teaching

Open pedagogy is key to improving teaching practices

An open teaching practice incorporates students as part of a community where collaborative learning is fostered and cross-curricular skills in written and oral communication are ...

Father of the flipped classroom says we should let students use their phones in exams

Eric Mazur, pioneer of the flipped classroom, urges academics to take the next leap allowing students to use their laptops and phones in exams.

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Back to Basics: prioritizing teaching and its foundations over technology

With students eager to learn how to use and apply technology, and with the aim of providing them with the practice they need, we run ...

Experiential Engineering: An Innovative Practice

Experiential learning is an effective way to impart knowledge and develop competencies in every field of knowledge but it is essential in the field of ...

Sensory Urban Laboratory

User-focused urban planning and design can no longer be taught based solely on theoretical metadata. Learning must be based on the student’s experience to understand ...

The digital native is a myth: new paper claims that “information-savvy digital natives do not exist”

A paper published last month in Teaching and Teacher Education claims that the digital native is a myth. The paper presents scientific evidence showing that ...

Using Interactive Videos for Instant Learning Assessment

Do all students learn in the same way and at the same pace? Nowadays, most students use smart mobile devices to support their learning process and ...

Teachers fail to innovate due to “fear of looking stupid”

A new study has found that teachers are too afraid of looking stupid in front of their students to try something new. 

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Using clickers in the classroom improves learning? Depends on the teaching style, researchers suggest

A new study suggests that edtech devices like the popular clickers are useful for improving fact retention but not so much for deeper learning. 

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The Assessment Perspective

Is the assessment process formative? How can we make an objective, fair, reliable and valid assessment, one that serves student development and education?

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Wanted: Spanish content

Curriki, an online platform of K–12 open educational resources (OER), has opened a call for Spanish-language educators to publish their best Spanish-language teaching materials on their ...

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative invests $5M to help more educators buy homes

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative announced is investing $5 million to help teachers buy homes. 

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