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‘Press Play’ Isn’t a Teaching Strategy: Why Educators Need New Methods for Video

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Whether a feature film or an instructional video, the ‘80s and ‘90s were a ‘press-play’ culture that expected students to sit still, absorb and retain, while the educator sat in the back grading. That means the instructor can also cut in with a note to pay special attention to some detail or theme in the next section.

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We Need to Distinguish Applied Humanities from Experiential Learning

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Such experiences can help engage and enthuse students to be attentive to related material in the rest of the course, and students who perceive their instructors as more authentic indicate higher levels of learning and understanding (Johnson & LaBelle 2017).

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We Need to Distinguish Applied Humanities from Experiential Learning

Faculty Focus

Such experiences can help engage and enthuse students to be attentive to related material in the rest of the course, and students who perceive their instructors as more authentic indicate higher levels of learning and understanding (Johnson & LaBelle 2017).

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Teachable Moments: Connecting With Students In — and Out — of the Classroom

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It’s often said that teaching and learning doesn’t always take place in the classroom—some of the most important lessons are learned on the playground, in the street, on the job or somewhere else. The same is true for educators, whose teaching philosophies are often shaped by moments that happened when they weren't in front of the classroom.

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