eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Some prominent tools include interactive touchscreens in classrooms that promote and support active learning, a strategy for engaging students in classroom activities with more hands-on activities. These touchscreens help bring learning alive, off the page and into the actual world. Why is engagement important?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2018

For starters, the space is dedicated to “active learning,” a term that often refers to teaching styles that go beyond a one-way lecture format. To find out what that really looks like—and more importantly, if it works—the campus is also conducting a major study over the next year to assess active learning in the new building.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

But since the COVID-19 pandemic forced instructors around the world to try online education, something unexpected has happened: Professors have found that there are some online teaching methods that work better than what can be done in the limits of a physical classroom. None of our class time was given to me delivering lectures.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

From traditional classroom learning approaches like lectures and textbooks to innovative methodologies such as active learning and technology integration, these methods aim to promote effective and dynamic learning experiences. What are the 5 methods of teaching?

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eSchool News

JULY 24, 2023

This is a great addition to the many resources now available in our BenQ Boards and is another step in bridging the gap between traditional teaching methods and cutting-edge technology that will help teachers shape the future of learning.” “ANTON is widely used by thousands of teachers.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 16, 2023

After the initial excitment that somthing changed, it fell into a routine with not much better results than any other teaching method. That’s why this article from EdSurge caught my attention: Does ‘Flipped Learning’ Work? I’ve used flipped classrooms in my Middle School classes. But not worse, either.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The study — which involved 811 undergraduate students at Florida International University, a large public university in Miami — is perhaps the biggest randomized study of active learning methods in calculus, says Laird Kramer, a physicist at the university and one of the study’s authors.

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2018

Combined, these play a significant role in teaching a subject. Because our brains process visual images almost 60,000 times faster than the written word, video naturally engages students more than many other teaching methods.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

What are some examples of teaching techniques? Effective teaching strategies encompass a variety of approaches tailored to engage students and promote meaningful learning experiences. What are the 4 instructional methods?

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

From traditional classroom learning methods like lectures and textbooks to innovative technologies such as interactive whiteboards and educational apps, these tools aim to facilitate effective learning experiences and foster student growth. What are some examples of teaching techniques?

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 25, 2019

One of the core tenets of an active-learning classroom is offering students and teachers the freedom to move around the classroom and use the space to engage with lessons. “A lot of companies are thinking through how students and teachers really would use this.”. Screencasting Is Prominent in Classroom Redesign.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

For a history teacher, explain how a VR helmet can teach students about past civilizations through a virtual exploration of ancient Rome. . . Instead of explaining the hypothetical uses of a virtual reality helmet, show teachers how using mixed reality gear can be a helpful tool specific to their class material.

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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.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 9, 2023

They serve as a bridge between theory and practice, promote active learning and the development of practical skills that improve their teaching methods. If you want to use published cases instead of writing one, this article will give you a list of online resources, as well as several guides for case method teaching.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

This ongoing assessment helps teachers gauge student understanding and adjust teaching methods accordingly, fostering continuous improvement. Summative assessment, on the other hand, evaluates student learning at the end of a unit, semester, or academic year.

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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.

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Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2024

Tech giants Google, Microsoft and OpenAI have unintentionally assigned educators around the world major homework for the summer: Adjusting their assignments and teaching methods to adapt to a fresh batch of AI features that students will enter classrooms with in the fall.

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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.

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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.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 8, 2023

indicating higher student preference for this teaching method. While the data provides valuable insights, it also underlines the need for a balanced approach in implementing various teaching tools, including exam blueprints. His research focuses on anatomy education, eye-tracking technology, and active learning.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 8, 2023

indicating higher student preference for this teaching method. While the data provides valuable insights, it also underlines the need for a balanced approach in implementing various teaching tools, including exam blueprints. His research focuses on anatomy education, eye-tracking technology, and active learning.

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Teach Hub

MARCH 4, 2024

Strategies for Boosting Student Participation Creating an environment where students feel comfortable and confident enough to participate in classroom activities and discussions requires intentional strategies. The most widely used strategies use the active learning approach.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2016

Thille not only helped put personalized learning on the map, but also implemented it with specific university courseware, which was shown through rigorous research to be more effective than standard teaching methods. Thille emphasized starting with the learner when we consider edtech research and products.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 11, 2024

Active learning techniques that improve psychiatric learning must be included and supported across all curriculum levels. It was discovered that using standardized patients in psychiatric simulation exercises was a successful teaching method for nursing undergraduates (Conway & Scoloveno 2024).

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 23, 2023

This offers a valid explanation on why teaching with one style is counterintuitive. The use of one or more learning style instrument should be given to students so instructors can better develop learning activities.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 11, 2024

Active learning techniques that improve psychiatric learning must be included and supported across all curriculum levels. It was discovered that using standardized patients in psychiatric simulation exercises was a successful teaching method for nursing undergraduates (Conway & Scoloveno 2024).

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 23, 2023

This offers a valid explanation on why teaching with one style is counterintuitive. The use of one or more learning style instrument should be given to students so instructors can better develop learning activities.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

This setting typically requires the use of technology, structured activities, and clear organization to manage the diverse needs of a larger audience. Oppositely, small classrooms allow for more intimate interactions, personalized feedback, and flexible teaching methods (Wang & Calvano, 2022).

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

This setting typically requires the use of technology, structured activities, and clear organization to manage the diverse needs of a larger audience. Oppositely, small classrooms allow for more intimate interactions, personalized feedback, and flexible teaching methods (Wang & Calvano, 2022).

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

As a result, teachers can better support diverse learning styles within a classroom, making instruction more effective. Technology also enhances the process of active learning through interactive tools such as simulations, educational games, and virtual or augmented reality.

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k12 Online Schools

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Many initiative taken by Indian government for online education such as SWAYAM (Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds), e-Pathshala, DIKSHA, etc. Digital education has the potential to revolutionize the entire education sector of the country and transform India into a knowledge economy.

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Scholarly Teacher

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

These assessments can include quizzes, minute papers, surveys, and other methods to track student progress (Zakrajsek, 2016). Finally, the instructor will plan learning activities and instructions (McTighe & Wiggins, 2012). Co-teaching, especially in the first year of teaching a new course, can be particularly valuable.

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Edsurge

JULY 8, 2022

But these days more professors take a more caring approach to teaching—a compassionate response to the collective trauma driven by the COVID pandemic and other challenges facing today’s college students That became clear to me a few months ago when I gave a talk on the benefits of active learning to more than 75 New York University faculty.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 11, 2025

Fostering Engagement in Non-Major Biology Students through a Studio Environment Engaging students not inherently drawn to biology requires innovative teaching methods. Active learning strategies, where students actively engage in the learning process, promote participation and retention (Freeman et al.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 11, 2025

Fostering Engagement in Non-Major Biology Students through a Studio Environment Engaging students not inherently drawn to biology requires innovative teaching methods. Active learning strategies, where students actively engage in the learning process, promote participation and retention (Freeman et al.

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