eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

ChatGPT does have major limitations: its limited knowledge base only pulls from data prior to September 2021; it has no personal experiences or emotions to draw from; it may generate inaccurate information; and it does not have the ability to critically think and/or analyze information.

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Ethics Essay Syllabus Feedback 335

Faculty Focus

JULY 16, 2023

At some point, most instructors were once students, so it’s easy to relate to sitting in a classroom, listening to a lecture, and perhaps feeling your mind wander. However, it might feel like a heavy lift to rewrite your syllabus to incorporate foundational lessons on dialogue skills when you already have so much content to cover.

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Instructors Lecturing Syllabus Knowledge 98

Faculty Focus

JULY 16, 2023

At some point, most instructors were once students, so it’s easy to relate to sitting in a classroom, listening to a lecture, and perhaps feeling your mind wander. However, it might feel like a heavy lift to rewrite your syllabus to incorporate foundational lessons on dialogue skills when you already have so much content to cover.

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Instructors Lecturing Syllabus Knowledge 96

Edsurge

JULY 7, 2022

It teaches the basics of critical thinking, research and academic writing. The syllabus is structured to inspire confidence and courage. I’m not 18 and going into a big lecture hall. The course is called Transformations. It’s designed for students new to the University of Virginia—but not entirely new to higher education.

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Students Art Essay Interdisciplinary 178

k12 Online Schools

MAY 12, 2025

In 15 seconds, theyve illustrated a core economics principle better than many lectures. Students mimic creators research habits, presentation styles, and critical thinking techniques. How Algorithms Create Learning Paths (Without a Syllabus) At their core, social media algorithms aim to keep users engaged. Bottom line?

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Online Learning Lecturing Learning Textbooks 52

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Active learning, as defined by Bonwell and Eison (1991), is learning that goes beyond just listening to a lecture and includes engagement on the part of the student through reading, writing, discussion and problem solving. A new comparison of active learning strategies to traditional lectures for teaching college astronomy.

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Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 60

Scholarly Teacher

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Implementation and Strategies The first year I utilized cogen, I integrated these dialogues into my syllabus. Obviously larger class sizes would require either larger groups, more opportunities for cogen throughout the semester, or possibly offering cogen dialogues as an extra credit opportunity in very large lecture classes.

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Teaching Syllabus Instructors Problem-Based Learning 52