Remove Active Learning Remove Group work Remove History
article thumbnail

Teaching With Technology in Higher Ed? Start With Relationship-Building.

Edsurge

The narrative I often hear centers on how students may resist active learning approaches, a teaching style that often (but not always) is predicated on some technology. The idea that the social environment we create (or don’t create) impacts the learning experience is sadly too new a concept in college teaching.

article thumbnail

Classroom Learning

eSchool News

Furthermore, hands-on activities such as simulations, role-playing exercises, and interactive demonstrations offer students opportunities to apply theoretical knowledge in practical contexts. This immediate feedback loop fosters deeper understanding and promotes active learning.

Learning 130
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Education Technology

eSchool News

VR tools, such as Oculus, allow students to explore virtual worlds, while AR tools like Google Expeditions overlay digital information onto the real world, offering new ways to learn about history, science, and geography.

article thumbnail

Trauma-informed practices in higher education: Building support communities from the topdown

EAB

A solution: Build support communities among faculty that model inclusive, consensus-building learning environments and model teaching and learning using trauma-informed evidence-based practices. Connected faculty will build connected students who will become connected alumni and that is good for the bottom line.

article thumbnail

Online Learning Meets Social Media: A New Era of Education

k12 Online Schools

Building a Digital Learning Culture In a traditional classroom, culture is built through physical presence: greetings at the door, shared lunchtime, or spontaneous group work. But online schools have to work harder to build this same community. Content recommendations based on strengths, interests, or learning gaps.

article thumbnail

Did Students Learn As Much During Remote Online Instruction?

Edsurge

The first professor I talked to was Brian Balogh, a longtime history professor at the University of Virginia who has won awards for his teaching. It was something of an experimental lecture class, one that used “ active learning ” techniques. And students were doing a lot of group work.” And for Balogh? “I

Lecturing 189