Faculty Focus

MAY 29, 2025

After 13 years of testing higher-order active learning modalities in the classroom, collecting data, building a database, and analyzing student learning results in bi-annual principles of marketing classes, my colleague and I saw two important results emerge. What are the Necessary Steps to Specifically Help SES Students?

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Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2025

Creating a classroom in the service of social justice (The Metropolitan Center for Urban Education, 2008) requires a profound understanding of the impact of human diversity on teaching and learning (Cushner et al., Create community guidelines for discussions that include intention and impact/anti-bias language.

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2025

Jeff LeBlanc (image courtesy of Jeff LeBlanc) I’m a business and leadership lecturer, and I’ve worked with Gen Z since the earliest wave entered higher education. They discuss whether innovation matters more now because the world feels so unstable. It’s a neat storyline — and it makes for a great headline.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

This article includes a free, open-access resource for educators: What Your Students Arent Telling You: Listening, Learning, and Leading with Empathy. The book, co-authored with students, offers actionable strategies and insights to help create more inclusive and humane learning environments. Textbook format and cost mattered.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 15, 2025

Inclusivity and feelings of psychological safety in the classroom should not be reserved solely for K-12 learning environments. A costly misconception is that pedagogical approaches in higher education must be lecture-based and teacher-led. With transparent directions, every student knows exactly what to do.

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Lab to Class

JULY 3, 2025

We have all seen the stereotypical portrayal of the traditional school setting where a teacher stands at the front of the classroom and spends the entirety of class time giving a lecture and asking questions of the students. No matter how interesting the teacher, sometimes it can be hard for students to focus for very long on a lecture.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 15, 2025

Inclusivity and feelings of psychological safety in the classroom should not be reserved solely for K-12 learning environments. A costly misconception is that pedagogical approaches in higher education must be lecture-based and teacher-led. With transparent directions, every student knows exactly what to do.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 10, 2025

And students from those environments bring that context with them when they walk into our lecture halls. Consider using written reflections, discussion boards, or tools like Jamboard and Padlet. The other didn’t have working air conditioning. These weren’t just different schools—they were different worlds. The ZIP Code Effect.”

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Faculty Focus

JULY 10, 2025

And students from those environments bring that context with them when they walk into our lecture halls. Consider using written reflections, discussion boards, or tools like Jamboard and Padlet. The other didn’t have working air conditioning. These weren’t just different schools—they were different worlds. The ZIP Code Effect.”

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Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 27, 2025

If there is one learning strategy I’ve probably talked the most about on this platform, it’s retrieval practice. A big and growing body of research tells us that when we study with retrieval, we learn and remember things much better than we do by other review methods. That class always has a wait list now.”

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Faculty Focus

MAY 11, 2025

I admit that I did not have the most thoughtful or eloquent answer as I discussed trying to keep up with advances, to recognize the utility of AI, but also to continue to foster critical thinking skills in my students. that comprise of a lot of traditional lecturing. Our role is to inspire our students to learn that content.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 16, 2025

Conference Seating: Best for whole-class discussions 2. Horseshoe: Best for class discussions and inclusivity 5. Conference Seating: Best for whole-class discussions Similar to group pods, this type of classroom seating arrangement involves having all of the desks connected to feel more like a large conference room table.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

As students increasingly seek flexible and interactive learning experiences, the conventional approach may not meet their needs any longer. What innovations might redefine the learning environment? Data indicates that online learning offers flexibility that traditional classrooms often can’t match.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 16, 2025

The key to engaging reluctant high schoolers is to get them more interested in their own learning. Use these classroom strategies for reluctant learners in high school to build relationships, stoke curiosity, and build a learning team that focuses on student success. Find new ways to assess learning 5. Build a learning team 11.

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Cal Matters

JUNE 26, 2025

As teaching and learning increasingly shifted online throughout the early 2000s and 2010s, Turnitin became more embedded in classes. Those case counts dropped — sometimes precipitously — with the return to in-person learning but climbed again when the release of ChatGPT gave Turnitin its next crisis to monetize.

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Cal Matters

JUNE 25, 2025

Those students had spent half their junior year and nearly all their senior year in remote learning. A professor lectures students during class at Sacramento State University on Oct. billion and spent some of that on technology to accommodate remote learning. I had to learn on my own,” said Banda, now 22. “I

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 29, 2025

We were all there to learn, make mistakes, and create a trusting community. In this mode, the professor’s authority, preferences, expertise, and goals (“learning outcomes”), even body, take center stage. Grades, policies, and standards are employed as tools not just for learning but for controlling behavior and projecting authority.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 29, 2025

We were all there to learn, make mistakes, and create a trusting community. In this mode, the professor’s authority, preferences, expertise, and goals (“learning outcomes”), even body, take center stage. Grades, policies, and standards are employed as tools not just for learning but for controlling behavior and projecting authority.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

MAY 28, 2025

High School Back to School Would You Rather Conversation Starters Activities By College Counselor Studio Grades: 9th-12th Get back to school on the right foot with 100 colorful discussion question prompts. Theyre great for class discussions, journaling, debate topics, or just some lighthearted brain breaks for high school.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 21, 2021

I like to compare the teacher’s work designing learning experiences to the work of an architect. In my new book with Dr. Katie Novak, UDL and Blended Learning , I share a story about working with an architect to design a new home after my family lost our house in the Tubbs Fire in 2017. 1 Get To Know Your Students.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 23, 2020

During this time of social isolation and remote learning, these video conferencing tools are lifesavers. They make it possible for teachers to maintain a human connection with their students and guide their learning from a distance. It is essential to build in time for them to discuss information and ask questions.

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Edsurge

MAY 25, 2020

With some schools already announcing they will not reopen normally in the fall, and many others considering their options , educators are hoping to take advantage of the summer to improve on this spring’s sink-or-swim plunge into distance learning. What’s the Use of Lectures? In his 1971 book “ What’s the Use of Lectures?

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 11, 2021

Like many, this teacher felt intense pressure to teach the standards and wasn’t sure how to embrace Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and blended learning. There is often a tension created by the pressure put on teachers to cover content with the student-centered approach to learning described by UDL and blended learning.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Immersive learning experiences are a new type of educational experience that can be used in place of traditional lectures and classrooms. Immersive learning is meant to mimic the real world by providing students with an environment that is as close to reality as possible. What is immersive learning?

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Teachers Find their Role as Designer of Learning Experiences Cognitively Engaging. In my research on teacher engagement in blended learning environments, the most significant factor impacting cognitive engagement was a teacher’s work as a designer of learning experiences. Teachers as Architects of Learning Experiences.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 14, 2020

Last night I had the opportunity to be a guest lecturer for students in the credential program at UC Riverside. As I was planning my presentation, I knew I wanted to engage the group attending my lecture. This made the responses easier to see and discuss. It changed the whole dynamic of the webinar. quiz features).

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 10, 2021

They relied on videos out of necessity to explain concepts and model strategies while students learned from home. That way, they can use their synchronous time for more engaging and differentiated learning experiences. Instead, they can spend more time facilitating learning and working directly with small groups of students.

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eSchool News

APRIL 29, 2022

The traditional sequence of teaching using lectures, discussion, projects, and testing was upended during the pandemic as teachers adapted to digital classrooms and students took on more responsibility for their learning. In many traditional classrooms, the majority of class time is spent in a lecture-and-listen format.

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Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Gabriele Pinto , Baylor University Key Statement: Implementing elements of active learning into a large course may seem daunting task, but think-pair-share aided by quizzing and clickers can be done in any size classroom. 2023; Hsu & Goldsmith, 2021; Venus & Sharma, 2024). Image courtesy of This Is Engineering, Unsplash.

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eSchool News

MARCH 28, 2024

As educators, our responsibility lies not only in disseminating knowledge but also in understanding and accommodating the diverse learning styles present among our students. Learning styles refer to the preferred methods individuals use to absorb, process, and retain information. This can foster deeper engagement and understanding.

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eSchool News

JULY 30, 2024

Key points: A love of learning can lead to a lifetime of learning How to use PBL with makerspaces across your curriculum Here’s how schools can better support neurodiverse students For more news on instruction, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub Curiosity is a fountain of opportunity for all educators.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 18, 2023

As the landscape of education continues to evolve in response to global disruptions and digital advancements, blended learning models have surged in popularity. ” Challenges with Traditional Live Instruction Traditionally, educators disseminate information in real-time, relying on lectures or mini-lessons.

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eSchool News

JULY 1, 2020

Extron is committed to helping educational institutions of all sizes respond to the recent dramatic shift toward online learning. As part of this commitment, Extron is offering education customers special pricing and grants for its online learning solutions, including the SMP Series.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

In fact, many district technology plans fluctuated depending upon the latest fads and what someone learned at a conference and had little connection to curriculum or learning goals. Imperative 2: Raise the bar with rigorous, transformative, and innovative learning and skills. Schools need to throw out that.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Attention is a so-called gateway between information and learning and is compared to a spotlight on a large stage (Keller et al., Students cannot make connections and learn a topic if their spotlight isnt turned on or focused in the right area. Small-group discussion Use occasional small-group discussions to get everyone focused.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2020

There is a dearth of evidence to help teachers make informed choices on how to allocate time to asynchronous vs. synchronous online learning. By looking at research into online learning and human development, we can begin to grapple with the advantages and disadvantages of each approach. Let’s start with the basics.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

First, let’s establish the value of the flipped classroom in case you have never used this blended learning model. Instead of spending precious class time transferring information live for the whole group in the form of a lecture or mini-lesson, which presents myriad barriers (e.g., They can pause, rewind, or rewatch a video.

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