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“Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic Learning Styles: Myth or Meaningful Framework?”

Spread the love“`html When it comes to education, the debate around learning styles has been a hot topic for decades. Specifically, the categorization of learners into visual, auditory, and ...

Experiential and ‘work-integrated’ learning aren’t the same — and it matters for higher education

Experiential learning programs are ubiquitous in post-secondary education. Formalized in the mid-20th century, experiential ...
EdTech

Active Learning Classrooms Foster Collaboration Among Students

Like many university instructors, Steven Jackson knows his way around a lecture hall. The rows of seating, the balcony above, the lectern centered carefully at the front — all part of the traditional ...
Nature

Active Learning Environments in Higher Education

Active learning environments in higher education encompass pedagogical approaches and physical settings that prioritise student engagement, collaboration and critical thinking over passive lecture ...
Inside Higher Ed

AI Can Facilitate Mastery Learning in Higher Education

What if higher education moved beyond rigid calendars and assembly-line teaching to AI-powered, mastery-based learning where every student truly understands the material before moving forward?
Drexel University

Learning Physics Can Derail Some Students, New Research From Drexel Shows the Best Way to Keep Them on Track

For many undergraduate students, exploring the complexities of physics for the first time, from wading through advanced mathematics, to absorbing information in a large lecture format, can be a ...
Forbes

Beyond Efficiency: Technology’s Role In Rewiring Higher Ed

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Scott Pulsipher covers reinvigorating the value of higher education. Technology is poised to be a catalyst for change, but only if ...
Inside Higher Ed

Can’t Quit the Lecture? Try Quasi-Active Learning

Step into most college classrooms today and you will likely see a familiar scene: slides glowing at the front, a professor lecturing, students scribbling notes or staring at laptops. Despite decades ...
The Conversation

Chalk and talk vs. active learning: what’s holding South African teachers back from using proven methods?

Learning experiences have to include opportunities to develop thinking, skills and values. PickPic As a full-time teacher completing a PhD part-time, I made a decision early on: do research that ...
Forbes

Rethinking The U: What's Next For Higher Education?

Higher education is at a critical inflection point. Once regarded as the unquestioned path to personal prosperity and societal progress, the traditional university model now faces increasing scrutiny ...
Nature

Active Learning Strategies in Higher Education

Active learning refers to instructional approaches that engage students in the process of learning through activities, discussion and reflection rather than passive reception of information. Rooted in ...