eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Their achievements create greater awareness of the remarkable work happening in the sector.”. “We We also selected Charles Best, CEO and Founder of DonorsChoose as our Hero Award recipient for his lifetime achievement on his groundbreaking education platform DonorsChoose.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 18, 2023

” Challenges with Traditional Live Instruction Traditionally, educators disseminate information in real-time, relying on lectures or mini-lessons. One way to achieve this is by rotating students from a pre-video activity into the video lesson and ending with a post-video activity.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

A new approach to blended learning that benefits teachers and students Research has found that when compared with traditional forms of teaching, self-paced learning enables students to develop a deeper understanding of academic material, and is correlated with higher achievement.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 12, 2024

Between budgetary constraints, bandwidth crunches, and a constantly changing syllabus, teachers have their hands full when it comes to structuring and building their class’s lessons and lectures. By distilling a lecture’s knowledge into a set of handy flashcards, teachers can ensure their students’ progress and performance.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

By incorporating these active learning strategies into instruction, educators create dynamic and interactive learning environments that engage students and enhance academic achievement. What are active study strategies?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Student engagement is critical in ensuring–and boosting–student achievement. Today, pandemic-related learning loss is still a very real concern for educators, and student learning is one of education’s biggest priorities as the nation strives to move further away from the pandemic’s impact on education.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 12, 2025

Read on… Plan Ahe ad: Set Yourself Up for a Career in Electrical and Computer Engineering Regardless of where you are in your life or at what stage, if you have a dream that you want to achieve, you can start working toward that immediately. Have Online Education Systems Replaced Traditional Lectures?

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 4, 2023

This is a great phrase to remember as districts, schools, and educators increasingly rely on technology tools to support student achievement. Technology is an amazing tool, but just like any lecture, tech is subject to the “bottom endurance” rule. Although many teachers (and too many school administrators!)

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The key to successfully navigating this maelstrom of emotions is to start small, break the challenge down into achievable tasks, and begin with actions that will have the most impact. Listening to a lecture, writing notes, filling out worksheets, and taking tests will almost surely not be enough.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 10, 2019

According to research , in a typical classroom lecture students will generally retain only five percent of the material presented. Today’s teachers are looking to new methods of teaching and learning to improve student engagement and achievement, including tech-based solutions like the flipped classroom.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2021

However, research shows that the physical space that supports active learning is quite different from one designed for lecture-focused teaching. When that happens, educators can help students reach new levels of engagement and academic achievement.”. But one commonly overlooked factor in this transition is classroom design.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The study, which occurred over three semesters, randomly assigned students to either learning through lectures, the old-school way, or through “active” calculus instruction that emphasizes student engagement. That the traditional lecture method of teaching calculus isn’t as effective as active models. Its conclusion?

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eSchool News

MAY 1, 2024

Video conferencing that connects students and educators globally for virtual lectures, discussions, and guest speakers. Learning management systems (LMS) that facilitate online content delivery, assignments, and grading. Classroom response systems for instant feedback and engagement through quizzes, polls, and surveys.

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Edsurge

MAY 5, 2020

As Gladwell tells it, the rule goes like this: it takes 10,000 hours of intensive practice to achieve mastery of complex skills and materials, like playing the violin or getting as good as Bill Gates at computer programming.

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eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2018

Districts around the country are moving away from teaching models based on lectures and textbooks—but transition isn’t always simple. A few years ago, this question inspired me to begin exploring a route for K–4 and 5th- and 6th-grade students that would allow us to stray from the traditional model of lecture and testing.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2018

Inclusive educators often use Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to provide students with consistent access to engaging content and effective paths for achieving educational goals in classrooms where they experience a greater sense of belonging. Use Varied Strategies to Present Content.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

growing achievement gap – meaning that economically disadvantaged students and students of color were hit the hardest. At the same it can also serve as a huge distraction and sometimes to the detriment of student’s growth and development. The data on this is clear.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 29, 2025

First, all students, regardless of their SES (socio-economic status) standing, showed significantly higher levels of retained learning than the control group which used the time-honored lectures, basic active learning techniques, and case approaches.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

That’s the view of Arthur Levine, in a new book called “ The Great Upheaval: Higher Education’s Past, Present, and Uncertain Future ,” which he co-wrote with Scott Van Pelt, a lecturer and associate director of the Communication Program for the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. It doesn't matter if I learned it on Wikipedia.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Today’s students demand more than just traditional lectures and textbooks; they’re looking for an engaging, flexible, and personalized learning experience. However, many educators still rely heavily on lecture-based formats, which can lead to disengagement.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The courses feature cinematically produced lectures by top-rated instructors and professors from renowned institutions, such as NASA, MIT, Harvard, and Yale. Providing engaging content and interactive learning features, Savvas CTE courses are designed to maximize student learning, motivation, and achievement.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2021

It is historically one of the most vexing problems in education that there is a tradeoff between scale and achievable quality of instruction : As class sizes grow larger, the ability of a teacher to provide the type of personalized guidance shown by learning science research to be most effective is diminished.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2025

Provide Closed Captioning on posted videos (lectures, resources, etc.). Nader is passionate about providing equitable education for all students and supporting educators to achieve this goal. When presenting a visual/image, also provide a description of the image (alt text).

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Edsurge

MAY 5, 2021

It’s common today for colleges to invite professors from other institutions to deliver distinguished lectures on campus. Rather than using student learning as the measure of academic attainment, the credit-hour arbitrarily makes time the basis for judging achievement. Just think of the intellectually exciting possibilities.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Numerous online resources exist where you can find lecture notes, study guides, and other helpful materials. homework, lecture notes, practice tests). Keeping lecture notes, study guides, and other resources well-organized saves time and reduces the frustration of searching for materials during study sessions.

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Teach Hub

APRIL 23, 2025

The site rewards progress with certificates and achievements. Make Math Interactive with Technology Instead of relying solely on lectures, use technology to help students visualize concepts: Desmos for interactive graphing. IXL.com is a popular online math practice tool that many teachers swear by. GeoGebra for exploring geometry.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 3, 2025

Lets encourage our students to be aware of what they want to achieve when using AI tools and be proactive in selecting, rearranging, editing and refining the visuals to suit their purposes. Aileen Wanli Lam is a Senior Lecturer and technology enthusiast at the National University of Singapore.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Check out related article, “ The Pandemic Pushed Colleges to Record Lectures. Providing tools to students at the beginning of their career is integral to achieving those goals. “You’re going to the bookstore, picking this up on the first day of classes, and returning it when collecting your cap and gown,” Uhlenkamp says.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2018

Inclusive educators often use Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to provide students with consistent access to engaging content and effective paths for achieving educational goals in classrooms where they experience a greater sense of belonging. Use varied strategies to present content.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2024

After a family discussion, we decided he would repeat Algebra 1 in ninth grade,” Lynem, a journalism lecturer, wrote in CalMatters. When he later won an achievement award in math, Lynem determined that the decision had been a good one. They hoped it would increase his confidence and mastery, she wrote.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

I think that there is an opportunity to achieve what ride-sharing apps or Airbnb have achieved: show the world another way of doing education at a sufficient scale. 1946 London Lectures, Maria Montessori. That means identifying why so few children are in authentic Montessori programs and creating paths to change that.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Most MOOCs, despite the claims of innovation and disruption, consisted of video lectures and text-based assignments. Thus, the impression that most people have of online education is an attempt to create an online lecture. But there are powerful and exciting alternative.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

For instance, after completing a reading or watching a lecture, students can be assigned reflective essays where they critically analyze the content, connect it to real-world examples, and express their own perspectives. These activities can help students develop their critical thinking skills and promote deeper learning.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

For instance, after completing a reading or watching a lecture, students can be assigned reflective essays where they critically analyze the content, connect it to real-world examples, and express their own perspectives. These activities can help students develop their critical thinking skills and promote deeper learning.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Interactive Lectures: Instead of passive listening, interactive lectures involve activities such as quizzes, polls, or small group discussions interspersed throughout the lecture to keep students engaged and reinforce key concepts. This approach maximizes classroom time for interactive, hands-on learning experiences.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

He highlighted crucial aspects of deep learning—why you don’t usually find it in traditional classrooms, how conflict and confusion can inspire it, why people don’t like it, and why it’s so important for today’s students to achieve it. Here, read a book, or listen to a lecture. 2018 McGraw Prize in Education winner Arthur Graesser.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 24, 2024

Teachers no longer lecture from a dais with student learning contained within the schoolhouse walls. Requiring students to be risk-takers in their learning, inquiry-driven in their results, and authentic in their achievements is the new paradigm in educational success. Education has changed.

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