Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Automated Grading: AI can automate the scoring of assessment tests, homework, essays and other assignments. Reduced Teacher Workload: AI tutors, virtual teaching assistants and automated admin systems can help reduce teacher workload. This helps students move through material at their own pace, whether faster or slower.

Education 183

Education Essay Critical Thinking Intelligence 183

Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2024

In fact, it's most valuable in a teaching setting because a teacher's in a class of 30, these kids are at all different levels. Well, if you had support from a teaching assistant who's also their tutor, that's kind of what Khan Academy has always aspired to be. I mean, he took calculus in seventh grade.

Intelligence 201

Intelligence Teaching Assistants Laboratory Assignments 201

Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2018

Then actively pick sometime within their lecture to say, "Here's a summary of the collection of the feedback I've received, here's what I would do based on this feedback." So, what are some examples of college teaching that have really stood out? They’re creating their own surveys and say, "How do you feel about this?"

Teaching 121

Teaching Course Evaluations Evaluation Students 121

Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2022

This can be a real challenge for procrastinators, multitaskers, responsibility jugglers and anyone tempted to half-listen to a lecture while scrolling through social media—in other words, many people. Meanwhile, a human teaching assistant monitored any replies that students sent back to the chatbot.

Student Engagement 201

Student Engagement Instructors Hybrid Courses Exams 201

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. 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.

Learning 363

Learning Communication Hybrid Learning Language 363

Faculty Focus

APRIL 20, 2023

Second, if we are teaching in digital spaces, the distance between professor and student can become an obstacle to effective communication. And lastly, we should also consider the assumptions we hold about our student audiences—their grade level, motivations, abilities, goals, backgrounds, and more.

Culture 122

Culture Communication Writing Language 122

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. 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.

Hybrid Learning 294

Hybrid Learning Communication Accessibility Language 294

Faculty Focus

APRIL 20, 2023

Second, if we are teaching in digital spaces, the distance between professor and student can become an obstacle to effective communication. And lastly, we should also consider the assumptions we hold about our student audiences—their grade level, motivations, abilities, goals, backgrounds, and more.

Culture 96

Culture Communication Writing Language 96

Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Stanley Stepanic: When I first came to UVA in 2005 to study for my master’s and my PhD, I was a teaching assistant to the course and was mentored by Professor Jan Perkowski. That’s made grading a lot faster and easier. Ooh, I could use this for this lecture.” So who knows how lectures will be taught 20 years from now.

Education 133

Education Lecturing History Quizzes 133

Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2018

Even allowing for the famously low completion rates of MOOCs, it still means that hundreds of thousands of people have sat through lecture videos by Ng. In other words, Andrew Ng probably teaches more people than anyone else on the planet, putting him in a position to have an unprecedented impact on an emerging field. (The

Teaching 140

Teaching Laboratory Textbooks Intelligence 140

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. Additionally, Shorelight hired local, bilingual teaching assistants to staff its student studios.

Instructors 133

Instructors Students Participation Distance Learning 133