Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2020

“If you provide a safe space to learn technology, they want to learn, and they are willing to put in the work,” he adds. Key to making Getsetup’s classes hum are the instructors, called guides, who are all retired teachers or professionals with teaching backgrounds. Then the coronavirus hit.

Instructors 169

Instructors English Internet Skills 169

Edsurge

APRIL 27, 2023

Not only does Mayer think that upbeat virtual tutors will work better than those with other emotional tones, but he thinks that some students might learn better from an optimized agent than from a human tutor. He points to research that shows that some students learn better from male instructors, while others learn better from female ones.

Lecturing 190

Lecturing Instructors English Textbooks 190

Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2024

And people in those roles follow a playbook for helping subject-matter experts (the teachers they work with) organize their material into a series of compelling learning activities that will get students the required knowledge and skills on a given subject. He calls his system the AI Learning Design Assistant, or ALDA.

Instructors 198

Instructors Feedback Knowledge Testing 198

Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2019

Better Than the Sum of Their Parts: Coupling Course + Learning Space Redesign In 2015, IU launched the Mosaic Initiative to support active learning in all learning spaces, but especially in its active-learning “Mosaic classrooms.” One of IU’s early redesign efforts saw it transform an old indoor swimming pool.

Active Learning 168

Active Learning Activities Instructors Learning Spaces 168

Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Where do you hope education technology will go in 2017? It’s a perfect encapsulation of education technology, which modulates between extremes of pollyannaish optimism and bitter despondency. GradeScope makes it easier for instructors to grade student work. The learning apps I’m excited about foster community.

Instructors 121

Instructors Essay Coaching History 121

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

With all the changes and challenges over the last year, one takeaway I keep reflecting on is how essential education technology has become to learning—and how quickly this transition occurred. I have long believed that edtech has the power to open up opportunities for students and change how educators teach.

Skills 212

Skills Students Assignments Essay 212

Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2021

It’s solution: Create a new marketplace where instructors can find them. based company, called Argos Education, is that the way textbooks are created and revised is due for a reset. A key premise of the Lexington, Mass.-based

Textbooks 179

Textbooks Syllabus Instructors Peer Review 179

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Gather student data, make predictions about their learning—and perhaps their future. For years education companies have tried to apply technologies to better understand students and tailor their learning experiences, or support instructors who can intervene when human help is needed. Or does it?) said Grant.

Essay 167

Essay Education Learning Ethics 167

Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2021

Explain how your project fits the criteria Study the list of permissible uses for ESSER funding , and articulate clearly how your project fits into one or more of the requirements.

Technology 197

Technology Secondary Education Disabilities Instructors 197

eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2023

The 2023 K-12 Hero Awards program is dedicated to recognizing the country’s best examples of K-12 success using innovative education technologies. Back to top Nominee: Tom Lamont, Educator, Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School Nominated by: Tech Ed Concepts, Inc.

Math 243

Math High School High School Grades 243

EdTech Magazine

JUNE 10, 2019

Both manufacturers and educators are leveraging the benefits of 3D printers in education. 3D modeling and printers can bring almost any educational concept to life, while building practical skills such as problem-solving, creative coding and design. 3D Printing Engages Students. by Erika Gimbel.

STEM 167

STEM Learning Math Learning Styles 167

Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2019

A company best known (and sometimes rebuked) for its plagiarism checker has just received one of the biggest checks in the education technology industry. Christopher Nyren, founder of education industry advisory and seed investment firm Educated Ventures, was surprised by the size of the deal. Turnitin, an Oakland, Calif.-based

Plagiarism 167

Plagiarism Writing Grades Instructors 167

Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2021

To help students get comfortable testing out tech tools, professors should make their first digital assignments low-stakes, she explains, “so students don’t feel so pressured to use the technology in an amazing way.” Or professors can be proactive and try to get a sense of student edtech self-efficacy from day one.

Students 187

Students Assignments Internet Study 187

Edsurge

MAY 2, 2017

At the time there was also a new effort to create standards for education technology, the Instructional Management Systems project, which helped convinced me there was real potential for what we now call learning management systems. At Blackboard we packaged learning management into three tiers.

Learning Outcomes 143

Learning Outcomes Instructors History Evaluation 143

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

In 2020, the digital proctoring company Proctorio brought a lawsuit against Ian Linkletter, who was then a learning technology specialist at the University of British Columbia. The hearing will test what critics of the case say was a suit meant to silence concerns about a controversial edtech service.

Disabilities 187

Disabilities Instructors Participation Testing 187

Edsurge

JANUARY 31, 2017

Over the past few months, EdSurge has spoken with a number of these constituents to find out what floats their boat; here’s what we learned. "So So many community colleges are place-bound, where students have not had the opportunity to explore the world." . Developing captions and interactive transcripts. The result?

Disabilities 131

Disabilities Instructors Lecturing Languages 131

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2020

The deal marks the latest in a series of acquisitions involving digital courseware, the industry parlance for online products that leverage data and technology to personalize the course instruction and feedback that each student receives. student and teaching assistant, began building his own homegrown adaptive tutoring technologies.

Learning 142

Learning Textbooks Feedback Teaching Assistants 142

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

In a 2021 survey from the College Innovation Network, 20 percent of students at four-year colleges said they struggled learning new edtech tools. So some colleges and instructors have started to think about how to help students get up to speed on their digital and technical skills.

Teaching 202

Teaching Culture Internet Students 202

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

But when a scaled implementation leverages faculty expertise and feedback during all stages, the culture shifts, and faculty move from being skeptical of adaptive learning to being advocates for it. Classroom technology is not plug and play. The result of that has been success with buy-in and implementation.

Teaching 167

Teaching Feedback Learning Culture 167

Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2024

However, these statements are either written so broadly that there can be different interpretations of the language, or these statements indicate that the responsibility of determining what is allowable depends on the instructor, or both! Unfortunately, most instructors do not make their perspectives regarding GenAI tools clear to students.

Academic Integrity 137

Academic Integrity Writing Syllabus Exams 137

Edsurge

JANUARY 29, 2018

One of the most prominent researchers and critics of how learning technologies are built and used in higher education is joining, temporarily, one of the biggest tech companies in the world. That’s a problem, she argues, as these tools increasingly inform the decisions that instructors make.

Lecturing 117

Lecturing Learning Instructors Motivation 117

Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

After a chance meeting with Rob Warren of Curriculum Associates, Ray, the founder of the consultancy K20Connect and former executive director of learning technology for Nashville public schools, took him along to visit Stratford STEM Magnet School Lower Campus, a middle school in Nashville that was failing at the time.

Counselling 143

Counselling Coaching Schools Instructors 143

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2018

Company officials say that as of today, the full version of the service will now be free to all educators, schools, districts and colleges, and that those who bought a subscription will get a prorated refund. Instructors said that this helped better bring out the voices of students.

Discussions 125

Discussions Essay Instructors Internet 125

Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

If you’re looking for a crash course in digital education specifically, recordings from Stanford’s lecture series on Education’s Digital Future are all available for free online. To get serious about education technology, you have to read Seymour Papert.

Feedback 165

Feedback Failure Lecturing Reading 165

Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2022

Meanwhile, universities will need to put in time, money and effort to integrate their physical and digital learning offerings, argues Lee Skallerup Bessette, assistant director for digital learning at Georgetown University, in an essay in the report.

Hybrid Learning 148

Hybrid Learning Essay Hybrid Courses Ethics 148

Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2018

The company that set the bar for hyping adaptive-learning technology has had to adapt to new leadership and a new business model. Brian Kibby, CEO of Knewton Getting into the courseware business marks a major pivot for the New York City-based company, which originally licensed its adaptive learning technology to publishers.

Instructors 80

Instructors Textbooks Culture Math 80

Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2018

Today, tools like Grammarly are tapping artificial-intelligence technology to spot-check a piece and offer suggestions related largely to grammar, syntax and diction. Other companies like Turnitin and WriteLab have turned to machine-learning technology to automate writing feedback.

Writing 113

Writing Feedback Peer Review Plagiarism 113

Edsurge

MARCH 19, 2020

We were joined by: Beth Kalikoff, director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Washington, where in-person classes have been suspended for the rest of the quarter and some courses have moved online. Stephen Downes, a national expert in online learning technology who runs the long-running OLDaily newsletter.

Teaching 120

Teaching Lecturing Instructors Questions 120

Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2017

At Utah State University, for instance, officials installed an Echo Dot in one classroom that is used by a visually impaired instructor, according to Kevin Reeve, the university’s director of teaching and learning technologies.

Instructors 111

Instructors Quizzes Internet Intelligence 111

Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2024

However, these statements are either written so broadly that there can be different interpretations of the language, or these statements indicate that the responsibility of determining what is allowable depends on the instructor, or both! Unfortunately, most instructors do not make their perspectives regarding GenAI tools clear to students.

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Writing Syllabus Exams 98

Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2023

I’m currently working on a dissertation about student tech teams, and the research shows that the linchpin for student tech teams is the quality of the instructor. The role can be unpredictable, just like a day in the world of technology is unpredictable. First, find a fantastic leader.

Students 148

Students Coaching Schools Skills 148

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

Schools had a crash course in greater instructional technology usage during the pandemic. Teachers have gained so much confidence and are finally using educational technology in a way that enhances their instruction at a scale we haven’t seen. The classroom experience will include increased technology and personalized learning.

Learning 363

Learning Communication Hybrid Learning Languages 363

Gaggle Speaks

JUNE 21, 2016

In addition to his work with edX, Anant is also an electrical engineering and computer science instructor at MIT. Richard Byrne, Free Technology for Students. Kecia Ray, Executive Director of the Center for Digital Education. Anant Agarwal, Founder and CEO of edX. Free” is the operative word here.

Instructors 76

Instructors Elementary School Elementary School Writing 76

Edsurge

JULY 21, 2016

Vignare was lead investigator for a recent investigation into adaptive learning launched in April 2015 by the UMUC Center for Innovation in Learning and Student Success (CILSS). percent experiencing individualized learning, and 94.9 finding them easy to use, 89.7

Learning 83

Learning Instructors Art Coaching 83

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Ten years ago, when we began building equitable, offline-first education technology for the 2/3 of the world who didn’t have internet access, many people told us to just wait and the gap would close naturally. One thing that cannot be denied is the disconnect in today’s education technology between AV and IT and various domains.

Gamification 360

Gamification Intelligence Reading Ethics 360

Edsurge

JULY 31, 2018

The role of technology If it’s true that we will see 120 million new higher education learners over the next decade—or even if it‘s half or a third of that—the sobering reality is that there simply aren’t enough classrooms around the world in which to teach them.

Education 132

Education Knowledge History Science 132

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Schools had a crash course in greater instructional technology usage during the pandemic. Teachers have gained so much confidence and are finally using educational technology in a way that enhances their instruction at a scale we haven’t seen. The classroom experience will include increased technology and personalized learning.

Hybrid Learning 294

Hybrid Learning Communication Accessibility Languages 294