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Video Creation Made Easy with AI

Video is arguably the most powerful, attention-grabbing way to communicate online. But developing video has traditionally required sophisticated equipment and expertise that is beyond the reach of most faculty—to say nothing of how time-consuming or frustrating the process can be.

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How Students Fool Themselves

If you’ve taught for any length of time, you’ve probably heard this or gotten similar messages multiple times from students. The bottom line is that it’s easy for students to fool themselves into thinking they’ve learned effectively when they really haven’t. This is especially true

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The Classroom as a Learning Apparatus

When discussing educational technology with instructors, it is useful to begin by asking how they define ed tech. In most cases, they reference the hardware and software they use or plan to use in the classroom. But what about the physical space itself? Classrooms shape

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Think Aloud Videos for Better Learning

As teachers, we often focus on the product of our work to the exclusion of the process of creating that product. That is, we talk about the objects our field studies—whether artworks, philosophical treatises, or physics theories—but not the thinking that went into producing those

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End Notes: Distinctive Ways to Wrap Up a College Course

The ending of a course is worthy of greater attention than it typically receives. Endless time and energy are expended on crafting beautiful syllabi complete with assignment descriptions, an outline of topics and readings, and due dates. We have thoroughly ritualized the start of a

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Keeping the Last Day Lighthearted

In the Oxford English Dictionary, the most fitting definition of the word light-hearted (sic)for my purposes is this one: “Characterized by cheerfulness or easiness; amusing, entertaining.” I have been teaching for nearly 34 years—more than 70 semesters, including summer classes—and for as long as I

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Four Ways to Improve Your Exams

A variety of factors can undermine performance on a test beyond lack of knowledge, such as anxiety and misinterpretations of the questions. But there are four simple things that instructors can do with their tests to minimize these confounding variables.

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