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Ancora High School Partners with McGraw Hill to Launch New Online High School for Adults

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It helps instructors deliver cohesive learning experiences through structured content and interactivity. This enables the instructor to assign coursework that keeps their students moving forward on their unique learning path. A student technology discount program is also available through technology partner CDW.

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Do Chatbot Tutors Work Better When They're Upbeat — and Female?

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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.

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Seniors Need Support More Than Ever. One Startup Shows They Can Also Provide It.

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“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. Courses run one hour and take place over Zoom.

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Five Tips for Writing Academic Integrity Statements in the Age of AI 

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In a meta-analysis on the use of AI chatbots in education, Wu and Yu (2023) found that AI chatbots can significantly improve learning outcomes, specifically in the areas of learning performance, motivation, self-efficacy, interest, and perceived value of learning. Write your own GenAI policy to include in your syllabus.

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Teaching ‘Digital Native’ College Students Who Understand TikTok — But Not Microsoft Excel

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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.

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Want Adaptive Learning To Work? Encourage Adaptive Teaching. Here’s How

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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. Amy Sloan, Lead Faculty of English at CTU. You Don’t Have To Listen To Us.

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What Edtech Tools Are Community Colleges Flocking To?

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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?