eSchool News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Reducing friction for non-English speakers: Dr. Anthony Kaziboni, the Head of Research at the University of Johannesburg, teaches students who mostly don’t speak English outside of the classroom. He encourages his students to use ChatGPT for translation assistance, to improve their English writing, and to practice conversation.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 11, 2022

It has been estimated that college students across the globe devote in excess of a billion hours per year to “disposable” assignments (Wiley, 2016). Moving from essential to “renewable” assignments means that the students see the tasks as sufficiently meaningful to be kept and even passed on to others. What a waste!

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Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2024

Writing centers on college campuses have been around for more than 100 years , and they’re both a resource for students doing assignments and a symbol of the importance in higher education of learning to express yourself in text. At Middlebury, tutors are also trained to navigate AI policies, which can differ among instructors, Giaimo says.

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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. McGraw Hill Connect® is a complete course platform.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 18, 2023

In a face-to-face class, students see the instructor and other students and, even if not interacting with them directly, know they are not alone. But asynchronous courses, and especially asynchronous independent study courses, present a different scenario with challenges for both instructors and students. Who is my instructor?”

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Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2018

But the rise of alternative education providers that rely on contractors raises the question: Should these instructors be considered employees instead? In addition to teaching classes during normal business hours, both said they worked extra to prepare lessons, grade assignments, meet with students and attend marketing events.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

The STAR project randomly assigned students to either small classes (13 to 17 students per teacher) or large classes (22 to 25 students per teacher). Generally, in smaller classes, students can establish stronger relationships with their instructors.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 5, 2025

The initial enthusiasm for learning a foreign language may wane as other courses with demanding assignments compete for their attention. This is the moment when a language instructor must pivot, shifting the classroom dynamic to reignite curiosity and motivation. Instructions: 1. Kumar, Tribhuwan, Shamim Akhter, Mehrunnisa M.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Similar concerns have prompted community colleges to reconsider their own versions of entrance assessments: the placement tests they’ve traditionally used to determine whether students are “ready” for college-level learning or should instead start their pursuit of higher education in remedial math or English classes. The algorithm worked.

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eSchool News

MAY 13, 2019

I teach a class for ELL students, some of whom came to the school knowing very little English. I have reached out to my PBL PD instructors for guidance on many occasions. These projects have kept them engaged and excited about content and connected them to their community.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

And that’s what instructors strive to offer their service-member students at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, which looks out over Monterey Bay. Small class sizes mean instructors can give individuals assignments on topics relevant to their personal interests. that offer the product to their employees.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

But Chatterjee, an international student from India, did not feel confident about the assignment, and thought it was Western-centric and focused on physical powers associated with attractive males. Based on that feedback, the professor, Julia Parra, says she changed the assignment to make it broader, and more inclusive.

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Edsurge

APRIL 21, 2023

I spend a lot of time thinking about how monolingual teachers can support multilingual students and I am actively searching for ways to reduce the isolation my students experience as they begin learning English, and to build a sense of belonging for students in my classes. My students shifted to English as I uttered words in Spanish.

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eSchool News

MAY 28, 2024

It is also designed to help teachers create instructions for assignments and review student performance. Student performance in math and English language arts on spring state test scores in 2023 went up by 2 percentage points from the prior year, highlighting slow academic recovery after the pandemic.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2022

But the Spanish-speaker says she found the support she needed by enrolling in a dual-language program at the Honors College at Miami Dade College, which helped her to pursue higher education in both her native language and in English. That may be especially true for a college located in a community with high numbers of non-English speakers.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2025

No surprise there, considering that just about every week brings new AI products, and students rushing to social media to share how theyre using them on assignments. How should teaching change for a group of students whose studies and social lives were disrupted by COVID-19 (and instructors who had a crash-course in online teaching)?

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eSchool News

JULY 20, 2016

The new programs also have increased training for leading special student populations, including students with disabilities, English language learners and early childhood students. K-12 classroom instructors, instructional coaches, and educational administrators are invited to enroll.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 13, 2022

These tools can also help instructors track whether and how students are studying and completing assignments. The theory is that courseware has the potential to improve student outcomes because it tends to offer students personalized instruction and instant feedback on their work, Jones-Davis says. history surveys.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 16, 2022

While people will still be Zooming for some time, taking time to create, produce, and implement asynchronous videos or asynchronous video assignments for your online class can yield multiple benefits. Students can interact with one another through asynchronous video assignments. Asynchronous videos get an A.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 30, 2024

This change reduces writing assignment stress and time pressure, improving productivity and learning. Improved Writing Quality For many students, especially those learning English as a second language, AI technologies are essential for language and writing improvement.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

After a long weekend of grading essays, I submitted the final grades for English 101. And even though the semester was technically over, I was still receiving requests from students for extensions on their assignments: Hey Professor… Most people hear the title “adjunct professor” and are impressed. When I returned to the U.S.,

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Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2023

The sudden-seeming pervasiveness of AI has even led to faculty workshop “safe spaces” this summer, where instructors can figure out how to use algorithms. But while that may sound like typical Silicon Valley hype, the education system is taking it seriously. And so far, AI is shaking things up. At the moment, more research is needed.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2024

As educators and students grapple with what is allowed when using generative AI (GenAI) tools, I have compiled five tips to help you design or redesign academic integrity statements for your syllabus, assignments, exams, and course activities. Students might benefit from using these tools on some assignments, but not others.

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Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Keywords: Student partnerships, Asset-Based Mindset, Language Resources Introduction In educational contexts, English is often privileged as the language of communication and instruction. One theme on building critical consciousness explored in our program is the presence of implicit linguistic biases in course syllabi and assignment designs.

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2020

So Boyle, who is a secondary school principal at Dalian American International School, located on China’s northeastern coast, let teachers email assignments during the first few weeks out and skip most instruction. His time as a blended learning instructor in Taos, N.M., Watts says she’s heard of schools conducting lessons both ways.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

“This past year has allowed us insight into how disruptive innovation can harness the power of technology to ignite a new generation of empowered citizens,” enthuses Martha Bongiorno, a Media and Education Technology Instructor in Fulton County, Georgia. We also recognize the value of reaching teachers where they are in their workflow.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

At his second college, close to his home in East Hollywood, he says that he had a bad experience with the instructor about an early assignment in a developmental English course. Del Real Viramontes joined its Puente program , which embedded him in a cohort of students in a math and English course sequence.

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Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2017

Students who chose to participate in the program completed the writing assignments, submitted them electronically, and received three of their peers’ assignments for review. “We Each fellow is assigned to a group of students and is available to help them with the revision process.”

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2016

In the past two academic years, Idaho Digital Learning Academy (IDLA), an online state school created by the Idaho Legislature, has taken proactive steps to fix a key problem: losing English Language Learner (ELL) students before high school graduation, and losing them from highly technical and content-driven courses like biology.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

My extensions for assignment-deadlines are met with apathy, attitude, and disrespect. Although the majority of students enrolled in schools are minority students, over 84% of the instructors are white teachers from middle-income households. “I’ve done everything I can do! This statement is especially true for teachers in the U.S.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Beyond basic editing, students can add specifications such as editing for English as a first language, or editing for the academic environment. Instructors can use AI for editing as well. Students and instructors were learning to ask new questions in new ways. AI can edit many types of written documents.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Students earn points by completing a much wider variety of assignment and assessment pathways than what is typically seen in most higher education courses today. Students also have autonomy to choose what they want to do within that wide variety of assignments and assessments. Their grades are determined by points accumulated.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Proponents of AI claim that AI tools should be integrated into lesson design, however, it is also the case that AI may be used by students as an unethical shortcut to wholly complete written assignments. Ma and Wang (2016) compared essays written in English by British and American students to essays written in English by Cantonese students.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Giving regular feedback to roughly 100 middle and high schoolers has been my greatest challenge as an English and writing teacher, and it hit home for me sometime in 2013. She discovered multiple studies on the efficacy of peer feedback when well-guided by an instructor, some with numerous tips to be mined and applied.

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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2018

Edwin Edwin is an AI-powered English tutor. The company’s CEO, Dmitry Stavisky, claims there aren’t many good solutions for students who want to learn English for standardized tests like the TOEFL. Prior to joining Y Combinator, Delphia raised money from Golden Venture Partners.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Most of those teachers taught English or social studies, where the applications of chatbots are more obvious. In math, people can be hesitant to get help, says Nick Hershman, a teacher on special assignment who’s based in Beaverton, near the Portland metro area in Oregon.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 9, 2018

This is also a great space for students to collaborate outside of class on group assignments or projects. This is particularly useful for English as a Second Language (ESL) students who may be learning to read and speak English at the same time. Microsoft Learning Tools Enhance Accessibility.

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