Oxford Teaching Ideas

Each Oxford Teaching Idea listed below includes helpful ideas that can be used by teaching staff across the University.

Based on pedagogic principles, each has been designed to be brief, practical, and relevant to different teaching settings and approaches at Oxford, and designed to complement the guidance on remote teaching in different scenarios.

Scan the complete list below, or use the filters to identify the resources you need based on your specific areas of interest.

Activity

An introduction to evaluating your teaching

Steps to take in designing your approach to students’ evaluation data collection

An introduction to writing effective learning outcomes

How to plan your teaching and prioritise what students need to learn

Designing effective reading lists

Questions to consider when preparing reading lists

Designing evaluation questions

Different types of evaluation question design and how they can be used

Designing inclusive lab practicals

Support for designing lab practicals that are inclusive

Engaging students in feedback

How to encourage students to actively engage in feedback on their work

Facilitating tutorial discussions

What to think about when facilitating tutorial discussions

Giving effective feedback

What to think about when composing feedback

Key principles of inclusive teaching

Establishing a learning environment that is inclusive for all students

Key steps for inclusive online teaching

Steps to take that make online teaching inclusive and accessible for all students

Key steps for planning effective tutorials

Aspects of tutorials to consider when planning

Large class teaching

Encouraging student participation for those involved in teaching large classes

Making classes inclusive

Ideas for setting up and structuring inclusive classes

Making feedback inclusive

Strategies to make feedback inclusive for all students

Making lectures inclusive

Inclusive teaching practices that can be used in lectures

Making the most of collections and revision classes

Preparing students for exams using collections and revision

Making tutorials inclusive

Strategies to make tutorials inclusive for all students

Managing tutorial dynamics

Help to promote productive tutorial dynamics during discussions

Methods to evaluate your teaching

Approaches to use to evaluate your teaching

Peer feedback

Help students to understand assessment criteria through peer feedback activities

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