Assumptions that learning equals knowledge are wrong most of the time. The vast majority of companies today just dump all of this learning on their employees, hope they’ll remember everything, and then never follow up with it. There’s no repetition, no reinforcement that goes on. All of this learning doesn’t actually help to create knowledge, […]
Extend Learning with Online Synchronous Sessions
Consideration of convenience and flexibility typically leads instructors and instructional designers to favor asynchronous over synchronous learning. But given the potential benefits of synchronous communication, perhaps it’s time to rethink the 100 percent asynchronous course. At St. Leo University, education professors Carol Todd and Keya Mukherjee have been using Elluminate, a platform that enables synchronous […]
Learning Disabilities
The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Ophthalmology, and the Council on Children with Disabilities published a statement summarizing what is currently known about visual problems and dyslexia. The statement also covers what treatments are and are not recommended when diagnosing and treating vision problems, learning disabilities, and dyslexia. Thanks to advances in […]
Five Ways to Teach Students to Be Learning Centered
Have you ever wondered if your students are as concerned about their learning as you are? If you prioritize student learning, you may be the only person in your classroom with that goal. Learning-centered teachers seek to coauthor classroom experiences with their students, whereas students may seek only to be taught passively. How might you […]
Top 15 Teaching and Learning Articles
As another year draws to a close, the editorial team at Faculty Focus looks back on some of the most popular articles of the past year. Throughout 2015, we published more than 200 articles. The articles covered a wide range of topics, including assignment strategies, cell phone policies, course design, flipped classrooms, online discussions, student […]
Tips for Recycling Past Classes
It’s almost a guarantee, no matter what your major, that your classes will eventually begin to overlap and build on each other. That is why it is so important to take full advantage of the work you’ve already put into past classes. REUSING PAST PROJECTS An important aspect of this system is the direct reuse […]
3 Step Plan to Owning The Task List
(Image source: Flickr) In my experience, keeping track of all the things I have to do as a student is very difficult. I have my daily reading, my bigger assignments, my part-time job, my clubs and organizations, my writing- there’s a lot of variance in my life, and thus in my task list. Because of […]
The Tools for Getting Stuff Done
I wrote a post last week called “The 3 Step Plan to Owning Your Task List”, in which I talked a bit about the few productivity principles that have become critical in my life as a student. I’ve read a number of productivity books, and enjoyed many of them, but it’s always boiled down to […]
Exam Preparation for the Visual Learner
I have 2 weekend, 3 weeks and 3 blue Post-Its until my first exam. Yes- 3 blue Post-Its. See: My first exam is the first blue blue Post-It in the third row, and there are three blue Post-Its before it. The green Post-Its are the weekends I have to study (far right), and the yellow […]
DIY Filofax Personal Organizer
I’ve wanted a Filofax since the heavens opened up on me and showed me their beauty. But alas, there is little I love about them other than the aesthetics. The price and what you get inside for it is a bit of a turn off for me. The one shining glory of Filofaxes in my […]