“But in college, a lot of the learning happens in lecture halls, with professors talking behind a lectern and students taking notes. We need to prepare our students for that reality.” As I’ve ...
Ashley Wiersma is a doctoral candidate in the department of history at Michigan State University. You can follow her on twitter at @throughthe_veil. As we prepare for a new school year, many of us ...
Re “Students challenge professors relying on ChatGPT” (May 26): Kudos to Ella Stapleton, a student at Northeastern University who figured out that one of her professors had solicited information from ...
In August 2020, during some of the darkest days when we were all navigating the pandemic, I published a piece called “Academic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren.” In that piece, I riffed on John ...
We spend lots of time crafting our presentations for lectures and seminars, but what may be intellectually and aesthetically pleasing to us may create barriers to learning for international students, ...
If you're on a taught course, it is likely that lectures will be a key part of your learning experience. Lectures are often used to deliver the main topics of your course in a large-group environment.