Edsurge

JANUARY 6, 2020

To help narrow things down, we've designated the primary audience for each event: Blue events focus on teaching and learning and are targeted at instructors, faculty and instructional designers (though some of these events involve exhibitor halls). There are a lot of conferences on this list (now 54 to be exact). Sorry about that!

Educational Technologies 143

Educational Technologies Technology Education Instructors 143

Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2017

The university has created a way for automated software to give students in large STEM courses feedback on their writing in cases where professors don’t have time to grade hundreds of essays. Unfortunately, we know that instructors don’t give enough feedback, often because the teacher-student ratio is such that they don’t have time.”

Essay 138

Essay Feedback Writing Assignments 138

eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2022

It’s clear that education technology, also known as EdTech, has seen many changes and challenges but one thing stands out — the industry is expected to continue to grow with an even stronger focus on technology, which means there will be a high demand for individuals who can support it. But that never deterred Sipper. “I

eLearning 220

eLearning Instructors Feedback Knowledge 220

Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2020

Department of Education. The instructor can lecture and students can ask questions, or the instructor can lead a live discussion. Then the professor can either respond to each video with feedback or ask the students to post video responses to each other. Back then, everything was asynchronous by default. “It

Teaching 218

Teaching Instructors Distance Learning Lecturing 218

Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

Of this group, five teams are building education technology tools with support from mentors from Imagine K12, the local edtech accelerator that Y Combinator absorbed last February. Peergrade Feedback is one of the essential ingredients to getting better—at school, work or life in general.

Educational Technologies 123

Educational Technologies Technology Education Elementary School 123

Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2020

To stave off this potential defection, how can we instructors promote virtual community? One of the most empirically supported best practices of online education is for the instructor to “be present.” In an online-only world, it’s imperative for students to see you as a human being, not merely as an instructor.

Instructors 208

Instructors Lecturing Course Evaluations Feedback 208

Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2018

Founded in 2016, Writable offers tools and templates that scaffold the writing and feedback process to help students become stronger writers. Teachers can select how the feedback process will unfold. The system guides pupils through how to offer constructive feedback to their peers.

Writing 113

Writing Feedback Peer Review Plagiarism 113

Edsurge

MARCH 19, 2024

Experts have also called for more teachers and educators to be involved with the development of edtech products. in rhetoric and composition from Virginia Tech, co-authored a paper in 2021 calling on educators to do more to incorporate user testing when designing learning materials. Any feedback is better than no feedback,” she argues.

Testing 210

Testing Teaching Instructors Learning 210

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Without face-to-face communication, building relationships with peers and instructors becomes challenging, hindering collaboration and support. Another concern is the varying levels of access to technology. Flexibility : Many students prefer a hybrid model that combines online and in-person education.

Hybrid Learning 141

Hybrid Learning Learning Styles Study Critical Thinking 141

Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2024

As more instructors experiment with using generative AI to make teaching materials, an important question bubbles up. 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. Should they disclose that to students?

Teaching 217

Teaching Education Ethics Instructors 217

eSchool News

JUNE 8, 2021

InSpace allows instructors to maintain the natural flow of a face-to-face class in a virtual space and empowers students to control how they engage. The company’s technology replicates the personal interaction students and faculty crave that was lost when colleges, universities and K-12 classrooms introduced virtual education.

Education 246

Education Instructors Participation Science 246

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

At SchoolStatus, we firmly believe that educators’ voices must be central in shaping education technology. Members of the CAB were selected based on their deep knowledge of education technology, passion for improving learning outcomes, and success in supporting students’ academic achievements and families’ evolving needs.

Special Education 268

Special Education History Interdisciplinary Instructors 268

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The concept has become especially embedded in education, ever since schools and universities closed this spring and the video call service became the lifeline tethering students to instructors. The company says its education vertical is its largest, and the team has tripled in size this year. Here’s what we learned.

Education 204

Education Instructors Learning Communication 204

Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2019

During my early days of teaching in graduate school, educational technology was sold more for its posh than performance. Every new version of Microsoft PowerPoint allowed instructors to embed more and more media and wow students with visually appealing graphics. Provide opportunities for students to reflect.

Technology 167

Technology Teaching Intellectual Development Instructors 167

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2020

In addition to providing students with text and video content, courseware tools also have built-in nudges and assessments—sometimes personalized—that generate instant feedback about whether students are mastering the assigned material. The goal is to make it easy for instructors to make their courses better and better over time. “If

Textbooks 214

Textbooks Instructors Laboratory Education 214

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

This distributed model of learning took off and has grown over the years to a network of nearly 300 Fulton County educators who are pioneering new approaches to education technology use, testing new tools and helping others in their schools and communities do the same. They LOVED sharing what they learned using Adobe Spark!

Instructors 160

Instructors Education Social Studies Coaching 160

Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2020

Double-Loop Learning Good educators are empirical in the sense that they are constantly testing to see what their students know, what they are missing, which concepts they appear to be stuck on, which lessons ignite their passion and curiosity, which activities cause them to get bored and drift, and so on. The loop on the left is the new one.

Learning 198

Learning Feedback Testing Instructors 198

Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2022

In fact, many college instructors have been downright grumpy about having been thrown into a new teaching format. Some instructors are so taken by active learning working so effectively that they expect to continue offering courses online, even when the pandemic restrictions completely lift and things are fully back in person.

Teaching 175

Teaching Lecturing Instructors Learning 175

Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Feldstein thinks new AI chatbots might be uniquely suited to guiding instructors through the early stages of that learning-design process. And for months he has been leading a series of workshops through which more than 70 educators have tried versions of the tool and given feedback.

Instructors 192

Instructors Feedback Knowledge Testing 192

eSchool News

MAY 28, 2024

Reid studies educational technology products and reviews their efficacy in classroom instruction. “They need to choose something that has the best shot of helping the most students.”

Schools 273

Schools Math Testing Intelligence 273

Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2024

Some writing instructors worry, though, that the new tools may tempt colleges to rely too heavily on the technology or even eliminate writing centers entirely. Providing guidance can help students feel more comfortable with the technology, she says. Writing doesn’t have that much meaning without a human audience. Mills says.

Writing 201

Writing Instructors Essay English 201

Edsurge

MAY 15, 2023

Oftentimes, when writing or describing or designing, it helps to hear feedback, especially when there is argumentation involved. If you are unsure about whether AI tools may be used for a particular assignment, please ask your instructor for clarification.” What might be some responses that disagree with that idea?”

Plagiarism 218

Plagiarism Essay Instructors Intelligence 218

Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2018

This article is part of a collection of op-eds from thought leaders, educators and entrepreneurs who reflect on the state of education technology in 2018, and share where it’s headed next year. As we look ahead to the future in edtech, we see an industry marked by significant change and stubborn challenges.

Authentic Assessment 155

Authentic Assessment Instructors Textbooks Lecturing 155

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

To help adult learners, edtech tools should be designed for their needs and goals, support them in virtually communicating with instructors and classmates and offer them a smooth mobile experience, according to a new report published on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education.

Instructors 166

Instructors Textbooks Math Communication 166

Edsurge

MARCH 19, 2020

The executive director and founder of the journal “ Hybrid Pedagogy ” has spent two decades researching and experimenting with alternatives to traditional methods of assessing students , and he’s concluded that the As, Bs and Cs that instructors mete out can do more harm than good, even under ideal circumstances. Giving each other feedback.

Grades 217

Grades Questions Instructors Motivation 217

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

As college classes start up this fall, instructors are handing out syllabi and pointing students to official platforms for turning in assignments and participating in class discussions. But because these online platforms are easy to hide from instructors and are available 24/7, they can be trickier for students and professors to navigate.

Exams 199

Exams Instructors Students Lecturing 199

Edsurge

JULY 18, 2020

Discussions focus on providing constructive—rather than critical—feedback to peers and instructors, and implementing digital best practices such as establishing daily checks-ins, setting well-defined agendas before each meeting, and clearly defining participation roles.

STEM 205

STEM Feedback Instructors Participation 205

Faculty Focus

APRIL 8, 2025

With the release of AI on a broad scale and the evolving procedural policies for policing and supporting its use in online higher education classrooms, instructor hesitancy to implement AI in ethical and effectual ways is shared by many. AI can considerably improve engagement in the classroom (A. Huang et al.

Instructors 119

Instructors Disabilities Ethics English 119

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The main feature is a dashboard that lets administrators see usage data across all G Suite for Education apps—including Calendar, Classroom, Docs, Forms, Hangouts and Sheets. When it comes to technology, what schools buy is not always what they use. It’s not enough that they are used, but that they’re useful.”

Feedback 165

Feedback Exams Instructors Assignments 165

eSchool News

JULY 2, 2024

Developed based on user feedback, these updates were designed to make conceptualizing primary source documents easier for students who are less familiar using these resources, as well as provide instructors and librarians with content to contextualize literary works and serve as models to support primary source literacy.

Interdisciplinary 152

Interdisciplinary Instructors Study Critical Thinking 152

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. Finally, instructors assess the student work and give feedback. “I

Lecturing 211

Lecturing Learning Instructors Failure 211

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

As aspects of pre-pandemic life slowly emerge from nearly two years of masking, testing, and social distancing, educators are once again gathering at edtech conferences to experience the latest and greatest solutions, digital tools, and professional learning opportunities.

STEM 339

STEM Math Internet Mobile Devices 339

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2022

Instructors first need to consider how we use grades in our teaching—and then explore what kinds of intrinsic and extrinsic motivations exist and persist for our students. Much of our students’ educational experiences have taught them to search out the rewards for a transactional gauge of their actions in the form of points or grades.

Motivation 196

Motivation Reading Instructors Assignments 196

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Washington (2019) studied the face-to-face instructor experience, and we already had anecdotal information, along with some survey data, from our own faculty regarding their use and preferences regarding the LMS. We sought feedback from our undergraduate students regarding their preferences for faculty use of the LMS.

Syllabus 126

Syllabus Instructors Peer Review Lecturing 126

Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Will Instructors Heed It? When teaching math is fun, instructors can get skeptical that students are really learning, according to one researcher. Will instructors take notice? Will Teachers Listen to Feedback From AI? Researchers Are Betting on It : Generative AI has stormed into education.

Math 140

Math Instructors Reading Teachers 140

Edsurge

DECEMBER 24, 2018

This article is part of a collection of op-eds from thought leaders, educators and entrepreneurs who reflect on the state of education technology in 2018, and share where it’s headed next year. And while technology facilitates these transactional practices, it can also help students learn the value of authenticity.

Internet 152

Internet Plagiarism Instructors Assignments 152

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Connecting with students shifts the obligation from the instructor working singularly to create an inclusive environment to one where the class works collectively to build the community. Instructors lead by example, sharing information about themselves, their backgrounds, and their interests, and encourage students to do the same.

Instructors 116

Instructors Students Minute Papers Course Design 116