eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2018

Through lectures, readings, discussions, graphic representations, videos, and hands-on artistic models, teachers have ways to share information. The addition of captions improves access for a variety of students, those with hearing impairments, those learning a new language, and those working to improve reading or spelling skills.

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Universal Design Students Lecturing Social Studies 231

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2018

Through lectures, readings, discussions, graphic representations, videos, and hands-on artistic models, teachers have ways to share information. The addition of captions improves access for a variety of students, those with hearing impairments, those learning a new language, and those working to improve reading or spelling skills.

Universal Design 231

Universal Design Students Lecturing Social Studies 231

Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2019

Language and Culture Through my research I’ve tallied that of approximately 11,400 MOOCs in existence today , more than half are produced in English, followed by Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. The argument for a global language of communication has its pros and cons. Stanford University, Google, Facebook, AT&T?

Lecturing 167

Lecturing Language Languages Knowledge 167

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

A World of Spin A few years ago, Chris Sadler was working as a lecturer at Middlesex University, in Britain, when he noticed some strange phrases popping up in student work. “Within five years,” she predicts, “these essay generators will be good enough that they won’t have to hire people anymore. They can just have the essay generator do it.”

Academic Integrity 201

Academic Integrity Plagiarism Essay Lecturing 201

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

For instance, teachers may consider replacing one-sided lectures with more group discussion, or they may make sure to ask follow-up questions to students’ answers. These students often tended to be white and fluent in English. Large language models can analyze classroom discussions at scale.

Feedback 218

Feedback Teachers Language Languages 218

Edsurge

APRIL 13, 2018

Via Microsoft Translator , a translation service, students in classes and lectures can get automated transcriptions on their mobile and desktop devices. Huang tells EdSurge the technology supports 60 languages, meaning a student listening to a professor lecture in English can get a transcription to, say, German.

Accessibility 139

Accessibility Lecturing Exams Attention 139

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Add in the fact that I had several English language learners in my class, and my lessons on mitochondria and tetrahedrons largely started with basic vocabulary and sentence flow instruction. It’s not just the Language Arts or Reading teacher’s sole responsibility to teach literacy. Art / Music. Bethany Lake.

Reading 147

Reading Teaching Social Studies English 147

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

There is a precedent for using such terms as a means to distinguish the backgrounds of language users, often as a means to differentiate between native speakers (NS) and non-native speakers (NNS) of a language. 2020) compared language usage in NS and NNS of English among engineering lecturers. Kuswoyo et al.

Essay 126

Essay English Lecturing Writing 126

Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2022

Two years ago, English Language Arts teacher Tyler Rablin promoted cell phone use in the classroom, encouraging his students to bring their phones to class. I’ve taught English Language Arts to high schoolers—mostly ninth graders—for nine years now. The debate about mobile phones in the classroom can get heated.

English 217

English Attention Art Writing 217

Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2019

Today, as an associate teaching professor of economics at Penn State in University Park, Pennsylvania, Wooten is on the flip side of the camera; he creates his own short educational videos to enhance traditional reading materials and lectures. I value my lecture time,” says Wooten. “I Review key terms and definitions. “I

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Curriculum Lecturing Study Instructors 161

Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2018

He earned a master’s degree in creative writing and poetry from Brooklyn College, began a master’s degree program in English education at NYU, and is now an adjunct lecturer at CUNY. Since Share Meals first went live, Chin has been busy. At the same time, he’s continued to refine both his app and his outreach to impact students.

Students 154

Students Lecturing English Essay 154

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 15, 2023

During a two-hour lecture, the average student spends 37 minutes doing non-class related activities on their devices (Ravizza et. Students claim that instructors aren’t actually teaching, and instructors can face negative reactions to a change in their lecturing methods that were already difficult to create and introduce.

Lecturing 122

Lecturing Instructors Active Learning Activities 122

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

There is a precedent for using such terms as a means to distinguish the backgrounds of language users, often as a means to differentiate between native speakers (NS) and non-native speakers (NNS) of a language. 2020) compared language usage in NS and NNS of English among engineering lecturers. Kuswoyo et al.

Essay 111

Essay English Lecturing Writing 111

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Thus, an instructor’s body language is important during class. Students remember lectures that are infused with humor. Students remember lectures that are infused with humor. Devidutta Das, PhD, is an assistant professor of English at BVRIT HYDERABAD College of Engineering for Women. A smattering of humor.

Attention 122

Attention Teaching Instructors Minute Papers 122

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

While growth is happening across the district, certain groups of students, including English Language Learners and low-income students, are experiencing less success than others. Even for students with the most basic English skills, she feels “i-Ready is effective. It build rapport in a way traditional lecturing simply cannot.”

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Blended Learning Learning Elementary School Elementary School 146

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

It’s a statistic no educator—or student—would boast about: Half a million high school graduates , or about one in four, can’t perform math or write English well enough to avoid having to take remedial classes when they get to community college. doubling the student success rate in English and up to six times the rate in math.

High School 139

High School High School English Education 139

Faculty Focus

JULY 30, 2024

If they communicate with you in your language, you may be excluding the rest of the class. It is often best to speak in the language of the other students, and leave the translator to do the translating. Avoid figures of speech, alliterations, puns, jokes, and any points that depend on understanding the language that you are speaking.

Teaching 110

Teaching Lecturing Language Languages 110

Faculty Focus

JULY 30, 2024

If they communicate with you in your language, you may be excluding the rest of the class. It is often best to speak in the language of the other students, and leave the translator to do the translating. Avoid figures of speech, alliterations, puns, jokes, and any points that depend on understanding the language that you are speaking.

Teaching 110

Teaching Lecturing Language Languages 110

Edsurge

OCTOBER 9, 2017

If your experience was like mine, you likely learned most history through reading and taking notes through lecture. The local archives offer great lessons on digging deep for text-based evidence when meeting English Language Arts Standards. Students and teachers will know the names of our rivers, in English and Salish.

History 162

History Culture English Lecturing 162

Faculty Focus

APRIL 20, 2023

As English professors and educational developers, we think this question is essential when creating a sense of belonging for all students. Realize that one type of language or dialect is not inherently superior to another. Each language/dialect has value (Palmer & Devereaux, 2019). For example, /jk can mean “joking.” /l

Culture 122

Culture Communication Language Languages 122

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 15, 2023

During a two-hour lecture, the average student spends 37 minutes doing non-class related activities on their devices (Ravizza et. Students claim that instructors aren’t actually teaching, and instructors can face negative reactions to a change in their lecturing methods that were already difficult to create and introduce.

Lecturing 98

Lecturing Instructors Active Learning Activities 98

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Thus, an instructor’s body language is important during class. Students remember lectures that are infused with humor. Students remember lectures that are infused with humor. Devidutta Das, PhD, is an assistant professor of English at BVRIT HYDERABAD College of Engineering for Women. A smattering of humor.

Attention 104

Attention Teaching Instructors Minute Papers 104

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

As these tools become more integrated into the classroom, teachers will want to ensure that all students, including those with disabilities or language barriers, are being supported. Literacy and Curriculum, Certified Academic Language Therapist C.A.L.T Literacy and Curriculum, Certified Academic Language Therapist C.A.L.T

Learning 363

Learning Communication Hybrid Learning Language 363

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2019

Some are “sit and get” lectures with very little opportunities to ask meaningful questions. Are these strategies accessible to English learners and are there options for translation to languages other than English? If a session focuses on software, is it adaptable to all skill levels?

Evaluation 158

Evaluation Feedback Participation English 158

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 6, 2020

Duolingo – If your students want to learn any of the world’s major languages, Duolingo offers resources that they would be likely to find helpful. It isn’t necessary for your students to excel at a foreign language to make use of English-language resources from Canada, Australia, the UK and South Africa.

Skills 138

Skills Teaching Students English 138

Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2017

Senior lecturer Brenda Gunderson teaches a statistics course that will be first to adopt the automated element of M-Write. I project the fastest adoption in the K-12 arena, and pretty quick adoption at community colleges, where it is helpful for remedial English courses,” Wilson says. “U-M

Essay 140

Essay Feedback Writing Assignments 140

Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2019

One of the most impactful activities from my Master’s coursework in secondary English education was a reader biography. And despite eventually growing into a bibliophile, this was a difficult truth to reckon with as I prepared to become a high school English teacher. Video: Neil Gaiman Reading Agency lecture 2013.

Exams 132

Exams English Students Assignments 132

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

To history teacher Joe Welch, too many of today’s lessons still call to mind Ben Stein’s classic classroom lecture in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” At the same time, I work closely with the English language arts teacher. For Americans of every generation the answer might be “not much.”

History 167

History Students Textbooks Testing 167

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Interviews are also a good way to break up the number of lecture videos used in online classes.). Rehak’s research interests are curriculum development and evaluation and inclusive instructional design, and has taught the English language to adults for 20 years, while also working as a foreign language test developer.

Instructors 145

Instructors Assignments Feedback Lecturing 145

Edsurge

JANUARY 31, 2017

Many of our institutions have been using a variety of lecture capture solutions over the years, but Panopto has really stood out as a partner for accommodating those with accessibility challenges,” Quarles says. The result? She cites Panopto , a video content management platform, as her tool of choice for the 23 VCCS colleges she manages.

Disabilities 124

Disabilities Instructors Lecturing Language 124

Edsurge

JULY 25, 2023

Or they reply in such convoluted language that it's difficult for people to penetrate the ideas. Other people do sort of mini-lectures as podcasts and give them to their students. And it seems to me that the answer to this attack on expert knowledge and on scholarly knowledge is not to retreat.

Teaching 148

Teaching Peer Review Essay Knowledge 148

Faculty Focus

APRIL 20, 2023

As English professors and educational developers, we think this question is essential when creating a sense of belonging for all students. Realize that one type of language or dialect is not inherently superior to another. Each language/dialect has value (Palmer & Devereaux, 2019). For example, /jk can mean “joking.” /l

Culture 98

Culture Communication Language Languages 98

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

First, online interactions for children have to be fun, not lecture-like. The platform comes from the same stables — of MIT Media Lab — as Scratch, the free-to-use, ubiquitous coding language popular with young people from across the world. And second, kids want to share experiences and play together online.

Gamification 205

Gamification Motivation Game-Based Learning Math 205

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2017

This seems to be an employment service and on-the job training, at the employee’s expense,” said Gardner Campbell, an associate professor of English at Virginia Commonwealth University, in an interview with EdSurge earlier this year. What’s different: The campus will have no classrooms and no lectures.

Laboratory 129

Laboratory Lecturing Art Curriculum 129

Edsurge

JULY 30, 2017

Investors are nonetheless racing ahead: this week, Chinese language learning startup, Liulishuo, which uses machine learning algorithms to teach English to 45 million Chinese students, raised $100 million to accelerate its work. Natural language processing? He sparred this past week with a more sanguine Mark Zuckerberg. (

Intelligence 149

Intelligence Questions Education Math 149

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Representatives from CSUF’s eight colleges, the DEI committee, our Instructional Designers team, our Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment, and our Writing Center built the site together while testing the powers and limitations of the Large Language Models (LLMs) that power AI chatbots. Wu, and James Zou. Accessed Jan.

Learning 116

Learning Ethics Writing Critical Thinking 116

Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2023

Thus, posing questions before new lectures will encourage richer connections to the learning experience by fostering self-questioning, which has been seen as strongly associated with enhanced student achievement (Hailikari et al., He also lectured in the Biology and Human Health Sciences Department at The College of Lake County.

Instructors 111

Instructors Lecturing Learning Textbooks 111