Aspiring teachers are unfamiliar with basic principles of learning science and should learn how to connect those principles to practice, according to a new report from Deans for Impact. Last fall, ...

This week we are hearing from the Multnomah County Partnership for Education Research (MCPER). This post is by MCPER Co-Directors Nicole Ralston, Assistant Professor at the University of Portland ...

When Jason Rhode began working at Northern Illinois University’s Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center more than a decade ago, his team’s primary mission was to introduce faculty members ...

Popularized by educational theorist and adult education pioneer Malcolm Knowles (1913-1997), andragogy is a philosophy that emphasizes learning through lived experience, applied skills, discussion and ...

In the first post introducing the patch-it principle, I made the claim that developers use software patches to add new behaviors to their systems in response to new information and changes in the ...

With the fall semester still in doubt because of the COVID-19 pandemic, university faculty are learning and sharing how to optimize virtual learning American colleges are bracing for the uncertainty ...

Effective mentorship is crucial for combating burnout and enhancing teaching efficacy, with strategies like precharting, time blocking, and the Eisenhower Decision Matrix (EDM).

Daniel D. Pratt presents five perspectives on teaching gathered from several years of research across five different countries. These perspectives are presented in both theoretical and practical forms ...

The goal of this page is to provide reasonably thorough, but also accessible and brief, guidance to support the AI approaches and practices of instructors, as well as how they communicate their ...

EDUCATION assumes that truth exists. Without truth, learning becomes incoherent. The claim “there are no absolute truths” is self-defeating, for one must ask: “Are you absolutely sure of that?” To ...

Signals (or cues) are added to multimedia learning materials to guide learners’ attention to critical elements of the materials. Yet, research on signaling has produced mixed findings on learning ...

Author's Transparency Declaration: I have a financial interest in a company that offers products and services that may be related to the content of my writings. This is an installment in a series ...