Useful education articles.
We have gathered a list of resources and guidance about coronavirus to share with parent carers, children & young people and education, health and social care practitioners. This page will be kept under review and new resources added to the categories as they become available. We hope that you find this information useful. 10 Self-Compassion […]
The sci-fi trope might now be put to rest after scientists find the suggestion that reality is computer generated is in principle impossible, writes Andrew Masterson. Just in case it’s been weighing on your mind, you can relax now. A team of theoretical physicists from Oxford University in the UK has shown that life and […]
So you’re thinking about engineering, eh? Well, I have some good news for you: If you’ve gotten yourself to the point where you’re typing “Is engineering hard?” into the Google machine, chances are it’s at least a semi-serious thought rolling around in your head… And you’re starting to ask the right questions. But you also […]
Most of us want figure out how to pay attention in class more often, but it’s tough, especially during that horrible, boring lecture you’ve got coming up next. So let me know if this sounds familiar… You’re sitting there, and the professor is scribbling non-stop on the board. Symbols, diagrams, equations; you really have no […]
This is the guide I wished I’d had for fall semester the summer after my Freshman year, because the best thing about summer break is also the worst thing about summer break: forgetting about classes! WARNING: THIS POST IS MASSIVE – PREPARE YOURSELF Every fall semester, we resolve to do it better next time. To […]
What are some good places to study? Does study environment matter? The research is in, and what it says is quite interesting… I answer a question about whether there’s actually such a thing as a “best” study location, or whether you’re just as well off on the couch. Then, I’ll offer 4 tips (backed by […]
We all know finals week (in all it’s stress inducing glory) is the most crucial time of year. But does it have to be so insane? I say no, and here’s why. Finals is the time of year that you need to focus the most. The large majority of your grade is about to be […]
Change in Student and Teacher Roles When students are using technology as a tool or a support for communicating with others, they are in an active role rather than the passive role of recipient of information transmitted by a teacher, textbook, or broadcast. The student is actively making choices about how to generate, obtain, manipulate, or display information. […]
Rapidly shifting your course from in-person to online There are a lot of pedagogical and technical issues that make the shift from in-person to online teaching challenging, but for once, copyright is not a big additional area of worry! Most of the legal issues are the same in both contexts. If it was okay to do in class, […]
The episodic nature of the Earth’s glacial and interglacial periods within the present Ice Age (the last couple of million years) have been caused primarily by cyclical changes in the Earth’s circumnavigation of the Sun. Variations in the Earth’s eccentricity, axial tilt, and precession comprise the three dominant cycles, collectively known as the Milankovitch Cycles […]
