Jay Howard’s new book, Discussion in the College Classroom (a book that is well worth your time), lays out the research showing that cold calling on students is one of the best ways to get past their “civil attention.” It’s clear to me that once
This assignment gets students thinking about and revealing questions and issues of importance to them.
Students in a general psychology course completed weekly surveys on various aspects of the class. They reported their attendance, and if they used laptops during class for things other than note taking (like checking email, instant messaging, surfing the net, playing games). They also rated
Integrating flipping strategies into your classroom promotes student engagement, challenges students to address higher levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy, and increases student success and learning.
Blended design provides the synergistic combination of online and face-to-face (F2F) teaching. As educational technology continues to improve the possibilities for blended course design multiply.
Small group learning is learning expressly designed for and carried out in pairs or a small, interactive group. Why should we use small group learning in the college setting? Small group learning provides a practical rationale. Most of us have seen the surveys of employers
Interest in virtual reality (VR) has exploded over the past year, with news agencies, sports teams, and gaming companies creating VR content. But its adoption in education has been hampered by confusion between two different meanings of the term. When VR first emerged a number
There’s more to the flip than just telling students to complete the work before class and then turning them loose when they arrive in the classroom.
Chaos will emerge. Students will get frustrated. You will get overwhelmed. Learning will not happen.
It’s a simple lesson:
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