Edsurge

MAY 16, 2024

To find out, EdSurge interviewed Terri Hasseler, a professor in the Department of History, Literature, and the Arts at Bryant University in Rhode Island. Some schools do, but a lot of schools generally leave absence management up to individual instructors. If so, what’s driving the trend? But I can't put exact numbers on that.

Students 203

Students Instructors Lecturing Participation 203

Edsurge

JULY 31, 2018

Chris Biffle is a former college instructor who started the movement back in 1999, along with its accompanying organization, called Whole Brain Teaching. After a couple minutes of repeating words and movements, students are then asked to turn to their neighbors to repeat what they just learned.

Teaching 161

Teaching Instructors Attention Teaching Methods 161

Faculty Focus

MAY 14, 2023

The effectiveness of online learning heavily depends on the level of interaction between instructors and students within virtual classrooms. two to three keywords, color/contrast change, or a symbol that attracts attention to area of the screen ). Signaling is the use of on-screen text or symbols to emphasize vital information (i.e.

Instructors 116

Instructors Quizzes Students Assignments 116

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

When students do not retain the information, it must be that they were not paying attention. Instructors that simply lecture through content are not adding anything to information that students can get themselves. But we teach students, not subjects, meaning that our job is not to cover content but rather to produce learning.

Teaching 111

Teaching Students Instructors History 111

eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2021

In addition, the district deeply appreciated that IXL Learning’s tutoring service, Wyzant, could seamlessly connect its students with experienced instructors to grow their math skills away from the classroom. All sessions are private and 1:1, so learners get the focused attention and support they need.

Math 154

Math Mobile Devices Schools English 154

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 15, 2023

Incorporating active learning strategies with course lectures not only allows the student to be fully present, it can also be used to break-up lecturing into shorter segments, more manageable for most adult attention spans. When the instructor presents in PK style: The audience cannot rely on pre-printed text notes or presentation text.

Lecturing 122

Lecturing Instructors Active Learning Activities 122

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 7, 2025

I hope to facilitate a clearer understanding of both experiential and applied learning so that instructors can use these approaches strategically, when appropriate to course goals, to help their students develop intellectually, personally, and professionally.

Instructors 111

Instructors Learning Teaching Philosophy Knowledge 111

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Triseum's ARTe: Macenas immerses students in art history. through a signup ID supplied by their course instructors, like buying an electronic textbook. Triseum is a private company that spun out of Texas A&M University’s Live Lab in late 2014. Image Credit: Triseum And Requires a Significant Investment. Enter Textbook Publishers.

Textbooks 166

Textbooks Game-Based Learning Art History 166

Edsurge

JANUARY 4, 2023

Also making the list was the finale of our narrative Bootstraps series , this one exploring the history and equity issues of the Rhodes Scholarship. The mental health of students and educators drew attention this year in a big way, as schools and colleges continue to struggle as the global COVID-19 pandemic lingers on.

Ethics 162

Ethics Instructors History Attention 162

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

In undergraduate classrooms, instructors encounter a variety of students with diverse backgrounds and different personalities. It is the instructors challenge to create a comfortable class environment. Not only will students benefit, but instructors can feel more at ease in their own classrooms. Model reflective listening.

Instructors 105

Instructors Feedback Discussions Participation 105

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 7, 2025

I hope to facilitate a clearer understanding of both experiential and applied learning so that instructors can use these approaches strategically, when appropriate to course goals, to help their students develop intellectually, personally, and professionally.

Instructors 105

Instructors Learning Teaching Philosophy Knowledge 105

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 4, 2024

A lightboard is a large glass panel coupled with technology that allows an instructor to write or draw on a large surface (McCorkle & Whitener, 2020). Lightboards require minimal instructor training. Some lightboards can be setup to be one button studios controlled exclusively by the instructor.

Online Learning 111

Online Learning Learning Tools Instructors Learning 111

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

When students do not retain the information, it must be that they were not paying attention. Instructors that simply lecture through content are not adding anything to information that students can get themselves. But we teach students, not subjects, meaning that our job is not to cover content but rather to produce learning.

Teaching 98

Teaching Students Instructors History 98

Faculty Focus

MAY 14, 2023

The effectiveness of online learning heavily depends on the level of interaction between instructors and students within virtual classrooms. two to three keywords, color/contrast change, or a symbol that attracts attention to area of the screen ). Signaling is the use of on-screen text or symbols to emphasize vital information (i.e.

Instructors 98

Instructors Quizzes Students Assignments 98

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

In undergraduate classrooms, instructors encounter a variety of students with diverse backgrounds and different personalities. It is the instructors challenge to create a comfortable class environment. Not only will students benefit, but instructors can feel more at ease in their own classrooms. Model reflective listening.

Instructors 98

Instructors Feedback Discussions Participation 98

Faculty Focus

MAY 30, 2024

Professors should evaluate the use of humor in their classes to ensure that marginalized and underrepresented students are not singled out or given unwanted attention. A willingness to draw attention to our own foibles illustrates that we are people just like the students taking the course. References Banas, J.

Beliefs 115

Beliefs History Culture Attention 115

Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2021

But they’re learning through songs, poems and dance” related to Black history and Black life. In another, the instructor uses historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to teach letters of the alphabet—for the letter “f,” the kids discuss Fisk University.

Math 218

Math Reading Quizzes Activities 218

Faculty Focus

MAY 30, 2024

Professors should evaluate the use of humor in their classes to ensure that marginalized and underrepresented students are not singled out or given unwanted attention. A willingness to draw attention to our own foibles illustrates that we are people just like the students taking the course. References Banas, J.

Beliefs 111

Beliefs History Culture Attention 111

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Our guest today, Peter Adams, has years of experience working with students like Luquin, first as a classroom teacher, then as a college instructor, and currently as senior vice president for education at the News Literacy Project. People recognize that this is an issue that they need to pay attention to. They can access a lot of.

Teaching 157

Teaching History Attention Disabilities 157

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 4, 2024

A lightboard is a large glass panel coupled with technology that allows an instructor to write or draw on a large surface (McCorkle & Whitener, 2020). Lightboards require minimal instructor training. Some lightboards can be setup to be one button studios controlled exclusively by the instructor.

Online Learning 98

Online Learning Learning Tools Instructors Learning 98

Faculty Focus

APRIL 25, 2023

Focused and purposeful attention to task, however, is most effective when the brain is in “top-down mode,” with analytic and reasoning functions of the neocortex in primacy. 2017) state, “emotional stimuli appear to consume more attentional resources than non-emotional stimuli” (p. As Tyng et al.

Teaching 116

Teaching Failure Instructors Motivation 116

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 18, 2024

While AI-powered tools offer potential to enhance teaching and learning, concerns about AI replacing human instructors have sparked a complex debate. While AI can be a powerful tool to augment the teaching experience, human instructors remain essential for fostering student engagement, critical thinking, and emotional well-being.

Ethics 111

Ethics Instructors Intelligence Critical Thinking 111

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 18, 2024

While AI-powered tools offer potential to enhance teaching and learning, concerns about AI replacing human instructors have sparked a complex debate. While AI can be a powerful tool to augment the teaching experience, human instructors remain essential for fostering student engagement, critical thinking, and emotional well-being.

Ethics 111

Ethics Instructors Intelligence Critical Thinking 111

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 15, 2023

Incorporating active learning strategies with course lectures not only allows the student to be fully present, it can also be used to break-up lecturing into shorter segments, more manageable for most adult attention spans. When the instructor presents in PK style: The audience cannot rely on pre-printed text notes or presentation text.

Lecturing 98

Lecturing Instructors Active Learning Activities 98

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Using Wakelet, school librarians can work with librarians in their district–or even across the state or country–to draw attention to important resources in the library, offer research tips, and motivate students. The researchers conclude by calling for greater attention to how storytime planning and execution are design-focused processes.

Schools 246

Schools Languages Language Reading 246

Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

The latest cohort, unveiled over two days at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif., featured 124 companies from 18 countries—marking the largest class in the accelerator’s history. Key to winning over a learner’s attention, he adds, is breaking down the courses into digestible chunks.

Educational Technologies 129

Educational Technologies Technology Education Elementary School 129

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 29, 2023

In-person instruction In-person instruction is the teaching and learning that happens when the students and instructor are together in a physical space. It also offers students more time to engage deeply with the class content because they are not required to respond in real time to the instructors’ prompts.

Blended Learning 132

Blended Learning Lecturing Education Learning 132

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 30, 2022

The combination of focused attention to SEL and fundamentally taking an asset-based approach to teaching mathematics changes our classroom setting in numerous ways. Incorporate mindful use of instructor language/actions/words. Responsible Decision-Making Discuss current pedagogies, issues, and histories in mathematics education.

Math 124

Math Teaching Teachers Instructors 124

Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

For instructors who want to adopt it, he provides a password to a library of materials, and even plans to add the slides he uses for the in-person version of the course. But the site is succeeding in bringing attention to anthropology, and the university. “It’s a new kind of MOOC, and it’s a new kind of philosophy,” he says.

Textbooks 164

Textbooks Teaching Assistants Instructors Exams 164

Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2018

These stories also show that innovative teaching was top of mind this past year, from shaking up the way instructors teach online, to talking about race in the classroom, to experimenting with augmented and virtual reality. In 2016, the company reported its largest loss in its history, down $3.3 Not Buying Your Education Startup.).

Education 138

Education Textbooks Attention Teaching Assistants 138

Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2017

Saya made headlines and history at her first substitute teaching gig, but she's no ordinary teacher. In fact, the students were more attentive and more excited to do activities with Saya because they knew she was a robot. She is a remotely controlled robot.

Ethics 92

Ethics Intelligence English Attention 92

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

After four decades of such reflection, I am keenly aware that understanding effective teaching strategies, the students I serve, and how learning works requires my constant attention. The tyranny of the urgent for many instructors seems to be determining course policies, content, materials, assessments, and planned learning experiences.

Syllabus 132

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 132

Faculty Focus

APRIL 25, 2023

Focused and purposeful attention to task, however, is most effective when the brain is in “top-down mode,” with analytic and reasoning functions of the neocortex in primacy. 2017) state, “emotional stimuli appear to consume more attentional resources than non-emotional stimuli” (p. As Tyng et al.

Teaching 98

Teaching Failure Instructors Motivation 98

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 14, 2023

The History of Citizen Science Science before the nineteenth and twentieth centuries was carried out by interested individuals whose curiosities in the natural world were self-funded. Pay close attention to the prerequisites such as time requirements, travel, equipment, training period, and prior experience.

Science 144

Science Participation Laboratory Interdisciplinary 144

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 30, 2022

The combination of focused attention to SEL and fundamentally taking an asset-based approach to teaching mathematics changes our classroom setting in numerous ways. Incorporate mindful use of instructor language/actions/words. Responsible Decision-Making Discuss current pedagogies, issues, and histories in mathematics education.

Math 98

Math Teaching Teachers Instructors 98

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 27, 2017

You just taught a history lesson? If you’re planning to start using tablets and smartphones in the classroom or you’re already doing that, then you should pay attention to every update at this website. Author’s bio: Karen Dikson is a college instructor from New Jersey with more than five years of teaching experience.

Writing 100

Writing Gamification Textbooks Students 100

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

After four decades of such reflection, I am keenly aware that understanding effective teaching strategies, the students I serve, and how learning works requires my constant attention. The tyranny of the urgent for many instructors seems to be determining course policies, content, materials, assessments, and planned learning experiences.

Syllabus 105

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 105