eSchool News

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Testing can help students better retain and recall what they studied, not only for the final exam, but as part of their overall educational development. This is the “testing effect,” or the phenomenon where taking a quiz can enhance later retention of studied materials, and its effectiveness has been demonstrated many times over.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2022

For example, colleges tend to maintain control of systems that are highly regulated (like financial aid) or highly academic (like recruiting faculty), according to Garrett, and they’re likely to outsource operations that require technology they don’t have (like exam proctoring) or that benefit from an outside perspective (like market research).

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Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2022

And so the online and hybrid courses these institutions spun up during the pandemic came with little of the scaffolding that experts recommend. This is almost replacing the high-touch engagement students are used to having in high school,” says Katharine Meyer, a researcher at Brown University who helped to run the chatbot study. “It

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Edsurge

JULY 17, 2018

Then came several new studies concluding that low-income students at U.S. One headline in The New York Times summed-up the findings: “Online Courses Fail Those Who Need Help.” So I decided to take a close look at a handful of recent studies measuring online against face-to-face at U.S. community colleges.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 9, 2023

While that may be true, especially for faculty who may opt for the “easy way out,” for faculty who truly adopt the technological advancements available, these techniques and tools can enhance courses. Numerous studies suggest these alternative learning models are just as good, if not better, than traditional methods. 3: 403-412.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 9, 2023

While that may be true, especially for faculty who may opt for the “easy way out,” for faculty who truly adopt the technological advancements available, these techniques and tools can enhance courses. Numerous studies suggest these alternative learning models are just as good, if not better, than traditional methods. 3: 403-412.

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