Don’t Ignore Your Moral Intuition About Phones - Cal Newport
In a recent New Yorker review of Matt Richtel’s new book, How We Grow Up, Molly Fischer effectively summarizes the current debate about the impact phones and social media are ... Read more
Digital Hospitality: Designing Clutter-Free Spaces for Student Flourishing - Online Learning Consortium
Over ten years ago, my wife came across a book that changed our lives. We were preparing to start a family and were reading, discussing, and exploring different ideas about the kind of home and family we hoped to create. During that season, my wife read Organized Simplicity: The Clutter-Free Approach to Intentional Living by […]
May Contain Lies: Stories, Stats, and Bias, with Alex Edmans – Teaching in Higher Ed
Alex Edmans shares about his book, May Contain Lies: How Stories, Statistics, and Studies Exploit Our Biases and What We Can Do About It on episode 574 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast
In-Class Polling for Student Engagement — UVA Teaching Hub
Instead of asking our students "Any questions?" and hoping for a response, we can use polling technologies to enable and invite all of our students to share their questions and respond to ours. The resources in this collection will help you use these technologies intentionally for student learning.
Beyond Hand Raising: Rethinking Class Participation - The K. Patricia Cross Academy
Class participation has long been a hallmark of higher education, often used to assess student engagement and learning. However, traditional participation grading—primarily measuring how often students speak in class and assigning a point value to it—fails to capture the full spectrum of meaningful contributions made by learners.
Advancing Meaningful Learning in the Age of AI – Artificial Intelligence Tools – Faculty Support | Oregon State Ecampus
A principles-based approach in deciding if and how to incorporate artificial intelligence tools into course development, research and other work projects.
This week kicks off the series by exploring why critical reflection is essential for growth, perspective, and intentional decision-making in the classroom.
EduTip 30: Do something after formative assessments.
Sponsored by Studyo . Watch a video version of this tip on Instagram. Formative assessments are those smaller checks for understanding that we do throughout a unit of instruction. For example, if I’m teaching a three-week unit on a particular topic with a final test at the end, I might include two or three smaller …
From Class to Community: Centering Trust in Learning Spaces — UVA Teaching Hub
A collaborative classroom doesn’t happen by accident; it's created by design. Use these tools to lower resistance, foster trust, and help students learn with one another rather than just from you.
White boards for retrieval practice are engaging and effective for learning, providing flexibility for question prompts and student responses. Read tips by cognitive scientist Dr. Janell Blunt and make this a no-prep strategy for your classroom.