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Empowering Students to Learn How to Learn: A Student-Centred Approach to Self-Regulated Learning

Helen Harrison explores the importance of self-regulated learning and how using meta-cognitive prompts can assist students to learn more effectively.

Looking on the bright side: could being optimistic be bad for student well-being?

Nicky Stanley-Clarke, Jorie Knook, Amanda Hay & Robbie Maris explain why being optimistic may actually be a barrier to students seeking the help they need while navigating the trials and tribulations of university life.

Six reasons we need relational pedagogies in higher education

Sarah French & Elisa Bone present six compelling reasons that we need relational pedagogies in higher education.

Uncertainty ahead! How educators can prepare students to manage uncertainty

Georgina Stephens describes how we can start to cultivate uncertainty tolerance in the class room and how critical reflection assist in this journey.

Compassion in higher education: A call to arms

Kathryn Waddington and Bryan Bonaparte challenge us to consider the roll of compassion in higher education, while highlighting the need to create compassionate learning environments.
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Reflections in Ink: Capturing a HERDSA 2025 keynote through comic panels

Diana Saragi Turnip reflects on the fantastic keynote presentation from Dr Amanda White OAM at HERDSA 2025, in particular looking at how we can use parasocial relationships to build connections with our students.

Interactive orals at scale: What happened when we tried to draw the owl?

Jason Lodge, Daniel Taylor-Griffiths & Kate Newman document the trials and tribulations of doing interactive orals at scale. Was it worth all the effort? Absolutely!
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Structural practices for improved fully online higher education

Christopher Fisher, Ana Tarakci, Leicha Keate, Chris Walsh discuss structural approaches to improving online education, including the use of universal design for learning (UDL).

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