eSchool News

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Teachers and school-based mental health practitioners may wish to use Florence as a whole-group weekly discussion in navigating adult relationships. Consider using the game for upper-level students to start discussions on how to prepare for college experiences.

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Mobile Devices Lecturing Social Studies Students 279

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 11, 2019

Classically, the transfer of information has occurred in class via lecture and practice has been assigned for homework. Pair the video in an online discussion using Google Classroom or Schoology. The flipped classroom m odel shifts the transfer of information online and moves practice and application into the classroom.

Multiple Choice Questions 420

Multiple Choice Questions Lecturing Blended Learning Evaluation 420

Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2020

“Synchronous online learning” generally refers to live learning activities that must happen at a set time (often over Zoom or a similar platform), while “asynchronous online learning” refers to almost everything else (completing assignments, doing readings, watching videos, etc.).

Lecturing 218

Lecturing Disabilities Assignments Learning 218

Edsurge

JULY 27, 2023

That has sparked a burst of activity by teachers at schools and colleges to change their assignments to make them harder to game with this new tech — and hopefully more human in the process. For instance, on a recent assignment, some of the homework that came in didn’t sound like typical student work he was used to.

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Assignments Instructors Writing History 148

Faculty Focus

JUNE 13, 2024

It has been sobering to see, through their eyes, how unclear our assignments can sometimes be. Maybe the student skipped class or doesn’t have all the material handed out with the assignment. The assignment becomes a one-dimensional chore underpinned by a constant anxiety of “I don’t know if this is what my teacher wants.”

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Assignments Essay Writing Questions 119

eSchool News

DECEMBER 19, 2023

To fix the problem, I planned amazing lessons that would flop because the kids would either stare at me without paying attention or refuse to turn in assignments. I could not believe my eyes because this woman looked exactly like a fifth grader from my first teaching assignment. I remember being so frustrated and ready to quit.

Teachers 327

Teachers Middle School Middle School Failure 327

Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2025

Beginning Add literature/resources from neurodivergent, disabled, and diverse authors to assigned course readings and class activities. Provide multiple sources and access points for assignment requirements and expectations (written descriptions, presentations, instructional videos, examples, rubrics).

Accessibility 95

Accessibility Disabilities Learning Disabilities Special Education 95

Faculty Focus

JUNE 13, 2024

It has been sobering to see, through their eyes, how unclear our assignments can sometimes be. Maybe the student skipped class or doesn’t have all the material handed out with the assignment. The assignment becomes a one-dimensional chore underpinned by a constant anxiety of “I don’t know if this is what my teacher wants.”

Assignments 111

Assignments Essay Writing Questions 111

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. Then classroom time can be used to fix student misconceptions, with a mix of a short lecture and student activities.

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Lecturing Learning Instructors Failure 213

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2023

To fix the problem, I planned amazing lessons that would flop because the kids would either stare at me without paying attention or refuse to turn in assignments. I could not believe my eyes because this woman looked exactly like a fifth grader from my first teaching assignment. I remember being so frustrated and ready to quit.

Teachers 290

Teachers Middle School Middle School Failure 290

Catlin Tucker

MAY 30, 2023

Teachers can incorporate collaborative activities, discussions, and cooperative learning strategies, like reciprocal teaching , that promote speaking and listening skills. Participating in a whole group, teacher-led discussions can also be intimidating for ELs.

English 274

English Blended Learning Languages Language 274

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

After teaching online in the pandemic, many savvy faculty members have recognized that students like the option of being able to watch a video of a lecture if they missed it — or if they just wanted to rewatch sections to review. Each week, I’d assign several lectures I’d recorded earlier on video.

Teaching 218

Teaching Lecturing Blended Courses Instructors 218

Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2020

The instructor can lecture and students can ask questions, or the instructor can lead a live discussion. For instance, professors can have students submit video responses to a discussion question using a platform like FlipGrid. Everyone sends in their reply by a set deadline.

Teaching 218

Teaching Instructors Distance Learning Lecturing 218

Faculty Focus

MAY 29, 2025

First, all students, regardless of their SES (socio-economic status) standing, showed significantly higher levels of retained learning than the control group which used the time-honored lectures, basic active learning techniques, and case approaches.

Student Engagement 91

Student Engagement Syllabus Learning Students 91

eSchool News

MAY 1, 2024

Learning management systems (LMS) that facilitate online content delivery, assignments, and grading. Video conferencing that connects students and educators globally for virtual lectures, discussions, and guest speakers. Classroom response systems for instant feedback and engagement through quizzes, polls, and surveys.

Internet 313

Internet Critical Thinking Quizzes Knowledge 313

Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2024

Tech giants Google, Microsoft and OpenAI have unintentionally assigned educators around the world major homework for the summer: Adjusting their assignments and teaching methods to adapt to a fresh batch of AI features that students will enter classrooms with in the fall.

Lecturing 216

Lecturing Education Assignments Syllabus 216

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

It’s not just about test scores and whether people learn, she argues, but there’s an ethical issue that sometimes gets lost in discussions about teaching. Apple’s iPod had only recently come out, and Duke became one of the first to experiment with putting out free lectures online that people could listen to on these digital music players.

Activities 216

Activities Lecturing Exams Active Learning 216

Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2020

Option 1: Paper-based teaching Point a camera at a piece of paper, write on it and lecture. And here’s what your student will see: Option 2: Whiteboard or easel teaching Point a camera at yourself while lecturing in front of a whiteboard or easel+paper pad. Schedule lectures at the assigned time slot for the class 3.

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Teaching Lecturing Instructors Disabilities 211

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The paper’s authors say they hope their work can become a starting point for discussion, rather than a rigid template. Soon after, a professor from the University of Colorado at Boulder started assigning some of those materials for a “Shakespeare in Film” class. It’s unclear whether anyone is ready to step in and build an NEI.

Lecturing 218

Lecturing Art Ethics Internet 218

Faculty Focus

MAY 25, 2023

The difficulties in student engagement with instructor-directed reading, both in terms of the amount of reading undertaken and the participation and benefit from in-class discussion around readings, can be a prevalent problem. qualitative studies in crime or UK business effects of Brexit) and with regard to level/type of publication (e.g.

Discussions 115

Discussions Reading Instructors Lecturing 115

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

As college classes start up this fall, instructors are handing out syllabi and pointing students to official platforms for turning in assignments and participating in class discussions. She says she used a Discord server as a student recently, in an online course she took at the campus. “I

Exams 206

Exams Instructors Students Lecturing 206

Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Don’t just use video for lectures; the format can also be used to welcome students to your class, provide feedback (much preferred by students to print feedback) and walk through assignments. You can make lots of small videos instead of whole lectures. Second, you can’t employ too much video. Avoid long videos, though.

Instructors 211

Instructors Lecturing Course Evaluations Feedback 211

Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2018

Lecture + Digital Formative Assessment I recently attended a local conference and the keynote was delivered by Aaron Polansky , superintendent from Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School in Rochester, Mass. Within his talk he exclaimed, “Lectures are only terrible if you are a terrible lecturer!”

Essay 167

Essay Teaching Lecturing Coaching 167

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 16, 2025

Assigned seats in a grid pattern aren’t your only option for an engaging classroom setup anymore! Conference Seating: Best for whole-class discussions 2. Horseshoe: Best for class discussions and inclusivity 5. Pros: The idea with this type of classroom setup is to encourage discussion between students and the teacher.

Classroom Management 98

Classroom Management Discussions Grades Lecturing 98

Edsurge

MAY 24, 2018

Faculty assign homework to expose students to a new concept before they arrive to class, and use class time to ask questions and do more-active learning. They come primed to discuss those things and learn in classroom,” says Barba. “We STEM has always been lecture heavy,” she says, “and that's the big difference.”

Lecturing 162

Lecturing Learning STEM Instructors 162

eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2025

In college, assignments were purposeful, designed to deepen my understanding of the material rather than simply reinforce rote memorization. These assignments provided valuable opportunities to fail, seek help, and ultimately grow from the experience. These assignments werent just practice. The struggle was the entire point.

Failure 184

Failure Assignments Education Secondary Education 184

Edsurge

MAY 6, 2020

Recent class discussions have focused on the difficulties of getting through to students without in-person contact, especially during a time of enormous stress. Being an engaged teacher online means being visible in the class, whether that’s through discussion posts, announcements or assignment feedback.

Motivation 218

Motivation Education Learning Feedback 218

Edsurge

JULY 12, 2021

The tangled web of grading, posting assignments, and communicating with students—plus maintaining an engaging and supportive instructor presence, much less high academic standards—often turned confusion into chaos.

Online Learning 217

Online Learning Learning Instructors Counselling 217

Edsurge

MAY 13, 2020

Teachers might break down lectures in bite-sized video clips, and use live streaming, or synchronous, time to conduct wellness checks with students and connect with them individually or in smaller groups. What I would like to see is a 10- to 15-minute mini lecture, then an activity for 30 to 45 minutes” followed by group discussion, she says.

Online Learning 216

Online Learning Interdisciplinary Lecturing Learning 216

Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2023

The company also uses a customizable assignments generator that it acquired, for an undisclosed amount, from a Bulgarian startup in 2019. We’ve noticed that the earlier we introduce these assignments into a course, the retention rates improve,” Maggioncalda says. It creates a cadence. It’s too much to type into a chatbot.

Coaching 197

Coaching Lecturing Motivation Assignments 197

Faculty Focus

MAY 25, 2023

The difficulties in student engagement with instructor-directed reading, both in terms of the amount of reading undertaken and the participation and benefit from in-class discussion around readings, can be a prevalent problem. qualitative studies in crime or UK business effects of Brexit) and with regard to level/type of publication (e.g.

Discussions 96

Discussions Reading Instructors Lecturing 96

Faculty Focus

MAY 11, 2025

In higher education, we see our students use AI in many ways, to provide both authorized and unauthorized aid in their completion of assignments. that comprise of a lot of traditional lecturing. He said that students could read much of the content off our PowerPoint slides and in the assigned readings without AI.

Instructors 97

Instructors Motivation Critical Thinking Students 97

Edsurge

JULY 2, 2020

Five years ago, I ditched whole-class lectures in my fifth grade brick-and-mortar classroom in favor of small group rotations. Left: A third grader works on adaptive software in a station rotation blended learning classroom; Right: A third grader designs her own company logo as part of an assignment from her Google Classroom playlist.

Distance Learning 218

Distance Learning Learning Blended Learning English 218

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

A well-structured digital study plan can help alleviate this stress by providing a clear path to manage assignments, study sessions, and personal time. Numerous online resources exist where you can find lecture notes, study guides, and other helpful materials. homework, lecture notes, practice tests).

High School 167

High School High School Study Exams 167

Edsurge

MAY 30, 2019

Some MOOCs are eligible to be taken for credit, but most don't have any penalties for incomplete assignments or half-watched videos. All of these features stand in stark contrast to traditional courses, where students are expected to attend local lectures, complete all assignments, and attain a passing grade.

Lecturing 167

Lecturing Assignments Motivation Participation 167

Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Static visuals, long blocks of text and discussion boards were the staples of much of the first generation of online classes. Most MOOCs, despite the claims of innovation and disruption, consisted of video lectures and text-based assignments. The online environment is more likely to give all students a voice.

Technology 161

Technology Lecturing Instructors Beliefs 161

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Students learn specific skills assigned by the teacher (to a group or individual) by playing age-appropriate, intuitive games based on appealing characters and fun interactions. Note: There is an option where parents can assign work to their children but this requires a fee-based account. I teach online education grad school classes.

Game-Based Learning 182

Game-Based Learning Teaching Learning Assignments 182