Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Liberal-arts colleges have long told students that they can major in whatever they want and still go on to a solid, and even lucrative, profession. Now Davidson is working to change that, for its students and for those at other liberal-arts colleges around the country. After all, plenty of English majors become lawyers and doctors.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

YummyMath asks students to apply math to real-world situations involving food, sports, weather, movies and entertainment, and art. I’ve seen several online tools and resources that do a nice job of connecting learning to life.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 28, 2023

In my Art of Blended Learning Online Course this week, we continued our work on the playlist model. It’s time to shift students to the center of learning and make the leap from instructor at the front of the room to facilitator working alongside students to ensure learning is accessible, inclusive, and equitable.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Our middle school integrated arts instructors faced a different set of challenges, namely due to the rotation of their classes throughout the school year. High school teachers may use it differently than middle school instructors do, for example, and that’s perfectly okay.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 6, 2024

system, provide training for the instructors and support the system in the future. Intelitek will also offer access to its complete training library of more than 100 courses, so instructors will have the option of combining CIM-specific courses with other Intelitek courses to build a comprehensive Career and Technical Education solution.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

A higher-ed faculty member offers insights on how to determine if generative AI has been used in assignments : Instructors at all levels should consider certain criteria to help them determine whether text-based submissions were student or AI-generated. This level of engagement was unheard of before now.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The RoboX curriculum delivers fun and interactive game-based learning that can be student-paced, or instructor led. The platform helps educators monitor student progress through quizzes, grading, assessment tools, and detailed reports at the district, school, instructor, and student levels.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The art of writing, invented roughly 5,000 years ago, represents a blip in human history. Time and technological constraints, however, often prevent every instructor from providing intensive feedback. It’s younger than agriculture, music, and construction. In short: Writing remains a new feat of technology.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 6, 2021

“By making available our range of sought-after courses for kids in a virtual space, we are able to create an entirely new playground within Canada and even potentially beyond borders where kids could learn to code or create art from the comfort of their own homes,” notes Q Academy Chief Growth Officer Zavosh Zaboliyan.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Inspired by those students, he earned a Master of Arts in Teaching and Master of Education from Westminster College in Salt Lake City. Winner: Tom Lamont, Painting and Design Technology Instructor, Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School Nominated by: Tech Ed Concepts Inc.

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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. Civilisations AR The BBC AR brings to life art from around the world.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 29, 2016

We are both instructors for our class group, which means we can both develop and post assignments, as well as access our students’ work and provide them with feedback. Ask any teacher what his/her biggest “pain point” is related to teaching and the majority will report “the take home” or “the grading.”

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 4, 2017

The report lists one of the study’s goals as determining if “smaller, independent liberal arts institutions can make more effective use of their instructional resources and/or reduce costs through online humanities instructions.” He says there’s a concern about instructors teaching online courses without assistance or pay.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Over 170 million students and instructors use Google Workspace for Education worldwide, and according to Business Insider, the platform now has more than 9 million paying subscribers, up from 6 million in 2020. Working with this technology can give instructors the opportunity to focus on more important things, like the art of teaching.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

It helps instructors deliver cohesive learning experiences through structured content and interactivity. This enables the instructor to assign coursework that keeps their students moving forward on their unique learning path. With Connect, students and instructors are provided with continuous support — in or out of the classroom.

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eSchool News

JUNE 12, 2024

“The winners of the 2024 Education Technology CODiE Awards represent the pinnacle of creativity and excellence in providing products and services that connect diverse learners with educational resources and instructors,” said Chris Mohr, president of SIIA. “We

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2022

However, that would require us to recognize the art that goes into teaching in the first place. In addition to serving as an appointed member of a state licensure board and an instructor for the teacher education program at Northwestern University, I also work with the Golden Apple Scholars of Illinois Program.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2018

Here’s what I aim to do with this new EdSurge advice column: Recognize that teaching is both an art and a science. The kinds of questions we are seeking are broad ones having to do with the art and science of facilitating learning, not how-to questions on a particular application.

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eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2021

Virtual Traveling Science Workshops are live-streamed, hands-on workshops led by the Museum’s experienced STEM instructors. The museum and its Discovery Woods accessible outdoor nature playscape and 550sf treehouse blend the best of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) learning on a beautiful 4.5-acre

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Museum curators, historians, authors, researchers, and other expert instructors engage directly with students during the virtual field trip to create a richer learning environment. African American Artists (free), Smithsonian American Art Museums. Double Victory: African Americans in WWII, National World War II Museum.

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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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eSchool News

MAY 24, 2024

Offering a diverse catalog of award-winning college courses with cinematic lectures from top-rated instructors, Outlier by Savvas provides high school students multiple pathways to college and career. “We

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

La’Toya works as an adjunct instructor for Mississippi State University, teaching Digital Tools for Learning to future teachers. Before joining the PGSD Technology Department, Stoney was a Language Arts teacher at Trent Lott Academy for five years.

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2023

In the early days of online education, I imagined that virtual classrooms would follow the same basic model as in-person ones, with an instructor leading the same number of students typical in a campus class. Students attend WGU entirely on screen, with instructors engaging with them virtually by email, phone, text and video.

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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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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

The handheld tablet and computer-based curriculum application modules called “Exploring Physics” were developed through this grant and have just become available for instructors and students. Knowledge of science has changed dramatically in the past hundred years,” Chandrasekhar said.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 1, 2025

At the same time, COVID-19 forced many seasoned instructors to grapple with assessing their students, making alternative assessment more mainstream. I came to alternative assessment alongside many other instructors as COVID-19 forced seasoned instructors to grapple with assessment policies. West Virginia University Press, 2020.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The courses feature cinematically produced lectures by top-rated instructors and professors from renowned institutions, such as NASA, MIT, Harvard, and Yale. Since Outlier courses are offered asynchronously, students — no matter where they live — can try on the rigor of college-level courses that easily fit their school schedule.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2023

“We broke through the temporary status of contingent higher ed employment under a framework that offers some semblance of job security,” said Amy Higer, a lecturer at Rutgers’ Newark School of Arts and Sciences and president of PTLFC-AAUP-AFT, unions representing part-time employees. Every virtual class is taught by contingent instructors.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Without face-to-face communication, building relationships with peers and instructors becomes challenging, hindering collaboration and support. Teacher Roles in Modern Education The role of teachers in modern education is evolving rapidly, necessitating a shift from traditional instructor-led models to more facilitative approaches.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2022

“D&D saved my life, I’ve seen it save and change the lives of others, and I watch as it shapes the lives of the children who learn to play in my class,” said Kade Wells, Harrisburg North Middle School ELA Instructor in South Dakota and founder of Building Heroez.

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Edsurge

JULY 11, 2022

Our Art faculty alerted me to her Lumen Learning Art courses now being redirected to Course Hero. LL doesn't list any Art courses anymore. Did Course Hero buy LL's Art content? I will not be recommending that material to my English instructors any more if it's hosted on the Course Hero domain." Hi OER Friends!

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

The arts can play a big role in that endeavor, taking the features of a creative mentality often hidden behind closed doors and putting them on display, where we can all share them. Instructors can pick any output that best fits their courses. Today, more than ever, we need to take a comprehensive approach to nurturing creativity.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Saturday courses will include: • Tackling Humanity’s Climate and Energy Challenges – Use your passion for science, problem-solving and communications to tackle this urgent issue; Instructor – Andrew C. Revkin, Dot Earth Blogger, The New York Times. •

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eSchool News

AUGUST 19, 2022

Paper’s new math literacy solution, Paper Math, gamifies math by allowing students to manipulate equations through an artful interface to help break math problems down into intuitive core concepts, making the experience immersive and fun. Visualize Your Equations with Paper Math. Explore Your Interests and Be Entertained with Paper Live.

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2017

For this week’s EdSurge On Air Podcast, we sat down with two folks behind the Humanizing Online Learning effort: creator and instructor Michelle Pacansky-Brock and the university’s vice president for technology and innovation, Michael Berman. I literally remember the moment I heard my first student talk about a work of art.

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Edsurge

MAY 5, 2021

The likely result is that many new online faculty hires will not be moving along the tenure track, but will—like most online instructors today—enter the halls of academe as contingent workers, adjuncts with little job security. A couple of years ago, I taught an online course at The New School, a small liberal arts college in Manhattan.

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