study itself<\/a>.)<\/p>\nBut the trends are clear: all\u00a0that alertness enhancing did the trick. Students had more energy during the online presentation.<\/p>\n
Classroom Implications<\/h2>\n
In my view, this study has lots going for it.<\/p>\n
First,\u00a0<\/strong>its recommendations just make sense<\/em>.<\/p>\nBoth daily experience and a decade or so of research shows that students who have to pay attention — they might have to answer a question soon! — remain alert and learn more.<\/p>\n
Second,\u00a0<\/strong>its recommendations are\u00a0easy to enact<\/em>. While creating random questions and post-class retrieval practice might take some additional effort, doing so isn’t an enormous task.<\/p>\nThe topic of “keeping the camera on” creates controversy in some places — and I can imagine circumstances where it’s not appropriate. But I suspect in most cases, a “camera on” policy is an entirely reasonable baseline.<\/p>\n
Third,<\/strong> this “interaction enhancing” improves alertness —\u00a0and probably helps students learn more<\/em>.<\/p>\nThe study’s authors are quite cautious about this claim; for technical reasons, it’s difficult to measure “learning” in this research paradigm.<\/p>\n
But they found that increased alertness correlated with more learning. And: it certainly makes sense that students who pay attention learn more<\/em>.<\/p>\nTL;DR<\/h2>\n
If we must teach online, we’ve got a few simple strategies to promote student alertness:<\/p>\n
If we ask students to keep their cameras on, answer questions every now and then, and undertake retrieval practices exercises…<\/p>\n
…they pay more attention, and probably learn more.<\/p>\n
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\nA Technical Footnote about Vocabulary<\/h2>\n
In the field of psychology, vocabulary can get tricky. We often have several words to describe more-or-less the same psychological concept. (E.g.: “the testing effect” and “retrieval practice.”)<\/p>\n
This thing that I’m calling “alertness” is — in fact — often called “alertness”: so I’m not using an incorrect word. But it’s more<\/em> often called “arousal”; this research team uses that word in their study.<\/p>\nNow, I’m a high-school teacher — so I do not like that word; as the kids say, “it squicks me out.”<\/p>\n
So, in this blog post, I’ve preferred the word “alertness.” If you read the study its based on, you’ll see the other a-word.<\/p>\n
\nGellisch, M., Morosan-Puopolo, G., Wolf, O. T., Moser, D. A., Zaehres, H., & Brand-Saberi, B. (2023). Interactive teaching enhances students’ physiological arousal during online learning.\u00a0Annals of Anatomy-Anatomischer Anzeiger<\/i>,\u00a0247<\/i>, 152050.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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