I didn’t always offer full-throated endorsements of audiobooks in my literature courses. Maybe that’s because I’m not really an audiobook person. Call me old-fashioned, but I’ve always preferred to engage in real reading than outsource the job to some random celebrity voice actor.
If we’re to believe the conversations around higher education’s proverbial water cooler, our students are coming to us with poorly developed reading skills and are less prepared and willing to tackle college-level reading assignments than perhaps ever before. The Chronicle of Higher Education has published
It’s always disheartening to peek at a student’s notes after class and discover how far they are from capturing what was covered. This is partly due to students’ trying to capture everything said, like a scribe. Students should instead take “deep notes” that summarize the
It happens every time. Months ahead of the event, I sign up to attend a teaching conference and essentially commit to spending three days (sometimes more with travel) away from home. Then the semester starts, and I get caught up in the whack-a-mole that is
In an ever-changing academic environment, instructors are constantly seeking innovative ways to engage our students and prepare them for success, both in our courses and beyond. How can we increase the likelihood that our class material translates into skills that students will use later in
While much of academia is focused on how to prevent students from using generative AI (GenAI) in their work, what if this tool can be used to help students with their writing in ways that prepare them for writing after college? Instructors can teach this
One of the courses I am teaching this semester is a senior-level course titled Autonomic Nervous System Regulation. In this class, we examine the autonomic nervous system (ANS), which is the part of our nervous system that governs involuntary physiological processes, such as our heart
Simple and inexpensive software has made it easy for students and teachers to create video and audio for learning content and projects. But this still leaves many students and teachers struggling with the stylistic elements that make multimedia interesting and engaging. In particular, it is
Are you still lecturing? If so, you are like most faculty. The lecture continues to be the most used teaching approach. Although the lecture has often got a bad reputation for not being active enough, you may be pleased to know that a substantial body
Do people learn in the same way or different ways? According to cognitive science, the answer is the former. There are general principles of learning that apply to everyone, such as the importance of attention and the value of good learning strategies like spacing and
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