SOTL meets Learning Tech

Posted on February 19, 2020February 17, 2020 by Christine Monnier

This post is a two-fer. It is part book review and part tech tool. At this point, we all have to contend with the fact that our students do not use effective studying / learning strategies. More than that, they may use strategies that are detrimental to their learning. There is ample research demonstrating this.[…]

Not Just a Distraction: How Mobile Phones Can Help Your Students Learn

Posted on May 24, 2016April 11, 2016 by Learning Technologies

Are your students more interested in checking Facebook or playing Candy Crush than the material you’re covering? While mobile devices have long been verboten in the college classroom, if students are prioritizing time killers over learning, the problem may not really be the phone. After all, if students aren’t interested, they don’t need a phone[…]