WhatsApp, Instagram top classroom distractions

If I am not careful, my cellphone will wake me up in the wee hours with buzzes or pings to let me know that news organizations and family members on the other side of the world, in different time zones, are trying to get my attention. Is it too dramatic to say that “there is […]

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‘We interrupt this class for news of your ex-girlfriend’

As a professor, I often wonder what effect my class presentations are having on the minds of my students. Honestly, is it really possible for any human being to pay attention completely to a class for 45 minutes? Or does the mind wander? While I am explaining the theory of market externalities, every media company […]

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Los profesores del libro, los alumnos del smartphone

Foto de U.S. News & World Report Con Internet como herramienta revolucionaria de la comunicación, los profesores nos enfrentamos a la posibilidad de que nuestros métodos de aprender y de enseñar se vuelvan menos efectivos y relevantes. Muchos profesores nos quejamos de que los alumnos no leen. Sí que leen, pero de manera diferente. Debemos […]

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