Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

And some have taken the attitude of, “if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em,” actively setting up Discord servers or joining those created by their students. "We Some professors welcome these channels as a way for students to blow off steam. But others worry that they can lead to violations of academic integrity.

Exams 205

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Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2020

These self-paced teams watch recordings of the professor and pair up with teaching assistants for about five live sessions—a necessary alteration to make the program free, given that mentor professors are paid by Pioneer for their time. This is not a research program,” Jaskol clarifies. Sweden, China, Brazil.

Study 164

Study Teaching Assistants Students Lecturing 164

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

.” National Civics Bee Teams Up With Khan Academy This year, for the first time, students who advance to the local competitions will receive free tutoring support through Khan Academy’s new AI-powered tutor and teaching assistant, Khanmigo. We are happy that it is now available to high school students.”

Math 254

Math Middle School Middle School Essay 254

eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2025

The issue is not just that K-12 education lacks challenging work; its that the system actively discourages failure. If I couldnt figure something out on my own, I had resources at my disposal: office hours, teaching assistants, or discussions with peers. This wasnt a sign of failure; it was an essential part of learning.

Failure 173

Failure Assignments Education Secondary Education 173

Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2019

The following is the latest installment of the Toward Better Teaching advice column. Dear Bonni, You have shared often about active learning strategies and the impact they have on student learning. You can pose a question for a future column here. However, I am dubious that the approaches you describe work with large classes.

Learning 163

Learning Students Assignments Participation 163

Faculty Focus

MARCH 9, 2025

I refined my TPS process after attending Jeremy Rentzs workshop Put Your Hammer Down (detailed in the Best of the 2021 Teaching Professor Conference ). I thought about how to get my students to do more work in my large lecture-based classes. An activity that promotes engagement with required readings, even in large classes.

Lecturing 87

Lecturing Teaching Assistants Discussions Activities 87

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2024

When asked if they were using AI to support academic activities, the majority of faculty who responded stated they did not use AI to support academic activities. We also asked faculty who were using AI to share how it impacted their teaching and learning. It’s like having a teaching assistant that never sleeps!

Syllabus 119

Syllabus Assignments Feedback Teaching Assistants 119

Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2024

In fact, it's most valuable in a teaching setting because a teacher's in a class of 30, these kids are at all different levels. Well, if you had support from a teaching assistant who's also their tutor, that's kind of what Khan Academy has always aspired to be. We're working on them being able to assign AI-based activities.

Intelligence 201

Intelligence Teaching Assistants Laboratory Assignments 201

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2024

When asked if they were using AI to support academic activities, the majority of faculty who responded stated they did not use AI to support academic activities. We also asked faculty who were using AI to share how it impacted their teaching and learning. It’s like having a teaching assistant that never sleeps!

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Assignments Feedback Teaching Assistants 111

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). This setting typically requires the use of technology, structured activities, and clear organization to manage the diverse needs of a larger audience.

Teaching 82

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 82

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

In fact, research shows that 80 percent of esports teams are comprised of students who have never before participated in extracurricular activities. Additionally, the tablet has Bluetooth, so I am able to carry on a lecture while walking around the classroom monitoring students as they take notes or work through problems.

Learning 363

Learning Communication Hybrid Learning Language 363

Faculty Focus

MARCH 9, 2025

I refined my TPS process after attending Jeremy Rentzs workshop Put Your Hammer Down (detailed in the Best of the 2021 Teaching Professor Conference ). I thought about how to get my students to do more work in my large lecture-based classes. An activity that promotes engagement with required readings, even in large classes.

Lecturing 71

Lecturing Teaching Assistants Discussions Activities 71

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). This setting typically requires the use of technology, structured activities, and clear organization to manage the diverse needs of a larger audience.

Teaching 79

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 79

Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2018

Then actively pick sometime within their lecture to say, "Here's a summary of the collection of the feedback I've received, here's what I would do based on this feedback." So, what are some examples of college teaching that have really stood out? They’re creating their own surveys and say, "How do you feel about this?"

Teaching 121

Teaching Course Evaluations Evaluation Students 121

Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2017

Shiva Kintali: As a teaching assistant at Georgia Tech and while teaching at Princeton, I developed an interest in helping my students learn mathematical concepts in a fun and intuitive way. I observed that students have different readiness levels, but the way we teach is week-by-week lectures with homework.

Textbooks 107

Textbooks Intelligence Math Beliefs 107

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 4, 2022

If you are teaching a mixed-mode for the first time, your first instinct may be to conduct the course similar to other in-person classes with the remote students simply sitting in. Ideally, mixed-mode instruction should fold the remote students into the classroom activities. How do you know if the remote students can see and hear you?

Feedback 105

Feedback Minute Papers Mobile Devices Discussions 105

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

In fact, research shows that 80 percent of esports teams are comprised of students who have never before participated in extracurricular activities. Additionally, the tablet has Bluetooth, so I am able to carry on a lecture while walking around the classroom monitoring students as they take notes or work through problems.

Hybrid Learning 294

Hybrid Learning Communication Accessibility Language 294

Faculty Focus

APRIL 20, 2023

Actively work to develop a deeper understanding of cultural diversity through professional development, reading, film, art, and interactions with others. Tip #3: Reflect on your teaching persona. Demonstrate an appreciation for different communication styles. Tip #2: Use multicultural examples.

Culture 122

Culture Communication Writing Language 122

Faculty Focus

APRIL 20, 2023

Actively work to develop a deeper understanding of cultural diversity through professional development, reading, film, art, and interactions with others. Tip #3: Reflect on your teaching persona. Demonstrate an appreciation for different communication styles. Tip #2: Use multicultural examples.

Culture 96

Culture Communication Writing Language 96

Edsurge

MAY 20, 2020

We were particularly interested in how well large lecture classes translated into a remote format. After all, these kinds of classes are what many people think of when they close their eyes and imagine college teaching. The large lecture course he was teaching—to about 100 students—was called Viewing America: 1940-1980.

Lecturing 189

Lecturing History Teaching Assistants Learning 189

Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2020

I'm the world's first android teaching assistant. So she relies on support from William Barry, the philosophy instructor who records her delivering brief lectures for his undergraduate class on the ethics of emerging technology. Such circumstances, he writes, will require that “education be considered a lifelong activity.”

Teachers 155

Teachers Education Instructors Intelligence 155

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.

Interdisciplinary 59

Interdisciplinary Instructors Students Motivation 59

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.

Interdisciplinary 57

Interdisciplinary Instructors Students Motivation 57

Edsurge

JULY 23, 2020

After turning their webcams on, which the program requires, they hit the “join lecture” button to enter a Zoom call with a cheerful instructor who appeared in high-definition, and who said he was calling in from Florida. Additionally, Shorelight hired local, bilingual teaching assistants to staff its student studios.

Instructors 133

Instructors Students Participation Distance Learning 133