Faculty Focus

JUNE 22, 2025

Liberal arts education empowers individuals to become well-rounded to handle complexity, diversity, and change by providing broad knowledge of the world and in-depth study in a specific area. In liberal arts, this helps students delineate the scope of their studies and understand the limits of their knowledge.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 15, 2025

A costly misconception is that pedagogical approaches in higher education must be lecture-based and teacher-led. These practical techniques will develop critical thinking and problem-solving abilities by creating intentional opportunities to enhance social and communication skills.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 29, 2025

First, all students, regardless of their SES (socio-economic status) standing, showed significantly higher levels of retained learning than the control group which used the time-honored lectures, basic active learning techniques, and case approaches.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

I grew up in Vietnam at a time when education was often delivered through rigid lectures and rote learning. This helped them apply knowledge, develop communication skills, and see themselves as active citizens. From a young age, I was captivated by a single question: “Can learning be more meaningful than memorization?”

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 16, 2025

This foundational knowledge includes study skills. No matter what subject you teach, spend time showing students how to take notes, how to study for tests and quizzes, and how to balance their time between homework and other after-school activities. Maximizing student engagement is the goal for every teacher!

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Cal Matters

JUNE 25, 2025

And they entered college with gaps in study skills and anxiety about social interactions. A professor lectures students during class at Sacramento State University on Oct. One of her few in-person classes was a math course, but it was held in a large lecture hall and required students to wear masks. “I Her mom kept her grounded.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2022

SAN MARCOS, Texas — As a digital media course got underway on a recent Wednesday at Texas State University, a trickle of students took their seats in one of the largest lecture theaters on campus. My goal in flying down to Texas State was to find out, what do college classes look and feel like now—especially in large lectures like this one?

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Once upon a time, educators worried about the dangers of CliffsNotes — study guides that rendered great works of literature as a series of bullet points that many students used as a replacement for actually doing the reading. Today, that sure seems quaint. And those summaries aren’t just a series of quippy text in bullet points.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 29, 2019

deLaplante: I started creating videos as an extension of my classroom teaching—some version of the flipped classroom where you're doing lectures all the time, you're doing the same intros to this figure, or whatnot. I studied complex social and physical and biological systems. f My heroes at the time were people like Carl Sagan.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2020

He says he would never use such sites, but he understands their lure this semester, since he is finding it so hard to find other students to study with because of COVID restrictions. What does Davenport, the Texas State lecturer, think of Proctorio? I reached out to Chegg, and sure enough, business there is booming. And I just move on.

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Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

At times, however, that stone may feel like a boulder, especially to research faculty who are used to delivering lectures and to whom the switch to activity-based learning may seem like a daunting and demanding venture into unfamiliar territory. 2023; Hsu & Goldsmith, 2021; Venus & Sharma, 2024). Two birds with one stone.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

What are active study strategies? What are active study strategies? Active study strategies in K-12 education are essential for promoting effective learning habits, enhancing comprehension, and fostering academic success. Peer teaching encourages collaboration, communication skills development, and deeper comprehension.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2020

Instead, she’s taking an open-study research course on a subject she was already thinking a lot about: the COVID-19 pandemic. “I I feel like learning about it in the open study dives deeper into what’s actually happening” with the pandemic, says Mosana, who attends a local public school in Brooklyn, N.Y. “We Sweden, China, Brazil.

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eSchool News

APRIL 19, 2018

Whether students are best suited to a traditional lecture, independent reading, or working with peers in a more visual environment, it’s well known that no two learn in the same manner. Unfortunately, the way educators teach is not conducive to the different ways students learn.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Think-Pair-Share promotes deeper exploration of concepts and enhances communication skills. What are active study strategies? Spaced Repetition : Distributing study sessions over time rather than cramming enhances long-term retention and comprehension. This encourages critical thinking and communication skills development.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2019

Formal study. Going back to study while teaching can not only be fulfilling, but add sought-after skills and qualifications to your CV. Despite this, one challenge for those considering further study is the delicate work and study balance. Create a quiet study space. Studying online.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2021

However, research shows that the physical space that supports active learning is quite different from one designed for lecture-focused teaching. It also includes a case study describing the effects of installing flexible furniture at the Charleston County School District in South Carolina.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Imperative 1: Strengthen district leadership and communication. The first imperative isn’t just about telling the school community about the district’s tech plan, but, more important, ensuring they understand the learning goals are attached to the plan. Focusing on the first module of The Empowered Superintendent Toolkit, 3.0,

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

They offer real-time summarized transcripts for lectures, meetings, and live events, either remotely or in the classroom. Alternatively, real-time captions can be delivered remotely through solutions like Communication Access Realtime Translation, or CART, catering to students’ preferences.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Even though the number of international students and employees within US organizations is increasing (Rivas, Burke, and Hale, 2019), intercultural differences, language barriers, and a desire to avoid conflict and/or offensive language continue to be common communication struggles for both American and international individuals (Rivas et al.,

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Even though the number of international students and employees within US organizations is increasing (Rivas, Burke, and Hale, 2019), intercultural differences, language barriers, and a desire to avoid conflict and/or offensive language continue to be common communication struggles for both American and international individuals (Rivas et al.,

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

She won the grant, which allowed the Dean Children’s Center to buy two KIBO kits and do an independent study project focused on implementing the hands-on, screen-free robot with four- and five-year-old children at Dean College’s Children’s Center. This inspired me to incorporate KIBO into my STEM course for pre-service teachers.

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eSchool News

JUNE 20, 2022

It’s an early morning wake up call for Trinity Smith, lead teaching fellow and student studying business data analytics at Arizona State University (ASU). The course uses Canvas to manage the online, asynchronous portion of learning – this includes recorded lectures by ASU faculty, along with weekly assignments and quizzes.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

A lot of us who study what we call the science of learning have been very, very interested in the quick rise in technological alternatives for young children. But quite often they're introduced so fast and come on the market so quickly, that by the time we do our research already, it's [too late because what we studied is already outdated].

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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

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Robert Kelchen, a professor at Seton Hall University who studies higher education, says it’s too early to tell whether students who have started this semester are able to finish it. The group is working to help other community college students stay on track with their studies. “I It’s hard for all of us.”

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

Much like participation in an athletic team, esports players learn how to work together as an effective team by communicating and collaborating with each other. Because much of last year was very unpredictable, the normal content and study skills were not fully taught. –Remco Bergsma, CEO, MiEN Company.

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Edsurge

MARCH 19, 2020

That’s the view of Jesse Stommel, a digital learning fellow and senior lecturer at the University of Mary Washington. “I Studies suggest, for example, that grades can frustrate students’ intrinsic motivation and make them more focused on how they’ll be measured than on the material they should be studying.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 25, 2021

Earlier, Springer was associate dean at NYU’s School of Professional Studies. It’s especially fruitful to establish a university-wide online committee with senior faculty as members, tasked with studying the potential impact of digital education on the institution. It’s unwise to launch new remote programs in fields new to the school.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 25, 2025

” –Albert Einstein Peer-to-peer learning–acquiring knowledge from a peer group–has become a popular strategy as teachers move from a teacher-lecturer education model to teacher-guide. Often, it is a less stressful way to develop lifelong learners. Workshops : Rotate leadership for hands-on practice. coding a program).

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Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2021

The study results point to one more way that the past year has exposed the divide between the technology-haves and have-nots, according to D. Francis recommends that departments set and communicate clear standards for technology tools, then establish practices and support systems that bring those standards within reach for every student.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Problem-Based Learning (PBL): PBL tasks students with solving real-world problems or case studies, requiring them to apply knowledge and critical thinking skills to develop solutions. This promotes critical thinking, communication skills, and the exploration of diverse perspectives. What are some active study strategies?

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

By bridging the gap between physical and online spaces, schools see their students improve academically and engage with their studies on a deeper level. Blended Learning Programs Improve the Learning Without the Lecture. The questions that remain concern which of these resources are available and how can they continue to help students.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

The project began when Tiina Syrjä, a lecturer in voice and speech at the University of Tampere, in Finland, met an administrator from Coventry University, in Britain, and they decided to organize a collaborative long-distance theater seminar. Coventry University sent Tom Gorman, a senior theater lecturer, to Finland to come up with a plan.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

These experiences can range from the traditional lecture-style format to the emerging modern learning environments that are gaining in popularity. While the study focused primarily on a higher education classroom, these findings are applicable to K–12 learning environments as well, according to Brown. by Kelly Konrad.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2024

When Marc Watkins heads back into the classroom this fall to teach a digital media studies course, he plans to make clear to students how he’s now using AI behind the scenes in preparing for classes. So as teachers are learning to use generative AI tools themselves, they’re also wrestling with when and how to communicate what they’re trying.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

According to a study from education technology nonprofit Jisc and telecommunications giant Vodafone, “IoT applications can also help us change the role of teachers in the classroom , reducing the burden of administrative load on them and allowing them to concentrate more on individuals.”. Companies Invest in 5G Hubs to Research EdTech.

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