About a month ago, I wrote about a social media break I was taking as part of my Technology, Mind, and Brain seminar. I’ve now wrapped up that experiment, and am looking back on what it was like and what it told me.
Category: Technology
Exiting the Network
Posted in Academic Life, and Technology
In which a psychology professor tries a Facebook fast to clear her mind (but not unbreak her brain)
A new replication study revives the question: Is taking notes by hand really better for students?
Posted in Cognitive Psychology and Learning, Higher Education, and Technology
It’s not the modality of or tools used for notetaking, but the thought processes that go along with it, that matter.
On (re)living the real and almost-real, and what it means for learning
Posted in Technology, and Trends and Change
VR can be a lot of things – disorienting, dizzying (literally), fun, strange, and emotional.
Addiction, accommodation, and better solutions to the laptop problem
Posted in Higher Education, and Technology
It started with the wonderful realization that I could bring a book with me everywhere.