TED Talks captivate us because their speakers apply fundamental principles of communication that are lost on 99 percent of speakers. Because teaching is fundamentally about
Faculty often assume that their digital millennial students will take to any classroom technology like a fish to water. But these faculty are often surprised
Children learn language not by being given a list of words to memorize and practice, but by simply absorbing language from their environment by listening
Last month, I talked about the benefits of providing voice feedback to students. Screencasting takes these benefits one step further by adding a visual element
The Pecha Kucha presentation style is gaining interest in education. It requires that a speaker use 20 images, each lasting 20 seconds, to deliver a
Numerous studies have demonstrated the benefits of providing voice feedback on student work. Phil Ice did one of the first studies of voice feedback, comparing
“Good job”
“Vague”
“Grammar”
Do they look familiar? Students are used to getting the bulk of their feedback as these sorts of “margin comments” running
One of the best ways to build rapport with students is through a video welcome or bio. Videos capture our attention. Videos also humanize us
Social media fundamentally transformed the web by making everyone a content producer. But this move from web 1.0 to 2.0 also exploded the number of
Group activities are an excellent way to improve student learning in an online course. But they invariably raise the free-rider problem—the student who does not
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