THE PEDAGOGICAL INFLUENCER PROJECT (PIP)
Your Guide to Effective Learning
We took the best psychological science on learning, and designed graphics and short videos to share it, and make it more accessible, understandable, and useful. Support provided by the Association for Psychological Science's Fund for Teaching and Public Understanding of Psychological Science, all materials are free to all students and educators. Explore our posters, how-to-study artwork and videos, and measure your own study skills and technique knowledge using valid, reliable, published measures.
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Our goal is to share cognitive science and aid learning with accessible social media.
The PIP Story
History: Social media and social influencers are powerful parts of many lives. Millions spend time following their favorite YouTube or TikTok stars. Learning can benefit from the same techniques. The inspiration from this project came from two events.
First, Regan A. R. Gurung (Prof of Psychology at Oregon State University) had just finished writing a book on study skills aimed at students. Study Like A Champion: Psychological Sciences Tips to Being a Grade A Student (with John Dunlosky, Kent State University, 2023). While the book is easy to read, Regan wanted a way to make the context and tips even more accessible (both monetarily and in terms of time). At the same time, Regan was teaching a graduate class titled The Science of Teaching and Learning. One of the students in class, Sonia Camacho (Masters in Computer Science, Oregon State University and social influencer, now working at Nike), found the material so useful, she created short Tik Toks and images to illustrate some of the concepts. She shared this with Regan who scaled it up, received a grant from the Association for Psychological Science, hiring Sonia to create more material, an artist Paige Herrbolt to draw original artwork, and Chole Bohnstedt (OSU Honors Psychology graduate, now in a Masters program) to coordinate the project.
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The main audience for this project are teachers and their students but anyone who wants to learn better cann benefit. Many instructors want their students to learn and to use the most evidence-informed ways to do it. Students often receive tips on how to study, but the tips (e.g., use distributed practice) may not always be comprehensible (e.g., what does that really mean?) or provide enough detail of what to do (e.g., how can I apply it to my life?).​ We hope the materials here help.
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Have something you would like to see added? Email me: Regan.Gurung@oregonstate.edu
