Most-Read Articles from the Observatory in 2025

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To welcome the new year, here are the ten most-read articles that sparked curiosity and reflection among our readership during 2025. At the Observatory, we work every day with the mission of creating open educational resources and disseminating the state-of-the-art in education, always striving to make them relevant to the academic community. We know that in many communities (especially in Latin America) access to this information is limited or nonexistent. Therefore, our mission is to provide this content free of charge.

Below, we present the ten most-read articles that sparked curiosity and reflection among our readership during 2025.

10. Opinion | Ten Years Later: Returning to School in an AI-Dominated World

Paulette Delgado
When I returned to school ten years later, technology changed the rules. Here is my experience as a grad student in an AI-dominated world.

9. Say It in Signs

Andrea Cristina Alvarez Pacheco
“Dilo en Señas” is an organization dedicated to promoting the inclusion of people with hearing disabilities. Discover its founders, history, and current offerings.

8. What is Heutagogy?

Melissa Guerra
Although not a new term, heutagogy emphasizes topical themes of fostering student autonomy, critical thinking skills, and lifelong learning, which are vital and highly relevant to today’s education.

7. Attention Decreased: How Technology Affects Our Ability to Concentrate

Paulette Delgado
Attention spans have declined dramatically due to digital environments designed to capture our attention through dopaminergic rewards.

6. What is Cybergogy?

Melissa Guerra
Cybergogy has emerged from the digital environment, facilitated by technology and the internet, to integrate active and meaningful learning within digital educational contexts, which is essential for developing key skills in a society that is always connected.

5. The Lost Art of Boredom: How Screen Time Is Killing Creativity

Paulette Delgado
Boredom drives creativity while screens kill it. Being bored, on the other hand, strengthens imagination, autonomy, and child development.

4. Looks Great, but Lacks Meaning: The Impact of High-Stimulating Shows on Children

Mariana Sofía Jiménez Nájera
Many children’s programs claiming to be educational can have negative long-term consequences due to elements that overstimulate their brains.

3. The Bond Between Mentor and Mentee in Prepa Tec High School

Mónica Aimeé Hurtado Ochoterena
The role of the mentor at Prepa Tec is crucial; they serve as a bridge between the student’s academic life and their student experience. Learn essential aspects of the relationship between mentor and mentee to improve this relationship and promote students’ emotional, physical, social, and academic well-being.

2. The Reasons Behind Dropout in Prestigious Private Schools

Susana Guadalupe Bringas Correa
In prestigious private schools, dropout rates are not usually related to a lack of financial resources, but rather to academic pressure, lack of follow-through, social exclusion, and the emotional impact on students for not meeting the standards required at these institutions.

1. Educator Fatigue and Burnout: When Teacher Exhaustion Goes Beyond the Classroom

Paulette Delgado
Teaching involves transmitting knowledge, maintaining relationships, containing others’ emotions, and regulating one’s own. This constant “emotional labor” generates cumulative fatigue that, over time, can lead to burnout.