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

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Given that YouTube continues to be chocked full of educational videos that are often accessible and custom-captioned, perhaps we don’t have to reinvent the wheel or become DIY videographers to find an approach to video-based learning that matches our teaching philosophy?

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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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Transforming Adult Students into Scholars

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A dozen or so students are gathered virtually in a Zoom room, inhaling and exhaling and summoning their attention for a brisk lunchtime lesson filled with music and poetry. It teaches the basics of critical thinking, research and academic writing. She’s trying to show them her teaching philosophy, she explains.

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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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