Instructor presence in video lectures represents a dynamic pedagogical design element that has garnered increasing scholarly attention. Research has shown that the visual inclusion of instructors not ...

When OpenAI released “study mode” in July 2025, the company touted ChatGPT’s educational benefits. “When ChatGPT is prompted to teach or tutor, it can significantly improve academic performance,” the ...

Use some of the following techniques to incorporate Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning (Mayer, 2005) into your videos. The use of on-screen text or symbols to highlight important information.

Far from rotting our brains, video games may improve our cognition. But how we play them matters when it comes to the benefits they provide. By playing video games, “people are practicing complex ...

A new study has examined the role of several cognitive functions in young students learning to write English, their second language. The study conducted a battery of cognitive tests, gauged the ...

In two previous articles (here and here), I summarized evidence countering the common fears about video games (that they are addictive and promote such maladies as social isolation, obesity, and ...

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Far from rotting our brains, video games may improve our cognition. But how we play them matters when it comes to the benefits they provide. By playing video games, “people are practicing complex ...

In two previous articles (here and here), I summarized evidence countering the common fears about video games (that they are addictive and promote such maladies as social isolation, obesity, and ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Other studies have painted a grimmer picture, suggesting that AI may impair ...