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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. To date, over 225 high schoolers have enrolled in the course.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

My rationale here is to not make it a mandatory assignment, but an extra credit opportunity to know more about their current learning experiences. I specify how I plan to respond once I collect their feedback; for example, adding more clarifications on assignments or identifying themes and concerns.

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Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2017

The university has created a way for automated software to give students in large STEM courses feedback on their writing in cases where professors don’t have time to grade hundreds of essays. Senior lecturer Brenda Gunderson teaches a statistics course that will be first to adopt the automated element of M-Write.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2020

They were also the first Catholic school in the country accredited as a STEM school by AdvancED. We’re seeing more projects coming out of our classrooms as opposed to just pure lecture. It’s comforting to see that when I assign a profile, I know exactly how the receiving device will respond.

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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

DECEMBER 4, 2020

To determine placement in college-level or remedial courses, the students were randomly assigned either to a control group that used standardized exam scores—the normal procedure—or to an intervention group that used an alternative method: an algorithm. But the results were more impressive for English classes than math classes.

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Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2022

But declining student participation may also stem from the challenges inherent to remote and hybrid learning. This can be a real challenge for procrastinators, multitaskers, responsibility jugglers and anyone tempted to half-listen to a lecture while scrolling through social media—in other words, many people.

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Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2020

This week’s podcast is brought to you by “The State of Online STEM Education'' an upcoming national survey of the online STEM landscape created by Every Learner Everywhere and Online Learning Consortium. You can just read a lecture online, or watch a video that he’s prerecorded, take a test and it’s that easy.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Creating assignments and lectures that answer that question can be far more compelling for students than those that explain all the ins and outs of a new concept without explaining how it comes to play in the world outside the classroom. I like to start a series of lectures with a real-world scenario. Full sized image here.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

My rationale here is to not make it a mandatory assignment, but an extra credit opportunity to know more about their current learning experiences. I specify how I plan to respond once I collect their feedback; for example, adding more clarifications on assignments or identifying themes and concerns.

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Student Engagement Lecturing Students Feedback 98

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

By adopting the adaptive tool, we were able to completely integrate the lab and lecture during the class meeting times. I spoke with biology instructor Kathy Watkins and Associate Dean of STEM Bruce Johnson about how CPCC is hoping to transform a biology survey class using adaptive technology. Established in 1963, North Carolina’s.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Students always take four courses, and the faculty have designed the assignments and the courses around themes. That includes humanities, social science, STEM and communications, but all of those classes are maybe working on the senses for six weeks or immigration for eight weeks. This is what we're calling an integrated curriculum.

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

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." Anonymous student. Anonymous student.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 11, 2023

Video-based learning is a powerful tool for many reasons; one study even notes that “well selected online educational video lectures advance students’ communication on the discourse level, critical thinking, deep learning, and future employability” (Elgeddawy, 2018, 726). Chambers, Brittany, Jaylen Lowe, and Lycurgus Muldrow (2022).

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

Assigning students to work in groups allows them to engage in shared decision-making, divide tasks, and collaborate on a common project. Simulations are particularly beneficial for STEM subjects, allowing students to gain hands-on experience and develop critical thinking skills.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

Assigning students to work in groups allows them to engage in shared decision-making, divide tasks, and collaborate on a common project. Simulations are particularly beneficial for STEM subjects, allowing students to gain hands-on experience and develop critical thinking skills.

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Active Learning Achievement Activities Quizzes 96

Faculty Focus

APRIL 11, 2023

Video-based learning is a powerful tool for many reasons; one study even notes that “well selected online educational video lectures advance students’ communication on the discourse level, critical thinking, deep learning, and future employability” (Elgeddawy, 2018, 726). Chambers, Brittany, Jaylen Lowe, and Lycurgus Muldrow (2022).

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Instructors English Lecturing Motivation 97

Faculty Focus

APRIL 16, 2023

For example, educators may not adapt content for the online synchronous learner, and instead, may merely post lecture slides online as asynchronous content. HyFlex considerations in assignment design, groupwork, and lesson planning for inclusion, equity, and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) may be viewed by educators as daunting.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 16, 2023

For example, educators may not adapt content for the online synchronous learner, and instead, may merely post lecture slides online as asynchronous content. HyFlex considerations in assignment design, groupwork, and lesson planning for inclusion, equity, and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) may be viewed by educators as daunting.

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Learning Assignments Course Design Instructors 98

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 2, 2022

The “TRI” method: Assign trios in advance (ideally purposefully, but randomly-generated trios work, too). Assign sharing order and trio roles in advance (see suggestions below). Discussion Leader Following all three sharing presentations, the discussion leader invites questions and models question stems like, “How?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 26, 2017

But blended learning is more than simply replacing lectures and books with web-based technology. CK-12 offers digital textbooks and learning materials in primarily STEM subjects that are searchable by curriculum or concept and can be arranged to suit student needs and interests. CK-12 Flexbooks.

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Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2016

If you were to walk through the Celeste Bartos Forum—a beautiful venue in the New York Public Library—on June 11th, you would have found yourself amidst diverse youth with dreams of changing the world for the better through STEM. There were seven tables assigned to seven subjects: . I thought that this was the best lecture.

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Teach Hub

APRIL 3, 2025

How it works: The teacher provides question stems or prompts such as Describe in your own words or Why is this important? The Jigsaw Method: Collaborative Learning in Action If you need a way to tackle a big topic without lecturing for the entire period, the Jigsaw Method is a lifesaver.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Some of these moves stem from a sense of manners—developed from the way we were raised, nurtured, mentored, and trained as human beings, educators, leaders, and citizens. And some of these moves stem from an innate knowledge of what Daniel Levitan, in his magisterial text “The Organized Mind,” calls “Gibsonian affordances.”

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k12 Online Schools

APRIL 21, 2025

Some simply broadcast lectures over video calls. They dont merely transplant classroom lectures to a screen. Alumni networks provide mentorship, connecting current students with graduates pursuing careers in STEM, the arts, and beyond. Top virtual schools have transformed howand wherewe learn. How do parents stay involved?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 16, 2018

Garg is an innovative educator, famous at UCLA for the organic chemistry music video extra-credit assignment he initiated. And then the other thing that my class is most well known for is the music video assignment. It really helps make the lecture hall feel more like a small classroom. But in 2010 that was not the norm.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

Reading back over a textbook or taking lecture notes with a highlighter at the ready is often done by students, for instance, but these practices have proven of limited merit, and in some cases even counterproductive in aiding recall. Mathematics lecture at the Helsinki University of Technology.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Liz Norell, associate director of instructional support at the University of Mississippi, predicts that many of the misunderstandings around office hours also stem from faculty burnout, which she says most students can pick up on in classes. Norell, of the University of Mississippi, has also tried to make her office hours more accessible.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 6, 2023

Immediate feedback is a successful engagement strategy that promotes active learning and fosters a supportive, inclusive classroom, especially when used with low stakes assignments or to gauge transfer of knowledge (Epstein & Brosvic, 2002, Goldstein & Wallis, 2015). Polling is spontaneous and fun! Dr. Shazia A.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 6, 2023

Immediate feedback is a successful engagement strategy that promotes active learning and fosters a supportive, inclusive classroom, especially when used with low stakes assignments or to gauge transfer of knowledge (Epstein & Brosvic, 2002, Goldstein & Wallis, 2015). Polling is spontaneous and fun! Dr. Shazia A.

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Instructors Multiple Choice Questions Internet Participation 95

Faculty Focus

MARCH 11, 2025

This innovative teaching environment blends engaged lectures with hands-on, collaborative activities, with the instructor as a facilitator. Integrated Learning: Combining lecture and lab time allows students to apply theoretical knowledge to practical experiments, helping solidify learning and making complex concepts more understandable.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 11, 2025

This innovative teaching environment blends engaged lectures with hands-on, collaborative activities, with the instructor as a facilitator. Integrated Learning: Combining lecture and lab time allows students to apply theoretical knowledge to practical experiments, helping solidify learning and making complex concepts more understandable.

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Interdisciplinary Instructors Students Motivation 57