Tag: Motivation
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“How I Learned to Care Like a Novelist, A Chef, and a Coach”
In a post-COVID world, it’s easy for ‘seasoned’ (read: “old-school”) instructors to complain about students’ lack of engagement and motivation in online classes. We (yes, I’m going to include myself in this category for argument’s sake) get frustrated when students won’t turn on their cameras, when they refuse to speak up during synchronous discussions, and…
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For My Final Trick, I’ll Make a Completely Blank Blog Disappear….
I have always enjoyed writing. You might even call it the Ace up my sleeve. Even as a kid, when life became too much I would slip away and write stories about an alter ego named Chelsa Parks (yes, that spelling is correct) who went on adventures and solved her problems through her work as…
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Thinking About SRL (Part 1)
Azevedo et al (2010) set out to explore the concept of self-regulated learning when it comes to what they call “hypermedia environments” (p. 210). The authors define self-regulated learning (SRL) as “an active, constructive process whereby students set goals for their learning and then attempt to monitor, regulate, and control their cognition, motivation, and behavior,…
Now What? (Education and Technology in a Post COVID World) 