2. Enabling Learning When the Class is Done

3. Enabling Learning When Class is Done
Dr Jason Craig
Dr Skye Donovan
Collaboration and
Creativity
Podcasting and Vodcasting
Director of Teaching and Student Engagement
Center for Teaching and Learning
Marymount University
Arlington, VA
Chair and Associate Professor
Department of Physical Therapy
Marymount University
Arlington, VA

4. What’s Going On In Your Student’s Head?
The Learning Process:
Attention
Comprehension
Integration

5. How Today’s Students Learn?
Higher order brain functions (synthesis) requires multiple data points, or multiple exposures to the data. Deep reading will do this.
EMPTY
The brain doesn’t put information into long term memory unless it has chewed it over for a while.
Surfing the web decreases transfer of information from short term to long term memory.
Memory is like a muscle – the more you use it the stronger it gets.
We don’t want to use up our brain capacity on retaining knowledge
Students scan more and read deeply less.
Why remember now what you can later look up? “Google”: verb meaning “to look up”
Students Learn Differently Today

6. Effective Learning Practices
Highlighting and Underlining
Low
High
Distributed Practice
Mod
Interleaved Practice
High
Mod
Self-Expalnation
Practice Tests
from John Dunlosky et al (2013)

7. How Podcasts and Vodcasts Aid Learning
Repetition
Students can listen repeatedly to the same class weeks after the class has been completed.
Accuracy
If mistakes were made in class there is a chance to correct the information. 4 2 3 1
Precise moments of class can be identified as areas of confusion and clarification given.
Clarification
Decrease Error
Playing back a recording of the class session will decrease errors from poor recollection or note taking.

8. Using Technology to Aid Learning
Capture Now
Podcasting lectures
Vodcasting lectures
Filming Lab sessions
Creating digital content
Consider Later
On-screen playback
i-Tunes
Youtube
Canvas/Blackboard
Capturing Classes