eSchool News

MAY 17, 2024

Given that today’s students are digital natives , it makes sense for schools to invest in modern educational technology such as interactive whiteboards. Of course, maintaining this smart technology can be a hefty investment. More importantly, how can your instructors maximize the use of the equipment and minimize its downtime?

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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2018

“Interactive curriculum is the next wave” of opportunities in the education market, says Tim Brady, a partner at Y Combinator, in an interview with EdSurge. Brady has now overseen 11 cohorts of education technology startups over the past seven years.

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Edsurge

JULY 1, 2017

Two years ago we renovated an old computer lab into an active learning classroom. The old arrangement strongly suggested—and really only supported—interactions between student and instructor or student and computer. Too many discussions of edtech focus on tools (like tablets, clickers, learning-management systems, smart boards, etc).

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Over the last few decades, applied technology in the classroom has grown by leaps and bounds. Of course, there’s more to education technology than allowing computers in the classroom. Active learning Lectures and memorization are taking a back seat to active learning.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

In addition to the new work adjustments, my family has struggled to stay active and noticed that we spent an enormous amount of time in one spot all day. One of the ways we've responded favorably to physical activity has been through immersive technology. Music begins to play while red and blue cubes approach.

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Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2017

But Paul Low is not most instructors. Students use an HTC Vive system, which includes a headset and hand controllers, to follow a linear progression of activities, similar to playing a video game and moving on to the next level. They finish the assignment once they’ve completed all of the activities. Image credit: Paul Low.

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Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Gabriele Pinto , Baylor University Key Statement: Implementing elements of active learning into a large course may seem daunting task, but think-pair-share aided by quizzing and clickers can be done in any size classroom. 2023; Hsu & Goldsmith, 2021; Venus & Sharma, 2024).

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2020

This has always been the case, but in a prevailing learning culture that promotes outside-the-box problem solving, these activities are growing more common in the 21st-century school library. At the intersection of analog and digital learning opportunities, the value of school libraries has increased at all levels of education.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2024

To promote student agency in group activities, offer students the opportunity to select their preferred roles and responsibilities. Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Future of Teaching and Learning: Insights and Recommendations, Washington, DC, 2023. 2023, July 27).

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

What are the basics of that for a classroom instructor? It also requires instructors to recognize how our own cultural frames of reference and our biases are impacting the ways in which we might be able to include all of our students—all of their expertise, all of their experiences—into that space. And it's, it's hard.

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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. Instructors can monitor the chat but allow a student-driven community to converse and share. References: Andriotis, N. 2015, September 01).

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Though 97 percent of education professionals in Kaltura’s State of Video in Education annual report say that video is “ essential to students’ academic experiences ,” when it comes to educational video practices, many instructors are still pressing play. Paratext helps me connect with and make sense of the poem.

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eSchool News

MAY 22, 2024

One of my biggest goals as a technology instructor is to teach my students skills and provide them with tools that I feel will best stoke their curiosity and prepare them for the world outside of the classroom. Makr Another AR tool I have utilized with students is Makr.

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eSchool News

MAY 16, 2024

AI tutoring systems give students immediate feedback on areas of concern so they and their instructors can address problematic knowledge issues before they become severe. When students learn a topic quickly, an AI tutoring system can speed up and offer them more challenging material that remains appropriately difficult for them.

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Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2022

In fact, many college instructors have been downright grumpy about having been thrown into a new teaching format. Some instructors are so taken by active learning working so effectively that they expect to continue offering courses online, even when the pandemic restrictions completely lift and things are fully back in person.

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2020

Department of Education. Since the 1990s and the rise of online video conferencing, though, it has been possible for educators to choose which activities in their distance-education courses to conduct synchronously and which to leave as asynchronous. Back then, everything was asynchronous by default. “It

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2018

There are large lecture halls, hard-wired lecture capture technology, smaller classrooms, casual study spaces and brightly colored swivel chairs. 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.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Moreover, virtual classrooms often utilize a variety of technological tools that enhance interactivity and collaboration. Research indicates that active participation leads to higher retention rates, which can be upwards of 60% for students engaged in interactive learning. Another concern is the varying levels of access to technology.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2019

During my early days of teaching in graduate school, educational technology was sold more for its posh than performance. Every new version of Microsoft PowerPoint allowed instructors to embed more and more media and wow students with visually appealing graphics. Provide opportunities for students to reflect.

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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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Edsurge

MAY 17, 2017

If we really want to understand how effective educational technology tools are for improving learner outcomes, we need to stop throwing the baby out with the bathwater. As instructors consider technology tools for their courses, they are increasingly looking for evidence of effectiveness.

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Edsurge

MARCH 19, 2024

Experts have also called for more teachers and educators to be involved with the development of edtech products. in rhetoric and composition from Virginia Tech, co-authored a paper in 2021 calling on educators to do more to incorporate user testing when designing learning materials. McNabb, who earned a Ph.D.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2020

They added activities that take advantage of resources in their region, like a lab that has students hammer rock from a local quarry to look for trilobite fossils. You need to bring both together, and then you can do this kind of learning engineering activity.” The new manual , Hardy says, has been a success.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Since the pandemic, more instructors at schools and colleges appear to have embraced “flipped learning ,” the approach of asking students to watch lecture videos before class so that class time can be used for active learning. Finally, instructors assess the student work and give feedback. “I

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Edsurge

MAY 29, 2020

A new “playbook” aims to strike the middle ground between offering higher ed instructors and institutions too much information about teaching remotely and offering too little. Course Design Instructors should ask themselves: What do you want students to learn in your course? Now, a few months in, they may feel inundated with advice. (We

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2018

When they reviewed their work, the authors discovered a startling trend: “Instructors consistently refer to their male students using maker terminology—‘geek,’ ‘builders,’—and then overwhelmingly referred to their female students as ‘girls’, as a gender-specific identity,” says Kim in an interview with EdSurge.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

At SchoolStatus, we firmly believe that educators’ voices must be central in shaping education technology. Members of the CAB were selected based on their deep knowledge of education technology, passion for improving learning outcomes, and success in supporting students’ academic achievements and families’ evolving needs.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Cost and ease of use won’t matter much if students and instructors won’t be bothered to learn how to use a device. With this single device, instructors can present a slideshow, hold interactive team contests, give a test, and play immersive videos. Interactive whiteboards also encourage active learning.

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Schools Instructors Internet Testing 277

Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2024

As more instructors experiment with using generative AI to make teaching materials, an important question bubbles up. But there are other activities he says are more core to teaching where disclosure should be made, like when AI grading tools are used. Should they disclose that to students?

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Teaching Education Ethics Instructors 217

Edsurge

OCTOBER 13, 2023

For instructors who have had the opportunity to participate in pedagogy learning groups, there may be a lot of overlap in what they already know about teaching and what changes AI might bring to the classroom. Instructors across the disciplines question how and where their students will use AI.

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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. Instructors can monitor the chat but allow a student-driven community to converse and share. References: Andriotis, N. 2015, September 01).

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Online Learning Activities Multidisciplinary Teaching 76

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

As aspects of pre-pandemic life slowly emerge from nearly two years of masking, testing, and social distancing, educators are once again gathering at edtech conferences to experience the latest and greatest solutions, digital tools, and professional learning opportunities.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Without that intrinsic personal motivation, it’s hard to reach the levels we expect and hope,” says Parandeh Kia, associate provost for educational technology at the institute. Costs and Benefits Any physical or mental activity that doesn’t happen automatically requires some effort. Achievement is not comparable.” government.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2020

This uncertainty is enough to cause an educator—a profession that depends on planning and preparation—to experience a wide range of unpleasant emotions. But educators are a tenacious and resourceful bunch. Be a partner : Part of making it easy for instructors is providing them with the tools to succeed.

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Instructors Education Distance Learning Science 218

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

The number of instructors on the platform grew from 1,000 before the outbreak to over 7,000 today, according to Outschool CEO Amir Nathoo. These informal classes, capped at 18 students, are led by instructors who set their own lesson plans, schedules and price. On average, Nathoo says instructors earn about $40 to $60 per hour.

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Instructors Social Studies Middle School Middle School 191

Edsurge

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Another challenge that the sector is witnessing, perhaps more in the pedagogical dimension than the technological, involves the role of the educator, whether in-person, online, hybrid, high-flex or what have you, evolving from exclusively functioning as a lecturer to a facilitator or a coach. They wouldn't be at the institution!

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Edsurge

MAY 25, 2020

These insights explain why the 50-minute-plus lecture format is more common in high school and college and why, in earlier grades, teachers often break up activities within a classroom period. Instructors have also experimented with lecture formats that did away with podiums and blackboards.

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