Lecture Breakers Blog

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.

Here's the list of 33 favorite books about teaching and learning as recommended by colleagues throughout my network.

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.

When you sit down to plan your next lecture, lesson, or class discussion, ask yourself this question: What are the students going to DO today? This e-book includes a collection of 60 articles featuring active learning strategies and flipped learning strategies you can easily integrate into your lessons to engage students and improve learning. 

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.

Here are 5 ways to pause class to encourage student reflection and increase student engagement.