That listening to music while studying (specifically, reading assigned content for comprehension) is good for you, is one of those myths that persist, despite irrefutable evidence to the contrary...
Does listening to music help learning?
Category: Course activities
Future-proof your videos: occasional vs. content videos
To get the best results and not make your department go bankrupt in the process, separate course-content videos from occasional videos. This useful distinction deserves to get much more attention...
Develop Online Course Activities that Produce Results
Most recent decade has seen increased interest in conducting well-designed studies that provide actionable guidelines for the design of online activities, based on measurable change in student knowledge...
Blinkist-style book-club activity: manageable book-reading
What's the best approach to get grad students to read complete books, without overwhelming them with work? Here I explore a solution inspired in one of my favorite phone apps, Blinkist, and merging it with an old-fashioned book-club idea...
An unexamined video is not worth the time spent watching…
Did you tell your students to just "watch the video"? 😦 Luckily, there are many ways in which you can turn course videos into worthwhile activities... Here are just seven ideas to get started...
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