Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2020

This is the first of a three-part series looking at how social-emotional learning strategies can support teachers of students with learning differences during the pandemic. The necessary and rapid move to distance learning in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been disabling for our education system.

Disabilities 213

Disabilities Distance Learning Special Education Students 213

Edsurge

MAY 14, 2021

Just how faculty and students respond to this question depends heavily on the experiences they had this past year. 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.

Distance Learning 174

Distance Learning Instructors Lecturing Science 174

Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2020

In Teachers Know Best, teachers “suggest that the ideal professional learning experience should focus less on presentations and lectures and more on opportunities to apply learning through demonstrations or modeling and practice.” Five Free Distance Learning PD Sessions. Remote Learning: Administrator Strategies.

Culture 175

Culture Distance Learning Communication Lecturing 175

Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2024

Many teachers and professors are spending time this summer experimenting with AI tools to help them prepare slide presentations, craft tests and homework questions, and more. As more instructors experiment with using generative AI to make teaching materials, an important question bubbles up. Should they disclose that to students?

Teaching 217

Teaching Education Ethics Instructors 217

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

EdSurge spoke with Singer about inspiration, engagement and how his vision of a classroom video capture and distance learning platform that connects the dots is transforming teaching and learning in more than 500 institutions around the world. He effectively provides his students with what he refers to as “low-stakes” testing.

Study 164

Study Lecturing Assistive Technology Exams 164

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Today, Bonner is a lecturer and researcher for the Language, Media and Learning Research Center at Kanda University of International Studies in Japan. It provides social interactivity and connectivity that you can’t otherwise get out of distance learning. They’re embodying this avatar in a 3D space.

Language 210

Language Languages English Motivation 210

Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2020

Special educators know how to prioritize their students' learning in the equation of instruction; they know how to leverage resources and how to find teachable moments regardless of the circumstances. Yet the rapid transition to a new instructional territory called into question everything we thought we knew about our educational systems.

Special Education 195

Special Education Disabilities Education Distance Learning 195

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

From the very start of digital education, the big question has always been: ”How can students learn effectively, if they’re not face-to-face with their instructors?” MOOCs deliver mostly video-streamed lectures, with some offering readings, problem sets and interactive options as well. The term MOOC was coined by others in 2008.)

Online Learning 150

Online Learning Lecturing Learning Instructors 150

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

That was the big question driving an online discussion this week as part of our monthly EdSurge Live series. 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.’ But with such a sudden shift in the employment landscape, how can colleges best respond?

Education 174

Education Secondary Education Distance Learning Lecturing 174

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

But getting books to people spread across the world—and answering their research questions—is no simple task. Serving distance learners requires creativity and cooperation, librarians say, plus an appetite for bargaining with publishers. That can make it difficult for librarians to provide timely assistance to patrons.

eLearning 162

eLearning Course Design Students Distance Learning 162

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

EdSurge spoke with Singer about inspiration, engagement and how his vision of a classroom video capture and distance learning platform that connects the dots is transforming teaching and learning in more than 500 institutions around the world. He effectively provides his students with what he refers to as “low-stakes” testing.

Study 99

Study Lecturing Assistive Technology Exams 99

Faculty Focus

MAY 2, 2023

Higher education locally and internationally pivoted to distance learning during the pandemic. My question to the class was then: Do you agree with the output of ChatGPT? She serves as a lecturer in the faculty of education at the Mico University College (a teacher-training institution in Jamaica).

Education 116

Education Academic Integrity Fairness Exams 116

Faculty Focus

JUNE 18, 2023

To offset students’ feelings of being “the only one” and to help develop feelings of connection, instructors in online courses may make use of strategies such as personal online introductions by faculty and students, discussion assignments, group projects, occasional video lectures, and Zoom office hours. Who is my instructor?” Swan, Karen.

Instructors 105

Instructors Syllabus Assignments Feedback 105

Faculty Focus

MAY 2, 2023

Higher education locally and internationally pivoted to distance learning during the pandemic. My question to the class was then: Do you agree with the output of ChatGPT? She serves as a lecturer in the faculty of education at the Mico University College (a teacher-training institution in Jamaica).

Education 98

Education Academic Integrity Fairness Exams 98

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

The World Economic Forum sees a silver lining in the dark COVID-19 cloud, citing it as a “ catalyst ” that could finally change “centuries-old, lecture-based approaches to teaching, entrenched institutional biases, and outmoded classrooms.” There’s no question that virtual classroom discussions can approximate classroom discussions.

Online Learning 218

Online Learning Learning Distance Learning Lecturing 218

Faculty Focus

APRIL 9, 2023

Faculty and pedagogists alike have been aware of the illness and many attempted to replace the traditional lecture with some alternative learning approaches which have been housed under various buzzwords such as “flipped classroom” (Milman, 2012), “experiential learning” (Wurdinger, 2005), and “blended learning” (Pavla, 2014).

Lecturing 126

Lecturing Course Design Blended Courses Instructors 126

Faculty Focus

APRIL 9, 2023

Faculty and pedagogists alike have been aware of the illness and many attempted to replace the traditional lecture with some alternative learning approaches which have been housed under various buzzwords such as “flipped classroom” (Milman, 2012), “experiential learning” (Wurdinger, 2005), and “blended learning” (Pavla, 2014).

Lecturing 98

Lecturing Course Design Blended Courses Instructors 98

Edsurge

JULY 23, 2020

They logged into a learning management system, which displays personal profile information, homework assignments and professor office hours. Originally, the company’s distance-learning technology was designed to transmit live broadcasts from a studio in the U.S., This is never going to substitute for that.”

Instructors 127

Instructors Students Participation Distance Learning 127