Monthly Archives: February 2023

Improved Student Engagement in Higher Education’s Next Normal

2023-04-10T22:57:24+01:00February 27th, 2023|Tags: , , , , |

Ed Glantz, Chris Gamrat, Lisa Lenze and Jeffrey Bardzell Education in times of pandemic transformed rapidly, and many teachers quickly innovated with technology-based teaching methods. The article asks if any of these innovations and adaptations should be maintained to form the "next normal" in higher education. The authors suggest five teaching enhancements as possible candidates for continued acceptance. All of these pandemic-introduced adaptations improve student engagement. The first four enhance student engagement during class, whereas the fifth offers engagement opportunities outside of class. They believe the following five initiatives, introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic, should become part of that best practice. Collaborative Technologies for [...]

Why student voice should be central to school libraries

2023-02-08T17:51:57+01:00February 8th, 2023|Tags: , , |

Torres. J., & Tagoe, V. (2022). Liven Up Your Library: Design Engaging and Inclusive Programs for Tweens and Teens. ISTE   Torres makes a call to action for school librarians to center student voices in programming and collection management in the book “Liven Up Your Library: Design Engaging and Inclusive Programs for Tweens and Teens,” co-authored by Valerie Tagoe. “[W]e cannot claim to serve young people while excluding them from conversations and decision-making about resources and materials that are primarily for their use. We must always prioritize and protect student empowerment as a key right and responsibility when working with young [...]

V Congreso ISCAR Ibérica 2023 «Personas, redes y sociedades en transición. Repensando discursos, prácticas y metodologías” en Cáceres 7, 8 y 9 de junio

2023-03-04T12:05:49+01:00February 6th, 2023|

El “V Congreso ISCAR Ibérica 2023: Personas, redes y sociedades en transición. Repensando discursos, prácticas y metodologías”, organizado conjuntamente por la Universidad de Extremadura (UEx) y la Universitat de Barcelona (UB), se celebrará los próximos 7, 8 y 9 de junio en Cáceres, Extremadura (España). El objetivo del congreso es reunir a investigadoras e investigadores de diferentes disciplinas (psicología, sociología, antropología, ciencias de la educación, comunicación, etc), que abordan diversos objetos de estudio, pero que comparten una aproximación sociocultural hacia el estudio de las prácticas humanas y el cambio social. En esta edición el foco está puesto en los procesos de [...]

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