Covid, two years on: what has higher education learned?

By dene.mullen, 10 March, 2022
Two years into the pandemic
Advice and resources on the lasting lessons gleaned from 24 months of disruption and discovery
Covid, two years on: what has higher education learned?
Advice and resources on the lasting lessons gleaned from 24 months of disruption and discovery
Two years into the pandemic, lessons learned for higher ed

As the year 2020 rolled into view, few of us could have predicted the impact of the nascent pandemic on both higher education and the world at large. The pivot online disrupted every corner of the sector, with students and staff alike having to adapt on the fly to a new way of doing things. From the importance of building trust and effective online course design to long-term changes to physical and digital estates, this collection offers up tips and thought on which elements of Covid-era HE are worth holding onto and how it has impacted the sector forever.

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Workforce skills at university
Mental health and well-being
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Taking online learning worldwide and scaling up
By miranda.prynne, 8 January, 2021

Tech tools to help enhance online and blended learning

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Selecting digital tools that support your pedagogy and teaching strategies
With thousands of educational apps all promising to enhance online learning, choosing the right technology is a challenge. Miral Gibson explains why how pedagogy and teaching strategies should inform these decisions
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By dene.mullen, 19 April, 2021

The campus is dead, long live the campus

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The campus of the future will need to take into account the likely use of hyflex pedagogy
Potential post-Covid changes to campus design will slide along a spectrum from optimising space to rethinking academic structures, says Jay Deshmukh
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World flags
By miranda.prynne, 8 February, 2021

Safely teaching foreign students facing censorship

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Considerations for safely teaching remote students studying in countries with strict press controls
Foreign students studying online in their home countries may be subject to strict press controls, so educators must carefully consider their course content and discussion points, Pavin Chachavalpongpun explains
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