Edsurge

MAY 14, 2021

Every institution’s administrators are asking similar questions, weighing what has been learned about online pedagogy with the heartfelt desire to reconnect students and faculty in person. One learning that students, whether in-class or online, seemed to welcome: break lectures into 15 minute chunks, followed by 15 minutes of class dialogue.

Distance Learning 177

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Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

As a guy who lives on the cutting edge of technology, I found it very frustrating to see how far behind the school was, not just in terms of their use of one-off tech and old-school tools, like clickers and white boards, but their failure to connect the dots between better outcomes and using things like big data and mobile technologies.”

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Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2020

Don’t select PD that only addresses how to use a single tool, but one that will model effective technology use, while demonstrating the implementation of standards. Five Free Distance Learning PD Sessions. Remote Learning: Administrator Strategies. Google Classroom and Meet for Remote Learning.

Culture 172

Culture Distance Learning Communication Lecturing 172

Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2024

Watkins is a lecturer of writing and rhetoric at the University of Mississippi and director of the university’s AI Summer Institute for Teachers of Writing, an optional program for faculty. “We So as teachers are learning to use generative AI tools themselves, they’re also wrestling with when and how to communicate what they’re trying.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Clever techies have stepped up to the challenge with their ingenious gadgets, transforming remote students into tangible beings with a heartbeat, devising uncanny innovations, most now surprisingly part of mainstream education, right on campus. MOOC critics say that streaming lectures is not terribly innovative.

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Online Learning Lecturing Learning Instructors 156

Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Online Degrees On Hold China actually has a long history of distance learning—mostly at correspondence schools and on broadcast TV. And at one point the Chinese Ministry of Education approved 68 pilot online colleges, including several at elite institutions, such as Peking, Tsinghua, Shanghai Jiaotong and Fudan Universities.

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Distance Learning Exams Science Lecturing 167

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

K-12 tech innovation is driving a paradigm shift in education, embracing interactive tools, personalized learning, and digital resources to prepare students for the challenges and opportunities of the evolving global landscape. What are the educational technology trends in 2024? How has technology impacted K-12 education?

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Learning Styles Intelligence Blended Learning Gamification 283

Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2020

Schools are working out how to support educators to implement student IEPs in previously uncharted territory , drafting the rules as they go. Families are making choices about what to prioritize during distance learning while navigating unique demands of work, family and health. Christina Cipriano, Ph.D., Follow her @drchriscip.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

I saw that I could use VR to do some fascinating stuff with English language education,” explains Bonner. Today, Bonner is a lecturer and researcher for the Language, Media and Learning Research Center at Kanda University of International Studies in Japan. They’re embodying this avatar in a 3D space.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 18, 2021

The educational field was constantly evolving along with new technologies even before the pandemic. However, due to the rapid spread of the coronavirus and the global lockdown, distance learning became vital in 2020. The key features of video-assisted learning are scalability and repetitiveness. Bottom line.

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Gamification Lecturing Distance Learning Knowledge 121

Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2020

This model pushed our sixth graders to be responsible for their own learning by using a pacing tracker, asking other students for assistance and reflecting on their performances. What We Know About Middle School When 2020 suddenly became the year of distance learning around the world, our students were better prepared than most to handle it.

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Blended Learning Middle School Middle School Motivation 218

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

It’s not just, ‘I pick up my tray and I go here and I meet with my advisor,’ then, ‘I pick up my tray and I go to an online lecture.’ Doing that well, she said, requires colleges to think more holistically about all the services they offer. There has to be much more integration between traditionally siloed parts of the college.”

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Education Secondary Education Distance Learning Lecturing 175

Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2020

I received some of that largess 20 years ago in grants to launch virtual master’s degrees, among the very first in the nation, when I was dean of ”web-based distance learning” at Stevens Institute of Technology, a small New Jersey college perched on the Hudson.

Teaching 155

Teaching Education Distance Learning Lecturing 155

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

“Having access to really good online resources isn’t effective when faculty don’t make a really good effort to show students how to use them, encourage their access and integrate them into the curriculum,” says Leah Matthews, executive director of the Distance Education Accrediting Commission.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Manipulatives, such as counting blocks and science kits, offer hands-on learning experiences that reinforce abstract concepts. Furthermore, educational technology has become increasingly prevalent in classrooms, with tools like interactive displays, educational software, and online platforms.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

As a guy who lives on the cutting edge of technology, I found it very frustrating to see how far behind the school was, not just in terms of their use of one-off tech and old-school tools, like clickers and white boards, but their failure to connect the dots between better outcomes and using things like big data and mobile technologies.”

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Study Lecturing Assistive Technology Exams 97

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

As an “open distance learning” institution, students attending Unisa receive a course textbook and a study guide to direct them through course materials. If learning takes place online, students may use a learning management system (LMS) to log into their courses, and even watch live video lectures.

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Ethics English Distance Learning Textbooks 102

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

Around the world, the media is touting an online learning “revolution” as hundreds of millions of students from kindergarten through grad school now learn virtually, including over 70 million in the U.S. Or as one school superintendent reportedly said, “This was a nice, swift kick in the ass to get out there and innovate.”

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Online Learning Learning Distance Learning Lecturing 218

Edsurge

JULY 23, 2020

They logged into a learning management system, which displays personal profile information, homework assignments and professor office hours. They were there with the technology resources, and research and development. Even if we had all the ideas, we wouldn’t have had the capacity to execute ourselves.”

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