Heroes - Kicking off the new season

HigherEd Heroes - How students learn through pitching their ideas for a public exhibition on the subject they are studying

HigherEd Heroes - How to use scavenger hunts and have students use their own bodies as empirical devices for learning

HigherEd Heroes - How to use non-traditional forms of participation in the classroom

HigherEd Heroes - How to take students out of the classroom and expose them to different forms of learning

HigherEd Heroes - On the merit and value of the old style lecture

HigherEd Heroes - How to really involve practitioners in the classroom

HigherEd Heroes - How to involve students in the (re)design of your courses

HigherEd Heroes - How to use Lego as a teaching tool in your uni classroom

HigherEd Heroes - How to place students in the driving seat during your lectures

HigherEd Heroes - How to use simulations and practical scenarios in your classroom

HigherEd Heroes - Yay, we're live! But what's this all about?