The COVID-19 pandemic created an educational environment that had never been seen before. Many students –– and instructors –– were abruptly forced to transition from traditional classroom learning to ...

Have you ever felt like you retain information better when it's presented in a particular way? Some people learn best by hearing new information, for example, while others get more benefit from seeing ...

Almost all teachers believe persistent myths about learning, a new survey finds. More than three-fourths of teachers think that people are either right-brained (creative) or left-brained (analytical), ...

A couple of years ago, the science writer Ulrich Boser wondered: Do educators still believe in learning styles? The idea that some students are auditory learners, while others flourish by having ...

A prevalent argument in the education research community is that learning styles hugely influence how well students will do in school. The learning styles theory argues that individuals learn best in ...

Scott Burgess is the CEO of Continu, a modern LMS for enterprise organizations. He's passionate about improving workplace learning. Organizations can achieve significant skill development and employee ...

A recent trending education topic is the idea that Learning Styles is a neuroscience myth, like other myths: we only use 10% of our brain, and that drinking less than six to eight glasses of water a ...

Higher ed people are deeply fatigued from hearing too much innovation talk. The concept of innovation has lost most of its meaning through overuse. When innovation is discussed, it is often as a ...

One of the most robust backward design models developed for higher education is L. Dee Fink’s integrated course design. Fink outlines a streamlined process for designing academic courses, divided into ...

The idea that some kids pick up information better when it's presented visually, and others physically or by listening, is a myth that could rob children of opportunities to learn and a waste of ...