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Collaborative reading before a flipped class

May 26, 2023 0

This case study is from Francisco (Paco) Rodríguez-Fortuño, Reader in Physics at King’s College London. Paco teaches a core module on Electromagnetism to around 160 second year undergraduate Physics students. The format is flipped, which […]

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Everyone raise your hand

February 2, 2022 0

Authored 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 […]

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Cognitive control in an age of digital distraction

October 16, 2020 0

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 […]

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Student-generated questions

June 15, 2020 0

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 […]

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Discussion forums

April 2, 2020 0

What is it? Forums allow students and staff to have a group conversation, with each participant posting their contributions at times convenient for them. Most posts are text-based, but often support images, links and even […]