Lecture Breakers

082 - Dr. Carlos Goller joins us to talk about how he stays curious as an educator. He is always learning something new to improve his teaching, and he has been documenting his journey by blogging. We talk about the importance of mentoring, how his definition of active learning is changing, and how he avoids "throwaway" assignments in his courses. Show notes:

https://barbihoneycutt.com/LB82

081 - In episode 81, Barbi shares 20 reflection prompts to encourage students to participate in class. You can use these prompts in online or in-person classes to help students connect prior knowledge and experience to the course material and to break up your lectures with reflective activities. Show Notes: https://barbihoneycutt.com/LB81

078 - Dr. Kevin Kelly and Dr. Todd Zakrajsek share tips, recommendations, and examples to take our online course to the next level. They share ideas for course design, student engagement, assessment, and equity to increase student success in online courses.

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https://barbihoneycutt.com/LB78

077 - Dr. Alexandra Mihai joins us to talk about how to design more successful collaborative learning experiences and group work. How do we help students feel more ownership of the process? Should we intervene when group members encounter problems or have disagreements? Should we let students form their own groups or should we assign groups?

Show notes: https://barbihoneycutt.com/LB77

076 - Dr. Siva priya Santhanam shares recommendations and strategies to help students who identify as neurodiverse succeed in active learning classrooms.  We discuss planning and organizing your course, designing active learning experiences, and how to reduce student anxiety. 

Show notes:

https://barbihoneycutt.com/LB76

075 - Dr. Monica Burns joins us to share tips, tech tools, and recommendations to discuss how to create more engaging asynchronous online courses. 

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https://barbihoneycutt.com/LB75

074 - Chris Nesi joins us to talk about how to encourage students to create connections and build community within and beyond the classroom by leveraging the power of technology.

Show notes: https://barbihoneycutt.com/LB74

073 - Dr. Shelly Clevenger joins us to share how she breaks away from the traditional lecture, test, lecture, test format and creates civic engagement projects to engage students and serve the community. 

Show notes:

https://barbihoneycutt.com/LB73

072 - Dr. Krista Gehring joins us to talk about how she uses comic books in her classroom to engage students and improve learning. She discusses how powerful it can be when you combine storytelling with art to create meaningful and engaging learning experiences. 

Get the show notes: https://barbihoneycutt.com/LB72

071 - Caleb Curfman, a history instructor, shares how he moved from traditional tests and papers and into more creative assessments where students focus on application and creation, not just memorization and recall.

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https://barbihoneycutt.com/LB71