In episode 146 of the Lecture Breakers podcast, Dr. Barbi Honeycutt shares 10 creative ways you can use audio in your courses to engage students and improve learning. She shares findings from scholarly articles and explains how an audio-enhanced learning taxonomy can give you new ideas for mixing things up mix things up and offering a variety of effective and engaging learning experiences for your students. Get your podcast freebie for this episode: barbihoneycutt.com/audioideas Get the show notes and transcript: https://barbihoneycutt.com/LB146

Learn how to use the 'Pass the Problem' activity to engage students and improve learning by promoting collaboration, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills. Discover how this activity can address complex issues, enhance student engagement, and create small groups for discussion. Explore the benefits of the 'Pass the Problem' activity as a collaborative learning activity and gain tips for facilitation and organization. Find out how to utilize the activity with exam questions or complex problems, and how it can be applied in faculty meetings for brainstorming.

In episode 144, Dr. Barbi Honeycutt shares 10 ways you can use infographics to engage students and improve learning. You can use infographics as both an active learning strategy and as an assessment strategy. You can also use them in any course format including on-site, face-to-face, blended, and online.  Get your free resource for this episode! barbihoneycutt.com/infographic Get the show notes:  https://barbihoneycutt.com/LB144

In episode 143 of the Lecture Breakers Podcast, Dr. Barbi Honeycutt kicks off season 6 with an active learning strategy you can use to enhance critical thinking and problem-solving skills. It's called the Six Thinking Hats, and it can be used in your lessons, workshops, and other learning environments. Barbi shares 10 ways you can adapt this activity to work in any course! Download your free worksheet: barbihoneycutt.com/sixhats Get the show notes: https://barbihoneycutt.com/LB143

In episode 142 of the Lecture Breakers podcast, join Barbi as she wraps up season 5. She shares two fun active learning strategies you can use to help students prepare for active learning, problem solving, group work, and collaboration. She has used these activities in undergraduate classes, graduate seminars, and professional development workshops for faculty and postdocs. You can adapt both of these to work with almost any course! Get the show notes: https://barbihoneycutt.com/LB142

In episode 141 of the Lecture Breakers podcast, let's welcome Dr. Victoria (Tori) Mondelli and Dr. Joe Bisz to the show. They just published their new book, The Educator’s Guide to Designing Games and Creative Active-Learning Exercises: The Allure of Play.* Tori and Joe discuss why active learning and play are so important in teaching and learning, and they both share their favorite “go to” activities to promote student engagement, encourage connection and sharing, and of course, improve learning. And, as we bring the episode to a close, they share tips and recommendations to help get students, and faculty, “buy in” to the playful learning environment which often goes against the norms and traditions we see in higher education. Show notes and transcript: https://barbihoneycutt.com/LB141

In episode 140 of the Lecture Breakers podcast, I'm excited to welcome Dr. Michael McCreary to the show. Michael is the co-founder of a resource called "Teaching Tools", a free web-based tool that is designed to help you plan effective and inclusive learning experiences. This is a "tech spotlight" episode which means you'll get a chance to take a deep dive into a new technology tool to help you break up your lectures, increase student engagement, and improve learning. Get the show notes: https://barbihoneycutt.com/LB140

In episode 139 of the Lecture Breakers podcast, Dr. Joanne Ricevuto and Dr. Laura McLaughlin join us to talk about how to create engaging virtual environments. They are the authors of the new book Engaging Virtual Environments: Creative Ideas and Online Tools to Promote Student Interaction, Participation, and Active Learning. * In this episode, we talk about the new book, and then Joanne and Laura share so many awesome ideas you can use at different places within your course. From creating a welcome page to designing engaging active learning experiences when you’re teaching synchronously or in real-time, this episode is packed with valuable tips, tools, and recommendations for anyone who is teaching in the virtual space.  Get the show notes: https://barbihoneycutt.com/LB139

In episode 138 of the Lecture Breakers podcast, I'm so excited to welcome Martha Johnson to the show! Martha is a nurse educator and founder of BreakoutRN where she supports other nurse educators in creating successful active learning experiences. She has created unfolding case studies in the form of card decks and interactive classroom kits to help students develop clinical judgment and critical thinking skills. Now, even if you don’t teach nursing education, I know you’ll still enjoy Martha’s inspiring story about moving from the 3-hour lecture model to breaking up her lectures and how that whole experience helped her launch a business that offers products and resources for other educators. I’m so inspired by her story and impressed with her creativity, and I can’t wait to share this story with you. Get the show notes: https://barbihoneycutt.com/LB138

In episode 137 of the Lecture Breakers podcast, I'm excited to welcome Dr. Bonni Stachowiak to the show! If you are teaching an asynchronous online course, meaning you and your students are not all online at the same time, then this is the episode for you! Usually, when we talk about engaging students online, we're thinking about what types of interaction we have with our students in real-time. Activities such as polling, live chats, Q&A sessions, and breakout rooms are popular ways to engage students in live, real-time online courses.  But, what if your students are working through the course material at different times? How can you make asynchronous online learning experiences engaging? What kinds of active learning strategies can you use in this type of course? Bonni is here to break it all down for us! In this conversation, she shares her experience as a learner and as a teacher in asynchronous online courses. We talk about what to do, what to avoid, and what types of activities work well in asynchronous learning environments. Get the show notes: https://barbihoneycutt.com/LB137