Cal Matters

JUNE 26, 2025

Some faculty members let students see the reports as soon as they turn in their assignments, while others show students the reports only if they want to discuss a problem. Adam Kaiserman lectures during his English class at College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita on May 6, 2025. But Abbas, who is from Puerto Rico, said she hadn’t.

Plagiarism

Faculty Focus

JUNE 29, 2025

Relaxing our commitment to a separate self reflects what behavioral science tells us about effort. Brett Whysel is a lecturer in finance and decision-making at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY, where he integrates mindfulness, behavioral science, generative AI, and career readiness into his teaching.

Teaching

Faculty Focus

JUNE 29, 2025

Relaxing our commitment to a separate self reflects what behavioral science tells us about effort. Brett Whysel is a lecturer in finance and decision-making at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY, where he integrates mindfulness, behavioral science, generative AI, and career readiness into his teaching.

Teaching

eSchool News

MAY 9, 2016

Despite recent advances, women remain underrepresented in the workforce in many science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. K-12 schools have been working to cultivate and encourage girls’ interest in STEM, and narrow the gap in girls’ participation in science courses. I, too, used to have that mindset.

Science

eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

In the coming year, that broad trend will continue, with a shift to looking beyond knowledge building as schools, districts, and states begin improving capacity and creating systems aligned to the science of reading.

Science

Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2019

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. The difference may be more pronounced in science classes.

Lecturing

Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2020

To help her eighth graders better understand how infectious diseases such as the coronavirus spread, science teacher Christine Witcher adapted a lesson from an unlikely source: a baby shower game. It’s a complete sea change from when she was in school, learning mainly through passive lectures.

Science

Catlin Tucker

MAY 11, 2021

We can indeed cover more ground when we present information in a traditional lecture format, but that doesn’t mean students understand the information. For example, if a science teacher wants to present information on biodiversity, they can offer students multiple options to engage with the concept of biodiversity.

Blended Learning

Edsurge

JANUARY 29, 2019

Listen to the discussion on this week’s EdSurge On Air podcast. deLaplante: I started creating videos as an extension of my classroom teaching—some version of the flipped classroom where you're doing lectures all the time, you're doing the same intros to this figure, or whatnot. I'm a philosopher of science by training.

Lecturing

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

Lecturing

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

So then, why do so many educators lecture and click through PowerPoints for 30-,40-, or even 60-minutes at a time with no breaks or learning activities? Reflecting on my experiences as a student, I know how tough it is to pay attention during these longer lectures and wish instructors had a different way to deliver them.

Lecturing

eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

But TikTok, and social media more broadly, continues to capture curiosity and attention, and it’s not all just dance videos–Indiana science teacher @ChemteacherPhil commands an audience of more than 3 million followers on the app. Is there a lesson in that? Or, if you’re Maynard Kereke (Hip Hop M.D.),

Teaching Methods

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

And can science unlock secrets of the learning process that can help teachers and professors be more effective in their classrooms? Listen to the discussion on this week’s EdSurge On Air podcast. EdSurge: Is teaching an art or a science? Just how do humans learn? Eyler: That is the perennial question. I think it’s both.

Art

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

So then, why do so many educators lecture and click through PowerPoints for 30-,40-, or even 60-minutes at a time with no breaks or learning activities? Reflecting on my experiences as a student, I know how tough it is to pay attention during these longer lectures and wish instructors had a different way to deliver them.

Lecturing

eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

First, students individually reflect on a question or prompt, then they discuss their thoughts with a partner, and finally, they share their ideas with the class. Interactive Lectures : Incorporating interactive activities like polls, quizzes, or discussions into lectures keeps students engaged and reinforces key concepts.

Activities

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Since the pandemic, more instructors at schools and colleges appear to have embraced “flipped learning ,” the approach of asking students to watch lecture videos before class so that class time can be used for active learning. Then classroom time can be used to fix student misconceptions, with a mix of a short lecture and student activities.

Lecturing

Edsurge

JULY 24, 2018

Meanwhile, these tech tools continue to incorporate powerful strategies for learning, which are discussed less often. Consider, for example, four of the most robust research-based strategies from the science of learning: 1) Retrieval practice boosts learning by pulling information out of students’ heads (e.g.,

Science

eSchool News

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on equity, edtech innovation, immersive learning, and the science of reading. Someone who values conformity might emphasize strict due dates, teacher-enforced rules and consequences, and lecture-style learning. Each year, we share our 10 most-read stories. newsletters.

Teachers

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

It’s not just about test scores and whether people learn, she argues, but there’s an ethical issue that sometimes gets lost in discussions about teaching. One active learning technique she cites in the book, for instance, was devised by Samuel Delany, who was also a renowned science fiction author. Active learning wins.

Activities

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2021

At Stanford University, a popular large-lecture course used a giant video wall to let professors see as many of the course’s 250 students at once as possible and try to read the virtual room the way they can in a large auditorium. Of course, not all institutions happen to have a video wall that’s 32-feet wide and 8-feet tall.

Ethics

Teach Hub

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

As students move into middle and high school , it becomes increasingly challenging for them to maintain excitement and enthusiasm for subjects like math and science. Here we’ll explore a few key areas to help you make science class more appealing so your older students will get excited about science class again.

Science

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2023

He argues that the traditional lecture method for teaching physics and other STEM fields has been proven ineffective, and that shifts to more active methods can greatly improve learning outcomes to make sure the next generation of researchers can make the next Nobel-worthy breakthroughs. Wieman has led efforts to improve science teaching.

Teaching

Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2022

In the pandemic many higher ed faculty, forced onto Zoom and other videoconferencing platforms, have continued teaching online just as they always did face to face, delivering lectures over streaming video as they did in person. I never delivered a lecture in real time on Zoom.

Teaching

Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2023

SAN MARCOS, Texas — Live lecture classes are back at most colleges after COVID-19 disruptions, but student engagement often hasn’t returned to normal. To see what teaching is like on campus these days, I visited Texas State University in October and sat in on three large lecture classes in different subjects.

Instructors

Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2018

Coding And Self-Help Courses Dominate Most of the top MOOCs (13 of the 20 courses) involve teaching computer science or some kind of coding. In some ways a key question for MOOCs, even after all these years, is: Can other subjects be delivered online as well as computer science? We’re counting the crypto-currency tech course.)

Teaching

Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2021

The original version of this article appeared in Toward Data Science. Each quiz contains around 10 questions, with roughly half of the questions evaluating student knowledge of topics covered in last week’s lecture, and the remaining half covering topics from earlier in the course. This is where machine learning comes in.

Teaching

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The paper’s authors say they hope their work can become a starting point for discussion, rather than a rigid template. For example,” the paper argues, “a machine learning micro-credential might involve courses in mathematics, computer science, sociology, and ethics. It’s unclear whether anyone is ready to step in and build an NEI.

Lecturing

eSchool News

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Currently, the highest-paying degrees for graduates include: Chemical Engineering Computer Science Business Analytics Economics These degrees can set graduates up for life and lead to interesting career paths. You can also use sites like RateMyProfessor to learn more about lecturers and professors before enrolling.

Students

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This challenging mathematics course prepares students for further studies in engineering, computer science, data science, and natural sciences, as well as theoretical mathematics. This course is a prerequisite for many Stanford computer science and engineering courses. ” The course format is partially synchronous.

Math

Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2021

For this week’s EdSurge Podcast, we’re revising an episode from the summer that looks at a teaching fad from the 1960s and ’70s that has almost vanished from the discussion. The National Science Foundation gave out grants to support it at colleges. It was called PSI, or Personalized System of Instruction.

Teaching

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Julie York, a computer science and media teacher at South Portland High School in Maine, was scouring the internet for discussion tools for her class when she found TeachFX. For instance, teachers may consider replacing one-sided lectures with more group discussion, or they may make sure to ask follow-up questions to students’ answers.

Feedback

Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2018

Lecture + Digital Formative Assessment I recently attended a local conference and the keynote was delivered by Aaron Polansky , superintendent from Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School in Rochester, Mass. Within his talk he exclaimed, “Lectures are only terrible if you are a terrible lecturer!”

Essay

Edsurge

MAY 24, 2018

In most cases, what professors ask students to do outside the classrooms is watch video lectures, and Barba thinks that part of the flipped approach needs to go, and that professors are relying too much on such videos as a crutch. They come primed to discuss those things and learn in classroom,” says Barba. “We

Lecturing

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

When the audience of around 30 students entered the large lecture classroom in Moore Hall, where the college houses its Center for Inclusive Excellence, Delano greeted them with a slide show explaining how the afternoon would go. Participants could move from table to table, discussing the questions with other members of each group.

Teaching

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Our approach with this MOOC is to provide university-style concept lectures with problem-solving strategies from expert AP physics teachers,” said award-winning Rice physicist Jason Hafner, who co-teaches the course with veteran high school AP physics teachers Gigi Nevils and Matt Wilson. “I

Exams

EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Blended Learning Programs Improve the Learning Without the Lecture. However, educators have expanded its use to cover a wide variety of subjects, such as biology and computer science , creating lesson plans more engaging than simply reading from a textbook or tablet. At Eastern Senior High School in Washington, D.C., by Wendy Jones.

Technology

Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2017

Jackie’s experience demonstrates how essential it remains to support STEM education designed for women, particularly in engineering and computer science, which remain disproportionately dominated by men. Regardless, we’ve met great success, with more than 40 percent of SMA graduates intending to pursue college majors in math or science.

STEM