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How to Significantly Improve Student Engagement and Retained Learning in Higher Education

Faculty Focus

After 13 years of testing higher-order active learning modalities in the classroom, collecting data, building a database, and analyzing student learning results in bi-annual principles of marketing classes, my colleague and I saw two important results emerge.

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Why I Stopped Starting Class with Content—and What Happened Instead

Faculty Focus

Learning objectives. It turns out, paradoxes are rocket fuel for learning. I still assign readings. Step 4: Now we bring in the tools Only after we’ve felt the tension do I introduce the day’s reading, model, or theory. This shift—from resolution to reflection—keeps the learning alive after the session ends.

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Why I Stopped Starting Class with Content—and What Happened Instead

Faculty Focus

Learning objectives. It turns out, paradoxes are rocket fuel for learning. I still assign readings. Step 4: Now we bring in the tools Only after we’ve felt the tension do I introduce the day’s reading, model, or theory. This shift—from resolution to reflection—keeps the learning alive after the session ends.

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Catch them Learning: A Pathway to Academic Integrity in the Age of AI

Cult of Pedagogy

Morrow was surprised to read that Ruiz had finished in 11th place in the New York Marathon. There are multiple pathways to holding students accountable for their evidence of learning; one is to focus on cheating, the other is to focus on integrity. Despite her promise to win again the next year, she never ran another marathon.

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California colleges spend millions to catch plagiarism and AI. Is the faulty tech worth it?

Cal Matters

As teaching and learning increasingly shifted online throughout the early 2000s and 2010s, Turnitin became more embedded in classes. But since her college built it into the system she was already using to read student papers, she found herself checking the automated reports again. I wouldn’t have gone back to [Turnitin].”

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Preparing for Fall 2020: Blended and Online Learning

Catlin Tucker

Each module consists of four video lessons, action items, and templates, resources, and links to related readings. The action items encourage teachers to take what they learned in the video lessons to create resources they can use with students. Module 4: Teaching Presence: Facilitating Learning Online.

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5 steps to help students with reading-based learning differences

eSchool News

Key points: Dyslexic students often incur additional stress in the classroom Using different learning tools and regular communication can help students’ comfort levels See related article: The intersection of the science of reading and edtech Reading-based learning differences such as dyslexia can pose unique challenges for students in school.

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