In his nearly two decades of teaching biology at the California Institute of Technology, one of the challenges that Bruce Hay has struggled with over the years is how to encourage student ...

Now that school’s out, I’m going to pick up where I left off (two months ago!) in my series on how I make screencasts. So far I’ve made three posts in this series. Let’s suppose I have a lecture or ...

What is Chunking and Why is it Important? Academically speaking, chunking is essentially the breaking down and selective grouping of the content you want your students to learn. OK, but why is that ...

Many academics tout active learning approaches as the gold standard to keep students engaged in the classroom. When it comes to accounting, though, many experienced faculty members know that lectures ...

Administrators and professors in Baruch’s Zicklin School of Business (at City University of New York) have found that making digital video recordings of lectures available online can help ...

The Duane Physics building at the University of Colorado Boulder has long been a hub for groundbreaking science education, but until recently, its infrastructure posed significant challenges for ...