Most people dread attending their lectures because they find them painfully boring, long or stressful. That’s not my experience, though. I think attending lectures is fun because I become my most ...

T he year 2020 was awful for so many in academe, so I refuse to talk about the “silver linings” of Covid-19. That framing insults those who have struggled or lost loved ones. As educators, however, ...

Imagine yourself sitting in a large lecture hall--which can range between 300 to 500 students--and while you are trying your best to digest what your instructor is saying, your mind is on everything ...

Not to mention, the availability of lectures online gives the opportunity for students to be more organized–I can pause and play my lectures whenever I want, which gives me the time to draw out ...

Girl playing flute in public. Source: Pexels/CharlesParker As a college professor, I am required to hold an office hour before my lecture. These office hours are optional and tend to be busier at the ...

When I started teaching at California State University, Dominguez Hills in 1976 it was actually only a “college” not a university. I was 26 years old and only one year out of my Ph.D. program at the ...

When I began teaching in 2008, few lectures were recorded, and most of my students attended most of my lectures. Since then, lecture recording has become more and more common. By 2016, approximately ...