Learner Engagement Activated

Episode 15: Aireale Rodgers

What do we need to unlearn in order to create more equitable and inclusive classrooms, and how do we do that? What kinds of norms in higher education are actually barriers to marginalized learners? Are there any steps we can take right away in our classes to address injustice?
These are some of the questions we will address in this episode of Learner Engagement Activated, the podcast that helps you take teaching and learning to the next level with the latest in research and applications on learner engagement for students at all ages, levels, and environments. 

Episode 14: Donald Clark

What are the possibilities for artificial intelligence in education? Can it be used to engage more students based on what we know about the role of dialog in learning? These are some of the questions we will address in this episode of Learner Engagement Activated with our guest, Donald Clark, expert on artificial intelligence and learning.

Episode 13: Brent Anders

What is ChatGPT and how can it be used in education? How will artificial intelligence change our roles as teachers? What are the new AI literacies we should be addressing in schools? These are some of the questions we will address in this episode of Learner Engagement Activated, the podcast that helps you take teaching and learning to the next level with the latest in research and applications on learner engagement for students at all ages, levels, and environments.

Episode 12: John Almarode

What does a good learner look like? Which comes first? The learning or the engagement? How are authenticity and engagement related? How can clarity help your learners? These are some of the questions we will address in this episode of Learner Engagement Activated, the podcast that helps you take teaching and learning to the next level with the latest in research and applications on learner engagement for students at all ages, levels, and environments.

Episode 11: Michelle Miller

How can you help your students to remember and understand what you are teaching? What features of memory and attention are most important to consider in different teaching modalities? Is memorization really a bad thing? These are some of the questions we will address in this episode of Learner Engagement Activated.
Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology by Michelle D. Miller
Remembering and Forgetting in the Age of Technology: Teaching, Learning, and the Science of Memory in a Wired World by Michelle D. Miller
What Will Improve a Student’s Memory? by Daniel Willingham
One big thing I’ll keep from my remote-redesigned courses this year by Michelle Miller
McDaniel, M. A., Einstein, G. O., & Een, E. (2021). Training College Students to Use Learning Strategies: A Framework and Pilot Course. Psychology Learning & Teaching, 20(3), 364–382. https://doi.org/10.1177/1475725721989489

Episode 10: Paul Kirschner

What can the research on the science of learning tell us about teaching in the classroom? How can assessment help us to learn? What measures of engagement are evidence of learning? Which countries are preparing teachers to use the science of learning? These are some of the questions we will address in this episode of Learner Engagement Activated where I speak with legendary cognitive scientist, Paul A. Kirschner, about strategies for improving cognitive engagement in the classroom.

Episode 9: Angelica Pazurek

What is connected learning? How has the internet changed the way we learn? What are some ways we can use social media to help us to engage our learners beyond the classroom? These are some of the questions we will address in this episode of Learner Engagement Activated.

Episode 8: Jim Goodell

Can an engineering approach to designing learning opportunities help increase learner engagement? What kinds of data can we collect to tell if our students are actually engaged in learning? These are some of the questions we will address in this episode of Learner Engagement Activated. Check out the Learning Engineering Toolkit.