Low-cost videos for learning mathematics by teaching

Technology plays an important role in everyday life and can be used in education. Video is a source of material that can play an important role in the teaching and learning field. Using videos engages students, aids student retention of knowledge, motivates interest in the subject matter, and illustrates the relevance of many concepts. In this chapter, the authors describe two teaching experiences involving videos, where the students made a video about solving a concrete mathematical problem. In this video, the students should explain the problem resolution to their colleagues (playing the role of teacher). The results of the impact of this kind of project in the students' motivation are also presented.FEDER/COMPETE/-NORTE2020/POCI/FCT funds through grants UID/EEA/00147/2013; UID/ IEEA/00147/ 006933-SYSTEC, PTDC-EEI-AUT-2933-2014116858-TOCCATA, To CHAIR - POCI01-0145-FEDER-028247 and UPWIND- POCI -FEDER-FCT -31447. Financial support from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) in the framework of the Strategic Financing. UIDIFIS/04650/2013 is also acknowledged

Curbing Student Digital Distraction With Non-Traditional Teaching Strategies

Student use of mobile phones, laptop computers, and other digital devices for leisure purposes has become nearly omnipresent in college classrooms across the globe. The emergence of the digital distraction phenomenon has left many educators searching for strategies to curb the amount of habitual off-task behavior taking place in their classrooms. The chapter supplies educators with a menu of strategies to diminish the occurrence of student digital distraction in their classrooms. Specifically, the authors discuss evidence-based non-traditional strategies that can be applied to reduce student digital distraction in the traditional face-to-face setting, and they position the flipped classroom model as a viable approach for instructors who wish to curb student digital distraction while simultaneously boosting student engagement and learning. Finally, they discuss the importance of empowering students to take control over their digital device use and learning outcomes by training them to become autonomous, self-regulated learners