Dangerously Irrelevant

APRIL 9, 2018

Of course the benefits of active learning are apparent beyond the kindergarten sector. They also are more likely to graduate high school on time, are more likely to enroll in 4-year colleges and universities (particularly true for 9th grade low achievers), and persist and graduate from college at higher rates.

Active Learning 105

Active Learning Activities Learning Cognitive Development 105

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of online distance education, educators face a crucial challenge: captivating students and igniting their passion for learning within virtual environments. The key to unlocking this new era of educational success lies in the integration of active learning strategies.

Active Learning 98

Active Learning Achievement Activities Quizzes 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of online distance education, educators face a crucial challenge: captivating students and igniting their passion for learning within virtual environments. The key to unlocking this new era of educational success lies in the integration of active learning strategies.

Active Learning 97

Active Learning Achievement Activities Quizzes 97

Faculty Focus

MAY 29, 2025

After 13 years of testing higher-order active learning modalities in the classroom, collecting data, building a database, and analyzing student learning results in bi-annual principles of marketing classes, my colleague and I saw two important results emerge.

Student Engagement 73

Student Engagement Syllabus Learning Students 73

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The study — which involved 811 undergraduate students at Florida International University, a large public university in Miami — is perhaps the biggest randomized study of active learning methods in calculus, says Laird Kramer, a physicist at the university and one of the study’s authors. Its conclusion? But eventually, they get it. “[The

Instructors 201

Instructors Lecturing STEM Study 201

eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Metacognitive Strategies : Teaching students to monitor their own learning process, set goals, and regulate their learning enhances self-awareness and fosters academic autonomy. Re-reading : Going over material multiple times without actively engaging with its content or actively processing information.

Study 130

Study Activities Critical Thinking Active Learning 130

eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

From traditional methods like lectures to innovative approaches such as active classroom learning and technology integration, these techniques play a vital role in shaping educational outcomes. Effective teaching strategies encompass a variety of approaches tailored to engage students and promote meaningful learning experiences.

Teaching 130

Teaching Teaching Methods Learning Styles Critical Thinking 130

Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2017

(Cator’s organization has tried to brand CBL as challenge-based learning.) Community-based learning encourages students to find and solve local issues. And the related place-based learning sees students explore the history and culture of their own region. The concepts inherent to active learning are not new.

Learning 167

Learning Problem-Based Learning History Lecturing 167

eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

From traditional classroom learning methods like lectures and textbooks to innovative technologies such as interactive whiteboards and educational apps, these tools aim to facilitate effective learning experiences and foster student growth. One effective teaching technique within active learning is problem-based learning (PBL).

Teaching 130

Teaching Textbooks Learning Styles Teaching Methods 130

Edsurge

DECEMBER 16, 2020

They allow me to not only minimize the complexity of digital learning, but also help ensure that when students do use them, they are doing so as part of an active learning process. After all, students are interacting with content, and sure, it’s probably better than simply watching a lecture and sitting quietly.

Distance Learning 218

Distance Learning Multiple Choice Questions Learning Critical Thinking 218

eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Summative assessment, on the other hand, evaluates student learning at the end of a unit, semester, or academic year. Examples include standardized tests, final exams, and end-of-course projects, which measure student achievement against predetermined criteria and provide a snapshot of overall learning outcomes.

Textbooks 130

Textbooks Metacognitive Skills Education Teaching Methods 130

Edsurge

OCTOBER 9, 2017

place-based approach to instruction, both for student learning and, equally important, for professional development. Place-based instructional practices draw on experiencing the land, the stories, and the primary sources that inspire active learning and promotes civic responsibility. In order to do so, we’ve adopted a.

History 164

History Culture English Lecturing 164

eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

From traditional classroom learning approaches like lectures and textbooks to innovative methodologies such as active learning and technology integration, these methods aim to promote effective and dynamic learning experiences. What are the 5 methods of teaching? What are the 5 methods of teaching?

Teaching 130

Teaching Teaching Methods Critical Thinking Learning Styles 130

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 28, 2025

These brief moments set the stage for active learning, focus, trust, and shaping the atmosphere of the entire session. These crucial minutes set the tone, influencing how students perceive the class, their peers, and their role within the learning environment. Consider the First Five Minutes from the students perspective.

Activities 110

Activities Interdisciplinary Active Learning Participation 110

Edsurge

MAY 4, 2017

As if that wasn’t enough, the largest meta-analysis of 213 SEL programs across 270,000 K-12 students also demonstrated an average 11 percentile point increase in academic achievement (eg. lecture alone doesn’t work). test scores increasing from 60/100 to 71/100). If SEL programs can improve both mental health. Widener University has a.

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Counselling Learning Lecturing Testing 149

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Unlike traditional lecture videos that are often long and comprehensive, microlectures are bite-sized instructional videos that focus on one chunk of content. Zheng (2022) also explains that the interactive nature of microlectures (where students are prompted to engage in active learning activities) enhances student learning.

Instructors 131

Instructors Lecturing Faculty Development Activities 131

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 20, 2023

Showing up to lectures and completing class assignments are essential ingredients for success in most college courses. Goals could include achieving a certain GPA, mastering specific subjects, or acquiring relevant skills for their desired profession.

Failure 98

Failure Students Lecturing Feedback 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 20, 2023

Showing up to lectures and completing class assignments are essential ingredients for success in most college courses. Goals could include achieving a certain GPA, mastering specific subjects, or acquiring relevant skills for their desired profession.

Failure 96

Failure Students Lecturing Feedback 96

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 28, 2025

These brief moments set the stage for active learning, focus, trust, and shaping the atmosphere of the entire session. These crucial minutes set the tone, influencing how students perceive the class, their peers, and their role within the learning environment. Consider the First Five Minutes from the students perspective.

Activities 98

Activities Interdisciplinary Active Learning Participation 98

Faculty Focus

MAY 14, 2023

However, by integrating interactive features like quizzes, hotspots, and branching storylines within the video content, instructors can create interactive videos that transform passive viewing into active learning experiences, resulting in improved student performance by up to 30 percent. Dr. Spencer Willis, Jr.

Instructors 116

Instructors Quizzes Students Assignments 116

eSchool News

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Rather than sit-and-get lectures, EZWrite encourages students to manipulate content, explore concepts, and solve problems, fostering critical thinking and problem-solving skills. To boost engagement without expensive subscription costs, BenQ Boards include the license-free EZWrite 6 annotation and collaboration software.

Schools 141

Schools Learning Quizzes Lecturing 141

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

Students in smaller classes often feel more comfortable asking questions and engaging in discussions, fostering a collaborative learning environment. Occasionally, we paused the lecture to pose a thought-provoking question, encouraging students to discuss it with a partner before sharing their insights with the class.

Teaching 82

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 82

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

Students in smaller classes often feel more comfortable asking questions and engaging in discussions, fostering a collaborative learning environment. Occasionally, we paused the lecture to pose a thought-provoking question, encouraging students to discuss it with a partner before sharing their insights with the class.

Teaching 79

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 79

Faculty Focus

MAY 14, 2023

However, by integrating interactive features like quizzes, hotspots, and branching storylines within the video content, instructors can create interactive videos that transform passive viewing into active learning experiences, resulting in improved student performance by up to 30 percent. Dr. Spencer Willis, Jr.

Instructors 96

Instructors Quizzes Students Assignments 96

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Unlike traditional lecture videos that are often long and comprehensive, microlectures are bite-sized instructional videos that focus on one chunk of content. Zheng (2022) also explains that the interactive nature of microlectures (where students are prompted to engage in active learning activities) enhances student learning.

Instructors 98

Instructors Lecturing Faculty Development Activities 98

Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2017

Don’t even think of lecturing to these college students. The 14 students who just finished up the spring session of EdSurge Independent want something more active, and they want to have a voice as colleges rethink how they teach and support people on their campuses. In no sense does anybody learn well from a lecture.

Lecturing 93

Lecturing Students Discussions Essay 93

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2023

.” In the current learning environment, students with disabilities encounter significant challenges due to the lack of inclusivity and accessibility in the education system. Individualized instruction also significantly supports neurodiverse students, catering to their unique needs in traditional and online learning settings.

Disabilities 98

Disabilities Learning Spaces Universal Design Learning Disabilities 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2023

.” In the current learning environment, students with disabilities encounter significant challenges due to the lack of inclusivity and accessibility in the education system. Individualized instruction also significantly supports neurodiverse students, catering to their unique needs in traditional and online learning settings.

Disabilities 98

Disabilities Learning Spaces Universal Design Learning Disabilities 98

Faculty Focus

MAY 29, 2025

After 13 years of testing higher-order active learning modalities in the classroom, collecting data, building a database, and analyzing student learning results in bi-annual principles of marketing classes, my colleague and I saw two important results emerge.

Student Engagement 52

Student Engagement Syllabus Learning Students 52

eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

At its core, classroom learning provides a structured environment conducive to focused study and exploration. Within this setting, instructors deliver curriculum content through lectures, presentations, demonstrations, and other instructional methods tailored to meet the diverse needs of learners.

Learning 130

Learning eLearning Instructors Learning Styles 130

Edsurge

MAY 15, 2018

Today, with our professors lecturing in satellite campuses across Asia—from the Pacific to the ancient Biblical lands—we have entered a new age of U.S. Active learning about the world demands that students not only absorb global lessons from books and lectures, but they must go out and experience what’s happening elsewhere.

Lecturing 81

Lecturing English Internet Culture 81

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Educative assessments enhance the quality of learning and go beyond audit-ive-type assessment that is generally used for the sole purpose of awarding a grade (Fink, 2003). Educative assessment should be future oriented to improve student learning and have an impact on the student experience beyond the life of the course.

Course Design 60

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 60

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Educative assessments enhance the quality of learning and go beyond audit-ive-type assessment that is generally used for the sole purpose of awarding a grade (Fink, 2003). Educative assessment should be future oriented to improve student learning and have an impact on the student experience beyond the life of the course.

Course Design 59

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 59

Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2018

[Audience question] With that said, is there anything that online could do better, then, as a way to kind of, approaching or achieving what you said around transference, as well as the deprocessing piece? So, technology enables you to do fully active learning better than you could without technology. Nelson: So, yes.

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Lecturing Art Knowledge Questions 115

Scholarly Teacher

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

This may involve lectures, active learning activities, or group work to disseminate information and student learning. Although not strictly backwards design, consider that delivering course content in many different ways can help enrich the student learning experience (Zakrajsek, 2016).

Instructors 52

Instructors Curriculum Quizzes Lecturing 52

k12 Online Schools

APRIL 23, 2025

Start with small daily goals like finishing a video lecture or solving five math problems. Use Active Learning, Not Passive Consumption Watching lectures or reading textbooks might feel productive, but its passive. Real learning happens when the student engages with the material. Watch your favorite movie.

Study 52

Study Online Learning Learning Motivation 52

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2017

Exactly, and this challenge to let your child take risks and grow and achieve freedom and confidence on their own. For many professors—and I would include myself in this—for 20 odd years, you sat and you listened to lectures, and now it is your turn to lecture. Does your platform capture some of these extracurriculars?

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History Education Lecturing Exams 153