This is Podcast #12 in the Lecture BREAKER series. It features Dr. Tara Harvey, True North Intercultural , who outlines the influence of culture in our classrooms, and how it can play a role in studen
For those of you interested in gamification, this article is about the Gamification Toolbox, an open educational resource that offers in English, detailed descriptions of how to play each game, as wel
This article provides instructional strategies for instructors to consider that will significantly reduce the propensity for a loss of retention during and after lectures . The “ forgetting curve “, b
“ An assignment is multimodal if it invites students to engage in more than one medium of communication, or if it gives students the opportunity to select from several potential media. ” Given that ou
This is a resource to keep in the back of your mind, to share with students who seem nervous about making presentations using PowerPoint. Presenter Coach is found in the online version of PowerPoint,
This reprint of a 2008 article describes one teacher’s decision to invite student input on course syllabus development, and how this led to greater student ownership of their learning.
U Windsor’s Faculty of Education is sharing a collection of CC-Licensed open videos, with podcasts coming soon, about the various EdTech platforms and promises. The video reviews posted to date are in
This research-based cooperative learning activity has been used since the early 1970s with documented success. This web site outlines the steps involved and why it helps students learn in a collaborat