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Remote Learning Begs the Question: Must Lectures Be So Long?

Edsurge

What’s the Use of Lectures? Let’s start with one of education’s most hallowed traditions: the lecture. In his 1971 book “ What’s the Use of Lectures? The author’s work did not discount the fact that there are inspirational teachers whose lectures are so compelling they can hold student attention for hours.

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Hoping to Regain Attention of Students, Professors Pay More Attention to Them

Edsurge

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 abilities. But getting and holding the attention of students has become more difficult since the pandemic, according to many college instructors around the country.

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Effective Strategies for Sustaining Student Attention during PowerPoint Lectures

Faculty Focus

Despite debate and disagreement about how to define and measure attention spans, numerous studies have put student attention spans in approximately the 10-minute range (Bradbury, 2016). Attention is a so-called gateway between information and learning and is compared to a spotlight on a large stage (Keller et al.,

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UDL and Blended Learning: Removing Barriers with Design

Catlin Tucker

lecture, discussion, written responses), there are myriad barriers that may make it hard for students to access information and share their learning effectively. What might make it hard for a student to process information presented verbally in a lecture or mini-lesson? Identify and Remove Barriers.

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Effective Strategies for Sustaining Student Attention during PowerPoint Lectures

Faculty Focus

Despite debate and disagreement about how to define and measure attention spans, numerous studies have put student attention spans in approximately the 10-minute range (Bradbury, 2016). Attention is a so-called gateway between information and learning and is compared to a spotlight on a large stage (Keller et al.,

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Removing Barriers with UDL and Blended Learning

Catlin Tucker

We can indeed cover more ground when we present information in a traditional lecture format, but that doesn’t mean students understand the information. The class may include students with a hearing impairment, auditory processing disorder, or attention deficit disorder.

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Beyond Homework: The Evolution of the Flipped Classroom

Catlin Tucker

” Challenges with Traditional Live Instruction Traditionally, educators disseminate information in real-time, relying on lectures or mini-lessons. Students think about the answer individually, discuss it with a partner, and then share their responses with the class.

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