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. But when things aren’t clear, their motivation dries up. Believe me, I’m guilty too. On to the second essay option. Yes, that’s it.

Assignments 119

Assignments Essay Writing Questions 119

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Each factor plays a role in shaping various academic achievements: Prior knowledge of the subject matter Motivation and engagement Learning goals Learning strategies Prioritization of the course Outside responsibilities College students take a course for various reasons, for example, to meet a major or minor requirement or for personal interest.

Motivation 111

Motivation Instructors Lecturing Feedback 111

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. Saucier, Ph.D.

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Instructors Motivation Critical Thinking Students 98

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! The dynamic nature of PBL maintains student interest and motivation.

Critical Thinking 324

Critical Thinking Middle School Middle School Lecturing 324

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! The dynamic nature of PBL maintains student interest and motivation.

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Students Critical Thinking Lecturing Culture 301

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. But when things aren’t clear, their motivation dries up. Believe me, I’m guilty too. On to the second essay option. Yes, that’s it.

Assignments 111

Assignments Essay Writing Questions 111

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 12, 2025

Have Online Education Systems Replaced Traditional Lectures? One of the biggest is self-efficacy and motivation. You have to manage your time well and constantly motivate yourself because no one else will. This will be further outlined below. This means that the onus falls on you to complete everything.

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Lecturing Essay Motivation High School 88

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

The tool, dubbed the “Personalized Learning Plan,” allows K-12 students to schedule and track their coursework and assignments, helping them see how it fits into their skills and career path. Eventually, the social network plans to make the software available for free to all schools in the United States.

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Education Lecturing Motivation Feedback 275

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

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

eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

I typically assign a hefty 20-page final project in my STEM course, but I decided to take a more playful and hands-on approach for this group of students. My motivation was simple: I wanted to help the class build confidence in teaching STEAM concepts.

Teaching 284

Teaching Teachers STEM Syllabus 284

Edsurge

MAY 6, 2020

There isn’t one solution for increasing learner engagement and motivation. When it comes to learning, engagement is influenced by a learner's level of motivation, focus and cognitive ability as well as online course design and a teacher's decisions regarding facilitation style.

Motivation 218

Motivation Education Learning Feedback 218

Edsurge

OCTOBER 20, 2020

I am noticing that you haven’t posted and you haven’t uploaded any assignments. We’re focusing on who is disappearing from higher education due to the pandemic and what professors are doing to try to keep students motivated in these challenging times. I sent out targeted individual emails [saying] Hi Nancy. Hi Eduardo.

Lecturing 211

Lecturing Students Motivation Assignments 211

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. I like how the course topics are sequenced. It creates a cadence.

Coaching 197

Coaching Lecturing Motivation Assignments 197

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Instead of delivering lectures in class and assigning homework, teachers provide pre-recorded lessons or materials for students to review at home. By incorporating game-like elements such as point systems, leaderboards, and challenges into lesson plans, teachers can motivate students and make learning more interactive.

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Teaching Teaching Methods Gamification Textbooks 182

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Some believe it will cripple the education system and replace human workers ; others denounce ChatGPT as a free essay-writing and test-taking tool that makes it laughably easy to cheat on assignments, while the validity of responses generated by ChatGPT has also been called into question.

Ethics 341

Ethics Essay Syllabus Feedback 341

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.

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Lecturing Assignments Motivation Participation 167

Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2020

Middle schoolers, they warned us, are unable to work at their own pace because they lack academic fundamentals, intrinsic motivation and basic time management skills. As our colleagues pointed out, they lacked intrinsic motivation and independent work skills. We’d heard these arguments before but we weren’t convinced.

Blended Learning 218

Blended Learning Middle School Middle School Motivation 218

Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2018

The problem is that as an educator, my natural inclination is to provide these students more direct instruction, increased support and even hand-holding at times—but in a society that values individuals who are motivated, persistent self-starters with initiative, that’s not fair. This increased motivation.

Learning 161

Learning Assignments Students Motivation 161

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.

Learning 213

Learning Feedback Assignments Coaching 213

Edsurge

MARCH 30, 2020

It’s not at all an easy shift to make overnight, particularly for those who aren’t used to sitting on a computer recording or listening to lectures. But in the midst of all of this, we’re learning and experimenting together on how best to engage and motivate students and teachers online. Heck, I don’t even like doing that.

Online Learning 192

Online Learning Lecturing Learning Coaching 192

Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Most MOOCs, despite the claims of innovation and disruption, consisted of video lectures and text-based assignments. Thus, the impression that most people have of online education is an attempt to create an online lecture.

Technology 161

Technology Lecturing Instructors Beliefs 161

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Around the semester midpoint you may be noticing that some of your students are becoming overwhelmed, may lack motivation, or feel disconnected from the class. My rationale here is to not make it a mandatory assignment, but an extra credit opportunity to know more about their current learning experiences. Sound familiar?

Student Engagement 131

Student Engagement Lecturing Students Feedback 131

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

First, consider that two of the central gatekeepers of learning are emotion and motivation. Similarly, when motivation levels are high, students engage more deeply in the associated learning task. Ask any educator about the joys of teaching a highly intrinsically motivated student! Simon Sinek’s The Golden Circle.

Lecturing 113

Lecturing Motivation Assignments Textbooks 113

Edsurge

JUNE 22, 2023

The plan is to train Jill Watson on the specific materials of any course it is being used for, by feeding in the text of lecture videos and slides, as well as the contents of the textbook. “Jill Watson is the intermediary,” Goel tells EdSurge. Also, these days, students can go on YouTube and get answers to just about anything on their own.

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Teaching Assistants Teaching Textbooks Lecturing 187

Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2018

The days of standing in front of the classroom and “lecturing” are long gone. Indeed, studies have shown that video learning has positive outcomes on multiple levels, including increased motivation and deeper learning, and can specifically impact students’ ability to facilitate discussions and identify problems.

Teaching 161

Teaching Teaching Methods Lecturing Special Education 161

Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2020

To develop innovative solutions to accessibility challenges, we need to be motivated and energized to problem-solve. Accounting for the widest range of learners with different abilities, backgrounds and motivations is the only way to provide all individuals with fair and equal opportunities to learn. We can innovate. We can empathize.

Accessibility 218

Accessibility Distance Learning Learning Students 218

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

And so when you talk about critiques of the lecture style of teaching, you group that under a practice that lacks authenticity. One of the things that is apparent as you start to read about the lecture-versus-active learning debates is that everyone is defining those terms in very different ways. Do I need this?

Art 167

Art Science Teaching Failure 167

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. GBL and Remote Teaching.

Game-Based Learning 182

Game-Based Learning Teaching Learning Assignments 182

Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 14, 2016

The days of checking books out of the library, traditional style lecturing, and writing papers with a pen are continuously becoming pastimes. Videos not only engage students because they are relatable, they inspire and motivate them to make the most of their learning experiences. In Your Lesson Plan. As Homework or In-Class Activity.

eLearning 130

eLearning Teaching Lecturing Learning Styles 130

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Grades can perpetuate bias , inequalities, and injustice, reduce student motivation and willingness to challenge themselves , and add enormous administrative burdens. But there is literature on how to adapt the grading process to avoid the drawbacks above, and improve student motivation and engagement, as well as instructor satisfaction.

Grades 122

Grades Instructors Motivation Metacognitive Skills 122

Edsurge

JULY 6, 2020

Whether in short videos, lecture notes, or just a profile picture on Canvas, let students see you as a real human being. A personal email updating them on grades, checking in on them or reminding them about an assignment deadline can dramatically impact whether students feel motivated and connected.

Feedback 201

Feedback Lecturing Instructors Communication 201

eSchool News

MARCH 14, 2025

Do you support student use of AI in school and/or for assignments? Just as the best scribes produced unique artistry in rare, individually commissioned works, the best teachers create rare but enviable classrooms with well-behaved, deeply motivated, impressively thriving students.

Teachers 172

Teachers Knowledge Lecturing Blended Learning 172

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 19, 2024

Students benefit from tailored assignments and feedback suited to their unique learning styles. The result is a more engaged, motivated student body ready to tackle complex challenges confidently. Teachers now integrate multimedia content like interactive simulations, virtual labs, and expert guest lectures from around the world.

Education 167

Education Feedback Communication Teaching Methods 167

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 78

Multiple Choice Questions Teachers Writing Questions 78

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Automated Grading: AI can automate the scoring of assessment tests, homework, essays and other assignments. Enhanced Student Engagement: Well-designed AI education tools can be more interactive, adaptive and engaging for students compared to traditional lectures or books.

Education 183

Education Essay Critical Thinking Intelligence 183

Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 20, 2020

In a couple of recent posts, I said: One of the biggest challenges of ‘remote learning’ over the past few months has been that most of the motivators been pared away. As we try to figure out what schooling will look like in the months to come, we need to pay attention to the motivators and demotivators that help foster student engagement.

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Motivation Textbooks Lecturing Critical Thinking 142