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Online Learning Book Recommendations: And Why I Read so Few Books on the Topic

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The following is the latest installment of the Toward Better Teaching advice column. You can pose a question for a future column here. Dear Bonni, In the midst of this current COVID situation, I'm looking to up my game … as an educator … especially in the online environment.

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Tired of the Same Old Professional Development? Let Students Lead.

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After these discussions, I posed a question to my students: “Do you all want to lead a training for us–your teachers–focused on how we could do better?” I started by asking my students two sets of questions to generate ideas that were rooted in their experiences: “Think about times when you lacked community or self-confidence in class.

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‘Press Play’ Isn’t a Teaching Strategy: Why Educators Need New Methods for Video

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With that in mind, I ask educators this question: How can we use video paratext to advance inquiry and engagement? Imagine the students with the least and the most experience using educational videos. Prompt students to jot questions before they watch and during their viewing. Set Clear Expectations.

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How to Be an Antiracist Educator: An Interview With Ibram X. Kendi

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And I think if we start there, then that allows us to assess: Is this new technology creating more inequity or equity? Is this new technology allowing me to create, or spread, or build an antiracist learning environment? Those are the types of questions. Does the book reflect your own teaching style or teaching philosophy?

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Helping Educators Reimagine AI’s Role in Transformational Learning

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Many of the guiding questions below are taken directly from Dr. South and his descriptions of these five frames. I believe these should shape any conversation about AI in education. Each frame presents both challenges and opportunities that educators must carefully consider.

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Transforming Adult Students into Scholars

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She took questions on how not to feel lost in the dark The professor explains the next assignment for the course. Students will need to craft a research question, read relevant sources and synthesize what they learn in a short paper. Releasing it made her question her identity. She calls them by name to answer questions.

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From the Marine Corps to the Classroom

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I mean, it's good to go over teaching philosophies and models, but I wish it was a little more hands on. Was your own experience in school largely positive or largely negative, and how does that inform your decision to want to teach? That is such a good question. Sometimes I wonder, ‘Is it worth it?’