Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

To history teacher Joe Welch, too many of today’s lessons still call to mind Ben Stein’s classic classroom lecture in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” Welch, an 8th-grade teacher at North Hills Middle School in Pittsburgh, is charting his own path—one that doesn’t include a textbook. My advice to young teachers is to go for it.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 19, 2024

With digital access, learning is no longer confined to textbooks and classroom materials. Teachers now integrate multimedia content like interactive simulations, virtual labs, and expert guest lectures from around the world. This diverse range of materials enriches the curriculum, sparking curiosity and deeper understanding.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2018

And as an active member in what advocates define as the “open education movement,” I frequently hear about the growing dissatisfaction of textbook costs and pedagogical concerns among faculty about outdated course materials. I first came into the open education field as an educator frustrated with many traditional textbooks in my discipline.

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Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2018

We were reading textbooks in black and white. Is it ADHD if they can’t pay attention to a boring lecture? That’s not ADHD, that’s just a boring lecture. And that works in the sciences, the arts, etc. As far as brain plasticity goes, essentially anything you take up will change the structure of your brain. Possibly not.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 14, 2016

The days of checking books out of the library, traditional style lecturing, and writing papers with a pen are continuously becoming pastimes. Students can relate to media and technology, whether it be through watching or making videos with mysimpleshow , using apps on smartphones, or logging in to LMS systems to access their online textbook.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2017

To condense the program to just one calendar year, it skips Shakespeare or any traditional liberal-arts electives, with the idea that students can pick that up later (through MOOCs or continuing education) once they have a job. What’s different: The campus will have no classrooms and no lectures.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The proliferation of educational apps and online resources has expanded learning beyond the confines of textbooks. Interactive simulations and virtual field trips bring students face-to-face with historical landmarks, famous works of art, and locations that are not accessible to the general public.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2023

Thus, posing questions before new lectures will encourage richer connections to the learning experience by fostering self-questioning, which has been seen as strongly associated with enhanced student achievement (Hailikari et al., He also lectured in the Biology and Human Health Sciences Department at The College of Lake County.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2023

Thus, posing questions before new lectures will encourage richer connections to the learning experience by fostering self-questioning, which has been seen as strongly associated with enhanced student achievement (Hailikari et al., He also lectured in the Biology and Human Health Sciences Department at The College of Lake County.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

As an “open distance learning” institution, students attending Unisa receive a course textbook and a study guide to direct them through course materials. If learning takes place online, students may use a learning management system (LMS) to log into their courses, and even watch live video lectures.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

This interactive approach transforms traditional lectures into collaborative sessions, fostering a more inclusive and participatory classroom atmosphere. Digital textbooks and e-books offer a more interactive and dynamic alternative to traditional printed materials. Tablets offer portability and versatility in the classroom.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Similarly, they’re learning about urban renewal and the environmental impacts of human behaviors through the lens of bicycling, applying their English / Language Arts skills as they evaluate resources, write grant proposals, utilize social media, and engage in marketing techniques to advocate for more bicycle-friendly areas in their community.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 2, 2023

The art of the check-in As doctors need to check in on their patients to ensure they are on track to a successful recovery, so must teachers check in on their students throughout the term. This article is Part 2 of The Importance of a Good Bedside Manner for Doctors Teachers. It is recommended to first read Part 1.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 2, 2023

The art of the check-in As doctors need to check in on their patients to ensure they are on track to a successful recovery, so must teachers check in on their students throughout the term. This article is Part 2 of The Importance of a Good Bedside Manner for Doctors Teachers. It is recommended to first read Part 1.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2017

And then that was followed by putting me in a lecture center because my class got so big. And so, yes, this is all really different because today I have the state-of-the-art equipment. I propose teachers do the traditional lecture, textbook method for 80 percent of the time. So you can imagine that was quite different.

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k12 Online Schools

APRIL 23, 2025

Start with small daily goals like finishing a video lecture or solving five math problems. Master the Art of Time Blocking Instead of vague to-do lists, time blocking gives structure and flow to a student’s day. Pause during lectures to take notes or reflect on what was just said.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

Reading back over a textbook or taking lecture notes with a highlighter at the ready is often done by students, for instance, but these practices have proven of limited merit, and in some cases even counterproductive in aiding recall. Mathematics lecture at the Helsinki University of Technology.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 9, 2023

For example, a typical college classroom today does not appear much different from one in the last century; they both revolve around a center-staged professor lecturing to a few-rows-deep audience. Occasionally, an electronic slide with bullet-point text appears in the lecture, the digital equivalent of chalk-writing on the blackboard.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

It’s now rare to find a textbook that doesn’t include a spotlight on key primary sources. High-quality curricular materials that emphasize historical thinking skills, such as the Stanford History Education Group’s “Think Like a Historian” framework, are now readily available on the Internet. That’s no surprise.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 9, 2023

For example, a typical college classroom today does not appear much different from one in the last century; they both revolve around a center-staged professor lecturing to a few-rows-deep audience. Occasionally, an electronic slide with bullet-point text appears in the lecture, the digital equivalent of chalk-writing on the blackboard.

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Technology Teaching Exams Lecturing 98

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

This demonstration of the subject’s impact to their future success resonates with students and can be delivered in any class format with a lecture, video, or assigned exercise. Part 2 will cover the art of the check-in, an after class summary, and last day thank yous, and will be published on Friday, March 3, 2023.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

This demonstration of the subject’s impact to their future success resonates with students and can be delivered in any class format with a lecture, video, or assigned exercise. Part 2 will cover the art of the check-in, an after class summary, and last day thank yous, and will be published on Friday, March 3, 2023.

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Edsurge

MAY 26, 2022

But she’s equipping herself with martial arts and theater training. The class meets in a gleaming performing arts center at the top of a hill. That was a time of expensive science textbooks and long lectures in big halls. Now, Jackie is training for a career in acting and stunts.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Boyer even created a comic alter ego called the Plaid Avenger , who has narrated textbooks and podcasts but is now largely retired—though Boyer still sports his famous plaid jackets and drives a plaid Scion. Five or six years ago we started recording all my lectures—not live lectures, but actually in a studio.

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