Hot off the presses! This week I’m telling you about a new study that came out just last month which investigates how we could take generative activities like elaboration and give them the additional benefits of retrieval practice.
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Moving Towards Online Teaching: A Reflection
With online teaching becoming a reality for many educational institutions in the coming semester/year due to COVID-19, the questions are what the key challenges in education will be and how to overcome them. An obvious challenge is the transformation of teaching material and delivery to accommodate the online format. However, in today’s post I’d like to highlight three additional challenges…
Multitasking and Selective Attention
When people say they are multitasking, i.e. doing more than one task at the same time, what is really happening is that they are rapidly switching between tasks. When we engage in task switching, several things have to happen.
Warming up the Room: Icebreakers and Cold-Calling to Increase Partcipation
As school is starting this fall, teachers and students are participating in a time honored first day of class ritual: the awkward icebreaker. While students might think they’re a bit cheesy, icebreakers serve several very important roles in class and are an excellent way to start a class.
Online Learning: Tips for Students and Parents
Learning online presents different challenges for students than learning face-to-face in a classroom….Here are some tips for students, and parents of students, on how to get the most out of online learning.
Tips for Returning To School: An Interview with Dr Flávia Belham
In today’s blog post, Carolina interviews Dr Flávia Belham from Seneca Learning and discusses resources for teachers to support a smooth return to school after a challenging time requiring rethinking teaching due to COVID-19.