Inclusive Design Reduces Barriers Like accessible design and universal design for learning, inclusive design is about reducing barriers. Inclusive design focuses on barriers caused by individual social contexts and identities. […]

What Does “Desirable Difficulty” Mean? Desirable difficulty is a term that was introduced by Robert Bjork in his 1994 study “Memory and metamemory considerations in the training of human beings” […]

Do you make videos for your students? When you make those videos, do you sometimes find yourself having to do multiple takes because you forgot some important details? If you […]

In this episode of the Learning Conversations podcast, Trudy and I sat down and chatted with Niamh Murray. Niamh is a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant here at Davidson-Davie Community […]

In this episode of the Learning Conversations podcast, Phil interviews Eileen Hammond who teaches communication courses at DDCC. Eileen talks some about her experiences as a communications instructor before the […]

Curious about HyFlex Teaching? At our Lunch & Learn, we discussed the common terminology and core values of HyFlex course structures to help attendees gain a better understanding of what […]

What Is Active Learning? Active Learning refers to strategies and activities that encourage students to engage with the material being learned in order to improve retention and understanding. When we […]

Podcast Episode 6: Tim Gwillim In the most recent episode of the Learning Conversations podcast, I sat down and talked with Tim Gwillim, who is the Dean of Workforce Training […]

Have You Tried Google Sites? By now we’re all familiar with Google Drive, Docs, Slides, and Sheets, but have you used Google Sites yet? It’s a simple, user-friendly tool for […]

New Lunch & Learn Programs As the semester gets underway, we would like to invite you to take advantage of a new series of learning opportunities. Starting in February, we […]