Edsurge

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

A Difference of Opinion People are still figuring out what the boundaries of this shiny, new piece of technology are in education, says Stephen Aguilar, an assistant professor at the University of Southern California Rossier School of Education. He cautioned that he couldn’t fully replace his human teaching assistants with a chatbot.

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Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2022

Many instructors describe accommodations they’ve tried, like loosening homework deadlines or offering asynchronous alternatives to class conversations, but some now wonder whether this kind of leniency actually makes the situation worse. Meanwhile, a human teaching assistant monitored any replies that students sent back to the chatbot.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

One document they obtained outlines a set of possible services Academic Partnerships provides that includes “utilize virtual teaching assistance,” and also talks about details including course lengths and caps on enrollment. AP does not provide any teaching assistance nor oversight of it,” she added.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Importantly, building classes that contain these elements for both students and instructors can lead to benefits for all. Below, I outline details about the five components and ideas for both students and instructors. For instructors: Reflect on your decision latitude to design your course from start to finish.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

For instructors who want to adopt it, he provides a password to a library of materials, and even plans to add the slides he uses for the in-person version of the course. He also used some of the money to send his teaching assistants to cities around the globe. embassy to get him out. “I

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Importantly, building classes that contain these elements for both students and instructors can lead to benefits for all. Below, I outline details about the five components and ideas for both students and instructors. For instructors: Reflect on your decision latitude to design your course from start to finish.

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Course Design Teaching Instructors Motivation 95

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

To prevent COVID learning losses, ASU Prep Digital provides online instructors to teach Cleveland-area students who miss in-person learning due to a 10-day quarantine. We look forward to customizing this offering to fit the needs of more schools that could use this same type of quality teaching assistance.”.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2018

Even the best instructors may not be able to reach every student. And often that’s because there is a disconnect between what students expect from college teaching and what actually ends up happening in the classroom. Was the faculty member or any teaching assistant involved or was that all student mediated?

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 20, 2023

Thus, it’s pressing for instructors to collaborate on concrete ways to create a welcoming tone and build rapport in digital spaces. As Michelle Pacansky-Brock (2023) notes, “connecting with you [the instructor] before they connect with course content will establish a supportive and welcoming course climate that will also cultivate community.”

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Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

TPS is also a lower-stake activity than most group work, since the learning takes place in an environment that the teacher controls, where the students are encouraged to share their communal learning with the whole class under the direct supervision of the instructor. International Journal of Science Education , 45 (15), 1241–1261.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2018

These stories also show that innovative teaching was top of mind this past year, from shaking up the way instructors teach online, to talking about race in the classroom, to experimenting with augmented and virtual reality. Of course, even our favorite stories don’t end up in front of the most readers.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

Such technology allows instructors to teach in-person students normally – but any remote students can keep track of everything happening in the classroom. At the end of the day, how school districts operate with regard to data will be key.There’s a dire need for new measurement systems aside from end-of-year letter grades.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 14, 2023

We might soon see virtual AI teaching assistants that can offer real-time support to students, seamlessly integrating with the classroom environment. While AI can analyze data with unmatched precision, the emotional, empathetic aspect of teaching and learning is irreplaceable.

Intelligence 122

Intelligence Ethics Feedback Assignments 122

Scholarly Teacher

JANUARY 29, 2025

Taken together, open access admission policies and challenges to student engagement in the community college context present a unique opportunity for utilizing student workers as learning assistants. LAs also took on tasks such as leading short sections of class, helping with course content design, and grading/providing feedback.

Learning 98

Learning Instructors Math STEM 98

Faculty Focus

APRIL 20, 2023

Thus, it’s pressing for instructors to collaborate on concrete ways to create a welcoming tone and build rapport in digital spaces. As Michelle Pacansky-Brock (2023) notes, “connecting with you [the instructor] before they connect with course content will establish a supportive and welcoming course climate that will also cultivate community.”

Culture 98

Culture Communication Writing Languages 98

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 14, 2023

We might soon see virtual AI teaching assistants that can offer real-time support to students, seamlessly integrating with the classroom environment. While AI can analyze data with unmatched precision, the emotional, empathetic aspect of teaching and learning is irreplaceable.

Intelligence 111

Intelligence Ethics Feedback Assignments 111

Scholarly Teacher

MARCH 6, 2025

Different instructors have disparate expectations when it comes to completing these reports. How well students know how to complete a lab report relies heavily on the feedback that previous instructors were willing to give to help students improve. Does providing a template limit student creativity? Why or why not?

Laboratory 52

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Such technology allows instructors to teach in-person students normally – but any remote students can keep track of everything happening in the classroom. At the end of the day, how school districts operate with regard to data will be key.There’s a dire need for new measurement systems aside from end-of-year letter grades.

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Hybrid Learning Communication Accessibility Languages 294

Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2023

To use Sherpa, an instructor first uploads the reading they’ve assigned, or they can have the student upload a paper they’ve written. Then the tool asks a series of questions about the text (either questions input by the instructor or generated by the AI) to test the student’s grasp of key concepts. You’re on the spot,” he says.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2024

At first, he stumbled and, his hands weak, relied entirely on teaching assistants to write equations on the board for him. Reflecting on my own self-identification, I had a vague sense it had something to do with Holifield’s Algebra II class, which I took in ninth grade. She describes herself as a “math brain.”

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Edsurge

JULY 23, 2020

After turning their webcams on, which the program requires, they hit the “join lecture” button to enter a Zoom call with a cheerful instructor who appeared in high-definition, and who said he was calling in from Florida. It’s really conveying a dense interactive classroom experience for the instructor and the students. and 11 a.m.

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Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2018

Students who want proof of completion and access to all of the resources of the course—including feedback from teaching assistants—must buy a Coursera membership that costs $49 per month. Kian Katanforoosh is the co-creator for the deep learning courses and is listed as the Head Teaching Assistant for all of them. “We

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Teaching Laboratory Textbooks Intelligence 138