Tag: learning
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Lesson Planning Matters: Learning Points from Tuesday Teaching Talk
Lesson Planning Matters: Learning Points from Tuesday Teaching Talk “Teaching in a university classroom requires preparation and a redirection of focus. The teaching is not about us; it’s about the students” (Hara, 2010). I recently facilitated my first Tuesday Teaching Talk to a cross-section of esteemed OSU faculty. If you missed it, this blogpost summarizes…
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DEFINING THE BEST [Funmi Amobi]
This blog captures the discussion of the thinking and instructional practices of outstanding teachers in the introduction to Ken Bain’s (2004) book, What the best college teachers do. “Great teachers emerge, they touch the lives of their students, and perhaps only through some of those students do they have any influence on the broad act…
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Are Visual Learners Disadvantaged in Classrooms? More on Learning Style Myths
“I am a very visual learner so I do not learn well in classes with a lot of lecture.” After having taught for over 25 years I hear variations of that comment a lot. In conversations with students I have heard a range of complaints. Teachers who only use one teaching style. Teachers who do…
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Student Tech
The Chronicle of Higher Education Almanac 2013 was published this week, complete with insights from the EDUCAUSE Center for Analysis and Research’s annual survey of college students and IT. This year’s survey collected data between February and April from 112,000 students at 251 institutions. Five interesting findings: What tech trends do you see in your…
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Dumbing Down or Teaching UP?
Public education is committed to the ideal that all students must have equitable access to learning…equitable is the key word here. Brain research confirms what every teacher has known for centuries: students vary widely in their prior knowledge, skill development and readiness to learn. While private schools may have the freedom to sort and select…