eSchool News

DECEMBER 4, 2023

STEM-oriented degrees usually champion transferable skills, too, meaning your student will be set up to succeed as the world of work changes. You can also use sites like RateMyProfessor to learn more about lecturers and professors before enrolling. Conclusion Settling on a college major can be a difficult process for students.

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OCTOBER 20, 2017

A former wildlife biologist and lecturer at the University of Wisconsin, he has been teaching since 2005. You should hear them have these scholarly discussions,” Pedersen says, the pride is visible in his eyes. There are other highly personalized STEM programs similar to the Paulding County High School program in Georgia.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2019

And improved access to devices and high-speed Wi-Fi means that traditional classrooms lectures need not be limited to the physical classroom space. For STEM instruction, inclusive teaching and relationship-building is often new and potentially dangerous territory. This learning process is arguably the most difficult step.

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APRIL 28, 2025

Platforms like Zoom or Google Classroom enable real-time discussions, while forums foster ongoing dialogue beyond scheduled sessions. Today’s students demand more than just traditional lectures and textbooks; they’re looking for an engaging, flexible, and personalized learning experience.

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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.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2020

At Purdue University, leaders have famously announced they are installing plexiglass barriers in some classrooms that teachers will stand behind to lecture. These were the questions tackled this week during a live online discussion, part of our monthly EdSurge Live series. How would you summarize that discussion?

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

By informal, I mean posting a short video inviting them to participate in a discussion forum, journal entry, or an anonymous online poll. We know that it’s important to incorporate small changes in our teaching, such as periodically adding a learning activity in place of a brief lecture. Adding small activities for engagement.

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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.

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2019

They can prompt us to assess and measure student progress in new ways; both through digital badges that demonstrate mastery of specific skills and summative portfolios of work that indicate readiness for cutting-edge careers in manufacturing, STEM careers and the creative arts.

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eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2025

In undergraduate courses, particularly in STEM fields, weekly homework assignments often required upwards of 12 hours of effort. If I couldnt figure something out on my own, I had resources at my disposal: office hours, teaching assistants, or discussions with peers. This wasnt a sign of failure; it was an essential part of learning.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

And it’s this service that makes it possible for our system to turn a classroom lecture into a study guide. The Echo360 video platform use Amazon Transcribe to provide real-time transcriptions of lectures at the University of Michigan. Our system is also able to turn a classroom lecture into a study guide, automatically.

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2019

Today, as an associate teaching professor of economics at Penn State in University Park, Pennsylvania, Wooten is on the flip side of the camera; he creates his own short educational videos to enhance traditional reading materials and lectures. I value my lecture time,” says Wooten. “I Review key terms and definitions. “I

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2020

To that last question, Sean Arnold, a STEM coach and special educator for the New York City Department of Education, has a suggestion. So it’s not always a lecture. That can be a website, a blog, a discussion board. How are schools adjusting? What resources are they turning to? And what’s most important to focus on?

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 15, 2023

During a two-hour lecture, the average student spends 37 minutes doing non-class related activities on their devices (Ravizza et. Students claim that instructors aren’t actually teaching, and instructors can face negative reactions to a change in their lecturing methods that were already difficult to create and introduce.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

Additionally, the tablet has Bluetooth, so I am able to carry on a lecture while walking around the classroom monitoring students as they take notes or work through problems. We’re discussing how to strategically implement video feedback “now” and replicate successful models from other districts. –Amy Gulley, M.Ed

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Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2020

It’s a complete sea change from when she was in school, learning mainly through passive lectures. Johnson’s goal isn’t to limit the discussion to the unit he’s covering, but rather to find ways to explore a wider lens and encourage deeper learning. New Approaches to New Topics In rural Abingdon, Ill., Think: cause and effect.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

By informal, I mean posting a short video inviting them to participate in a discussion forum, journal entry, or an anonymous online poll. We know that it’s important to incorporate small changes in our teaching, such as periodically adding a learning activity in place of a brief lecture. Adding small activities for engagement.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 13, 2023

Lecturing has long been the primary method of conveying information to groups of students. But the monotonous presentation of information and lengthy one-way communication in didactic lecture lacks student engagement and makes students passive listeners in their learning process. let’s discuss its application in solving problems.” “Now

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Faculty Focus

JULY 13, 2023

Lecturing has long been the primary method of conveying information to groups of students. But the monotonous presentation of information and lengthy one-way communication in didactic lecture lacks student engagement and makes students passive listeners in their learning process. let’s discuss its application in solving problems.” “Now

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2020

In English courses, making curricula and instruction more culturally relevant to diverse students is a relatively “straightforward” task, Rodriguez says, whereas in math, “the traditional lecture-based approach where students practice problems and take tests and sit in lectures is the standard.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

That’s the question we addressed in the latest episode of EdSurge Live, our monthly online discussion of big ideas in higher education. Aurora Kamimura, lecturer in education and fellow in the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Diversity at Washington University in St. And one of my positions was in a STEM area.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2024

After a family discussion, we decided he would repeat Algebra 1 in ninth grade,” Lynem, a journalism lecturer, wrote in CalMatters. They hoped it would increase his confidence and mastery, she wrote. When he later won an achievement award in math, Lynem determined that the decision had been a good one.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Jon Chin discussing Share Meals, 2016. He earned a master’s degree in creative writing and poetry from Brooklyn College, began a master’s degree program in English education at NYU, and is now an adjunct lecturer at CUNY. Tattoo Time Chin will discuss “ Using Tattoos to Teach the Essay Writing Process ” at SXSW EDU 2019.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Listen to highlights of the discussion on this week’s EdSurge On Air podcast. That includes humanities, social science, STEM and communications, but all of those classes are maybe working on the senses for six weeks or immigration for eight weeks. I would get rid of all lecture halls that are beyond 40 people.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 15, 2023

During a two-hour lecture, the average student spends 37 minutes doing non-class related activities on their devices (Ravizza et. Students claim that instructors aren’t actually teaching, and instructors can face negative reactions to a change in their lecturing methods that were already difficult to create and introduce.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Then, students add comments and discuss; you can even add surveys and questions. . If you don’t have time to edit or format videos, here are twenty-four sources of rigorous academic videos that will support your lesson plans: Art Babble — videos themed to art, such as STEM topics. Think Thinglink, but with movies.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Additionally, the tablet has Bluetooth, so I am able to carry on a lecture while walking around the classroom monitoring students as they take notes or work through problems. We’re discussing how to strategically implement video feedback “now” and replicate successful models from other districts. –Amy Gulley, M.Ed

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Edsurge

JANUARY 31, 2017

Many of our institutions have been using a variety of lecture capture solutions over the years, but Panopto has really stood out as a partner for accommodating those with accessibility challenges,” Quarles says. Mary Jo Madda ( @MJMadda ) is Senior Editor at EdSurge, as well as a former STEM middle school teacher and administrator.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 26, 2019

Words don’t stem the tide of intolerance. Chat — don’t lecture. Lecturing is conflated with pontificating. Instead, have a discussion. These have all been done and by many measures, America and the world are more intolerant than ever. In the face of disagreement, ask questions that start a conversation.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2016

After much discussion, our team recognized that it is human nature to “default” back to what we know works, especially if the environment remains the same. The lecture and the ole’ stand-and-deliver models of traditional practice tend to continue forward, resulting in little to no change in instructional practice.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

And it’s this service that makes it possible for our system to turn a classroom lecture into a study guide. The Echo360 video platform use Amazon Transcribe to provide real-time transcriptions of lectures at the University of Michigan. Our system is also able to turn a classroom lecture into a study guide, automatically.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 11, 2023

Video-based learning is a powerful tool for many reasons; one study even notes that “well selected online educational video lectures advance students’ communication on the discourse level, critical thinking, deep learning, and future employability” (Elgeddawy, 2018, 726). Chambers, Brittany, Jaylen Lowe, and Lycurgus Muldrow (2022).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 29, 2016

Teachers don’t lecture from the front of the classroom. Assessment options include quizzes, discussions, and surveys. What a great way to test out physics theories being discussed in class. This is great to gamify a STEM program. Align it with a STEAM or STEM unit on architecture or coding.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

One of the strategies listed in the cheatsheet (discussed in the video above) encourages teachers to help students make sense of natural phenomena by asking those students to develop explanations with the writing scaffold “ Explanation Tool ” ( downloadable here ). Social Studies / Current Events.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

He also ponders whether games can both teach and measure 21st-century skills, considers the barriers to a broader use of GBL in schools and discusses the not-so-mysterious motivational power of Pokemon. EdSurge: First things first. Why is game-based learning so relevant for students today?

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 11, 2023

Video-based learning is a powerful tool for many reasons; one study even notes that “well selected online educational video lectures advance students’ communication on the discourse level, critical thinking, deep learning, and future employability” (Elgeddawy, 2018, 726). Chambers, Brittany, Jaylen Lowe, and Lycurgus Muldrow (2022).

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

By immersing students in dynamic activities, stimulating discussions, and collaborative endeavors, educators can transcend the limitations of the digital realm and revolutionize online teaching. Simulations are particularly beneficial for STEM subjects, allowing students to gain hands-on experience and develop critical thinking skills.

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