Communication, Lecturing and Teaching Assistants

Integrating Active Learning in Large STEM Lectures

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.

Lecturing

Lecturing Active Learning Activities STEM

A Siri for Higher Ed Aims to Boost Student Engagement

Edsurge

DECEMBER 7, 2016

A chatbot—a computer program designed to simulate an intelligent conversation—will respond to routine student inquiries and prompt students to complete assignments, mimicking some of the tasks of a teaching assistant. Assisting the Teaching Assistants. Chatbots help get rid of some of the noise.

Student Engagement

Student Engagement Teaching Assistants Lecturing Students

Blending in Technology Boosts K–12 Instruction

EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH: CSee how schools use virtual reality to improve assistive learning programs. Blended Learning Programs Improve the Learning Without the Lecture. Artificial Intelligence: Smart assistants can help teachers and students use time more efficiently. At Eastern Senior High School in Washington, D.C.,

Technology

Technology Blended Learning Lecturing Exams

Students Dive Deep Into COVID-19 in Free Open Study Course

Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2020

These self-paced teams watch recordings of the professor and pair up with teaching assistants for about five live sessions—a necessary alteration to make the program free, given that mentor professors are paid by Pioneer for their time. This is not a research program,” Jaskol clarifies. Sweden, China, Brazil.

Study

Study Teaching Assistants Students Lecturing

61 predictions about edtech, equity, and learning in 2022

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. Additionally, the tablet has Bluetooth, so I am able to carry on a lecture while walking around the classroom monitoring students as they take notes or work through problems.

Learning

Learning Communication Hybrid Learning Language

65 ways equity, edtech, and innovation shone in 2022

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 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. Additionally, the tablet has Bluetooth, so I am able to carry on a lecture while walking around the classroom monitoring students as they take notes or work through problems.

Hybrid Learning

Hybrid Learning Communication Accessibility Language

As Student Engagement Falls, Colleges Wonder: ‘Are We Part of the Problem?’

Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2022

This can be a real challenge for procrastinators, multitaskers, responsibility jugglers and anyone tempted to half-listen to a lecture while scrolling through social media—in other words, many people. Meanwhile, a human teaching assistant monitored any replies that students sent back to the chatbot.

Student Engagement

Student Engagement Instructors Hybrid Courses Exams

A Welcoming Tone: Tips to Build Rapport in Digital Spaces

Faculty Focus

APRIL 20, 2023

Initially, we want to establish tone in our digital communications much like we do in an in-person classroom at the beginning of the semester. But how do we infuse warmth in digital learning spaces through written communication ? If you use tone indicators frequently in classroom communications, consider providing a key.

Culture

Culture Communication Writing Language

What College Students Wish Faculty and Admins Knew About Teaching

Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2018

Then actively pick sometime within their lecture to say, "Here's a summary of the collection of the feedback I've received, here's what I would do based on this feedback." I think that communication and awareness from students is very important. So, what are some examples of college teaching that have really stood out?

Teaching

Teaching Course Evaluations Evaluation Students

Strategies for Teaching Complex Subjects in Large Hybrid Classrooms Across Campus: Bridging Engagement and Equity Across Modalities

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

While large classes emphasize broad-reaching strategies like lectures and group activities, small classes enable individualized instruction and deeper exploration of topics (Wang & Calvano, 2022). This “think-pair-share” approach not only fostered critical thinking but also ensured everyone had a voice.

Teaching

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary

Strategies for Teaching Complex Subjects in Large Hybrid Classrooms Across Campus: Bridging Engagement and Equity Across Modalities

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

While large classes emphasize broad-reaching strategies like lectures and group activities, small classes enable individualized instruction and deeper exploration of topics (Wang & Calvano, 2022). This “think-pair-share” approach not only fostered critical thinking but also ensured everyone had a voice.

Teaching

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary

A Welcoming Tone: Tips to Build Rapport in Digital Spaces

Faculty Focus

APRIL 20, 2023

Initially, we want to establish tone in our digital communications much like we do in an in-person classroom at the beginning of the semester. But how do we infuse warmth in digital learning spaces through written communication ? If you use tone indicators frequently in classroom communications, consider providing a key.

Culture

Culture Communication Writing Language

The Education of an Android Teacher

Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2020

I'm the world's first android teaching assistant. So she relies on support from William Barry, the philosophy instructor who records her delivering brief lectures for his undergraduate class on the ethics of emerging technology. But she also reflects some of my biases, obviously, because she’s my teaching assistant,” Barry says.

Teachers

Teachers Education Instructors Intelligence

Supporting Non-Major Biology Students: Making the Classroom YOUnique

Faculty Focus

MARCH 11, 2025

This innovative teaching environment blends engaged lectures with hands-on, collaborative activities, with the instructor as a facilitator. Jack Sytsma is a doctoral graduate teaching assistant in the Division of Biology at Kansas State University.

Interdisciplinary

Interdisciplinary Instructors Students Motivation

Supporting Non-Major Biology Students: Making the Classroom YOUnique

Faculty Focus

MARCH 11, 2025

This innovative teaching environment blends engaged lectures with hands-on, collaborative activities, with the instructor as a facilitator. Jack Sytsma is a doctoral graduate teaching assistant in the Division of Biology at Kansas State University.

Interdisciplinary

Interdisciplinary Instructors Students Motivation

Andrew Ng Is Probably Teaching More Students Than Anyone Else on the Planet. (Without a University Involved.)

Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2018

Even allowing for the famously low completion rates of MOOCs, it still means that hundreds of thousands of people have sat through lecture videos by Ng. In other words, Andrew Ng probably teaches more people than anyone else on the planet, putting him in a position to have an unprecedented impact on an emerging field. (The

Teaching

Teaching Laboratory Textbooks Intelligence

Teaching Vanguard

Integrating Active Learning in Large STEM Lectures

A Siri for Higher Ed Aims to Boost Student Engagement

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Blending in Technology Boosts K–12 Instruction

Students Dive Deep Into COVID-19 in Free Open Study Course

61 predictions about edtech, equity, and learning in 2022

65 ways equity, edtech, and innovation shone in 2022

As Student Engagement Falls, Colleges Wonder: ‘Are We Part of the Problem?’

A Welcoming Tone: Tips to Build Rapport in Digital Spaces

What College Students Wish Faculty and Admins Knew About Teaching

Strategies for Teaching Complex Subjects in Large Hybrid Classrooms Across Campus: Bridging Engagement and Equity Across Modalities

Strategies for Teaching Complex Subjects in Large Hybrid Classrooms Across Campus: Bridging Engagement and Equity Across Modalities

A Welcoming Tone: Tips to Build Rapport in Digital Spaces

The Education of an Android Teacher

Supporting Non-Major Biology Students: Making the Classroom YOUnique

Supporting Non-Major Biology Students: Making the Classroom YOUnique

Andrew Ng Is Probably Teaching More Students Than Anyone Else on the Planet. (Without a University Involved.)

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