Group L members: Steven Luo, Ming Yang, Ri Zhou, Oliver Meng Why is group study important in university? Overview The application of the teaching mode of group study injects vitality into classroom teaching. It not only gives full play to the function of mutual collaboration between teachers and students, but also cultivates students’ sense of…

Disability isn’t a lack of ability, it’s a mismatch between a person’s abilities and their environment. KAT HOLMES As educators, we should provide a learning environment that can be adapted for most students. It can be achieved by using multimedia such as images, videos, and podcasts. Usually, when we get a pdf format lecture note,…

sketchnoting Sketchnoting reminds me of the mind map that I use to organize my notes. It really helps to categorize knowledge into different section and visualize it. I used to draw it on a paper, but nowadays we have an app like XMind so that we can work the mind map in a digital form.…

Limited capacity “As we saw last week, Sweller’s Cognitive Load Theory proposes that different types of memory have limited capacities.” This theory surprised me the most. With all these years of experiences, I thought human’s brain can handle a mix of different types of information, but we only have limited capacities for these pieces of…