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Does test anxiety cause poorer performance on exams? Meta-analyses show that students with higher test anxiety tend to perform worse on exams (1). We also know that anxiety can affect cognitive processes through working memory capacity (2). Therefore, the general consensus is that test anxiety inter

Learn how to create an accessible experience with the POUR principles.

Hollywood often features classroom scenes that depict a highly glamorized version of teaching.These scenes are particularly noticeable to Jessamyn ...

Rob Parke shares about a course trailer he made for his making smart devices course on episode 451 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast

It needs a lot of things.

Teaching is about attention — getting students to pay attention to the material, and to engage with new ideas so they can develop new skills and ...

In today’s episode, we talk about not just how students learn but where they learn, how we should think about deadlines, especially in relationship to one’s Learning Management system, where the wo…

Students have immediate access to their work on a smartphone. According to Pew research [1] , 85% of Americans own a smartphone, with that large number increasing to 96% for adults ages 18-29. College students universally own smartphones. Kara Sage in her research on college student use and …

The in-meeting Zoom chat feature allows you to send instant messages to other users within a meeting or a private message to an individual participant. As the host, you can choose who the participa...

Some options for making a shared screen easier to see, from the participant side.

What decisions can you make now to avoid making emergency decisions later?

Group work as a pedagogy has a host of benefits. From a cognitive perspective, the interaction with and evaluation of others’ ideas can help confirm or refine (assimilate) what is understood, chang…

The idea that the space in which you do something, affects the thing you do is the basic premise behind active learning classrooms (ALCs). These are classroom spaces with features meant to promote and amplify the effects of active learning, including moveable furniture that can be reconfigured easily and a

SAN MARCOS, Texas — Live lecture classes are back at most colleges after COVID-19 disruptions, but student engagement often hasn’t returned to ...

I wrote this how-to guide with the immensely helpful counsel and insights from Bex Leon and Robin Fanning, as well as through an online…

In this episode, we discuss how technology helps, hinders, and relates to access, inclusion and belonging. We discuss a culture of collaboration on campus and how technology can be a catalyst for c…

We held a one day student hackathon with 16 students from across a range of faculties and courses focusing on assessment. Seven themes emerged.

SAN MARCOS, Texas — As a digital media course got underway on a recent Wednesday at Texas State University, a trickle of students took their seats in ...

Learners: thank you for being part of this course. On behalf of Online Learning Toolkit and Karen Costa, we are so grateful that you invested your time in le...

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In this video, Karen will walk you through three scenarios that you might encounter in your classroom. As you watch this video, reflect on these questions:Di...