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Do Instructional Videos Work Better When the Teacher is On Screen? It Depends.

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As the pandemic has forced more teaching online, plenty of instructors have been trying to figure out the best way to keep students’ attention and interest with lecture videos or Zoom sessions. Multimedia instruction has to include the instructor,” Andrew Stull, one of the authors of the study, recently told EdSurge.

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My Greatest Teaching Problem Was Feedback. Here’s How Research Helped Me Solve It.

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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. She also found the work of U.K.-based

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Reliable Turnitin alternatives for K12

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Irritation and stress from such tasks are like poison that makes instructors lose energy and harms their nerves. . Since the COVID-19 pandemic has made the workload even heavier, many instructors have felt how awful it is to use an unreliable plagiarism checker. Still, let’s take a look at the actual pros and cons of Turnitin.

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Learning Out Loud: Make Online Courses Meaningful and Accessible

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Instructor video feedback has also been shown to improve social presence, which is correlated with the development of an instructor-student relationship. In online the instructor-student relationship has been shown to play a role in student engagement and persistence, particularly with Latino students. Supporting All Learners.

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Investors Write $3.2 Million Check for Writing Startup That’s All About Peer Feedback

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Students can do a self-reflection upon finishing the draft, and also engage in anonymous peer-reviews of each other’s work. The system guides pupils through how to offer constructive feedback to their peers. Teachers can select how the feedback process will unfold.

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Are Your Assessments Fair and Balanced?

Faculty Focus

In order to provide useful information to instructors and students about student achievement, it must be understood that student assessment is more than just a grade because it should link student performance to specific learning objectives. Assessment is a critical component of the teaching and learning process.

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Seize the Moment with “Call & Response” Podcast Learning Practices

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Professors in the department of kinesiology at Cal Poly Tech Humboldt have observed growth in student performance and comprehension by designing content-specific episodes that begin by considering the basic building block of an instructor-generated podcast. The principal focus of the second body is to convey new information.