Marking key terms, summarising the gist of the learning material, learning text passages off by heart – these learning strategies (and others) are often applied by students to deal with the subject matter. But are these particular strategies actually effective and do they help with long-term learning success? And how can effective strategies be fostered?
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You’re a visual learner. We only use 10% of our brains. Best teaching is value neutral. Educational myths often appear in the form of phrases and platitudes. Although many of these questionable beliefs about…
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Teaching Concepts
Educational videos – Is the person on the screen a help or a hindrance when it comes to learning?
When you create an educational video, your goal is presumably to design it so that it fosters learning as much as possible. There are a whole list of sound, evidence-based recommendations you can access…
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Teaching Concepts
Trendsetting impulses for higher education – Reflecting on the highlights of HEAd’23
Every year in June, researchers and lecturers from all over the world meet up at the International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd) in Valencia to exchange ideas about trendsetting teaching concepts and to…
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Teaching Concepts
To pastures new! – A review of the symposium “Analogue | Digital | Integrated: Competency-based assessment of the future”
The symposium “Analogue | Digital | Integrated: Comtetency-based assessment of the future” [Analog | Digital | Integriert: Kompetenzorientiertes Prüfen der Zukunft] took place on 4/5 May 2023 and can be summarised by the motto…