eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2025

What puzzled me even more was the stark difference between K-12 education and higher education in this regard. Unfortunately, this kind of productive struggle is largely absent from K-12 education, leaving students ill-prepared with the mental resilience required to learn and adapt in college and beyond.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2021

The pandemic inspired some professors to get creative in their teaching as they tried to move in-person courses online in engaging ways. Because of COVID protocols, only one professor lectured in the room with the video wall at a time, without a mask so he could project naturally.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 11, 2018

education and jobs in the next decade. There are few that understand what these forces mean for the world—and for education and learning—better than Kai-Fu Lee. There are few that understand what these forces mean for the world—and for education and learning—better than Kai-Fu Lee. Let's talk about education. Everything?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 7, 2016

A chatbot—a computer program designed to simulate an intelligent conversation—will respond to routine student inquiries and prompt students to complete assignments, mimicking some of the tasks of a teaching assistant. Assisting the Teaching Assistants. Chatbots help get rid of some of the noise.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Blended learning “can provide educators and students with a wealth of actionable insights on student learning, needs and preferences, empowering them to deliver the right learning resources at the right time for the right students,” according to the Consortium for School Networking’s Tech Enablers 2019 report.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

But students can be reluctant to use these sanctioned channels, or to show up in person for office hours, says Megan McNamara, a continuing lecturer in sociology at the University of California at Santa Cruz. She says she used a Discord server as a student recently, in an online course she took at the campus. “I

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Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2020

These self-paced teams watch recordings of the professor and pair up with teaching assistants for about five live sessions—a necessary alteration to make the program free, given that mentor professors are paid by Pioneer for their time. This is not a research program,” Jaskol clarifies. Sweden, China, Brazil.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This remarkable expansion reflects the deepening civics education crisis in America and has been made possible by significant multi-year grants from supporters like the Daniels Fund. The National Civics Bee taps into business leaders’ deep commitment to strengthening civics education and the long-term health of our democracy.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2019

For nearly four decades, Perry Samson didn’t see many students’ hands raised in his large lecture courses. “I So the professor developed a backchannel tool that allows students to submit questions online during class and receive real-time answers from a teaching assistant.

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eSchool News

MARCH 14, 2025

Key points: This pivot presents a remarkable opportunity for teachers and society at large AI is changing the role of teaching assistants Navigation and guidance in the age of AI: 5 trends to watch For more news on AI in education, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Picture your favorite teacher from your childhood.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Oftentimes, putting a brick-and-mortar course online begins by preserving the readings and assessments, and then considering adaptations to replace all or some of the “live” elements of interactive lectures. The final consideration for developing an asynchronous guest lecture is the “shelf-life” of a video.

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Lecturing Feedback Evaluation Course Design 126

Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2024

The book is called “ Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That's a Good Thing). ” At the time you were rolling it out slowly because there were many questions about using AI chatbots in education. And so here we are, an education nonprofit that hopefully a lot of folks trust to have high-quality work.

Intelligence 201

Intelligence Teaching Assistants Laboratory Assignments 201

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Oftentimes, putting a brick-and-mortar course online begins by preserving the readings and assessments, and then considering adaptations to replace all or some of the “live” elements of interactive lectures. The final consideration for developing an asynchronous guest lecture is the “shelf-life” of a video.

Lecturing 106

Lecturing Feedback Evaluation Course Design 106

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2024

Integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) Integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into higher education is increasingly common, presenting new opportunities and challenges for educators and institutions. We also asked faculty who were using AI to share how it impacted their teaching and learning. Look no further.

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Syllabus Assignments Feedback Teaching Assistants 119

Faculty Focus

MARCH 9, 2025

I refined my TPS process after attending Jeremy Rentzs workshop Put Your Hammer Down (detailed in the Best of the 2021 Teaching Professor Conference ). I thought about how to get my students to do more work in my large lecture-based classes. His key idea was The person doing the learning is the person doing the work. Faculty Focus.

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Lecturing Teaching Assistants Discussions Activities 87

Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2018

Students may feel relief as they hand in an exam, but the moment marks the beginning of stress and anxiety for instructors and teaching assistants, who may need to grade hundreds of tests in a short time. Arjun Singh knows the feeling well. Gradescope is hardly the first group to give automated grading a shot.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2019

When we teach large classes, what approaches can we employ that will have a greater opportunity to engage students and help students learn more? A study was published by IDEA, a non-profit organization that focuses on academic success in a higher education context, which explored whether class size is a factor in perceived learning.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2024

Integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) Integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into higher education is increasingly common, presenting new opportunities and challenges for educators and institutions. We also asked faculty who were using AI to share how it impacted their teaching and learning. Look no further.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Assignments Feedback Teaching Assistants 111

Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2018

And often that’s because there is a disconnect between what students expect from college teaching and what actually ends up happening in the classroom. Then actively pick sometime within their lecture to say, "Here's a summary of the collection of the feedback I've received, here's what I would do based on this feedback."

Teaching 121

Teaching Course Evaluations Evaluation Students 121

Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2022

This can be a real challenge for procrastinators, multitaskers, responsibility jugglers and anyone tempted to half-listen to a lecture while scrolling through social media—in other words, many people. It just helps to have that additional guidance, support and partnering with a student, to help teach them how to manage their time.”

Student Engagement 201

Student Engagement Instructors Hybrid Courses Exams 201

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

2021 brought with it new COVID-19 variants, the dreaded school COVID quarantine, and renewed calls to support the nation’s educators, who have worked tirelessly (and constantly) to support students’ learning, social and emotional needs, and more. — Catherine Cahn, CEO, Twig Education.

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Learning Communication Hybrid Learning Language 363

Faculty Focus

MARCH 9, 2025

I refined my TPS process after attending Jeremy Rentzs workshop Put Your Hammer Down (detailed in the Best of the 2021 Teaching Professor Conference ). I thought about how to get my students to do more work in my large lecture-based classes. His key idea was The person doing the learning is the person doing the work. Faculty Focus.

Lecturing 71

Lecturing Teaching Assistants Discussions Activities 71

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

While large classes emphasize broad-reaching strategies like lectures and group activities, small classes enable individualized instruction and deeper exploration of topics (Wang & Calvano, 2022). Retrieved from [link] Columbia Center for Teaching and Learning (2021). Miner, Ed.). References Beatty, B. EdTech Books.

Teaching 82

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 82

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

While large classes emphasize broad-reaching strategies like lectures and group activities, small classes enable individualized instruction and deeper exploration of topics (Wang & Calvano, 2022). Retrieved from [link] Columbia Center for Teaching and Learning (2021). Miner, Ed.). References Beatty, B. EdTech Books.

Teaching 79

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 79

Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2017

Shiva Kintali: As a teaching assistant at Georgia Tech and while teaching at Princeton, I developed an interest in helping my students learn mathematical concepts in a fun and intuitive way. I observed that students have different readiness levels, but the way we teach is week-by-week lectures with homework.

Textbooks 107

Textbooks Intelligence Math Beliefs 107

Faculty Focus

APRIL 20, 2023

As English professors and educational developers, we think this question is essential when creating a sense of belonging for all students. Laura Howard is a senior lecturer of English and the teaching assistant coordinator for the Master of Arts in Professional Writing (MAPW) program at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, GA.

Culture 122

Culture Communication Writing Language 122

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on innovative ways to engage students, digital resources, and online and hybrid learning strategies related to post-pandemic teaching. This year’s 6th most-read story focuses on the predictions educators and industry experts made for learning in 2022.

Hybrid Learning 294

Hybrid Learning Communication Accessibility Language 294

Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2023

As higher education professionals, we are still struggling to process the convergence of crises, fear, and violence we have witnessed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. If we have learned anything from the Great Resignation in higher education, it is that burnout is real, and care is necessary for the future of our profession.

Faculty Development 111

Faculty Development Coaching Essay Ethics 111

Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2023

As higher education professionals, we are still struggling to process the convergence of crises, fear, and violence we have witnessed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. If we have learned anything from the Great Resignation in higher education, it is that burnout is real, and care is necessary for the future of our profession.

Faculty Development 94

Faculty Development Coaching Essay Ethics 94

Faculty Focus

APRIL 20, 2023

As English professors and educational developers, we think this question is essential when creating a sense of belonging for all students. Laura Howard is a senior lecturer of English and the teaching assistant coordinator for the Master of Arts in Professional Writing (MAPW) program at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, GA.

Culture 96

Culture Communication Writing Language 96

Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2020

I'm the world's first android teaching assistant. So she relies on support from William Barry, the philosophy instructor who records her delivering brief lectures for his undergraduate class on the ethics of emerging technology. Educating an android happens one conversation at a time. “Are you having a good day?”

Teachers 155

Teachers Education Instructors Intelligence 155

Edsurge

MAY 20, 2020

We were particularly interested in how well large lecture classes translated into a remote format. After all, these kinds of classes are what many people think of when they close their eyes and imagine college teaching. The large lecture course he was teaching—to about 100 students—was called Viewing America: 1940-1980.

Lecturing 189

Lecturing History Teaching Assistants Learning 189

Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2017

He has also been selected as a Master Educator by the education technology company Course Hero , which produced a ten-minute film that features Stepanic and his crowd-pleasing class. Master Educator Stanley Stepanic discusses his course, Dracula; video source: Course Hero. Ooh, I could use this for this lecture.”

Education 133

Education Lecturing History Quizzes 133

Faculty Focus

MARCH 11, 2025

Many take these courses as part of general education, not personal interest, creating a challenge in maintaining engagement and fostering deeper understanding (Haak et al. To address these challenges, educators must adopt approaches that make biology accessible and meaningful.

Interdisciplinary 59

Interdisciplinary Instructors Students Motivation 59

Faculty Focus

MARCH 11, 2025

Many take these courses as part of general education, not personal interest, creating a challenge in maintaining engagement and fostering deeper understanding (Haak et al. To address these challenges, educators must adopt approaches that make biology accessible and meaningful.

Interdisciplinary 57

Interdisciplinary Instructors Students Motivation 57

Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2018

The assumption—especially in the marketing messages from major providers like Coursera and edX—is that the winners of traditional higher education will also end up the winners in the world of online courses. That company—called Deeplearning.ai —is a unique provider of higher education. But that isn’t always happening.

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Teaching Laboratory Textbooks Intelligence 140

Edsurge

JULY 23, 2020

As drastically as the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted higher education for American college students, the ill effects could prove even greater for foreign students who hope to start or finish degree programs at U.S. Instead, they describe it as “live-to-device” or “live remote” education. That’s a big if, though. institutions.

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