Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Once upon a time, educators worried about the dangers of CliffsNotes — study guides that rendered great works of literature as a series of bullet points that many students used as a replacement for actually doing the reading. It’s not as simple as assuming that students are all cheaters, the instructor stresses.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 9, 2023

In education, case studies are widely used as a pedagogical tool to encourage critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and the application of theoretical knowledge. Well-planned case studies can challenge students’ problem-solving and critical-thinking skills. Where to Find Case Studies?

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

It’s a question that some higher education instructors have asked before, and one that two Penn State University educators sought to answer on Wednesday at this year’s EDUCAUSE conference in Denver. An instructor can type in a concept or idea, such as “industrial design,” into the tool his team built, called Eureka!,

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eSchool News

JUNE 15, 2022

Just four years ago, a study predicted that AI in education and learning would increase 47.5% through 2021; as it turned out, the prediction was conservative. The current landscape.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

Instead of hearing only from the same six students, instructors get feedback from many more. With our system, you get feedback that tells you, say, only 5 percent of the class gets it, so you immediately shift gears and focus on the underlying learning. Of course, this is also essential assistive technology. Taking notes?

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eSchool News

MAY 16, 2024

Intelligent AI tutoring programs accomplish this feat by using machine learning algorithms to detect patterns in how students interact with the software during study sessions. AI tutoring systems give students immediate feedback and guidance, addressing these problem areas before they become more severe.

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k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

The impact of technology on the human brain is still being studied, but there is a body of research which is decades old and has increased its capacity to inform education with advances in medical imaging technology. The effect of Brain Based Learning on academic achievement: A meta-analytical study. McClintic, C., & Klimek, K.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

The Rise of Online Learning Online learning has increasingly become a staple in education, with studies showing that over 30% of students now prefer it over traditional classroom settings. A study from the U.S. Department of Education found that 77% of online students reported a better balance between their studies and personal life.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 13, 2025

When students evaluations are viewed by instructors as a type of formative assessment to be used as a tool for instructional improvement, mid-semester feedback surveys allow instructors to immediately respond to their students needs (Chapman & Joines, 2017; Diamond, 2004). 2002; Spencer & Schmelkin, 2002).

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 18, 2023

In a face-to-face class, students see the instructor and other students and, even if not interacting with them directly, know they are not alone. But asynchronous courses, and especially asynchronous independent study courses, present a different scenario with challenges for both instructors and students. Who is my instructor?”

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

I ’m a writing instructor in higher education. Tutoring can make writing less of an isolating process because students can access different audiences and, as a result, receive feedback that is in the function of its message and not only for the sake of a grade. To help writers grow, feedback doesn’t have to be only evaluative.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 19, 2022

From the beginning, we have always relied on student and teacher feedback to help us build and improve Paper,” said Philip Cutler, Paper co-founder and CEO. Bridge the gap between learning and fun with Paper Live’s daily extracurricular classes hosted live by some of the most entertaining instructors on the internet.

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Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2017

The University of Michigan’s M-Write program is built on the idea that students learn best when they write about what they’re studying, rather than taking multiple-choice tests. The M-Write program started in 2015 as a way to give more writing feedback to students by enlisting other students to serve as peer mentors to help with revisions.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 13, 2025

When students evaluations are viewed by instructors as a type of formative assessment to be used as a tool for instructional improvement, mid-semester feedback surveys allow instructors to immediately respond to their students needs (Chapman & Joines, 2017; Diamond, 2004). 2002; Spencer & Schmelkin, 2002).

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Edsurge

MAY 2, 2018

Emily Lai, Director of Formative Assessment and Feedback at Pearson But new, externally audited, efficacy research from Pearson about one of the company’s third-party apps shows a significant correlation between increased retesting and lower overall course performance. It can be done before or after practice assignments.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Developed based on student feedback, MindTap Mobileallows students to access many features of Cengage Learning’s MindTap e-learning platform directly from their smartphones. Using MindTap Mobile helps on-the-go students stay organized, optimize small pockets of study time and interact directly with their instructor.

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eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2019

Related: 20 ideas for teaching coding in math, science, social studies, and ELA. Meredith Hoover, robotics instructor, Nicholas County (WV) Schools. In my class, students build Sphero boats to study forces, analyze momentum with a Sphero chariot, and play a round of Sphero battle bots to study collisions.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

I ’m a writing instructor in higher education. Tutoring can make writing less of an isolating process because students can access different audiences and, as a result, receive feedback that is in the function of its message and not only for the sake of a grade. To help writers grow, feedback doesn’t have to be only evaluative.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Since the pandemic, more instructors at schools and colleges appear to have embraced “flipped learning ,” the approach of asking students to watch lecture videos before class so that class time can be used for active learning. The study considered 173 studies of flipped learning, as well as 46 previous meta-analyses of the approach.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 25, 2025

What is Peer-to-peer Learning Peer-to-peer learning is where individuals learn from and with each other rather than relying on a traditional teacher or instructor. P articipants exchange ideas, explain concepts, ask questions, and provide feedback. Workshops : Rotate leadership for hands-on practice. coding a program).

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eSchool News

MAY 28, 2024

The Newark Board of Education in March approved a data-sharing agreement with Khan Academy to study whether the tool was effective “in the North Ward schools,” according to the agreement. Reid studies educational technology products and reviews their efficacy in classroom instruction.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2024

As more instructors experiment with using generative AI to make teaching materials, an important question bubbles up. When Marc Watkins heads back into the classroom this fall to teach a digital media studies course, he plans to make clear to students how he’s now using AI behind the scenes in preparing for classes.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

To help adult learners, edtech tools should be designed for their needs and goals, support them in virtually communicating with instructors and classmates and offer them a smooth mobile experience, according to a new report published on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education.

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Edsurge

MARCH 19, 2020

The executive director and founder of the journal “ Hybrid Pedagogy ” has spent two decades researching and experimenting with alternatives to traditional methods of assessing students , and he’s concluded that the As, Bs and Cs that instructors mete out can do more harm than good, even under ideal circumstances. Giving each other feedback.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2024

Largely missing from many conversations, however, is a discussion of how scientific approaches may be used to study ChatGPT and other generative AI tools in the context of higher ed. Our instructors have questions about retention and academic success — they want to understand how the use of these technologies relate to student outcomes.

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Edsurge

JULY 8, 2024

When young students miss school, their teachers begin to think of them as less capable in math and language and less committed to learning, according to a new study. But there’s some reason for caution in drawing too many conclusions from this research, including that the study is based on data from before the pandemic.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

Instead of hearing only from the same six students, instructors get feedback from many more. With our system, you get feedback that tells you, say, only 5 percent of the class gets it, so you immediately shift gears and focus on the underlying learning. Of course, this is also essential assistive technology. Taking notes?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 13, 2022

For example, a new study published in the journal PNAS Nexus found that, among students who perform poorly in intro STEM classes, those who are underrepresented minorities are even less likely to end up earning STEM degrees than their white, male counterparts.

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Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2020

Educators create feedback loops that enable them to continuously adjust their teaching to meet the needs of the students who are in front of them. Under ordinary circumstances, many of the better online education programs require instructors to take formal training before they teach their first online course. It shouldn’t.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

And the decisions those teachers make may be influenced by factors like how familiar they are with the technology or even what gender they are, according to a new study. That can lead to missteps, like, in his opinion, regarding chatbots as a replacement for instructors or paraprofessionals. The main findings?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The concept has become especially embedded in education, ever since schools and universities closed this spring and the video call service became the lifeline tethering students to instructors. Zoom is adapting in response to feedback from students and educators. Here’s what we learned. It’s high energy.”

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eSchool News

JULY 2, 2024

Developed based on user feedback, these updates were designed to make conceptualizing primary source documents easier for students who are less familiar using these resources, as well as provide instructors and librarians with content to contextualize literary works and serve as models to support primary source literacy.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Over the coming months, they will meet with SchoolStatus leadership to provide feedback and collaborate on strategic initiatives. La’Toya works as an adjunct instructor for Mississippi State University, teaching Digital Tools for Learning to future teachers. Representing seven U.S.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 16, 2022

One of the main benefits of using asynchronous videos in your online class is that the videos provide a sense of intimacy in the classroom which leads to increased instructor presence. Instructors can create prompts in programs, such as VoiceThread and Flipgrid, that require students to interact through asynchronous videos. .

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Edsurge

JANUARY 8, 2024

A number of instructors in the math department at San Diego Mesa College, where she's a professor, had started exploring how to weave standards-based grading — an approach that evaluates students on how effectively they have mastered content — into the way they teach calculus. So far, Spoon reports that the changes are invigorating.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2022

Instructors first need to consider how we use grades in our teaching—and then explore what kinds of intrinsic and extrinsic motivations exist and persist for our students. Two common concerns that I’ve come across are that: Grading takes up too much time for instructors, and that.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Key points: Traditional classroom learning is now modernizing Debates remain about online vs. classroom learning Stay up to date on the latest in classroom learning trends Classroom learning remains a cornerstone of education, fostering a dynamic environment where students engage with peers and instructors in real-time.

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