Each week, we send out three bite-sized tidbits with upcoming events: Teaching Tip, Research Review, and Favorite Resource. Find the archived postcards here.
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Teaching Tips 💡
Feedback in your voice
Rubrics are handy tools for providing clear expectations and consistent feedback to learners, but students also welcome authentic feedback that sounds like it came from you. You can add your…
Facilitated Feedback
Why wait until the end of the semester to get feedback from your students on the Student Evaluations of Teaching in Blue? With our Facilitated Feedback program, otherwise known as…
Use their names
Want a quick hack for engaging students, creating a warm classroom climate, and building connections with your learners? Use their names! Taking the time to learn them and pronounce them…
Research Review 🔍
Does ChatGPT enhance student learning? A systematic review and meta-analysis of experimental studies
This is a systematic review and meta-analysis of experimental research on ChatGPT’s impact on student learning (69 studies from 2022–2024). The goal was to move beyond simple correlations and look…
Improve Learning
Did you know that asking students to intentionally make a mistake and correct it can actually improve their learning? A recent study had students either restudy material by underlining key…
CHLOE 10 | Meeting the Moment: Navigating Growth, Competition, and AI in Oline Higher Education
Every year, Quality Matters and EDUCAUSE collaborate on a survey and research report called The Changing Landscape of Online Education (CHLOE). Some key findings in the latest report released in…
New Meta-Analysis Probes Technology’s Link to Cognitive Aging
In this meta-analysis, researchers found that use of digital technologies was associated with a reduced risk of cognitive impairment and reduced rates of cognitive decline, even when controlling for demographics,…
Favorite Resources 🔖
The Three Amygdala Podcast
“The Three Amygdala” is a podcast dedicated to understanding the evidence of psychological phenomena that underlies contemporary social events and experiences. Hosted by Doctors Bill Jenkins, Paul Johnson Jr, and…
Lightcast Open Skills Taxonomy
Ready to level up your learning outcomes? Break them down into individual skills that can be mapped to currently in demand occupations.
AI-Supported Civil Discourse
Sway is a chat platform that connects students with differing perspectives into one-on-one conversations and facilitates better discussions between them. Developed with Heterodox Academy and inspired by John Stuart Mill’s…