This flexible online programme from Advance HE is designed for university staff who are new to teaching in higher education or want to build confidence in today’s dynamic learning environments. You’ll gain a strong foundation in inclusive, evidence-informed teaching practice while exploring current digital pedagogies and tools that help you support and engage students effectively, wherever and however they’re learning.
The programme is underpinned by Advance HE’s 2023 Professional Standards Framework and has been designed to nurture and develop contemporary professional learning, with a particular focus on the basics of effective teaching practice.
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What to expect
New to Teaching is a six-week, fully online learning experience that blends live interactive sessions, flexible self-directed activities, and practical reflection. You’ll participate in individual, collaborative, and whole-cohort learning opportunities - all designed to help you grow as a confident, reflective educator.
Facilitated by a highly experienced team, the programme models approaches and activities which can be taken into HE teaching, positioning the participant as a learner and inviting them to reflect critically on the experiences in order to enhance their own teaching practices.
- Duration: 6 weeks
- Time commitment: approx. 4 hours per week
- 2.5- hour weekly live session
- 1- 2 hours of directed study and reflection
- Format: 100% online with access to session recordings and resources for one month post-course
Programme at a glance
New to Teaching focuses on critical areas of practice for effectively engaging students, with the thread of technology-enhanced learning and teaching running throughout the programme.
Week 1: Introduction to Learning and Teaching & Building Communities of Learners
Understand your teaching context and how to foster a sense of belonging in students, 21st century students’ motivations and approaches to learning and how AI can support learning.
Week 2: Planning Effective and Inclusive Learning Experiences
Discover how to design effective learning journeys, employ high-impact teaching practices and utilise AI to enhance your teaching.
Week 3: Inclusive Teaching Practice
Learn how to make learning content and learning environments accessible and engaging for all students and share digital technologies which support diverse student needs.
Week 4: Future-facing and Inclusive Assessment
Identify what effective, flexible, authentic assessment looks like, explore how to develop assessment that supports and promotes opportunities for learning and discuss strategies to encourage academic integrity in the digital age.
Week 5: Delivering Meaningful and Actionable Feedback
Explore strategies to develop students’ assessment literacy and engagement with feedback, learn how to create meaningful rubrics and practice strategies that ensure students engage with your feedback.
Week 6: Microteaching
Put it all into practice—design and deliver a short online teaching session with peer feedback and plan your new steps in professional development.
What you'll gain
By the end of the programme, you will:
- Understand key principles of learning design and student engagement
- Use digital platforms and tools confidently in higher education contexts
- Experience learning through online tools from the student perspective
- Develop critical reflection skills to improve your teaching practice
- Share and adopt best practices across institutional boundaries
Who should join?
Whether you're:
- in your first higher education teaching position
- transitioning to a new mode of delivery
- looking for structured support on using digital technologies to support learning and teaching
New to Teaching will give you the foundation, tools, and confidence to succeed.
A seamless experience
This course is designed to offer a flexible and engaging learning experience, delivered entirely through our Moodle platform - Digital Learn. Each module includes everything you need to succeed, from interactive activities to essential resources all in one easy-to-navigate platform.
Through Digital Learn you will be able to access:
- Live session activities with direct access to Zoom links where you can attend your sessions online.
- Self-directed learning tasks to deepen your understanding at your own pace.
You will also benefit from:
- Discussion forums for sharing insights and reflections with peers
- An online glossary to help you understand key terms as you go
- Seamless access to all course materials and Zoom links in one place
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