Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2019

Although a wealth of research suggests that active learning increases student engagement and improves academic outcomes, many college campuses struggle to get faculty to shift away from traditional, sage-on-a-stage style teaching practices. One of IU’s early redesign efforts saw it transform an old indoor swimming pool.

Active Learning 168

Active Learning Activities Instructors Learning Spaces 168

Faculty Focus

MAY 4, 2025

Meanwhile, in my online section of the same course, students worked through carefully crafted modules at their own pace, their participation in discussion boards ebbing and flowing unpredictably. Instead, we need to reimagine active learning for both spaces, maintaining the core principles while adapting the execution.

Active Learning 84

Active Learning Activities Learning Minute Papers 84

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

By offering a guided tour through a variety of theories about human learning, he may just cause you to rethink what teaching even is. Listen to the discussion on this week’s EdSurge On Air podcast. I want to be very clear: what the research shows has a detrimental effect on student learning is the nonstop lecturing.

Art 167

Art Science Teaching Failure 167

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 4, 2024

This encoding involves attention and perception, allowing the brain to filter and focus on relevant information. During elaboration, students actively engage with the new information by analyzing, questioning, and synthesizing it. Elaboration strengthens neural connections, making the new information more meaningful and memorable.

Knowledge 195

Knowledge Participation Discussions Writing 195

Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2023

But it was just one student, and most seemed to be paying attention. And I was like, ‘But I've been here the whole time, and I've actively paid attention and done it.’ And just having a really frank discussion with them.” Active Learning Strategies I still had one more class to go on my visit.

Instructors 213

Instructors Lecturing Students Textbooks 213

eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Highlighting or Underlining : Merely marking text with highlighters or underlining without actively processing or synthesizing the information. While these methods may draw attention to key points, they do not necessarily promote understanding or retention. What are the active learning strategies?

Study 130

Study Activities Critical Thinking Active Learning 130

Edsurge

DECEMBER 16, 2020

From increased anxiety and depression related to unhealthy usage of social media , to our students’ decreased attention spans , it’s time to take a “less is more” approach. But doing so is imperative if we want to re-humanize learning experiences for our students. That may seem counterintuitive. What are we going to use for curriculum?

Distance Learning 218

Distance Learning Multiple Choice Questions Learning Critical Thinking 218

Edsurge

JANUARY 20, 2020

I never see this discussed in resources for effective teaching, but it has been a big challenge for me for many years. With any interactive or active form of learning, so much of how a class goes depends on the students. The students were so engaged in discussions, I had no authority. It was awkward. And awesome.

Lecturing 185

Lecturing Attention Questions Study 185

Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2019

The online university advertises its video-based online courses as active-learning seminars, so these class sizes are modeled after their counterparts at many traditional face-to-face colleges. We can’t allow for any would-be critics to be dismissive” because of a belief that students aren’t receiving attention from professors.

Lecturing 163

Lecturing Attention Beliefs Participation 163

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 15, 2023

As learners and teaching technology continue to evolve, faculty are recognizing the importance of teaching for active learning. During a two-hour lecture, the average student spends 37 minutes doing non-class related activities on their devices (Ravizza et.

Lecturing 122

Lecturing Instructors Active Learning Activities 122

Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2019

Learning is often a social process, taking place through dialogue, discussion and other forms of interpersonal interaction. With more and more students learning remotely, the #DLNchat community set out last week to answer the question: How can universities create meaningful community for online students?

Failure 136

Failure Instructors Discussions Culture 136

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 111

Activities Interdisciplinary Active Learning Participation 111

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2019

After a few of the district’s schools participated in a pilot program with the digital reading platform Actively Learn, Stanley got a look at teacher surveys and other program details. “I How do we prepare students to do that more actively? The Actively Learn platform provides opportunity for both approaches.

Reading 147

Reading Teachers Learning English 147

Faculty Focus

APRIL 20, 2025

For any task that feels impossible, adding pieces of social engagement and active learning can be a significant variable toward success. The variety of media will likely hold attention and engagement more than any text string of characters could. Easy way to grab your students attention during live seminars 3.

Online Learning 96

Online Learning Activities Multidisciplinary Teaching 96

Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2021

In another, the instructor uses historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to teach letters of the alphabet—for the letter “f,” the kids discuss Fisk University. We have designed apps that will give kids a different type of learning experience—play-based and interactive. They’re not just passively staring at a screen.”

Math 218

Math Reading Quizzes Activities 218

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2023

In fact he had been pursuing research to improve physics teaching for years, as a parallel area of work that people hadn’t paid much attention to. Listen to the full discussion, including examples of active learning methods shown to work and how Wieman thinks the pandemic has impacted teaching on the EdSurge Podcast.

Teaching 200

Teaching Lecturing Evaluation Teaching Evaluations 200

Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2024

Some educators worry that it will keep students from paying attention. Try pausing your lecture and start having debates with your students — get into small group discussions,” he says. New AI tools can make audio recordings of lectures and automatically create summaries and flashcards of the material.

Lecturing 216

Lecturing Education Assignments Syllabus 216

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

JANUARY 15, 2023

As learners and teaching technology continue to evolve, faculty are recognizing the importance of teaching for active learning. During a two-hour lecture, the average student spends 37 minutes doing non-class related activities on their devices (Ravizza et.

Lecturing 98

Lecturing Instructors Active Learning Activities 98

Faculty Focus

APRIL 20, 2025

For any task that feels impossible, adding pieces of social engagement and active learning can be a significant variable toward success. The variety of media will likely hold attention and engagement more than any text string of characters could. Easy way to grab your students attention during live seminars 3.

Online Learning 81

Online Learning Activities Multidisciplinary Teaching 81

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

If leaders direct their attention to hiring and retention practices, professional development, and personnel assignments and procedures, working conditions and morale improve. Buffalo Trail Public Schools has created its own PL discussion groups with the H?para

Teaching 125

Teaching Achievement Learning Feedback 125

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 6, 2024

It’s important to consider the unique dynamics of each learning environment when discussing whether class caps for online and in-person courses should be the same. Given the absence of physical presence, online instructors must rely heavily on digital tools to communicate, facilitate discussions, and assess student progress.

Instructors 116

Instructors Course Design Students Authentic Assessment 116

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Here’s a great lesson plan with three activities well-suited to the discussion of architecture and design in 1st grade: Review. When completed, they’ll discuss with neighbors while practicing good listening skills learned in class. Start with a discussion of design. speak one at a time. Design the Home.

Grades 103

Grades Teaching Discussions Attention 103

Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2019

Dear Bonni, You have shared often about active learning strategies and the impact they have on student learning. Starting each class session by asking students to recall what was discussed in the previous session. The following is the latest installment of the Toward Better Teaching advice column.

Learning 163

Learning Students Assignments Participation 163

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2024

Reflecting on our approach to course design—particularly with attention to how we build community and cultivate belonging—couldn’t come at a more crucial time. Since the turn of the millennium, with the publication of How People Learn (Bransford et al.,1999), These questions can also be used as moments for teaching. link] Zengaro, S.,

Course Design 128

Course Design Feedback Instructors Students 128

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Many students don’t pay much attention in class. When they study, that demanding task occurs as they attend to a host of other, often more engaging mental activities. The mind naturally wanders, shifting attention from the primary task at hand to internal, personally relevant thoughts” (p. © Magna Publications.

Attention 77

Attention Lecturing Textbooks Exams 77

Faculty Focus

MAY 13, 2025

Furthermore, teaching should aim to prepare students for active civic engagement. Increasingly, instructors report difficulty maintaining students attention, citing ever-present distractions like smartphones, laptops, and a relentless stream of digital notifications. Respectfully challenge ideas, not individualsfocus on discussion.

Syllabus 105

Syllabus Instructors Learning Confidentiality 105

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 6, 2024

It’s important to consider the unique dynamics of each learning environment when discussing whether class caps for online and in-person courses should be the same. Given the absence of physical presence, online instructors must rely heavily on digital tools to communicate, facilitate discussions, and assess student progress.

Instructors 98

Instructors Course Design Students Authentic Assessment 98

Faculty Focus

MAY 20, 2025

Without adequate reading, students will be reluctant, or unable, to participate in class discussions and conversations for lack of understanding and fear of not measuring-up to peers (Severe, E., They may also feel underprepared for reading focused non-fiction, informational texts that require more attention than a casual fiction novel.

Instructors 99

Instructors Assignments Participation Students 99

Faculty Focus

MAY 13, 2025

Furthermore, teaching should aim to prepare students for active civic engagement. Increasingly, instructors report difficulty maintaining students attention, citing ever-present distractions like smartphones, laptops, and a relentless stream of digital notifications. Respectfully challenge ideas, not individualsfocus on discussion.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Instructors Learning Confidentiality 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 89

Student Engagement Syllabus Learning Students 89

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

In a large classroom, instructors often face challenges in creating personal connections with students, maintaining attention, and ensuring active participation (Wang & Calvano, 2022). This not only bridges the gap between campuses but also fosters teamwork and communication skills (Columbia Center for Teaching and Learning, 2021).

Teaching 87

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 87

Faculty Focus

MARCH 12, 2023

Do you know that when teachers fail to hook students’ attention on that first day, engagement remains a struggle for the rest of the semester (Roberto, 2021)? After completing all of the stations, we discussed each activity as a class. References Bentrim, E.M. & & Henning, G.W. Stylus Publishing. Ricevuto, J. &

Student Engagement 116

Student Engagement Activities Syllabus Instructors 116

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2024

Reflecting on our approach to course design—particularly with attention to how we build community and cultivate belonging—couldn’t come at a more crucial time. Since the turn of the millennium, with the publication of How People Learn (Bransford et al.,1999), These questions can also be used as moments for teaching. link] Zengaro, S.,

Course Design 111

Course Design Feedback Instructors Students 111

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 28, 2024

Just as a carpenter needs various tools to create a masterpiece, educators recognized for their teaching excellence possess an intricate toolbox that includes active learning techniques, inclusive teaching practices, community-building morals, and engaging instruction.

Laboratory 124

Laboratory Teaching Exams Quizzes 124

Faculty Focus

JUNE 22, 2023

Faculty should be able to provide an exceptional active learning environment for our students that helps students achieve success of the desired course and/or program outcomes (Camacho & Conceicao, 2020). In an asynchronous program, faculty can cover the benefit of discussing problems, concerns, or assignments in a virtual meeting.

Learning 111

Learning Syllabus Assignments Communication 111

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

In a large classroom, instructors often face challenges in creating personal connections with students, maintaining attention, and ensuring active participation (Wang & Calvano, 2022). This not only bridges the gap between campuses but also fosters teamwork and communication skills (Columbia Center for Teaching and Learning, 2021).

Teaching 83

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 83