# Todd Zakrajsek

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How to Keep Our Brains Sharp, with Therese Huston

Therese Huston shares about Sharp: 14 Simple Ways to Improve Your Life with Brain Science on episode 567 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode As an instructor, there are multiple streams that you’re having to pay attention to and you’re switching between each one. -Th…

Don’t All Talk at Once: Creating Better Classroom Discussions

When students go quiet after your best discussion question, it’s tempting to assume the worst. But what if that quiet moment means something else entirely? In this episode, we’re joined by educator, speaker, and author of Teaching at Its Best, Dr. Todd Zakrajsek, to rethink the role of classroom di…

The New Science of Learning

Dr. Todd Zakrajsek shares with us learnings from the science of learning and his newest book, Essentials of the New Science of Learning. He distills cutting-edge research in neuroscience, cognitive psychology, and education to help students optimize their learning through many examples and stories.…

The Opposite of Cheating Podcast (Season 2) Episode 27: Lew Ludwig

"You can’t ask AI to do what you don’t understand." "I once thought an epsilon-delta proof was just busy work… until years later I saw why it mattered." Join Tricia's discussion with Lew Ludwig in the 27th episode of The Opposite of Cheating Podcast. Lew, a math professor and former teaching center…

Active Learning That Engages All Learners, with Matthew Mahavongtrakul

Matthew Mahavongtrakul shares about active learning that engages all learners on episode 603 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes from the episode You don’t need to change your entire course tomorrow. What is one simple thing that you can do that will pu…

The Science of Learning Meets AI

The widespread adoption of and the rapid evolution of generative AI platforms have created substantial challenges for faculty in how we assess student learning. In this episode, Lew Ludwig and Todd Zakrajsek join us to discuss a new resource they have created that is designed to help faculty use AI…

Episode 7 WLLL Amanda Irvin

A conversation with Amanda Irvin, Executive Director of the Columbia University Center for Teaching and Learning. Show Notes:  Dead Ideas in Teaching and Learning podcast Mitchell J. Nathan, Kenneth R. Koedinger, and Martha W. Alibali, “Expert Blind Spot: When Content Knowledge Eclipses Pedagogica…

Motor Learning

Connect with Dr. Powers In this episode, Dr. Michael Powers dives into motor learning. He highlights the differences between declarative and procedural learning, including the importance of retrieval practice for declarative learning. He discusses motor learning theories not as abstract concepts, b…

The Opposite of Cheating Podcast (Season 2) Episode 51: Lew Ludwig & Todd Zakrajsek

“We didn't ask for this, right? We didn't ask for this unregulated, unchecked technology just keep pouring on us every two weeks"“Learning is hard. Learning is work.”In the 51st episode of the podcast, Tricia reconnects with Lew Ludwig (from Episode 27) and welcomes Todd Zakrajsek to discuss their …

Teaching Math with AI with Amy Langville, Chloe Lewis, Lew Ludwig, and Kathryn Pedings-Behling

Share your thoughts about this episode as a text message. A few years ago, it was pretty easy for math educators to ignore generative AI. The chatbots of 2022 and 2023 were notoriously bad at math. But that’s no longer true! Today’s frontier AI models are very good at math—to the point of proving …