Closing your computer could jump start your grades this semester. Computers can be distracting, but using a computer in class can affect students’ study habits as much as it affects their attention ...

A growing number of college professors are choosing to bar laptop and phone use in class, citing studies that show students ...

Biology professor Jody Hey was lecturing on human evolution one recent day at Temple University. His students vigorously took ...

For incoming college freshmen, one of the biggest academic challenges is learning ... well, learning how to learn. And experts say that using a laptop to take notes in class is a step in the wrong ...

Standing at the back of a lecture hall, it is increasingly common to see the glare of laptop screens scattered around the room. While most of the students would likely claim to be taking notes, a peek ...

Morgan publishes content on BizTech and handles some of the site's social media channels. In the race to fill classrooms with notebook computers, tablets and electronic devices of all shapes and sizes ...

The moment of truth for me came in the spring 2013 semester. I looked out at my visual-communication class and saw a group of six students transfixed by the blue glow of a video on one of their ...

Works like a charm. You get so caught up in something that you completely miss what is actually more important. Misdirection can thwart the nefarious plans of movie villains and sometimes (temporarily ...