eSchool News

JUNE 20, 2022

The course uses Canvas to manage the online, asynchronous portion of learning – this includes recorded lectures by ASU faculty, along with weekly assignments and quizzes.

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eSchool News

MARCH 17, 2025

Learning management systems and digital resources became indispensable for assigning work, tracking progress, and providing feedback. For many schools, Zoom, Google Classroom, and Microsoft Teams replaced traditional classroom settings, enabling virtual instruction.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Since the earliest days of colleges experimenting with teaching over the internet, the goal has been to replicate as closely as possible the physical classroom experience. Each week, I’d assign several lectures I’d recorded earlier on video. None of our class time was given to me delivering lectures.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 28, 2017

A large screen display or desktop monitor ensures everyone in the group can see the material easily, and individual touch screens allow students to complete assignments at their own pace and submit them to the teacher electronically or for everyone else to see.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

And except for relatively new options by for-profit upstarts, the options haven’t changed much in decades, despite the rise of the internet and a knowledge economy. Soon after, a professor from the University of Colorado at Boulder started assigning some of those materials for a “Shakespeare in Film” class. College in the U.S.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Kajeet , a provider of IoT connectivity, software and hardware solutions that deliver safe, reliable and controlled internet connectivity to nearly 3,000 customers, announced the launch of its 2022 Homework Gap Grant Program. Using Kami, teachers can create assignments with their LMS, share class-wide, and offer feedback in real time.

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2020

Even when students are all in the same time zone—such as for most K-12 schools and community colleges—getting to a live online class on time can be challenging for those who live in households where there aren’t enough computers or tablets for every learner, or where the internet connection isn’t robust enough.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Well, Downes says the problems with requiring registration, even when it’s free, are many—including that it makes it more difficult or even impossible for students to easily find potentially helpful lecture videos in internet searches or for other professors to assign pieces of the courses as resources in their own teaching.

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Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2021

Spotty internet service makes remote learning hard for many college students. I have trouble opening up my classes, viewing lectures, downloading lectures or material, and can never hand my assignments in on time even if I finish them before the deadline because my laptop is so slow it takes forever to upload work.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Mobiliya Edvelop, a digital classroom platform , is delivering remote lectures to rural schools in some corners of the world — providing tablets that help rural students tap into lessons taught in urban areas. High-quality teachers, textbooks, and research are now accessible to rural schools.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

With Zoom, for example, students might experience harmful or obscene visuals during “ Zoombombing ”—internet trolling during video conferencing. For instance, moving from in person lectures to video-based lectures without providing accurate closed captions can significantly limit learning for students who are deaf or hard of hearing.

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Edsurge

MAY 26, 2020

Though he’s based at Kansas State University, where he is a professor of cultural anthropology, he’s increasingly kind of a professor-at-large on the internet. For this week’s episode, I connected with Wesch to hear about his vision of how to turn online educational videos into what he calls “adventure lectures.”

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Edsurge

APRIL 27, 2020

In other words, we don’t want teachers to be lecturing and just expecting students to be sitting in front of a screen and taking notes,” Gallagher adds. While many teachers are assigning less work, some of her students—particularly in her AP calculus class—are doing extra and optional work. But teachers need help.

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Edsurge

JUNE 22, 2023

At stake is whether it is even possible to tame so-called “large language models” like ChatGPT, which are usually trained with information drawn from the internet and are designed to spit out answers that fit predictable patterns rather than hew strictly to reality. And they’re testing the approach in three online courses this summer.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

Educators in K-12 and higher education environments will adapt new tools and technologies in 2021 that will make lectures and lessons engaging for students wherever they are physically located. COVID-19 highlighted that the digital divide was not exclusive to rural areas, as many families in urban areas cannot afford internet connectivity.

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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.

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2019

Today, as an associate teaching professor of economics at Penn State in University Park, Pennsylvania, Wooten is on the flip side of the camera; he creates his own short educational videos to enhance traditional reading materials and lectures. I value my lecture time,” says Wooten. “I Review key terms and definitions. “I

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Hill conceded that while “it’s not sexy and is often bashed, without it, students can’t get their grades or find their assignments.” MOOCs deliver mostly video-streamed lectures, with some offering readings, problem sets and interactive options as well. MOOC critics say that streaming lectures is not terribly innovative.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 24, 2017

Guest author, Emily Clearly over at mysimpleshow has ten more reasons why videos are a great educational tool for your teaching: Videos are in line with the technological times and can be accessed on the Internet at any point, from wherever you are in the world. Education is something that will never go out of style.

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Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2020

Hardware, internet availability and connectivity, alongside learning materials to support instruction—from age-appropriate books to paper, pencils, glue and scissors—vary substantially from household to household, just as the capacity to provide and respond to these needs varies from one district to the next. Christina Cipriano, Ph.D.,

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 20, 2020

Listening to teacher lectures and doing rote, low-level desk work isn’t going to help her stay engaged. The student who’s sitting at home, trying to find a quiet place to concentrate and work, separated from his friends, juggling a variety of technologies and assignments, perhaps struggling with device / Internet access or parent support?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2022

On this week’s EdSurge Podcast , we’re exploring these questions and going inside this world of assignment-writers for hire. At the time, the online cheating business was sort of just kicking off, in the early days of the Wild West internet. What does it say about our education system? You knew this was against the academic rules.

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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. Internet and Higher Education, 13 (1-2), 5-9.

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Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2020

But now that so many students are taking courses remotely, in improvised environments that may not be especially conducive to learning, it may take some extra effort to redesign instruction, assignments and assessments to address everyone’s needs. Do they have internet connections? Physical accessibility. Can we get it to them?

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

Over winter break in 2015, I found myself scouring the internet for career alternatives that would take me out of the classroom. Lack of Agency over Learning: "I felt that you didn't teach us anything in class.with so many students telling you we learn better with lectures, I feel you are ignoring our feedback and just taking the easier path."

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Too many of us take it for granted that students are going to have access to the internet. [Or Or to think that] it’s not a big deal if I put an hour-long video [lecture]. I learned things that] I would never have found out—these things about my students that are kind of ancillary to the assignment.

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Failure Feedback Students Exams 141

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 17, 2018

Children as young as two are utilizing tablets, exploring the apps on smartphones, and accessing knowledge via the internet. Digital resources can save teachers innumerable hours of planning, grading, assigning, and assessing in the classroom. Now, children are digital natives.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Within this setting, instructors deliver curriculum content through lectures, presentations, demonstrations, and other instructional methods tailored to meet the diverse needs of learners. The scheduled class sessions, assignments, and deadlines provide a framework for learning that encourages organization and time management skills.

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Learning eLearning Instructors Learning Styles 130

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 23, 2018

While it offers many appealing pieces (homework assignment and grading, easy communication, and built-in metrics), one unique to Kiddom is their robust K-12 content library. Open your class timeline and select “New Assignment” Click the red Kiddom “ K ” icon to access the Library. More about Kiddom.

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Quizzes Mobile Devices Assignments Textbooks 79

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 11, 2016

class Internet start page. Class Internet Start Page. A class Internet start page is a website that comes up when the student opens the Internet. Then, students submit all assignments to you through that folder. It can be accessed from anywhere with an internet connection and sometimes without. Google Apps.

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Quizzes Internet Lecturing Middle School 113

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

This has had a profound impact on Reardon’s teaching, freeing him from having to be at the front of the classroom so that he can interact with his students while he lectures. Internet searches: 21%. He does what he can to extol the virtues of the iPad Pro to any colleague who will listen. District staff: 34%.

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English Lecturing Attention Internet 134

Faculty Focus

JUNE 18, 2024

caretaker, internet concerns). For instance, at the bare minimum, we expect our students to read our course syllabus, listen to our lectures, engage with us and their peers, and complete and submit all assignments on time. I would love for you to provide feedback on my graded assignments.” “I I expect you to be polite.”

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Instructors Disabilities Culture Syllabus 111

Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2016

At EdSurge, we scour the internet for tools to help teachers find the best edtech products out there. The Educal —A crowdsourced map and calendar of education events (meetups, professional development, lectures, etc.) Teachers can create accounts and assign worksheets without disclosing students’ personal information.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 27, 2023

It might be about current events related to the field, the assigned reading of the day, a difficult problem or concept, or a reflection on the time and method that students are using to prepare for an upcoming exam. Students could make a copy of the slides or worksheets and take notes as they follow the lecture.

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Edsurge

JULY 18, 2017

Share resources, assignments and more. This included improving the wireless internet, ensuring access to mobile devices and a high standard of tech and training support. ONE YEAR LATER—Greg Esteves shares lessons learned from ELM. With Hapara Learning Suite's Workspace, educators can: Build dynamic digital learning experiences.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 26, 2017

When the Internet arrived, I — as did my colleagues — adopted it mostly for two reasons: 1) research — in place of the library, and 2) rote drills, such as supporting math practice. Using the Internet in classrooms has morphed from optional to organic. For years, my teaching revolved around textbooks as my resources.

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Blended Learning Textbooks Internet Learning 98

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 6, 2020

In the 1990s, the popularization of the internet was similarly revolutionary. Thanks to the availability of the internet and free translation software, your students can easily access books, internet articles and even academic courses and degree programs from other countries.

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