Quizlet for learning vocabulary (case study)
This post is authored by Eman Sudik Ismael. Overview Eman Ismael teaches Arabic for postgraduate and undergraduate students as well as evening courses at King’s College London. She is based at the Modern Language Centre, […]
Everyone raise your hand
Contributed by Dr Darren Harvey, Lecturer in Law (Education), Dickson Poon School of Law. What is it? A question is posed by the person leading the teaching session, who then instructs everybody participating in the […]
Visual organisers (also called ‘graphic’ or ‘advance’ organisers)
What is it? Visual organisers are ways in which material (concepts, facts, ideas) can be represented in a visual format. They have roots in Ausubel’s cognitive learning theory (Ausubel, 1960) and were originally known as […]
Using Icebreakers to Build Rapport
A ‘Common Ground’ project post. What is it? Icebreakers and re-energisers are short activities designed to ‘break the ice’ between participants by building connections or breaking down barriers. Why do it? Research indicates that improving […]
The LARA method for tense talks
What is it? As outlined in ‘Creating safe spaces and brave spaces‘, university learning often involves encounters between students with different social viewpoints. If these discussions are overwhelmed with emotion, students will find it hard […]
Creating safe spaces and brave spaces
What are they? Safe spaces came into existence to give people from a marginalised or persecuted group a way to meet, sometimes with political purposes, without having to defend themselves against prejudice or abuse. The […]
Cognitive control in an age of digital distraction
What is cognitive control? Cognitive control is crucial to deep, purposeful learning and is achieved through the following functions (Gazzaley and Rosen, 2016, p80; Parry, 2019): attention – a mental spotlight which needs to be […]
Tech Test Thursdays for digital capabilities (case study)
Overview When the Covid-19 pandemic put us fully online, colleagues in King’s Academy needed to expand our repertoire with a range of evolving technologies. Since we lead educational development programmes and sessions, we strive to […]
Student-generated questions
What is it? After studying independently, students are ask to generate questions about the material. This can also happen after live teaching, when it is sometimes called a ‘Minute paper’ or ‘Exit ticket’. Why do […]
Learning from transition – the pivot to online learning (event)
The May 2020 ‘Lightning Lunch’ event was online (you know why) with a panel of four King’s educators responding to questions about teaching online. This panel had shared their practice in advance as five-minute recorded […]