Teaching and Learning Links to See: October 31st, 2014

Happy Halloween, USF Community!

Teaching & Learning Links to See This Week

A roundup of five intriguing or informative posts and articles from the around the internet:

"Texting in Class: Extent, Attitudes, Other Interesting Information"

Some hard data on the occurrence of texting in college classes and student beliefs related to texting in class. 

http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-and-learning/texting-class-extent-attitudes-interesting-information/ 

"How Relearning Old Concepts Alongside New Ones Makes It All Stick"

A look at the concept of interleaving can be used to enhance the learning process (note: this article features USF psychologist Doug Rohrer!)

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/10/how-relearning-old-concepts-alongside-new-ones-makes-it-all-stick/ 

"Survey of Faculty Views on Technology"

A look at the current outlook on educational technology from a representative sample of faculty and academic technology administrators.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/survey/online-ed-skepticism-and-self-sufficiency-survey-faculty-views-technology 

"Why One Professor Thinks Academics Should Write 'Buzzfeed Style Scholarship' "

Can condensing research into a 'listicle'-style article help students?

http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/why-one-professor-thinks-academics-should-write-buzzfeed-style-scholarship/55025 

"Using Attendance Questions to Build Community, Enhance Teaching"

How to turn the monotonous process of taking attendance into an opportunity to engage with students.

http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/effective-teaching-strategies/using-attendance-questions-build-community-enhance-teaching/ 

Do you know of an interesting article that you would like to share with the ATLE community? Let us know! Email atle@usf.edu

Teaching and Learning Links to See: October 17th, 2014

Teaching & Learning Links to See This Week

A roundup of five intriguing or informative posts and articles from the around the internet:

"Students Riding Coattails During Group Work? Five Simple Ideas to Try"

Five practical strategies (including a checklist) you can use to address the ubiquitous challenges of having students work together.

 http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/effective-teaching-strategies/students-riding-coattails-group-work-five-simple-ideas-try/ 

"When Should We Lecture?"

A few points to consider when determining when a lecture will be most effective. 

http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-professor-blog/when-should-we-lecture/ 

"Brain-Based Learning, Myth vs. Reality: Testing Learning Styles and Dual Coding"

An examination of the various claims made by proponents of Learning Styles and Dual Coding.

http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/brain-based-learning-myth-versus-reality-testing-learning-styles-and-dual-coding/ 

"Using Digital Portfolios in the Classroom"

One instructor details how she has used ePortfolios in her courses.

http://blogs.cofc.edu/tlt/2014/10/16/using-digital-portfolios-in-the-classroom/ 

"Studying with Quizzes Helps Make Sure the Material Sticks"

How can tests and quizzes can be used as tools for learning?

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/10/studying-with-quizzes-helps-make-sure-the-material-sticks/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29 

Do you know of an interesting article that you would like to share with the ATLE community? Let us know! Email atle@usf.edu