
Lecture Breakers
The Lecture Breakers podcast is the place where college professors, instructors, and educators share innovative teaching strategies, practical ideas, teaching tips, and resources to help you break up your lectures, energize your classroom, increase student engagement, and improve learning.
Latest episodes

Mar 24, 2020 • 41min
026 - How to Integrate Universal Design for Learning Principles In Your Online Courses
026 - In this episode, Dr. Thomas J. Tobin shares advice on how to integrate Universal Design for Learning principles into your online courses to increase access, motivation, and student engagement. Show notes available at lecturebreakers.com Get the show notes: https://barbihoneycutt.com/LB26

Mar 17, 2020 • 39min
025 - Teaching and Learning with Games and Simulations
025 - In this episode, Dr. Dave Eng shares advice on how to use games and simulations in the classroom to increase student engagement and improve learning. Show notes available at lecturebreakers.com Get the show notes: https://barbihoneycutt.com/LB25

Mar 10, 2020 • 40min
024 - Generation Z as Learners: How to Create Meaningful Learning Experiences that Connect with Today's College Students
024 - In this episode, Meghan Grace shares the latest research about Generation Z, how they learn, and how we can create meaningful learning experiences that connect with today’s college students. Show notes available at lecturebreakers.com Get the show notes: https://barbihoneycutt.com/LB24

Mar 3, 2020 • 47min
023 - How to Create More Effective and Engaging Online Videos Without Getting Overwhelmed
023 - In this episode, Dr. Karen Costa shares tips to help you create more effective and engaging videos without getting overwhelmed. Learn how to create a simple and sustainable system for creating videos to enhance connection and engagement in your courses. Show notes available at lecturebreakers.com Get the show notes: https://barbihoneycutt.com/LB23

Feb 25, 2020 • 46min
022 - 5 Ways to Help Students Succeed in Online Courses
022 - In this episode, Holly Owens shares 5 ways to help students succeed in online courses. Holly discusses course design strategies to increase student engagement and ways to leverage technology tools to improve learning. Show notes available at lecturebreakers.com Get the show notes: https://barbihoneycutt.com/LB22

Feb 18, 2020 • 36min
021 - Break Up Your Lecture With These 5 Unplugged Teaching Strategies
021 - In this episode, Dr. Barbi Honeycutt shares why you might want to consider breaking up your lecture without using technology. She shares 5 unplugged teaching strategies you can use to engage students. Show notes available at lecturebreakers.com Get the show notes: https://barbihoneycutt.com/LB21

Feb 11, 2020 • 46min
020 - How to Use Scrum to Break Up Your Lectures, Design Courses, and Get the Right Things Done
020 - In this episode, Dr. Rebecca Pope-Ruark shares how the Scrum framework can help you break up your lectures, design courses, manage big projects, and get the right things done. Show notes available at lecturebreakers.com Get the show notes: https://barbihoneycutt.com/LB20

Feb 4, 2020 • 1h
019 - How Universal Design for Learning Can Help You Break Up Your Lectures
019 - In this episode, Dr. Thomas J. Tobin explains how we can use the principles of Universal Design for Learning to break up lectures, reduce barriers, and create learning experiences that allow of our learners to be successful. Show notes available at lecturebreakers.com Get the show notes: https://barbihoneycutt.com/LB19

Jan 28, 2020 • 53min
018 - How to Use Games to Design Engaging Learning Experiences
018 - In this episode, Dr. Travis Thurston discusses how to use games to design engaging learning experiences. We discuss the research, benefits of games, and examples you can use to break up your lecture using gamification as the framework. Show notes available at lecturebreakers.com Get the show notes: https://barbihoneycutt.com/LB18

Jan 21, 2020 • 38min
017 - How to Get Students to Come to Class Prepared
017 - In this episode, Barbi shares 10 strategies you can use to get students to come to class prepared. When you break up your lectures and integrate more active learning strategies into your courses, your students will need to be ready to participate. Show notes available at lecturebreakers.com Get the show notes: https://barbihoneycutt.com/LB17