Episode 133: How a Neuroscience Professor Uses Art and Play to Create More Engaging and Fun Course Materials with Dr. Angel Kaur
Description:
Our guest for episode 133 of the Lecture Breakers podcast is Dr. Angel Kaur. Angel is an associate professor of neuroscience who has found a way to combine her love for art and teaching.
Angel enjoys experimenting with different course design ideas and teaching strategies, and she is always looking for new ways to have fun and feel joy when she’s teaching.
In this episode, she shares why team-based learning is so important to her teaching philosophy, and then we discuss how to create more visually-appealing course materials (such as the syllabus and your course website) while also supporting student learning, retention, and engagement.
Show Notes:
- Read Angel's article: "Dope Syllabus": Student Impressions of an Infographic-style Visual Syllabus. (creative commons license)
Citation: Kaur, Angel W. (2021) ""Dope Syllabus": Student Impressions of an Infographic-style Visual Syllabus," International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Vol. 15: No. 2, Article 6.
Available at: https://doi.org/10.20429/ijsotl.2021.150206
- Get the book: Motivating Students by Design* by Brett Jones.
- Get the book: Team-Based Learning* by Knight & Fink
- Check out Angel's website and podcast: ClubKaur
- Connect with Angel on Twitter
- Read Angel's article about student-generated podcasts (pdf).
- Check out Angel's Etsy store (and get the infographic syllabus template)
- Listen to episode 116 of the Lecture Breakers podcast to learn how a professor created a neuroanatomy game.
- Listen to episodes 50 and 51 of the Lecture Breakers podcast to learn more about team-based learning.
- Listen to episodes 85 and 86 and 105 to learn more about the power of play in teaching.
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Transcript:
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