We've previously released a digest of educational videos, as well as a guest post on guidelines for designing them. In this digest, we wanted to highlight 5 YouTube channels that were particularly useful to those of us studying specific content.
Where Should I Study?
There is a lot of conflicting information out there about studying. There are a number of websites that recommend that you create a study space that is free of distractions and maximizes your motivation to work. Other websites recommend that you instead study ...
GUEST POST: Technology in the Classroom
Chances are that you are reading this from your phone. Or, if you’re reading this from computer, you probably have email notifications within view. It’s 2017, and technology is all around us. If you didn’t already know that, there is an endless stream of...
Weekly Digest #75: Classroom Management - Teaching Students Appropriate Behavior and Building Relationships
Get ready for some resources you can listen to on your commutes or while taking a stroll around the neighborhood! In this digest, we present 5 resources to help you improve your class management skills, including how to build relationships with your students ...
Do You Tell Your Students How to Succeed in Your Class?
We’ve published several resource digests about syllabi – notably Weekly Digest #41: Preparing a Syllabus and Weekly Digest #64: Preparing a Learning-Focused Syllabus. However, what we haven’t done as much is talk about our own syllabi.
GUEST POST: HOT or NOT – How to Develop Critical Thinking
Despite the different definitions, there is a consensus regarding the dimensions of critical thinking and these dimensions have implications for how critical thinking is understood and taught. Critical thinking includes skills and dispositions (1).