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Anthology Sets New Standard in EdTech with Latest Blackboard® LMS Release, Emphasizing AI Literacy, Instructor Efficiency, and Student Success

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This iteration focuses on enhancing AI literacy, improving instructor workflows, and supporting student achievement. It’s a unique way to expose students to generative AI in a responsible and pedagogically-sound way while maintaining instructor oversight. Blackboard Mastery Learning.

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Class Size Matters: Understanding the Link Between Class Size and Student Achievement

eSchool News

Understanding the connection between class size and student achievement, as well as teacher retentions, is critical to the future of our educational system. The Link Between Class Size and Achievement. Research into the impact of class size on student achievement has been ongoing for decades.

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Look to the Science: Understanding how Mind, Brain and Education Science can Inform Educational Practices

k12 Digest

Another study showed that in mathematics, students exposed to brain-based instruction not only achieved higher scores but developed a deeper conceptual understanding of the material. Conclusion Implementing brain-based strategies in the classroom offers a host of possible benefits that extend far beyond academic achievement.

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Balance Instruction and Feedback with Blended Learning

Catlin Tucker

Teachers have three primary roles – designer, instructor, and facilitator. Most teachers dedicate significant time and energy to their instructor role, explaining complex concepts and processes and modeling specific strategies and skills. The responses always yield the same results.

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Dual Enrollment Numbers Are Rising. Colleges Want Them to Keep Growing.

Edsurge

The pure confidence-building of doing well and succeeding in a college course, having a college instructor tell you that you can do this, that youre a college student that boost of confidence is one of the first things people will say is the power of these courses, Fink says.

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Evidence Is Mounting That Calculus Should Be Changed. Will Instructors Heed It?

Edsurge

And that's really our responsibility as faculty, is to put students in environments where they can succeed, and [where] they are going to be able to achieve things that they might not have thought possible.” “Our study shows that [any] student can grow” under the right circumstances, Kramer says.

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Why a multiscreen classroom is the next big thing

eSchool News

However, moving a traditional classroom that’s built for face-to-face delivery to a hybrid-remote environment where instructors are teaching to both students in the classroom and online, often simultaneously, will take more than simply a laptop and a video conferencing application.

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