eSchool News

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What this means is that if a teacher distributes test scores or other information (including courses attended and information of attendance, contact number, awards, etc.), As classes went fully online, it has become incredibly difficult for school IT administrators and teachers to keep track of all the elements of compliance.

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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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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.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

These days students can have tools like Google’s NotebookLM turn their lecture notes into a podcast , where sunny-sounding AI bots banter and riff on key points. Suddenly, new consumer AI tools have hit the market that can take any piece of text, audio or video and provide that same kind of simplified summary.

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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).

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

It’s not just about test scores and whether people learn, she argues, but there’s an ethical issue that sometimes gets lost in discussions about teaching. Apple’s iPod had only recently come out, and Duke became one of the first to experiment with putting out free lectures online that people could listen to on these digital music players.

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eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2025

In college, assignments were purposeful, designed to deepen my understanding of the material rather than simply reinforce rote memorization. These assignments provided valuable opportunities to fail, seek help, and ultimately grow from the experience. These assignments werent just practice. The struggle was the entire point.

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Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2018

Lecture + Digital Formative Assessment I recently attended a local conference and the keynote was delivered by Aaron Polansky , superintendent from Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School in Rochester, Mass. Within his talk he exclaimed, “Lectures are only terrible if you are a terrible lecturer!”

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Check out our related article, " The Pandemic Pushed Colleges to Record Lectures. Tara Carpenter, lecturer at UMBC Officials for Chegg and Course Hero, for their part, argue that their services are not intended as cheating tools, and they point to acceptable use policies and other efforts that discourage cheating.

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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 5, 2021

One student described relying on a laptop that could not handle exam-proctoring software, causing the student to miss a test. Student interviews from the EDUCAUSE report offer glimpses of how this plays out. That was the case for one surveyed student, who put it like this: “My laptop is very, very old.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

As a lecturer at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, where I teach econometrics and research methods, I spend a lot of time thinking about the intersection between data, education and social justice — and how generative AI will reshape the experience of gathering, analyzing and using data for change.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The pandemic is changing the way tests and quizzes are conducted at colleges across the country, with the rapid adoption of new tools that proponents say catch cheating, but in ways that many students say amount to an unacceptable invasion of their privacy. In that model, colleges are typically charged on a per-test basis.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Don’t just use video for lectures; the format can also be used to welcome students to your class, provide feedback (much preferred by students to print feedback) and walk through assignments. You can make lots of small videos instead of whole lectures. Second, you can’t employ too much video. Avoid long videos, though.

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Edsurge

MAY 24, 2018

Faculty assign homework to expose students to a new concept before they arrive to class, and use class time to ask questions and do more-active learning. If students struggle through the Jupyter assignments in the individual space, Barba isn’t there to help them. It also found that students in traditional lecture courses were 1.5

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

As college classes start up this fall, instructors are handing out syllabi and pointing students to official platforms for turning in assignments and participating in class discussions. Students increasingly turn to private systems to create online groups around individual college classes.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2024

Many teachers and professors are spending time this summer experimenting with AI tools to help them prepare slide presentations, craft tests and homework questions, and more. She imagines teachers might use AI in the same way to create assignments or lesson plans. “No

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

For Rachel Davenport, a senior lecturer at Texas State University, one key area where she has thrown out old assumptions has been testing. But it’s not just about testing. Are there things that are working that they might continue doing after the health crisis ends? Why have I not done open-book exams? she asks. “I

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2018

The days of standing in front of the classroom and “lecturing” are long gone. Video is also proving to have solid results when it comes to learning outcomes—from higher test scores to increased engagement with learning materials to increased comprehension. By using video, teachers can keep students engaged in new and innovative ways.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

For instance, when assigned to work in groups during class, students who may have trouble focusing or even hearing the discussion due to the noise level may ask the professor for permission to work in the library or outside. Cold or random call.

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Edsurge

JUNE 22, 2023

And they’re testing the approach in three online courses this summer. 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. How is it going?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2020

While many students say they’re looking for the assistance they’re not getting from their colleges, professors argue that students are using these sites to cheat on quizzes and tests. And then that student who asked it will copy and paste it or use that answer in their own graded assignment. It's just impossible.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 7, 2016

When third-year students in strategy classes at BI Norwegian Business School have a question about their assignments next semester, odds are a robot will provide their answer. The chatbot addition to courses at BI next semester is part of a larger project the school is running to test out a new learning management system.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2015

He says test data back that up. Arthur’s panel proposed one change that could make it easier: Give the Georgia Milestones Tests, which are administered in the spring, more often. Arthur’s subcommittee wants multiple testing windows across the school year, so students can pass and move to the next level sooner.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

This article will focus on the latter and highlight some field-tested approaches and assessments for maximizing instructional effectiveness to improve student achievement. For example, pause for one or two of the above activities after lecturing for eight to 10 minutes. Provide variety in assignments.

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Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2018

At my suburban school in South Carolina, the term is used liberally to describe students who may fail the End of Course Tests, students who might not get promoted to the next grade level and those at risk of dropping out of school. The majority of my students work hard but test poorly, though a small percentage of them are unmotivated.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

The student knew the material, but she just wasn’t a good test-taker. Her score on that exam was so low, in fact, that she realized she had no chance to get an A in the course, no matter how well she might do on future tests and assignments. After that, this professor vowed never to use traditional grades on tests again.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

They have a hypothesis of what they think will help students learn, and they’re going to test it out and then learn from it and revise. And so when you talk about critiques of the lecture style of teaching, you group that under a practice that lacks authenticity. Do I need this? Is this important to me? It’s an iterative cycle.

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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.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

As aspects of pre-pandemic life slowly emerge from nearly two years of masking, testing, and social distancing, educators are once again gathering at edtech conferences to experience the latest and greatest solutions, digital tools, and professional learning opportunities. Plus, students can use them to submit work digitally.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Here’s what a joint study from Legends of Learning and Vanderbilt University found: “…students who played the games outperformed their peers on standardized tests. Note: There is an option where parents can assign work to their children but this requires a fee-based account.

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Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 27, 2025

But if you’re new here, I’ll give you a very quick overview: Retrieval practice is the act of trying to recall something you learned from memory by doing things like taking a test on it or using flashcards instead of just looking at, rereading, or reviewing the information. “So basically, why did you pick that response?

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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. to clarify a key point while burning the midnight oil studying for a test.

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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. Including videos in your lesson plan is a great way to modernize traditional lectures or PowerPoint presentations. It’s also a fun twist on a normal assignment, making it more enjoyable.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

-based company last raised money in 2014 , when it was best known as an online destination where students could share notes, assignments and other course materials from classes they have taken. Sharing clearly copyrighted print or digital materials is a no-go, as is posting a verbatim transcription of a lecture, says Grauer.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Following testing at the beginning of the year, Merit Prep students work with teachers to identify the standards they need to master and set goals to meet them; they then track them using Spark. At Merit Prep, goal-setting begins with Performance Series testing at the beginning of the school year. LaNiece Primus, who teaches U.S.

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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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