by Cameron Nichol | May 30, 2014 | Passing exams in the digital age, Study Help
Exams are coming! And life is already here. Focusing and being productive are skills that need to be learnt, now more than ever as we traverse our “always on” world. Scheduling, timed breaks, deadlines and stop multitasking are a few of the tips in this...
by Cameron Nichol | Mar 26, 2014 | Passing exams in the digital age, Study Help
Netorama isn’t the first place I go for medical info but this article reporting on paper from the Journal of Neuroscience was interesting. “We all know that being overweight is bad for your health, but results from a new study show that it can also be bad...
by Cameron Nichol | Mar 18, 2014 | Ed Tech use, Passing exams in the digital age, Study Help
University is not school. We expect students to change in the blink of an eye and become adults. They are not. We know they’re not 15 Ways of the Successful Self-Directed Learner http://www.missiontolearn.com/2013/10/self-directed-learning-success/...
by Cameron Nichol | Mar 18, 2014 | Passing exams in the digital age, Study Help
Mindfulness sounds a bit hippy, new age, vegan but research is showing it to be an effective way to improve exam performance. I think this is particularly important in our “always on”, attention hopping digital age. Our new technologies distract us into...
by Cameron Nichol | Feb 4, 2014 | Ed Tech use, Passing exams in the digital age, Study Help
Here are a couple of recent articles relating to note taking in lectures. Pen-And-Paper Notetaking Superior To Typing On A Laptop This article on Annie Murphy Paul’s blog talks about a study by psychologists Pam Mueller of Princeton and Daniel Oppenheimer of...
by Cameron Nichol | Jan 31, 2014 | Ed Tech use, Passing exams in the digital age, Study Help
Those who follow this blog know one of my interests is the need to teach students some rules to avoid the pitfalls of using new technologies. Here’s a couple of things I found via Annie Murphy Hall’s ‘The Brilliant Blog’ “Children and...
