Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Making Learning Active Students, in particular, seem sold on the upsides of techniques they encountered during online learning. A recent Titan Partners survey found that students are eager to participate in on-campus courses with digitally embedded exercises. Each week, I’d assign several lectures I’d recorded earlier on video.

Teaching 218

Teaching Lecturing Blended Courses Instructors 218

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Distraction and lack of focus: The presence of devices in classrooms can lead to distractions, with students potentially engaging in non-educational activities during lessons. Online learning includes fully online courses or hybrid or blended courses (where students do some learning online and also attend in person).

Learning Styles 285

Learning Styles Intelligence Blended Learning Gamification 285

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Students who are in courses with introductory videos have been shown to actively participate in online discussions very early in the course. Video-based introductions can help develop a community of learners more quickly than simply posting text on a discussion board. However, many are coding the human element out of learning.

Blended Courses 164

Blended Courses Instructors Evaluation Participation 164

Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2016

Colleges are increasingly using adaptive technology in large online or blended courses to help students learn at their own pace. One of the most important developments for the education system of today—over the last 100 years—has been the development of data-centric models to understand learner performance and teacher activity.”

Technology 159

Technology Learning Knowledge Blended Courses 159

Edsurge

JULY 17, 2018

For a couple of decades, I championed online learning for its ability to uproot entrenched ideas in education, especially by engaging students in active learning, a pedagogical style rarely practiced on campus. From the start, access has been the defining achievement of online learning. Or so I thought.

Education 147

Education Students Hybrid Courses Blended Courses 147

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 24, 2018

Thousands of teachers have used the free Wikispaces platform to share materials with students and colleagues, to run online classrooms, or as the virtual arm of a blended course. Many teachers find Google Classroom an excellent way to blend a traditional class with the benefits of online availability.

Mobile Devices 79

Mobile Devices Blended Courses Discussions Knowledge 79