Faculty Focus

JULY 10, 2025

And students from those environments bring that context with them when they walk into our lecture halls. But what we see in higher education—missed assignments, low engagement, quiet classrooms—isn’t always a motivation issue. I also let students revise one major assignment. Often, it’s a preparedness gap.

Teaching 53

Teaching Elementary School Elementary School Essay 53

Faculty Focus

JULY 10, 2025

And students from those environments bring that context with them when they walk into our lecture halls. But what we see in higher education—missed assignments, low engagement, quiet classrooms—isn’t always a motivation issue. I also let students revise one major assignment. Often, it’s a preparedness gap.

Teaching 53

Teaching Elementary School Elementary School Essay 53

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 95

Student Engagement Syllabus Learning Students 95

Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 27, 2025

rapid retrieval: During a lecture, stop every 10 minutes or so to ask a question about a topic you’ve covered. ” assigning points : Blunt strongly discourages assigning points to whiteboard retrieval activities. Blunt inserts a special slide at key points in her slide decks as a prompt to do this.

Multiple Choice Questions 80

Multiple Choice Questions Teachers Writing Questions 80

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 12, 2025

Have Online Education Systems Replaced Traditional Lectures? In online classrooms, you might have some interaction with fellow classmates and lecturers, however, it’s all through a screen and no one is there in person to push you to finish your essays or assignments. This will be further outlined below.

Lecturing 81

Lecturing Essay Motivation High School 81

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

Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

Flexibility in format and modality such as recorded lectures, alternative assignments, or extended deadlinesmade students feel supported, capable, and seen. Final Thoughts: A Call to Listen and Lead The most transformative teaching moments rarely come from perfectly delivered lectures. Textbook format and cost mattered.

Disabilities 53

Disabilities Course Design Students Lecturing 53

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 16, 2025

Lecturing at the front of the room allows reluctant students to disengage easily, especially if they don’t understand what you’re teaching (and they’re not likely to ask questions about it). Shift to a student-centered classroom It’s no secret that teacher-centered classrooms are on the way out in the 21st century.

High School 52

High School High School Beliefs Schools 52

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 16, 2025

Assigned seats in a grid pattern aren’t your only option for an engaging classroom setup anymore! Pros: This classroom desk configuration is great for lecture-based teaching or if you do a lot of board work because it ensures that all students can easily see the teacher and the board at the front of the classroom.

Classroom Management 98

Classroom Management Discussions Grades Lecturing 98

Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2022

SAN MARCOS, Texas — As a digital media course got underway on a recent Wednesday at Texas State University, a trickle of students took their seats in one of the largest lecture theaters on campus. My goal in flying down to Texas State was to find out, what do college classes look and feel like now—especially in large lectures like this one?

Lecturing 204

Lecturing Students Attention Syllabus 204

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Instead of spending precious class time transferring information live for the whole group in the form of a lecture or mini-lesson, which presents myriad barriers (e.g., auditory processing, attention deficit, lack of background knowledge or vocabulary, absences), teachers record video instruction and assign those videos for homework.

Blended Learning 467

Blended Learning Students Assignments Lecturing 467

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 11, 2024

Want to know how I handle and combine assignments for my students? How I Merge and Manage Assignments for My Students: Some Examples Teaching is not all about delivering lectures to students. In addition to this, you also need to make sure all your students can access their assignments without any hassle. Here you go!

Assignments 168

Assignments Students Lecturing Accessibility 168

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 30, 2016

Teachers get super excited about integrating technology or want details about a project, assignment, or routine I do with my own kids. Too often the default in this scenario is to lecture or verbally present information because it is faster. Were you able to incorporate projects, creative assignments, technology, etc.

Teachers 420

Teachers Evaluation Lecturing Blended Learning 420

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 18, 2023

However, I often hear the question, “Can I use the flipped classroom if I don’t assign homework?” ” Challenges with Traditional Live Instruction Traditionally, educators disseminate information in real-time, relying on lectures or mini-lessons. Some teachers do not assign homework.

Lecturing 433

Lecturing Knowledge Assignments Writing 433

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!

Assignments 131

Assignments Motivation Science Study 131

eSchool News

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Rather than watch a lecture in class and complete homework at home, students would watch a video lecture at home and do the “homework” in class. Students needed the flexibility to redo assignments if needed, turn in work a day or two late if life got in the way, and even have the option to work ahead or design their own projects.

Lecturing 279

Lecturing Learning Assignments Grades 279

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.

Instructors 148

Instructors Assignments Writing History 148

eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2020

While it might seem like a simple transition to post slides or a recorded lecture online, teachers need to be intentional with course design to effectively mirror what students experienced in the classroom and make the transition as smooth and successful as possible. Online education is fairly synonymous with asynchronous learning.

eLearning 274

eLearning Quizzes Textbooks Fairness 274

eSchool News

AUGUST 15, 2016

On the most basic level, flipped learning occurs when instructors make use of video lectures outside the class in order to bring what was being done in the homework space back into the classroom. In short: lecture at home, homework in class. First and foremost, we should define some terms.

Lecturing 262

Lecturing Instructors Assignments Active Learning 262

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 22, 2021

A lecture or mini-lesson followed by a worksheet or pencil and paper practice does not require much design work. What aspects of the assignment would benefit from further development? When I facilitate blended learning workshops, teachers will make comments like, “This is great, but it seems like a lot of work.”

Blended Learning 535

Blended Learning Teachers Learning Grades 535

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 119

Assignments Essay Writing Questions 119

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 11, 2019

Classically, the transfer of information has occurred in class via lecture and practice has been assigned for homework. 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

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

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 Learning Assignments 218

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

They’ve been conditioned to sit in assigned seats, take notes, and listen quietly. We intentionally don’t use our valuable time together in class to lecture. But the biggest challenge is trying to get my students to rethink what it means to be a learner and rethink what learning looks like. School, we do not have a seating chart.

Learning 354

Learning Lecturing Assignments Participation 354

eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Have you ever downloaded an online lecture from iTunes? It has a lot of resources for students, including books, videos, lectures, flashcards, and other materials. All K-12 teachers and students with Apple devices can use it, enabling educators to create custom courses and assign particular materials for learning. Wolfram Alpha.

Teachers 263

Teachers Lecturing Blended Learning Knowledge 263

eSchool News

AUGUST 1, 2024

For example, occasionally allowing students to complete an assignment or a project using a different type of media can go a long way toward engagement. Students of any age can only listen to a lecture so long before they start tuning the teacher out completely. They participate in student-centered learning.

Students 313

Students Lecturing Classroom Management Culture 313

eSchool News

OCTOBER 22, 2018

You can assign activities or group projects to dig deep into important financial topics, or you can lead class discussions or give lectures on info vital to financial success and stability.

Mobile Devices 279

Mobile Devices Lecturing Social Studies Students 279

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

eSchool News

JANUARY 9, 2024

Students can then choose which activities to complete in order to meet the assigned requirements. Notes Scavenger Hunt: Turn your next lecture into something interactive and exciting! Learning Menus: Provide students with a learning menu filled with intellectually rich activities.

Critical Thinking 317

Critical Thinking Middle School Middle School Lecturing 317

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The study, which occurred over three semesters, randomly assigned students to either learning through lectures, the old-school way, or through “active” calculus instruction that emphasizes student engagement. That the traditional lecture method of teaching calculus isn’t as effective as active models. Its conclusion?

Instructors 199

Instructors Lecturing STEM Study 199

eSchool News

OCTOBER 10, 2019

According to research , in a typical classroom lecture students will generally retain only five percent of the material presented. The videos consumed in a flipped classroom are usually lectures pre-filmed by instructors, but less attention has been placed on the learning potential of assigning feature films to students outside of class.

Lecturing 187

Lecturing Textbooks Instructors Attention 187

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

eSchool News

JUNE 26, 2024

STEM is incredibly important, specifically for skills like critical thinking and problem solving,” said Dr. Erika Neuman, CEO of iSTEMmentors and a lecturer at the University of Texas at San Antonio, during an ISTELive 24 session.

STEM 308

STEM Interdisciplinary Critical Thinking Lecturing 308

eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Students can then choose which activities to complete in order to meet the assigned requirements. Notes Scavenger Hunt: Turn your next lecture into something interactive and exciting! Learning Menus: Provide students with a learning menu filled with intellectually rich activities.

Students 291

Students Critical Thinking Lecturing Culture 291

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.

Lecturing 213

Lecturing Learning Instructors Failure 213

eSchool News

MARCH 26, 2025

One student may be an incredible public speaker but may wrestle with written assignments. The emotional impact: Confidence first, grit second Grit and perseverance dont come from lectures or motivational posters. Human learning isnt smooth and predictable; its jagged. We all have areas where we excel and areas where we struggle.

Failure 312

Failure Math Achievement Beliefs 312