Book Title: Teach, Design, Thrive
Subtitle: A Handbook for Tertiary Educators
Edited by Antonella Strambi; Claire Aitchison; David Birbeck; Candice Mitchell; and Kirsty Summers
Book Description: Teach, Design, Thrive was created to make good teaching visible, achievable, and hopefully enjoyable, by providing you with tips, tricks, and strategies that are grounded in research and best practice.Starting with the day-to-day demands of teaching, the first part - titled 'Teach' - covers the ‘what’ and the ‘how’ of teaching – the immediate, practical aspects you may face in your everyday practice. In the "Design" part, we explore the ‘why’ and the ‘so what’ – the big-picture thinking that informs practice and on which effective education and learning design are built.
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Our goal with Teach, Design, Thrive is to make good teaching visible, achievable, and hopefully enjoyable, by providing you with tips, tricks, and strategies that are grounded in research and best practice. In each chapter, you’ll find practical advice and activities that you can apply directly to your teaching context, making this OER a valuable handbook for success in your work as tertiary educator.
We invite you to access the chapters in any order that suits your needs, as each chapter is a self-contained, concise and focused introduction to a specific topic, with information organized into manageable chunks. Links between chapters are highlighted, when relevant, but you are also welcome to navigate the OER as you see fit, using the side menu. We hope that this will make it easy to find the information that you need, when you need it, so that you can tailor your learning journey to your unique interests and requirements.
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Teach, Design, Thrive Copyright © 2026 by The authors is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
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Higher education, tertiary education
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Recommended citation: Strambi, A., Aitchison, C., Birbeck, D, Mitchell, C, and Summers, K. (Eds.) (2025). Teach, Design, Thrive: A Handbook for Tertiary Educators. Adelaide University. https://adelaideuniversity.pressbooks.pub/teachdesignthrive/
Recommended attribution: Teach, Design, Thrive: A Handbook for Tertiary Educators edited by Antonella Strambi, Claire Aitchison, David Birbeck, Candice Mitchell, and Kirsty Summers is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial 4.0 Licence by Adelaide University.