Edsurge

MAY 1, 2020

Immediately everybody’s mind goes to uploading chapters of the textbook and worksheets to Google Classroom. The point is: Don’t just upload scanned textbooks and worksheets and think it’s going to be a good learning experience. People often forget that the learning content is one small fraction of an effective learning experience.

Online Learning 218

Online Learning Learning Textbooks Authentic Assessment 218

Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2017

But there are a few things we know for certain: Textbook and tuition costs are too high, student engagement is too low, and students want choice in how they learn. Learning Management Systems (LMSs), the paywall around academic journals, and the reliance on proprietary textbooks, are evidence of this barrier.

Textbooks 163

Textbooks Authentic Assessment Blended Courses Culture 163

Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2018

For example, a professor might have to toggle between a learning management system ( LMS) for grading, an e-reader that delivers the textbook, a platform used to present information in class, an app that helps with student participation and a homework solution for out-of-class assignments.

Authentic Assessment 151

Authentic Assessment Instructors Textbooks Lecturing 151

Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2018

And coupled with declines to its traditional textbook and U.S. But at the moment we’re seeing significant disruption from the secondary market in physical textbooks, and that’s having a bigger economic drag than the benefit of the digital growth. Another tool, a learning management system called Fronter, was also divested.

Education 135

Education Textbooks Authentic Assessment Learning Outcomes 135

Faculty Focus

MARCH 5, 2023

Faculty should provide hands-on activities, videos, podcasts, as well as textbooks, articles, and lectures to cover content. Varying the ways that students demonstrate their learning with an emphasis on authentic assessment is important. Using audio and video, as well as writing, can help mimic the real world.

Universal Design 124

Universal Design Learning Motivation Authentic Assessment 124

Faculty Focus

MARCH 5, 2023

Faculty should provide hands-on activities, videos, podcasts, as well as textbooks, articles, and lectures to cover content. Varying the ways that students demonstrate their learning with an emphasis on authentic assessment is important. Using audio and video, as well as writing, can help mimic the real world.

Universal Design 98

Universal Design Learning Motivation Authentic Assessment 98