Lecture Breakers Blog

Here are three strategies to promote reflection in flipped and active learning classrooms.

Try the active learning alphabet activity to mix things up, increase student engagement, and have a little fun!

Here's a fun and easy activity you can use to break up your lecture, promote conversation, and encourage connection in your course!

Break Up Your Lecture with Guided Notes: 5 Ways to Help Students Stay Focused, Engaged, and On Task

Here are 5 ideas for student-created videos. I hope these ideas inspire you to mix up your assignments and assessments to increase student engagement and improve learning. 

If you want to break up your lectures and use more active, student-centered learning strategies in your courses, then an important part of planning is to create a learning environment where students feel welcomed.  Here are 3 simple ways to get to know your students.

Break up your lecture with one of these activities to help students prepare for group work.

Here are 3 types of stories you can use to break up your lecture, build rapport, and increase student engagement.

Here are 5 ways you can use Instagram in your courses to increase student engagement, showcase others’ work, and bring research to life.

Here are 6 ways you can use "teaching" posters in your course to increase student engagement.

Here are 5 ways you can use the 3-2-1 teaching strategy to break up your lecture, increase student engagement, and improve learning. It's an easy strategy that takes less than 5 minutes to do during your lecture.

Here are 12 things you can do with journals to promote reflection and encourage student engagement.