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An interesting study on why misconceptions are so hard to correct in scientific thinking.

Good article outlining the reasons for why one might integrate Twitter into their curriculum and ways to do so smoothly

Useful for thinking about how to approach Powerpoint slides and other visual aides to teaching.

There are many reasons professors who lecture don't want to give it up. Tradition may be the mightiest force. "Lecturing is just the way a lot of professors have always done it," says Joe Redish, a physicist at the University of Maryland, College Park who has done research on why lectures aren't effective.

This is one of the reasons that UCAT sponsors the Mid-Career & Senior Faculty Learning Community.

Just one more reason to make sure you try out our At-Risk simulation training: http://ucat.osu.edu/at-risk.html