Learning through Elaboration (and AI Chatbots)
I publish a newsletter called Intentional Teaching most Thursdays. What follows is one of my favorite pieces of newsletter writing from the …
The Perils of Lecture Class
Since I don’t have enough going on (apparently), I recently started another newsletter. It’s called Intentional Learning, and it’s focused on strategies …
Teaching Board Games #3: Scaffolding
This is the third in a series of posts on teaching board games, each illustrating how a research-based teaching principle can inform …
Teaching Board Games #2: The Big Picture
For some, teaching is a fairly intuitive act. But thanks to research from the fields of education, psychology, and elsewhere, we know …
Teaching Board Games #1: Mental Models
Back in college, a friend named Chad introduced me to the board game Settlers of Catan. More precisely, he introduced me to …
In Defense of Continuous Exposition by the Teacher
The New York Times published an essay this weekend by education writer Annie Murphy Paul titled “Are College Lectures Unfair?” In the …
Student Notetaking for Recall and Understanding: A Lit Review Review
I’m giving a talk on sketchnotes in the classroom next week at Indiana University. (I’m following John (Engaging Ideas) Bean in their …
Rap Genius, Course Constitutions, and Formative Assessment: #FutureEd Week One
This weekend I caught up on “The History and Future of (Mostly) Higher Education,” a massive open online course (MOOC) taught by …
From Principle to Practice at #GRCCFLD
I’m visiting Grand Rapids, Michigan, today to speak at the Faculty Learning Day at Grand Rapids Community College. The faculty development event …
The Mystery of Teaching
This summer I’m reading College: What It Was, Is, and Should Be by Columbia University humanities professor Andrew Delbanco, and I’m sharing …