Location
Dolan School of Business Dining Room (104A)
Start Date
30-5-2014 2:15 PM
End Date
30-5-2014 4:15 PM
Session Type
Interactive Session
Description
Our students are inundated with an overwhelming amount of information each day as they navigate social media, peruse various websites, listen to the radio, read print media, and flip through innumerable television channels. Unfortunately, very little of this information is directly connected by our students to their interactions with us in the classroom. In this session, we will explore how to break through the cognitive overload that our students experience on a daily basis and discuss how we can help our students develop effective strategies for learning in the midst of this Age of Digital Distraction.
Topic Designation
SoTL, Teaching & Learning, Technology
Presenter Bio(s)
Dr. Katie Linder is the Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at Suffolk University in Boston, MA. Katie’s mission is to help those in the higher education community (including students, faculty, staff, and administrators) thrive on their pathways to academic and scholarly success. Katie frequently consults with and presents to faculty, administrators, and graduate students on topics such as teaching tips and techniques, strategies to increase scholarly productivity, best practices in academic administration and leadership, and achieving work/life balance.
Katie earned her BA in English Literature from Whitworth University in Spokane, WA, and her MA and PhD in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from The Ohio State University. Her research interests include cultural studies of education, academic writing development, and faculty development. Some of her recent articles can be found in Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education; To Improve the Academy: Resources for Faculty, Instructional, and Organizational Development; Red Feather: An International Journal of Children’s Visual Culture; and the Journal on Centers for Teaching and Learning.
Helping Students Learn in an Age of Digital Distraction
Dolan School of Business Dining Room (104A)
Our students are inundated with an overwhelming amount of information each day as they navigate social media, peruse various websites, listen to the radio, read print media, and flip through innumerable television channels. Unfortunately, very little of this information is directly connected by our students to their interactions with us in the classroom. In this session, we will explore how to break through the cognitive overload that our students experience on a daily basis and discuss how we can help our students develop effective strategies for learning in the midst of this Age of Digital Distraction.