Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

So then, why do so many educators lecture and click through PowerPoints for 30-,40-, or even 60-minutes at a time with no breaks or learning activities? Reflecting on my experiences as a student, I know how tough it is to pay attention during these longer lectures and wish instructors had a different way to deliver them.

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Lecturing Attention Students Discussions 101

eSchool News

AUGUST 12, 2024

Between budgetary constraints, bandwidth crunches, and a constantly changing syllabus, teachers have their hands full when it comes to structuring and building their class’s lessons and lectures. By distilling a lecture’s knowledge into a set of handy flashcards, teachers can ensure their students’ progress and performance.

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Quizzes Lecturing Ethics Exams 289

Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2017

The university has created a way for automated software to give students in large STEM courses feedback on their writing in cases where professors don’t have time to grade hundreds of essays. Senior lecturer Brenda Gunderson teaches a statistics course that will be first to adopt the automated element of M-Write.

Essay 142

Essay Feedback Writing Assignments 142

Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2017

During a panel on the importance of STEM education for women, she explained what it’s like to be a female student competing in a male-dominated program: “Not only were we the only all-girls robotics team,” she explained of a recent competition, “we were the only team that actually allowed girls to touch the robots.”

STEM 167

STEM Blended Learning Science Coaching 167

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

So then, why do so many educators lecture and click through PowerPoints for 30-,40-, or even 60-minutes at a time with no breaks or learning activities? Reflecting on my experiences as a student, I know how tough it is to pay attention during these longer lectures and wish instructors had a different way to deliver them.

Lecturing 92

Lecturing Attention Students Discussions 92

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Using Kami, teachers can create assignments with their LMS, share class-wide, and offer feedback in real time. The digital pen allows teachers to enhance lectures and maintain eye contact with students while working remotely. As a managed service, it’s no extra work for IT. Plus, students can use them to submit work digitally.

STEM 336

STEM Math Internet Mobile Devices 336

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2023

He argues that the traditional lecture method for teaching physics and other STEM fields has been proven ineffective, and that shifts to more active methods can greatly improve learning outcomes to make sure the next generation of researchers can make the next Nobel-worthy breakthroughs. Broadly, what do you think should change?

Teaching 203

Teaching Lecturing Evaluation Teaching Evaluations 203

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Today’s students demand more than just traditional lectures and textbooks; they’re looking for an engaging, flexible, and personalized learning experience. However, many educators still rely heavily on lecture-based formats, which can lead to disengagement. Passive learning is no longer acceptable.

Hybrid Learning 141

Hybrid Learning Learning Styles Study Critical Thinking 141

eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2018

Districts around the country are moving away from teaching models based on lectures and textbooks—but transition isn’t always simple. A few years ago, this question inspired me to begin exploring a route for K–4 and 5th- and 6th-grade students that would allow us to stray from the traditional model of lecture and testing.

Lecturing 185

Lecturing Teaching Methods Textbooks STEM 185

Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2019

And improved access to devices and high-speed Wi-Fi means that traditional classrooms lectures need not be limited to the physical classroom space. For STEM instruction, inclusive teaching and relationship-building is often new and potentially dangerous territory. This learning process is arguably the most difficult step.

Technology 167

Technology Teaching Intellectual Development Instructors 167

Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2020

You can record lectures. And more lectures. You’ll be able to assess in new ways, ways that may help you provide better feedback. It can be even more nefarious when you’re teaching online because the online world is built to hold and move information. You can share reams of text and bucket loads of data.

Teaching 218

Teaching Education Lecturing History 218

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Our approach with this MOOC is to provide university-style concept lectures with problem-solving strategies from expert AP physics teachers,” said award-winning Rice physicist Jason Hafner, who co-teaches the course with veteran high school AP physics teachers Gigi Nevils and Matt Wilson. “This isn’t a typical MOOC.

Exams 165

Exams Lecturing Textbooks Instructors 165

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Unlike the end-of-semester feedback, when gathering formative feedback on what’s helping or hindering student learning might be too late, mid-term analysis of our teaching and student learning may help motivate students and enhance their learning. Sound familiar? Adding small activities for engagement.

Student Engagement 131

Student Engagement Lecturing Students Feedback 131

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. Source: Echo360.

Study 165

Study Lecturing Assistive Technology Exams 165

Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2021

Often, that meant moving completely away from replicating in-person, lecture-based models online. Students in this environment often have to offer critical, yet productive feedback to an authority figure (their teacher), a skill that is essential in higher learning and the workplace.

Education 218

Education Lecturing Learning Feedback 218

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 4, 2015

His knowledge of and interest in both the EdTech world and the importance of a STEM education highlight the importance of inquiry-based education, DIY cultures and technology for enhanced learning as crucial 21st century activities. Common Core: A Lesson Plan for STEM (on Bridges). High Tech In The Classroom.

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Education STEM Failure Participation 153

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

Additionally, the tablet has Bluetooth, so I am able to carry on a lecture while walking around the classroom monitoring students as they take notes or work through problems. This has meant conversations with us about streamlining feedback to teachers and increasing teacher-teacher collaboration. –Amy Gulley, M.Ed

Learning 363

Learning Communication Hybrid Learning Languages 363

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Unlike the end-of-semester feedback, when gathering formative feedback on what’s helping or hindering student learning might be too late, mid-term analysis of our teaching and student learning may help motivate students and enhance their learning. Sound familiar? Adding small activities for engagement.

Student Engagement 98

Student Engagement Lecturing Students Feedback 98

Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2020

This week’s podcast is brought to you by “The State of Online STEM Education'' an upcoming national survey of the online STEM landscape created by Every Learner Everywhere and Online Learning Consortium. I think that there’s a sense that they feel like they need to give you more feedback that way, because we can’t all hear each other.

Instructors 151

Instructors Fairness Lecturing STEM 151

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

candidates at MIT’s Lifelong Kindergarten research group, say it all started with a single piece of feedback: “Just make learning fun.” First, online interactions for children have to be fun, not lecture-like. Manuj Dhariwal and Shruti Dhariwal, a pair of Ph.D. And second, kids want to share experiences and play together online.

Gamification 205

Gamification Motivation Game-Based Learning Math 205

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 18, 2021

Thus, you can record a series of lectures and students can watch them at any time, anywhere. Besides, lecturers can prepare such types of videos as: Classroom-based. Certainly, the applicability of the technologies is even wider in such fields as healthcare and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics).

Gamification 132

Gamification Lecturing Distance Learning Knowledge 132

Faculty Focus

JULY 13, 2023

Lecturing has long been the primary method of conveying information to groups of students. But the monotonous presentation of information and lengthy one-way communication in didactic lecture lacks student engagement and makes students passive listeners in their learning process.

Lecturing 94

Lecturing Instructors Minute Papers Students 94

Faculty Focus

JULY 13, 2023

Lecturing has long been the primary method of conveying information to groups of students. But the monotonous presentation of information and lengthy one-way communication in didactic lecture lacks student engagement and makes students passive listeners in their learning process.

Lecturing 94

Lecturing Instructors Minute Papers Students 94

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. Source: Echo360.

Study 100

Study Lecturing Assistive Technology Exams 100

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Additionally, the tablet has Bluetooth, so I am able to carry on a lecture while walking around the classroom monitoring students as they take notes or work through problems. This has meant conversations with us about streamlining feedback to teachers and increasing teacher-teacher collaboration. –Amy Gulley, M.Ed

Hybrid Learning 297

Hybrid Learning Communication Accessibility Languages 297

Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2017

I observed that students have different readiness levels, but the way we teach is week-by-week lectures with homework. Students get to practice problem-solving and teachers and parents get detailed feedback on where the class is succeeding or struggling. Over 80% of future jobs will require STEM skills.

Textbooks 107

Textbooks Intelligence Math Beliefs 107

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

These activities can be used to reinforce key concepts, test understanding, and provide feedback to students. These tools often offer features like timed quizzes, leaderboards, and instant feedback, creating a gamified experience that motivates students to actively participate and strive for improvement. Quizizz , or Google Forms.

Active Learning 98

Active Learning Achievement Activities Quizzes 98

Faculty Focus

APRIL 11, 2023

Video-based learning is a powerful tool for many reasons; one study even notes that “well selected online educational video lectures advance students’ communication on the discourse level, critical thinking, deep learning, and future employability” (Elgeddawy, 2018, 726). Chambers, Brittany, Jaylen Lowe, and Lycurgus Muldrow (2022).

Instructors 111

Instructors English Lecturing Motivation 111

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

These activities can be used to reinforce key concepts, test understanding, and provide feedback to students. These tools often offer features like timed quizzes, leaderboards, and instant feedback, creating a gamified experience that motivates students to actively participate and strive for improvement. Quizizz , or Google Forms.

Active Learning 96

Active Learning Achievement Activities Quizzes 96

Faculty Focus

APRIL 11, 2023

Video-based learning is a powerful tool for many reasons; one study even notes that “well selected online educational video lectures advance students’ communication on the discourse level, critical thinking, deep learning, and future employability” (Elgeddawy, 2018, 726). Chambers, Brittany, Jaylen Lowe, and Lycurgus Muldrow (2022).

Instructors 97

Instructors English Lecturing Motivation 97

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 26, 2017

But blended learning is more than simply replacing lectures and books with web-based technology. CK-12 offers digital textbooks and learning materials in primarily STEM subjects that are searchable by curriculum or concept and can be arranged to suit student needs and interests. CK-12 Flexbooks.

Blended Learning 98

Blended Learning Textbooks Internet Learning 98

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Some of these moves stem from a sense of manners—developed from the way we were raised, nurtured, mentored, and trained as human beings, educators, leaders, and citizens. And some of these moves stem from an innate knowledge of what Daniel Levitan, in his magisterial text “The Organized Mind,” calls “Gibsonian affordances.”

Schools 114

Schools Attention Participation STEM 114

k12 Online Schools

APRIL 21, 2025

Some simply broadcast lectures over video calls. They dont merely transplant classroom lectures to a screen. Immediate feedback helps correct mistakes while the material is still freshlike having a coach who whispers tips during practice, not after the game. Top virtual schools have transformed howand wherewe learn.

Schools 52

Schools Lecturing Coaching Art 52

Faculty Focus

APRIL 16, 2023

I have had many conversations with colleagues, managers, and students and gathered feedback supporting my conclusion that HyFlex delivery may be more work than it is worth (presently). For example, educators may not adapt content for the online synchronous learner, and instead, may merely post lecture slides online as asynchronous content.

Learning 105

Learning Assignments Course Design Instructors 105

EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

UNC Charlotte, for example, has the Active Learning Academy, which brings in speakers and offers internal education opportunities as well as a STEM Academy, which models evidenced-based practices in a fun, informative way and even pays participants a small stipend. We can no longer go back to pre-pandemic practices. They simply won’t work.

Education 52

Education STEM Active Learning Peer Review 52

Faculty Focus

APRIL 16, 2023

I have had many conversations with colleagues, managers, and students and gathered feedback supporting my conclusion that HyFlex delivery may be more work than it is worth (presently). For example, educators may not adapt content for the online synchronous learner, and instead, may merely post lecture slides online as asynchronous content.

Learning 98

Learning Assignments Course Design Instructors 98

eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

At that moment, a top-down approach to create a “Campus of the Future” was devised by adopting smart signage within lecture halls, hallways, athletic facilities, and executive conference rooms to transform the entire campus. Under his leadership, CCHS was one of the first schools to implement Samsung’s Flip 3 whiteboard in 2021.

Education 314

Education Learning Schools Math 314