eSchool News

AUGUST 19, 2022

BATAVIA, IL (AUGUST 19, 2022) Flinn Scientific releases updated free laboratory safety courses designed specifically for middle and high school science teachers. . Just in time for the 2022-2023 school year, Flinn Scientific has released new Lab Safety courses for middle and high school science educators.

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Laboratory Teachers Science STEM 246

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

The rise of the knowledge economy is driving a tectonic shift in the nature of work—and in the education ecosystem that prepares learners for their careers. When a shortfall in skills snowballs it throws the brakes on economic growth. She might know the theory behind data science but not how to use Tableau.

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Skills Course Design Instructors Achievement 294

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Educators across the nation can now access Teacher Training Pathways , a free platform offering courses aligned to micro-credentials on remote and hybrid learning, instructional technology coaching and more. The platform will feature an evolving library of courses to further develop educators’ digital literacy.

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Education STEM Internet Hybrid Learning 268

eSchool News

MAY 11, 2021

the leading Impact-as-a-Service TM education innovator, announced the development of the nation’s first healthcare literacy course designed for high school students. This critical knowledge needs to exist in every high school in America.”. EVERFI Inc., More than 88 percent of adults in the U.S.

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High School High School Students Course Design 236

Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2020

Start with the skills for lifelong learning and learn those.” One free online course on that topic is Learning How to Learn , and a key concept is developing habits to seek out new knowledge and skills on your own.

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Teaching Instructors Distance Learning Lecturing 218

Edsurge

MARCH 19, 2020

In this interview with EdSurge, Maurer explains her goals for the project and emphasizes the importance of comptent online course design. They can have their imagination of what they’d really like to do in a course, and then I help them figure out how to do that. Online teaching is a skill and should be done thoughtfully.

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Teaching Instructors Course Design Languages 184

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

I turned my room into a crime scene and created a scenario that caused my students to leverage their knowledge of angles to solve the case. My students built bridges and learned the geometrical shapes engineers and architects incorporate into their designs to make them structurally sound.

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Students Attention Textbooks Assignments 163

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 8, 2023

I have seen friends on Facebook create decent songs and stunning artistic creations with little knowledge of music or art, all after spending a bit of time getting to know an AI art or music generator. While foundational knowledge is required for higher-order thinking, we often focus primarily or almost exclusively on the foundational.

Metacognitive Skills 138

Metacognitive Skills Ethics Writing Plagiarism 138

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Thousands of teachers every year take education classes to renew their license, move up to the next salary range at their school (I did that–often), or learn teaching skills they didn’t get in their degree program (like remote teaching or in-depth technology). What is Model Teaching? assess success at completion.

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Teaching Education Learning Assignments 180

Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Faculty developers and centers for teaching and learning can play a huge role in helping educators develop digital literacy skills. So how do colleges and universities help faculty build the knowledge to teach in online environments? Untethering Faculty Development. Tips for Ongoing Untethering Efforts.

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Faculty Development Participation Feedback Course Design 162

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

These are: pre-exposure, activating prior knowledge, and retrieval practice. When we understand the different ways of priming and how they work, we can better identify opportunities for incorporating priming into our courses and programs. Activating prior knowledge. a concept map).

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Knowledge Quizzes Students Learning 126

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

ISTE U serves as a digital hub offering top-tier professional learning courses designed to assist educators in developing fundamental skills for teaching and learning in a digital world. We discuss how we can’t blindly trust AI; rather, we can use it as a baseline to build knowledge. What can we do about that?”

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Teachers Intelligence Essay Social Studies 202

Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2019

In terms of the existing [medical] workforce, there is clearly a shift in the skill set that is necessary,” says Daphne Koller, co-founder of Coursera. The digitization of healthcare with more data and machine learning has created a skill set that many people didn’t study in school.”

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Education Course Design Attention Skills 152

Faculty Focus

APRIL 16, 2024

Just as a chef with pre-developed culinary skills meticulously selects ingredients and carefully plans before creating a masterpiece, educators must equip students with the foundational knowledge and skills necessary for their academic success.

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Exams Quizzes Students Course Design 115

Faculty Focus

MAY 11, 2025

In a world where AI skills and fluency will be necessary and marketable, colleges and universities have made efforts to embrace AI in the classroom (e.g., We are needed to engage them and to help them develop curiosity and critical thinking skills to offset their potential AI-induced brain rot. The empathetic course design perspective.

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Instructors Motivation Critical Thinking Students 115

Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2018

If you’re a local, the spot is common knowledge. For more structured courses designed specifically for K-12 classrooms and language labs, Transparent Language offers real-time courses and customizable, curriculum aligned content. However, when my friend arrived, nobody was waiting for her.

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Language Languages Failure English 153

Faculty Focus

MARCH 19, 2023

A SWOT analysis The five stages of the Stanford Design Thinking Process were used to structure the course. Design thinking activities and assessments were designed at each stage of the course. Students were asked to consider their transferable skills in identifying their strengths and development needs.

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Course Design Testing Feedback Assignments 116

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 29, 2024

This requires the seamless integration of knowledge and skills across various disciplines to address Mars’s multifaceted challenges. Space scientists and engineers collaborate on spacecraft design, propulsion, and landing systems, recognizing the synergy essential for safe human transport. 2009; Kezar & Elrod, 2012).

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Interdisciplinary Study Multidisciplinary Metacognitive Skills 111

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Experiential learning is a process through which a learner constructs knowledge, skill, and value from direct experience. It is inductive, beginning with raw experience that is processed through an intentional learning format and transformed into working, usable knowledge. Why experiential learning i nside the classroom?

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Learning Problem-Based Learning Students Lecturing 122

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Photo Credit: Tina Nazerian Consider Pedagogy and Course Design Safeguarding a course from cheating can come down to the very design of the course itself. For example, a course that has two big tests worth 80 percent of a student’s grade can create anxiety because the stakes are so high.

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Academic Integrity Exams Assignments Instructors 147

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 5, 2025

Instructional designers are experts who use their flexibility, knowledge, and skills in theory and practice to help faculty adapt to new ways of educating students (Pollard & Kumar, 2022). They help faculty use a data-driven lens when making decisions about teaching and learning in their course.

Schools 122

Schools Authentic Assessment Syllabus Evaluation 122

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

These are: pre-exposure, activating prior knowledge, and retrieval practice. When we understand the different ways of priming and how they work, we can better identify opportunities for incorporating priming into our courses and programs. Activating prior knowledge. a concept map).

Knowledge 98

Knowledge Quizzes Students Learning 98

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Many professors may not be familiar with, A self-directed guide to designing courses for significant learning , a resource designed to do just what it says. From this, Fink developed a model known as integrated course design which consists of three phases: the initial, intermediate and final design phases.

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Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 64

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The communicative method, which focuses on teaching language through interaction and real-life communication, traditionally prioritizes speaking and listening skills, emphasizing real-time language use. Professional Knowledge for the Teaching of Writing. 2010; Kern, 1992). Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. Pearson Education, 2000. 2016, www2.ncte.org/statement/teaching-writing.

Language 124

Language Languages Writing Communication 124

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 12, 2025

For instance, is there a quiet student who excels in written assignments but struggles with a course outcome tied to public speaking? Next, consider the content students need to master, the depth of their understanding, and the skills they need to apply that knowledge in practical situations.

Learning 109

Learning Evaluation Students Course Design 109

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 8, 2023

I have seen friends on Facebook create decent songs and stunning artistic creations with little knowledge of music or art, all after spending a bit of time getting to know an AI art or music generator. While foundational knowledge is required for higher-order thinking, we often focus primarily or almost exclusively on the foundational.

Metacognitive Skills 98

Metacognitive Skills Ethics Writing Plagiarism 98

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

As promoted by Zakrajsek (2016) , all learning is by nature an active process since it requires the learner to actively engage with the act of making available knowledge their own. Unfortunately, managing group work as a teacher is a honed skill that requires time, practice, and initially involves some risk.

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Lecturing Active Learning Activities STEM 98

Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2017

When they wrote the LAB charter in 2013, Mote and Tucker designed a model that included college-prep academic rigor alongside life and leadership skills, particularly entrepreneurial learning. The competencies are grouped into four quadrants: Content Knowledge, Creative Know-How, Habits of Success and Wayfinding Abilities.

Schools 137

Schools Laboratory Languages Language 137

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 29, 2024

This requires the seamless integration of knowledge and skills across various disciplines to address Mars’s multifaceted challenges. Space scientists and engineers collaborate on spacecraft design, propulsion, and landing systems, recognizing the synergy essential for safe human transport. 2009; Kezar & Elrod, 2012).

Interdisciplinary 98

Interdisciplinary Study Multidisciplinary Metacognitive Skills 98

Faculty Focus

APRIL 23, 2023

It is a way educators can improve their skills and increase student outcomes. It is also a basic part of teaching and learning and aims to make you more aware of your own professional knowledge. The teaching and learning process can be defined as the transformation process of knowledge from the teacher to the students.

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Evaluation Participation Knowledge Learning Styles 111

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Many professors may not be familiar with, A self-directed guide to designing courses for significant learning , a resource designed to do just what it says. From this, Fink developed a model known as integrated course design which consists of three phases: the initial, intermediate and final design phases.

Course Design 61

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 61

Faculty Focus

MARCH 19, 2023

A SWOT analysis The five stages of the Stanford Design Thinking Process were used to structure the course. Design thinking activities and assessments were designed at each stage of the course. Students were asked to consider their transferable skills in identifying their strengths and development needs.

Course Design 98

Course Design Testing Feedback Assignments 98

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 12, 2025

For instance, is there a quiet student who excels in written assignments but struggles with a course outcome tied to public speaking? Next, consider the content students need to master, the depth of their understanding, and the skills they need to apply that knowledge in practical situations.

Learning 103

Learning Evaluation Students Course Design 103

Faculty Focus

JUNE 16, 2024

The second domain focuses on making an effort to acknowledge the knowledge, skills, and abilities that team members contribute to improving a process. The first domain is associated with taking a team approach to maintain shared values, engage in ethical conduct, and engage in respect for each other.

Learning 111

Learning Universal Design Course Design Fairness 111

Faculty Focus

JUNE 16, 2024

The second domain focuses on making an effort to acknowledge the knowledge, skills, and abilities that team members contribute to improving a process. The first domain is associated with taking a team approach to maintain shared values, engage in ethical conduct, and engage in respect for each other.

Learning 111

Learning Universal Design Course Design Fairness 111

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 15, 2023

Scientifically proven to result in significantly increased message retention; active learning involves multiple parts of the brain, increases collaboration and creativity, and improves both critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Studies show that the Pecha Kucha style can improve English speaking skills in general. References.

Lecturing 122

Lecturing Instructors Active Learning Activities 122

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 5, 2025

Instructional designers are experts who use their flexibility, knowledge, and skills in theory and practice to help faculty adapt to new ways of educating students (Pollard & Kumar, 2022). They help faculty use a data-driven lens when making decisions about teaching and learning in their course.

Schools 105

Schools Authentic Assessment Syllabus Evaluation 105