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Do Instructional Videos Work Better When the Teacher is On Screen? It Depends.

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As the pandemic has forced more teaching online, plenty of instructors have been trying to figure out the best way to keep students’ attention and interest with lecture videos or Zoom sessions. But it turns out that just having a professor’s face on the screen isn’t always a benefit. It’s a complicated problem,” he says.

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Evidence Is Mounting That Calculus Should Be Changed. Will Instructors Heed It?

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At least, that’s according to a randomized study recently published in the peer-reviewed journal Science. The study, which occurred over three semesters, randomly assigned students to either learning through lectures, the old-school way, or through “active” calculus instruction that emphasizes student engagement. Its conclusion?

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Professors Aren’t Good at Sharing Their Classroom Practices. Teaching Portfolios Might Help.

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But the assistant professor of history at California State University at East Bay wanted something less drastic than giving up on live lectures entirely. For her, that meant reducing the amount of lecture time and spending part of class sessions on team-based projects. “It

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How Podcasting Is Changing Teaching and Research

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Other people do sort of mini-lectures as podcasts and give them to their students. This is really popular amongst non-native English speakers or non-native speakers in general because higher education is extremely internationalized all over the world. People actually are really hungry, thirsty, for deep dives into complex topics.

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Enhancing Face-to-Face Education: Leveraging Learning Management Systems for Student Success? 

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Clear labels and categories make navigation easy, and having everything accessible, especially the syllabus, lecture materials, and study guides, was a recurring preference.  Easy access to lecture materials and study guides added to their convenience.  She also teaches graduate courses in instructional technology leadership.

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Enhancing Face-to-Face Education: Leveraging Learning Management Systems for Student Success? 

Faculty Focus

Clear labels and categories make navigation easy, and having everything accessible, especially the syllabus, lecture materials, and study guides, was a recurring preference.  Easy access to lecture materials and study guides added to their convenience.  She also teaches graduate courses in instructional technology leadership.

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With Innovation and Empathy, Remote Learning Becomes Accessible for All Students

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Aliza Strassman , a second-grade general education teacher, leveraged the educational technology specialist at her school and her knowledge of best practices under Universal Design for Learning (UDL, a framework for designing inclusive classrooms) to create a technology-based approach to creative writing, publishing and peer feedback.