NTLSN · Crash Courses

The commons, distilled.

Short, self-paced paths for busy academics. Each crash course is a few lessons and a self-check — and each one stitches together the videos, resources, frameworks and communities of practice the commons already holds, so you don't have to go hunting. Twenty-five courses, grouped by theme.

Teaching craft & delivery

The moves that make a class work — online, in a lecture, a tutorial, or a hall of 300.

OnlineTeaching OnlineYour first weeks teaching online — presence, engagement, feedback, hybrid.Start →LecturingLecturing & PresentingExplain, signal, pause — a lecture isn't reading slides aloud.Start →Small groupsTutorials & Small-Group TeachingMake them think out loud — facilitate, don't fill the silence.Start →At scaleLarge-Class TeachingActive and personal at scale — a design problem with solutions.Start →Higher-orderTeaching Critical ThinkingNot caught, taught — make reasoning visible and practise it.Start →TechnologyTeaching with TechnologyPedagogy first: pick the tool for the task, not the reverse.Start →

Course design & assessment

Designing what students learn, and assessing it fairly and with integrity.

CurriculumDesigning Your CourseBackwards from outcomes: alignment, sequence, activity.Start →AssessmentAuthentic AssessmentAssessment that's worth doing and hard to fake.Start →FeedbackFeedback That WorksMake feedback land: dialogic, feed-forward, sustainable.Start →MarkingMarking & ModerationA grade that means the same no matter who marks it.Start →IntegrityAcademic IntegrityA culture you build, not a tool you buy — for the AI age.Start →

Students, inclusion & wellbeing

Designing for who's actually in the room — and helping them belong and stay.

First yearFirst-Year Success & BelongingDesign the first weeks: transition pedagogy that keeps students.Start →InclusionInclusive & Accessible TeachingUDL, accessible materials, belonging — better for everyone.Start →Global cohortsInternationalisationDiverse cohorts as an asset to design for, not a deficit.Start →WellbeingSupporting Student WellbeingNotice, normalise, refer — wellbeing within your role as a teacher.Start →WILWork-Integrated LearningPlacements that actually teach: design, partnerships, reflection.Start →

Growing as a scholarly teacher

Turning practice into expertise — and into scholarship the sector can build on.

Scholarly teachingReflective Practice & SoTLTurn experience into expertise, and teaching into scholarship.Start →SupervisionResearch SupervisionThe most individual teaching you'll do: expectations, structure, completion.Start →Peer reviewPeer Observation of TeachingA gift, not a judgement — developmental peer review done well.Start →

AI & code for academics

Using AI and agentic tools well, safely and with integrity — including Claude Code. NTLSN is independent of all AI vendors.

GenAIGenerative AITeaching and assessing in the age of generative AI.Start →AI skillsPrompting for AcademicsA good prompt is a good brief: role, task, context, verify.Start →Claude CodeClaude Code for AcademicsAgentic AI for data, tools and admin — no programming required.Start →ResearchAI-Assisted Research & WritingA brilliant drafting partner and a confident liar — use with integrity.Start →BuildBuild Your Own Teaching ToolsEvery NTLSN tool is just HTML — build one with AI, no developer needed.Start →Use with careAI for Marking & FeedbackPrepare, don't grade — the safe, ethical line, with student-data caveats.Start →
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