Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2020

Use Polls to Keep Students Engaged There are many tools available to pose multiple-choice questions to students remotely. Or professors can just ask students to respond to a prompt in the text chat included in most video conference platforms.

Instructors 207

Instructors Teaching Multiple Choice Questions Ethics 207

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

What do you think is important for an instructor to do when using classroom response systems (polling software or clickers)? A) Choose questions that most students will be able to answer correctly. B) Vary the types of poll questions beyond multiple choice. Like many education tools, it depends.

Instructors 136

Instructors Multiple Choice Questions Course Design Discussions 136

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

The content in question includes a first-grade language arts video lesson that shows an Acellus instructor teaching about the letter “G.” Change.org petitions have been circulated opposing the use of Acellus in Hawaii Department of Education schools and at Alameda Unified. Ooh, it’s a gun,” and removes a silver toy gun.

Learning 213

Learning Schools Multiple Choice Questions Distance Learning 213

Edsurge

JANUARY 13, 2017

Yet, while technology exists in the world of higher education, it’s not clear that technology is actually making courses smarter. Smart courses draw the learner in with an elegant user interface and engaging experience, with guiding learning that replicates the way a student might interact with an instructor.

Multiple Choice Questions 125

Multiple Choice Questions Instructors Textbooks Feedback 125

Edsurge

MAY 26, 2020

Top Hat got its start in the “clicker” business, offering a web-based and mobile classroom response tool that lets instructors gauge whether students understood the lesson (or paid attention). The Toronto-based company once relied on textbook publishers to distribute its technology.

Textbooks 152

Textbooks Multiple Choice Questions Quizzes Fairness 152

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

The instructor supports you in getting the best workout through encouragement, reminders and guidance. The Scavengar app allows educators and students to build hunts that move you around a designated space to collect points and answer multiple-choice questions correctly. Supernatural (VR; subscription).

Activities 181

Activities Mobile Devices Multiple Choice Questions Motivation 181

Faculty Focus

JULY 27, 2023

Many times, learning a new educational technology tool is time-consuming. In this case, I am proposing using technology that we already use in our daily lives and applying it to our classrooms. To address equity and accessibility, professors could read the questions out loud and allow multiple ways of participation.

Student Engagement 98

Student Engagement Syllabus Students Lecturing 98