Edsurge

JULY 10, 2016

We know that personalized and adaptive approaches can be effective,” says Norman Bier, director of Carnegie Mellon’s Open Learning Initiative (OLI), which develops adaptive courses that use open educational resources and provide student feedback. But there was no change in their odds of successfully completing a course.

Lecturing 107

Lecturing Critical Thinking Quizzes Learning Outcomes 107

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 12, 2021

I won’t take time in this article (I’m at about 1000 words right now) for a how-to on each activity so if you don’t know how to complete one, check with your IT folks or Google it: Make sure your firewall and antivirus programs are working. Check to be sure yours is active. Learn to use programs or get rid of them.

Schools 108

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Teachers Pay Teachers

MAY 7, 2025

Well break down the best inquiry-based learning strategies that you can start using today, along with high-quality, low-prep inquiry-based learning activities for any subject and grade level. Table of Contents What Is the Inquiry-Based Learning Approach?

Social Studies 80

Social Studies Learning Math Writing 80

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

How do we maximize their learning?" UC Davis has been piloting adaptive-learning software from the Open Learning Initiative in its introductory biology classes to create more active-learning environments than a standard lecture hall. "What can we do when we see 600 students at a time? Molinaro asks.

Lecturing 73

Lecturing Learning Science Open Learning 73

Edsurge

JANUARY 14, 2019

Source: The House Author and school design consultant Robert Dillon calls the variation in learning spaces—large tables, sitting areas and glass-walled breakout rooms—“micro-environments,” and says it’s similar to what districts around the country are attempting to create using open learning spaces and flexible furniture. “I

Education 129

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Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2018

One MOOC in Coursera’s top 10 list has had nearly 500,000 active learners and 46,000 payments, according to a document obtained by EdSurge. Sanjay Sarma, vice president for open learning at the university, says there are now between 10 to 15 Digital Learning Lab fellows who play similar roles in MIT’s MOOCs.

Teaching 167

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

I work in a slightly different level than the work that Civitas works on, though, with the Open Learning Initiative. It's about creating personalized and adaptive learning experiences for students when they're learning a particular subject area.

Peer Review 102

Peer Review Ethics Science Intelligence 102

Edsurge

MAY 18, 2017

EdSurge: You were doing adaptive learning before it was cool. Thille: The Open Learning Initiative, which is the project that I founded at Carnegie Mellon, started with a desire from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to get access to high-quality post-secondary education to those who would not otherwise have access.

Teaching 91

Teaching Ethics Textbooks Laboratory 91

Scholarly Teacher

DECEMBER 11, 2024

What activities enhance your understanding? One great thing about these dialogues is that it not only helps the instructor understand what students are learning, but the students often learn from each other during the process of conversation as well; moving the student from a passive recipient of knowledge to a more active contributor.

Teaching 52

Teaching Syllabus Instructors Problem-Based Learning 52

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

Those activities often leave data trails, making it possible to quickly measure how well, say, a section of an online textbook is conveying the knowledge a teacher hopes to impart, or whether the material needs to be revisited and revised. Even so, we’re still a long way from having a mature practice of learning engineering in place.

Education 218

Education Learning Textbooks Instructors 218