Teaching

Thoughts on getting back to a life of experiences.

Mary Nestor, Millie Tullis and James Butler write that a recent opinion essay presented a distorted view of the possibilities of asynchronous course design.

Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking, Fast and Slow offers critical insights for Learning & Development professionals. The book distinguishes between fast, intuitive thinking (System 1) and slow, a…

Balancing Faculty and Student Workload Maha Bali

Simple videos? The hard part is actually getting the confidence to talk on camera. Check out the whole series! New videos posted every week.E1: 10 Tips Beyo...

The quality that matters most to applicants gets overlooked by school rankings.

Check out this Presentation designed by Monica Swindle.

Vassar, the Alumnae/i Quarterly

Student Feedback: Election and November Support [Opening text explaining the goals of the form, to be tailored to instructor priorities] We are reaching out to invite you to help us create a supportive learning environment in the coming weeks. This week in particular, or perhaps the next severa...

The author of iA Teacher’s Guide to Learning Student Names/i advises instructors on how best to go about it.

The Educationalist. By Alexandra Mihai

Insights from a survey at the University of Colorado Denver

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Part one of a two-part series

Instead of a multiple-choice final, try ending the semester with one last, memorable learning experience.

One of the things I think we don't talk about enough in trauma-informed assessment is that some students never had someone who cared enough about them to…

Edited by Janice Miller-Young and Nancy L. Chick, this collection explores what it looks like to be a SoTL scholar, and how to get there by design.

In this video I explain the destroyer of team work: social loafing and offer 3 simple tips from Psychology on how you can avoid it ruining your experience of working with others. Follow me on Twitter: / dr_paul_penn Visit my website : www.drpaulpenn.comLinkedIn: / paul-penn. References: Ingham, A. G., Levinger, G., Graves, J., & Peckham, V. (1974). The Ringelmann effect: Studies of group size and group performance. Journal of experimental social psychology, 10(4), 371-384. Karau, S. J., & Wilhau, A. J. (2020). Social loafing and motivation gains in groups: An integrative review. Individual motivation within groups, 3-51. Kravitz, D. A., & Martin, B. (1986). Ringelmann rediscovered: The original article. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 50(5), 936–941 Latané, B., Williams, K., & Harkins, S. (1979). Many hands make light the work: The causes and consequences of social loafing. Journal of personality and social psychology, 37(6), 822. Williams, K., Harkins, S. G., & Latané, B. (1981). Identifiability as a deterrant to social loafing: Two cheering experiments. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 40(2), 303. Williams, K. D., & Karau, S. J. (1991). Social loafing and social compensation: The effects of expectations of co-worker performance. Journal of personality and social psychology, 61(4), 570. Fair dealing/use statement: Presenting Psychology produces original videos with free educational content. At times, I may incorporate multimedia from other sources into my videos to help deliver this content. I believe that any such use falls within the provisions of section 28 of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (UK) and the principles of fair use as identified by section 107 of The Copyright Act of 1976. (USA). In particular, I take care to: 1) Use the material in the context of education i.e. in a transformative context. 2) Only use material that has previously been available to the general public. 3) Acknowledge any copyrighted work I include. 4) Use excerpts from copyrighted work of a duration and nature that do not detract from the audience for the copyright holder/s work or their commercial interests. This video contains very short clips taken from the following material, which I claim no ownership of. The Office. Season 5, Episode 9. 'Frame Toby'. Copyright, NBC Universal. South Park. Season 4, Episode 17. 'A Very Crappy Christmas'. Copyright, Comedy Central Shawn of the Dead. Copyright, Universal Pictures and StudioCanal. Deadpool. Copyright, 20th Century Fox BASEketball. Copyright, Universal Pictures Fight Club. Copyright, 20th Century Fox The Simpsons'. Season 9, Episode 22: "Trash of the Titans". Copyright, Matt Groening The Big Lebowski. Copyright, Universal Studios Liar, Liar. Copyright, Universal Pictures Ronald Reagan's farewell address to the nation, delivered on January 11, 1989. No Copyright: Public Domain.

On March 27, 2024 I had the great privilege of giving the opening keynote address at the OER24 Conference, held at Munster Technological University in beautiful Cork, Ireland. The talk was captured…