Every semester, instructors hear some version of the same concern: “Students don’t have the attention spans they used to.” Yet those same students can spend hours watching videos, following sports,…

When we plan our courses, we tend to think in academic calendar time: opening day, assignment deadlines, final exam schedules. But what about the calendar that students actually live by?…

Growing up, I was drawn to punk rock because it effectively expressed the angst I felt with things like curfews and homework, to say nothing of the raging hormones of…