Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2023

One student candidly shared that he felt like his teachers weren’t invested in him as a human being, because the amount of homework that he was assigned didn't take into account his commitments outside the classroom and other barriers to studying. We’ve seen time and time again that when we provide educators the support and tools they need.

Learning 189

Learning Counselling Feedback Assignments 189

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 30, 2024

This change reduces writing assignment stress and time pressure, improving productivity and learning. Students need this educational benefit to succeed academically and build writing confidence. Pros of AI Writing Assistance Enhanced Efficiency and Productivity AI significantly impacts writing efficiency.

Essay 187

Essay Writing Ethics Plagiarism 187

Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2024

In our current educational landscape, you have to either receive a traditional high school diploma or pass the General Educational Development exam to access most postsecondary schooling options, including trade schools and community colleges. If we want a different world, we must educate differently.

Multidisciplinary 206

Multidisciplinary Counselling Multiple Choice Questions Exams 206

Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2018

When I look towards 2019, I hope to see not only continued focus and development of students’ social-emotional learning, but also for teachers and staff members to seek out their own educational development surrounding their own identities and beliefs.

Beliefs 167

Beliefs Intelligence Learning Culture 167

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 18, 2024

In preparing that first course, I focused on what I thought were the essentials of teaching: finalizing the syllabus, picking the readings, and writing the assignments. You could also integrate videos or podcasts into your course materials, in addition to assigning readings. Encourage student participation. Use formative assessment.

Teaching 119

Teaching Syllabus Feedback Instructors 119

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

As researchers focusing on education technology, we see this often: interactive whiteboards covered in posters, desktop computers holding up plants, older devices that do not work with a newer assessment system. The list goes on.

Study 216

Study Testing Students Peer Review 216

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 18, 2024

In preparing that first course, I focused on what I thought were the essentials of teaching: finalizing the syllabus, picking the readings, and writing the assignments. You could also integrate videos or podcasts into your course materials, in addition to assigning readings. Encourage student participation. Use formative assessment.

Teaching 111

Teaching Syllabus Feedback Instructors 111

Faculty Focus

MAY 14, 2023

These include using guiding questions, embedding interactive features and quizzes within the videos, and utilizing them as part of larger assignments. Likewise, learning product videos are frequently used as culminating assignments that enable students to exhibit their learning in a tangible and demonstrative format.

Instructors 116

Instructors Quizzes Students Assignments 116

Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2020

As a result, the CK-12 and educators developed hundreds of thousands of content “chunks.” Educators can combine whatever serves their needs. CK-12 also plans to add a chatbot to nudge students along by reminding them what assignments are due next, concepts they learned in the past and so on.

Schools 214

Schools Science Intelligence Math 214

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 9, 2023

As educators embarking on the application of case studies, creating your individual case studies or incorporating existing ones is pivotal. The cases are available in several policy areas and may include notes for teaching and assignments. Finding case studies these days is easier than ever because of the internet.

Study 163

Study Teachers Peer Review Instructors 163

Edsurge

MAY 5, 2023

How can educators develop creativity in today’s students? She supports students in exploring their gifts and interests through projects and encourages educators to start by substituting a traditional assignment with an opportunity to create. Employers don’t know what tomorrow is going to look like.

Peer Review 176

Peer Review Interdisciplinary Critical Thinking Communication 176

Faculty Focus

MAY 14, 2023

These include using guiding questions, embedding interactive features and quizzes within the videos, and utilizing them as part of larger assignments. Likewise, learning product videos are frequently used as culminating assignments that enable students to exhibit their learning in a tangible and demonstrative format.

Instructors 98

Instructors Quizzes Students Assignments 98

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

One theme on building critical consciousness explored in our program is the presence of implicit linguistic biases in course syllabi and assignment designs. What does the language in the syllabus/assignment assume about students (e.g., language choices for turning in assignments? would be in serious trouble.

Teaching 98

Teaching Instructors English Language 98

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 14, 2024

Notable classroom activities include explicitly identifying transferable skills, such as project management, critical reasoning, and creativity, and clearly communicating the rationale behind assignments. This approach helps students understand the purpose of assignments within their degree programs and their practical applications.

Interdisciplinary 124

Interdisciplinary Assignments Participation Exams 124

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 14, 2024

Notable classroom activities include explicitly identifying transferable skills, such as project management, critical reasoning, and creativity, and clearly communicating the rationale behind assignments. This approach helps students understand the purpose of assignments within their degree programs and their practical applications.

Interdisciplinary 111

Interdisciplinary Assignments Participation Exams 111

Faculty Focus

MAY 16, 2023

This approach will help learners build connections, develop teamwork, and strengthen their effective communication skills; all of which are essential for career advancement. It is the source of teaching and learning that is overlooked by most educators. Educational Developments, SEDA Ltd, Issue 7.4, and Baume, D.

Learning Styles 116

Learning Styles Teaching Feedback Teachers 116

Faculty Focus

MAY 16, 2023

This approach will help learners build connections, develop teamwork, and strengthen their effective communication skills; all of which are essential for career advancement. It is the source of teaching and learning that is overlooked by most educators. Educational Developments, SEDA Ltd, Issue 7.4, and Baume, D.

Learning Styles 98

Learning Styles Teaching Feedback Teachers 98

Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2017

We’ve discovered that the five-part working definition of competency education developed by 100 innovators six years ago hasn’t protected us from misunderstandings. A student who started at grade level or above, however—and completed all her assignments “quickly”—may have grown at a rate of 1 or less.

Grades 117

Grades Skills Blended Learning Coaching 117

Faculty Focus

APRIL 2, 2024

Crucially, this method of writing a case will allow the educator to stay in charge at every step in the design, and it will use GenAI as a research and creative assistant. This creates a new case study each time students enter the prompt the educator assigns into a GenAI tool. It’s a personalized, adaptive instruction.

Study 124

Study Writing Evaluation Instructors 124

Faculty Focus

MAY 25, 2023

Oxford: The Oxford Centre for Staff and Educational Development. In Rust, C. Improving Student Learning (18) Global Theories and Local Practices: Institutional, Disciplinary and Cultural Variations. 2011):176-188. Bovill, Catherine., Cook-Sather, Alison., Felten, Peter., Millard, Luke and Moore-Cherry, Niamh.

Discussions 115

Discussions Reading Instructors Lecturing 115

Faculty Focus

APRIL 2, 2024

Crucially, this method of writing a case will allow the educator to stay in charge at every step in the design, and it will use GenAI as a research and creative assistant. This creates a new case study each time students enter the prompt the educator assigns into a GenAI tool. It’s a personalized, adaptive instruction.

Study 114

Study Writing Evaluation Instructors 114

Faculty Focus

MAY 25, 2023

Oxford: The Oxford Centre for Staff and Educational Development. In Rust, C. Improving Student Learning (18) Global Theories and Local Practices: Institutional, Disciplinary and Cultural Variations. 2011):176-188. Bovill, Catherine., Cook-Sather, Alison., Felten, Peter., Millard, Luke and Moore-Cherry, Niamh.

Discussions 97

Discussions Reading Instructors Lecturing 97

Edsurge

MAY 24, 2021

In this work, we partnered with our Students as Pedagogical Partners cohort, a group of undergraduates who work with us and the Columbia teaching community as student consultants, to create resources that not only draw on educational development research but also the student experiences of online learning.

Teaching 210

Teaching Instructors Hybrid Courses Lecturing 210