On November 30, 2022, OpenAI launched ChatGPT, a program designed to mimic human intelligence. Within weeks of its release, the program amassed an unprecedented 100
This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on August 7, 2018. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Just as all students are different, so are all
Change is hard! As educators, COVID-19 ruthlessly hurled us into a world of online learning with little or no experience. My embarrassing initial reaction: “I
Now that we are into the realities of teaching in a COVID-world, I keep hearing similar sentiments from my colleagues, something to the effect of,
As educators, we often struggle to provide an effective learning environment for the students who are easily distracted and clamoring for more support. Technology in
No matter your specific discipline, teaching in the 21st century can often feel like you need an advanced degree in IT if you want to
We live in a time of never-before held access to information, which means educators must compete with a wide-ranging array of media for the finite
On August 6, 1991, the World Wide Web became public to the world and forever changed the way that ideas move. Although in-person dialogues and interactions
Recently, I worked with a research assistant to assess the efficacy of the use of smart phones and tablets in lectures. The study involved asking
The proliferation of low-cost, easy-to-use technology has opened the door for students to discover new ways of acquiring and constructing knowledge and representing their thinking (Bene 2015, iv). After attending an educational technology conference last year, I opted to extend my classroom pedagogy to better incorporate technology and promote active learning.
