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Remote Learning Begs the Question: Must Lectures Be So Long?

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What’s the Use of Lectures? Let’s start with one of education’s most hallowed traditions: the lecture. In his 1971 book “ What’s the Use of Lectures? The author’s work did not discount the fact that there are inspirational teachers whose lectures are so compelling they can hold student attention for hours.

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3 Ways to Use Video Conferencing with Students Learning Remotely

Catlin Tucker

It is essential to build in time for them to discuss information and ask questions. lectures or mini-lessons), I would suggest recording a video and allowing students to self-pace through that video. #2 Facilitate a Small Group Discussion. TeachingVideoConf. 3 Conferencing with Students. one week at a time).

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UDL and Blended Learning: Removing Barriers with Design

Catlin Tucker

Do you consistently anchor your design in grade level standards and articulate clear learning objectives? lecture, discussion, written responses), there are myriad barriers that may make it hard for students to access information and share their learning effectively. Create Flexible Pathways. Identify and Remove Barriers.

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Teacher Engagement Part I: Understanging Cognitive Engagement in Blended Learning Environments

Catlin Tucker

Instead, teachers must strive to design student-centered learning experiences that challenge the students to think, discuss, problem-solve, collaborate, question, create, and reflect. A lecture or mini-lesson followed by a worksheet or pencil and paper practice does not require much design work. The answer did not surprise me.

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Who You Gonna Call? A Harvard Lecturer's Quest for Equitable Class Participation

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Dan Levy had long considered himself an equitable instructor in terms of calling on students to participate in class discussions. So in 2014, the senior lecturer in public policy at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government decided to test that assumption. She hasn’t used Teachly.

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Is It Time to Rethink the Traditional Grading System?

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And the way the grading system in education works has long bothered him. After that, this professor vowed never to use traditional grades on tests again. As Talbert soon discovered, there’s a whole world of so-called alternative grading systems. Robert Talbert is a math professor, so numbers are his thing.

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Integrating Active Learning in Large STEM Lectures

Scholarly Teacher

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. Structured seating formation is not conducive to discussion. Two birds with one stone.