eSchool News

JUNE 28, 2024

It takes only seconds to plug a writing prompt into a generative AI tool and receive a completed assignment. The bottom line: When students are confident in their writing skills, they will be less tempted to run directly to AI to generate a writing assignment.

Writing 326

Writing Essay Plagiarism Assignments 326

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

I implemented writing reflections to help students recall their feedback from prior assignments and collaborated with a colleague to develop a teacher guided peer review system, which eventually yielded an app called Floop that made the peer review data visible and simpler to manage.

Feedback 218

Feedback Peer Review Teaching Writing 218

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

When students weren’t solving assignments or giving presentations, I was able to spend my time interacting with them one-on-one. That’s 150 students = 10 assignments in 13 weeks = 5 pages per assignment). Peergrade —a free online platform to facilitate peer feedback sessions with students. The class operated smoothly.

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Feedback Peer Review Critical Thinking Assignments 140

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

The textbook that Delmar Larsen assigned his students was full of errors, and he knew it. Sometimes students will be assigned to write on a specific question in class, or to mimic a chapter of an existing textbook. Without a formal peer-review process, how is it possible to catch mistakes?

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Textbooks Writing Accessibility Peer Review 165

Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2019

Dropbox Paper or Google Docs : these mainstream collaborative word-processing tools let instructors invite students to collaborate on assignments or group work. This past semester, each student submitted reading notes as an assignment in the LMS. Trello : a virtual stack of index cards where students can add their ideas.

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Instructors Syllabus Peer Review Students 164

eSchool News

MARCH 10, 2016

With the PDLN-CPCE partnership, educators follow learning pathways and demonstrate competency through assessments that are evaluated and peer-reviewed by credentialed curriculum experts against a rigorous, standards- and research-based rubric to earn micro-credential badges and university credit.

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Peer Review Teachers Evaluation Assignments 159

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

For example, Bruff teaches a statistics course where he uses an infographics assignment that he adapted from Sidneyeve Matrix, an associate professor at Queen’s University, in Canada. “In In my assignment description I have a little footnote that gives her credit,” he says. “As As scholars, we probably should do something like that.

Teaching Portfolio 167

Teaching Portfolio Teaching Syllabus Peer Review 167

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Here are some you can look into–and all online: Easy CBM Educreations –video a whiteboard explanation of how students are completing a task (app) Edulastic –formative assessments; work on any devices (app) Flip — record a video question from your desktop; add attachments; students respond from the app with their answer Flubaroo (app) (..)

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Quizzes Peer Review Essay Failure 158

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

There’s even a new peer-reviewed academic journal about using Wikipedia in higher education. Do you see a connection between the growing interest in that and the idea of assigning students to write for Wikipedia? What we're learning over time is that, of course, Wikipedia had and still has problems with accuracy and relevance.

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Peer Review Textbooks Education Writing 146

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Students cheating on assignments is hardly a new or surprising problem. In research and surveys conducted by Dr. Donald McCabe and the International Center for Academic Integrity over the span of 12 years, 68 percent of undergraduates who responded admitted to cheating on tests or written assignments.

Academic Integrity 148

Academic Integrity Exams Assignments Instructors 148

Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Argos is calling its courseware platform and marketplace Sojourner, and the goal is to make it a hub for professors and students to create, assign and use digital course materials, in a way that allows for rich analytics for professors, showing them how their students are using materials.

Textbooks 176

Textbooks Syllabus Instructors Peer Review 176

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

At least, that’s according to a randomized study recently published in the peer-reviewed journal Science. 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.

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Instructors Lecturing STEM Study 199

Edsurge

JULY 25, 2023

Some people just switch out a written assignment for an audio assignment. And for that to be counted as such, people are also going to want to subject it to the rigor of different forms of peer review. What are some of the ways podcasts are now used in a teaching setting? And I've done this myself. And that's the problem.

Teaching 148

Teaching Peer Review Essay Knowledge 148

Edsurge

MAY 5, 2023

She supports students in exploring their gifts and interests through projects and encourages educators to start by substituting a traditional assignment with an opportunity to create. And research shows that peer reviews build community among students and help them develop critical thinking and communication skills.

Peer Review 174

Peer Review Interdisciplinary Critical Thinking Communication 174

Scholarly Teacher

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Ann Lichliter , Winona State University Mary Kirk , Winona State University Keywords: Equitable, Transparent, Assignments Key Statement: To benefit all students, faculty redesigned course assignments using the transparent assignment framework to increase student efficacy and improve learning outcomes.

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Assignments Students Peer Review Critical Thinking 52

Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Determining whether it’s screen time or low socio-economic status and the stress it causes parents (or some other factor) that is responsible for those outcomes would require randomly assigning kids to watch hours of TV and studying the results, Hartshorne says—not an experiment in which many parents want to participate.

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Study Peer Review Coaching Science 201

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Organization and structure  Students appreciate courses where assignments and course materials are organized and structured. They particularly appreciated the gradebook, assignment submission, and announcement features, which streamlined their learning experience.  Avoid confusing instructions.

Syllabus 126

Syllabus Instructors Peer Review Lecturing 126

Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2017

Students who chose to participate in the program completed the writing assignments, submitted them electronically, and received three of their peers’ assignments for review. “We Each fellow is assigned to a group of students and is available to help them with the revision process.”

Essay 142

Essay Feedback Writing Assignments 142

eSchool News

MARCH 26, 2018

With Writable, students learn to write to a prompt, provide and incorporate peer review effectively, and substantively revise their work based on feedback. At the end of a project, teachers can also have students evaluate peer feedback received. Price : Free to try. Grades : 3-12. Rating : 4/5.

Peer Review 124

Peer Review Feedback Writing Evaluation 124

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 9, 2023

If the pursuit is to provide students with a custom assignment as you get started , opting for an online case study writing service is highly beneficial; services such as EduBirdie or Studybay extend premier case study writing services tailored to your needs. Where to Find Case Studies?

Study 162

Study Teachers Peer Review Instructors 162

Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

With anywhere from 50-150 pieces of work to grade at a time, narrative feedback was taking days for each assignment, and half the students were tossing their feedback in the recycling bin without reading it. Students use peer feedback to quickly revise their work and pose at least one question before I provide in-app feedback.

Feedback 167

Feedback Culture Science Teaching 167

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Teachers should look for tools that help them easily adjust instructional scaffolding from assignment to assignment and from student to student—allowing them to meet students where they are as they learn to write for authentic audiences. Free Writable trial for Edsurge readers with over 100 pre-built assignments.

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Feedback Peer Review Beliefs Writing 132

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Research databases, including Google Scholar, ResearchGate and JSTOR can serve as resources for peer-reviewed studies. Random assignment is intended to ensure the treatment and comparison groups are the same along both measurable characteristics such as test scores as well as unmeasured characteristics such as motivation to learn.

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Study Testing Students Peer Review 216

Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2018

For teachers, Writable’s web-based tool offers customizable templates for common writing assignments (such as an argumentative or cause-and-effect essay, or a personal narrative). Students can do a self-reflection upon finishing the draft, and also engage in anonymous peer-reviews of each other’s work. based company.

Writing 113

Writing Feedback Peer Review Plagiarism 113

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Organization and structure  Students appreciate courses where assignments and course materials are organized and structured. They particularly appreciated the gradebook, assignment submission, and announcement features, which streamlined their learning experience.  Avoid confusing instructions.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Instructors Peer Review Lecturing 111

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

In some cases, according to Cator, the companies that didn’t get certified were able to point to peer-reviewed research but did not have that research readily accessible for users or potential customers. The product team shares the research behind the design publicly.”

Education 176

Education Peer Review Motivation Reading 176

Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2020

While delivering a series of remote writing lessons focused on the editing process, particularly peer review, she noticed a substantial change in the independence of her students. Ask students how they are feeling about assignments or specific strategies and why they are feeling that way.

Accessibility 218

Accessibility Distance Learning Learning Students 218

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Professional Development Goes ‘Project-Based Learning’ Mr. Matt Flugum, a TCU Teacher on Special Assignment and Digital Learning Specialist, networked with other districts and institutes, eventually developing a learning structure to implement research into the personalized art each teacher brings to the profession.

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Teachers Learning Peer Review Students 167

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

This ranges from our syllabi to our course structures and policies, to our assignments and assessments. Use engaging and efficient activities and assignments. Building on our previous suggestion, we also intentionally schedule engaging and compelling activities and assignments during the grumpy time of the semester.

Course Design 142

Course Design Assignments Teaching Philosophy Instructors 142

Edsurge

MAY 8, 2018

They create classrooms designed to maximize student learning, and do everything from fine-tuning lesson plans and homework assignments to organizing the physical layout of their learning spaces. Our first was PeerView, an app for facilitating faculty-to-faculty peer review and feedback. Today’s teachers are expert innovators.

Feedback 159

Feedback Schools Peer Review Testing 159

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 13, 2019

Peer feedback is about supporting and learning, not criticizing. Each peer review should include positives and shortfalls in equal amounts. Here how to roll out a peer feedback program: Let students know at the beginning of the lesson that they will be peer reviewing each other’s work.

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Feedback Peer Review Writing Critical Thinking 91

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Scaffolded assignments: Break significant projects into smaller, more manageable parts, such as proposals, annotated bibliographies, and rough drafts, to reduce student anxiety and provide opportunities for meaningful feedback at each step, improving learning outcomes (Ambrose, 2010).

Plagiarism 121

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 121

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 19, 2019

which by the way, is fee-based), students start with a placement test to determine their comprehension level and be sure they are challenged by assignments without being frustrated. In response to this, peer feedback is growing in popularity as an approach that balances these two realities for the benefit of the student. In W.O.R.D.

Teachers 96

Teachers Peer Review Feedback Critical Thinking 96

eSchool News

JULY 26, 2016

Tools including a bulk photo upload, auto assignment cover page creator and customized name card printer eased administrative tasks for staff and students, increased efficiencies and saved significant time and labor.

Online Learning 129

Online Learning Quizzes eLearning Learning 129

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2017

He avoids assessing creative writing altogether by assigning his students to write critical essays about their own short stories. He avoids assessing creative writing altogether by assigning his students to write critical essays about their own short stories. Janet suggests assigning the class to create the rubric.

Writing 113

Writing Essay Feedback Instructors 113

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

At our institution, a student living on campus and enrolled in our first-year writing course would complete all of the same major assignments as a dual credit student studying down the road at the local high school, but others might get a student ID card, study in the library, or attend a basketball game for free—just like any other student.

Instructors 122

Instructors Peer Review High School High School 122

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In higher education, there has been an over-reliance on administering summative assessments and simply assigning student grades, often with minimal to no feedback provided prior to the conclusion of the course. Providing student feedback on an assessment, or any assignment, provides extensive value. Carless, D., & Winstone, N.

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Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 122