Post-lecture emails to students

A few days ago, I came across the following blog post by Dr. Brokk Toggerson, a physics lecturer from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst: 

"Reflections on Physics 132 Spring ’22 Part II – Something that has been evolving for a few semesters: After-class broadcasts"

This post really resonated with me, and I am glad to share it on my own Physics Education blog along with a few comments of mine. I started following a similar approach back when I was a teaching assistant for various physics, mathematics and computer science courses during my undergraduate and graduate studies, and to this day I am strongly convinced that this is a great way to enhance the students' learning experience. Personally, I think that this approach is applicable both for large enrollment courses (such as Dr. Toggerson's 600-student lecture) and smaller classes.      

Thoughts and conversations on teaching during a scientific conference

Last week, I attended the annual conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM) which took place in Minneapolis (United States). While the central topics of this conference were all related to cutting-edge research in the field of magnetism, I still had the chance to think and talk about teaching physics and materials science. Therefore, in today’s blogpost, I would like to touch on a few of my thoughts and conversations.