With lectures, you only get out of them what you’re willing to put in. You might be bored by the slides, but that information is still important. If you spend that time thinking from the teacher ...

Well, kind of. We’re focusing on teaching. Specifically the most enduring format for college teaching: the lecture. It seems the majority of college courses around the country are still taught ...

Students collaborate and teach each other during flipped lectures. Credit: Photo Illustration by Amanda Suarez There are no rows of students on Facebook or napping in Professor Donald Berry’s ...

That's because, in a kind of self-fulfilling prophecy, simply expecting a lecture or presentation to be boring will make you feel more bored, a study suggests. Researchers from the University of ...

Harvard courses are boring, and active learning — a pedagogical method that prioritizes student engagement — is the solution. Suggesting Harvard lectures are dull won’t sound novel to ...