Reading of: Gehlen-Baum et al. (2014) Technology Use in Lectures to Enhance Student Attention. Cornell University Resource: Getting Started with Moving the Lecture Outside the Classroom [Online] Teaching formats and strategies: As ways of countering the passivity of learning inherent in traditional lectures, the research article ‘Technology use in lectures to enhance students’ attention’ and piece…

‘Students often can’t remember a lot of their feedback. But they remember the feeling it gave them.  ‘They are saying blah blah blah and you’re hearing  ‘that is shit, you’re shit.’ Blythman, M., Orr, S., & Blair, B. 2007. Critiquing the Crit [Online] Teaching formats and strategies: On my course, we run reviews at key…

“Constructive alignment starts with the notion that the learner constructs their own learning through relevant learning activities.” Biggs 2003 I have pulled out the quote above as it resonates with my current thinking and approach to teaching of my design studio. It says to me that the most effective way for students to learn is…

For our first seminar, we reviewed some quotes from well known academic practitioners, and in our group of three people, we selected the following quote, which resonated with us: ‘If students’ initial ideas and belief are ignored, the understanding that the develop can be very different’ Bransford, J.D., Brown, A. L., and Cocking, R. R.…