Faculty Focus

MAY 4, 2025

These parallel yet distinct teaching environments demand intentional strategies that can adapt while maintaining their power to actively engage students in the learning process. Instead, we need to reimagine active learning for both spaces, maintaining the core principles while adapting the execution.

Active Learning 83

Active Learning Activities Learning Minute Papers 83

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 4, 2024

Meaning-making is how individuals interpret, understand, and integrate new information into their existing knowledge framework. This encoding involves attention and perception, allowing the brain to filter and focus on relevant information. This association helps students make connections, facilitating deeper understanding.

Knowledge 195

Knowledge Participation Discussions Writing 195

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 150

Reading Teachers Learning English 150

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

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

It’s that in some cases attention gets really focused on a set of practices that are untested and can distract from the discussion that we have about teaching. One of the things that is apparent as you start to read about the lecture-versus-active learning debates is that everyone is defining those terms in very different ways.

Art 167

Art Science Teaching Failure 167

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

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. We especially cannot afford to lose social learning in a time where students are feeling isolated. That may seem counterintuitive.

Distance Learning 218

Distance Learning Multiple Choice Questions Learning Critical Thinking 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. So the norm is really this paradigm of, you've got a brain, and it's a sort of fixed thing, and you fill it up with knowledge. Broadly, what do you think should change?

Teaching 203

Teaching Lecturing Evaluation Teaching Evaluations 203

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

OCTOBER 1, 2023

These intelligent systems can analyze vast amounts of data, recognize patterns, learn from past experiences, and make decisions or predictions based on that knowledge. The integration of AI in education holds great potential for transforming teaching and learning experiences (Hussain et al.,

Communication 135

Communication Ethics Intelligence Learning 135

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.

Instructors 116

Instructors Quizzes Students Assignments 116

Edsurge

AUGUST 27, 2019

recalls a childhood love of mystery novels, piecing together clues and what we might call today active learning. There were other games that were set in historical periods of time or set on other places on the planet, but you weren’t at an advantage if you had that knowledge readily in hand,” he says.

History 166

History Exams Culture Knowledge 166

Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2019

Dear Bonni, You have shared often about active learning strategies and the impact they have on student learning. That study concluded that there isn’t a significant relationship between the size of the class and how well the students did in demonstrating learning outcomes. You can pose a question for a future column here.

Learning 163

Learning Students Assignments Participation 163

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.

Instructors 96

Instructors Quizzes Students Assignments 96

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 1, 2023

These intelligent systems can analyze vast amounts of data, recognize patterns, learn from past experiences, and make decisions or predictions based on that knowledge. The integration of AI in education holds great potential for transforming teaching and learning experiences (Hussain et al.,

Communication 111

Communication Ethics Intelligence Learning 111

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.

Lecturing 73

Lecturing Attention Textbooks Exams 73

Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2019

Learning is often a social process, taking place through dialogue, discussion and other forms of interpersonal interaction. Even when it happens individually, having a supporting community can provide learners with the motivation and opportunities for applying and connecting knowledge. Use active learning techniques.

Failure 135

Failure Instructors Discussions Culture 135

Faculty Focus

JUNE 27, 2024

For years, folks have correctly pointed out that the term “active learning” is redundant. When learning is the game, you’ve got to be on the field, actively engaged. We don’t get much by osmosis but must instead rely on effortful acquisition for the knowledge and skills we need. No sitting on the sidelines.

Student Engagement 70

Student Engagement Students Participation Secondary Education 70

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), Listening to Learners: Increasing Belonging in and Out of the Classroom.

Course Design 128

Course Design Feedback Instructors Students 128

eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

The digital version of “working with your hands” leads students to create content, often to show their knowledge, rather than just being consumers of content provided by expensive development houses using high-cost software. –Mike Schloff, CEO, Maplewoodshop Educators will need a new platform for knowledge sharing.

Learning 177

Learning Coaching Reading Science 177

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). These activities not only solidified their knowledge but also honed their communication and teamwork skills.

Teaching 82

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 82

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). These activities not only solidified their knowledge but also honed their communication and teamwork skills.

Teaching 79

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 79

Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2018

And the founding fathers understood that we needed a society that could have individuals as citizens that could transfer their knowledge and wisdom from one discipline to another. Franklin called it practical knowledge, Jefferson called it useful knowledge, but that was actually what universities were supposed to do.

Lecturing 115

Lecturing Art Knowledge Questions 115

Faculty Focus

JUNE 27, 2024

For years, folks have correctly pointed out that the term “active learning” is redundant. When learning is the game, you’ve got to be on the field, actively engaged. We don’t get much by osmosis but must instead rely on effortful acquisition for the knowledge and skills we need. No sitting on the sidelines.

Student Engagement 59

Student Engagement Students Participation Secondary Education 59

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), Listening to Learners: Increasing Belonging in and Out of the Classroom.

Course Design 111

Course Design Feedback Instructors Students 111

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. Acknowledge diverse knowledge bases. Maintain confidentiality.

Syllabus 104

Syllabus Instructors Learning Confidentiality 104

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. What are the Necessary Steps to Specifically Help SES Students?

Student Engagement 52

Student Engagement Syllabus Learning Students 52

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. Acknowledge diverse knowledge bases. Maintain confidentiality.

Syllabus 97

Syllabus Instructors Learning Confidentiality 97

k12 Online Schools

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Incorporating live polls, quizzes, and breakout sessions encourages active participation and helps maintain student attentiveness. While online education offers flexibility and accessibility, it may lack the social interaction and hands-on learning experiences provided by traditional schooling. How will you overcome this?

Quizzes 52

Quizzes Attention Internet Education 52

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2023

Course design An effective curriculum acknowledges and accommodates the diversity of the student body with accessible course materials, flexible instructional strategies, and assessments to provide fair opportunities for all students to learn and demonstrate their knowledge. Offer multiple modes of content delivery (e.g.,

Disabilities 98

Disabilities Learning Spaces Universal Design Learning Disabilities 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2023

Course design An effective curriculum acknowledges and accommodates the diversity of the student body with accessible course materials, flexible instructional strategies, and assessments to provide fair opportunities for all students to learn and demonstrate their knowledge. Offer multiple modes of content delivery (e.g.,

Disabilities 98

Disabilities Learning Spaces Universal Design Learning Disabilities 98

k12 Online Schools

MAY 12, 2025

Welcome to the Hidden Curriculum of the Internet We often imagine learning as something that happens within school walls, books opened, teachers talking, students taking notes. Today, students are absorbing knowledge everywhere, all the time, even when they dont realize it. That means higher attention spans and deeper retention.

Online Learning 52

Online Learning Lecturing Learning Textbooks 52

Cult of Pedagogy

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Giving Directions How students engage in active learning usually has steps or at a minimum some guidance. When groups are truly working together, they tap into each other’s expertise, knowledge, and thoughts. These types of questions trigger students to think about the knowledge they already have, then apply it.

Group work 52

Group work Assignments Questions Communication 52

k12 Online Schools

APRIL 23, 2025

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. Active learning is one of the good study habits that every student enrolled in K12 online education must develop.

Study 52

Study Online Learning Learning Motivation 52

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

to ensure that students were paying attention. I took inspiration from the standard document-based question activity, or DBQ. In a DBQ, students are given an essay prompt and must use the given documents and their own knowledge to support their response. I would call out helpful reminders like “Number 3 is coming up!”

Active Learning 279

Active Learning Activities Feedback Learning 279

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Most teachers (91%) agree that the restrictions of COVID-19 forced them to engage students in more passive learning environments (large groups using one way communication), than active learning (small groups engaging in hands-on activities and two-way communication).

Teachers 130

Teachers Hybrid Learning Art Learning 130

Faculty Focus

MARCH 11, 2025

These strategies will help students build confidence to apply biological knowledge in their careers. Active learning strategies, where students actively engage in the learning process, promote participation and retention (Freeman et al.

Interdisciplinary 59

Interdisciplinary Instructors Students Motivation 59