Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2020

self-paced experiences with very little instructor engagement). You can record lectures. And more lectures. In the first online course we designed and taught together, one of us had never taught in a strictly online environment before, and the other had only designed asynchronous online learning experiences (i.e.,

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2023

In the early days of online education, I imagined that virtual classrooms would follow the same basic model as in-person ones, with an instructor leading the same number of students typical in a campus class. Students attend WGU entirely on screen, with instructors engaging with them virtually by email, phone, text and video.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Within Sandbox AR, users can create virtual worlds and populate them with some of the hundreds of unique objects from history, the built world, science and nature, and more. The digital pen allows teachers to enhance lectures and maintain eye contact with students while working remotely.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 15, 2023

During a two-hour lecture, the average student spends 37 minutes doing non-class related activities on their devices (Ravizza et. This same study identifies one student-based reason for instructor reluctance—though students in an active classroom learn more, they feel like they learn less.

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Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2020

Crash Course tackles weighty subjects like European history and organic chemistry. But it does so with wit and humor, and it has the snappy pace that feels more like an episode of the Simpsons than the typical classroom lecture. His advice for instructors suddenly making videos or teaching online?

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 17, 2023

An instructor can ask students to take out their mobile phones and check for the answers. Active participation from the instructor during a class activity holds equal significance. Instructors can engage students when they establish a practical connection between theory and practice. Can you find it? A smattering of humor.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Apart from cost, another obstacle to 3D printing in schools is the lack of familiarity in most instructors for utilizing this technology or the techniques for applying it to everyday educational use. The ability to handle and examine historical objects contributes in many ways to making history lessons more interesting. . Final Word.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2024

A new book by a high school history and civics teacher collects innovative strategies, and argues that getting the issue right is crucial for building a strong democracy. So they’re looking for inspiration from other sectors — including video game design and elementary school classrooms — to keep lectures interesting.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Instructors that simply lecture through content are not adding anything to information that students can get themselves. Start with Significance One outcome of this principle of significance is that instructors should open their lessons by “motivating” the topic for students. What, then, do students need a teacher for?

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2024

To find out, EdSurge interviewed Terri Hasseler, a professor in the Department of History, Literature, and the Arts at Bryant University in Rhode Island. Some schools do, but a lot of schools generally leave absence management up to individual instructors. If so, what’s driving the trend? But I can't put exact numbers on that.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Students at a community college could supplement their math class with lectures from MIT. A single mom in middle America could learn to code from Google instructor. People can now work through a series of lectures while they commute or complete coursework on a mobile phone between shifts.

Education 139

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 29, 2023

In-person instruction In-person instruction is the teaching and learning that happens when the students and instructor are together in a physical space. If you are simply going to lecture at students, they do not need to be in the same physical space as you. The key thing here is having people together in the same physical space.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 4, 2024

A lightboard is a large glass panel coupled with technology that allows an instructor to write or draw on a large surface (McCorkle & Whitener, 2020). Lightboards require minimal instructor training. Some lightboards can be setup to be one button studios controlled exclusively by the instructor.

Online Learning 111

Online Learning Learning Tools Instructors Learning 111

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Instructors that simply lecture through content are not adding anything to information that students can get themselves. Start with Significance One outcome of this principle of significance is that instructors should open their lessons by “motivating” the topic for students. What, then, do students need a teacher for?

Teaching 98

Teaching Students Instructors History 98

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 17, 2023

An instructor can ask students to take out their mobile phones and check for the answers. Active participation from the instructor during a class activity holds equal significance. Instructors can engage students when they establish a practical connection between theory and practice. Can you find it? A smattering of humor.

Attention 103

Attention Teaching Instructors Minute Papers 103

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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Learning eLearning Instructors Learning Styles 130

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 15, 2023

During a two-hour lecture, the average student spends 37 minutes doing non-class related activities on their devices (Ravizza et. This same study identifies one student-based reason for instructor reluctance—though students in an active classroom learn more, they feel like they learn less.

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Lecturing Instructors Active Learning Activities 98

Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2017

His first class was on internet history, technology and security. The MOOC] was set up so nicely that I could download the lectures onto my Galaxy [device], hop on the bus, listen to all the lectures, get to work, take a test… in one day I've done two weeks worth of class,” Mulder says.

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Edsurge

JULY 31, 2018

But there’s a reasoning behind what’s happening on screen: The idea is to trigger different parts of the brain which maybe aren’t flexing their full potential in a traditional one-way lecture format. Some researchers have criticized the model for lacking scientific evidence and relying on misleading information about how the brain works.

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Teaching Instructors Attention Teaching Methods 159

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Aurora Kamimura, lecturer in education and fellow in the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Diversity at Washington University in St. What are the basics of that for a classroom instructor? Kamimura: I don't think anyone can deny that we are in quite a unique time in history. And it's, it's hard.

Teaching 150

Teaching Activities Instructors Lecturing 150

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 4, 2024

A lightboard is a large glass panel coupled with technology that allows an instructor to write or draw on a large surface (McCorkle & Whitener, 2020). Lightboards require minimal instructor training. Some lightboards can be setup to be one button studios controlled exclusively by the instructor.

Online Learning 98

Online Learning Learning Tools Instructors Learning 98

Faculty Focus

MAY 14, 2023

The effectiveness of online learning heavily depends on the level of interaction between instructors and students within virtual classrooms. Instructors should aim to deliver the material with enthusiasm and engagement, which will help to pique the interest of students.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Too often, math teachers present information through lecturing and worksheets to students, forcing learners to decipher the context and usefulness on their own. One pair of kids from his class ended up comparing the person with the most toes in history to the person with the fewest toes. Another compared the length of videos.

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Math Students Art Textbooks 177

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 29, 2023

In-person instruction In-person instruction is the teaching and learning that happens when the students and instructor are together in a physical space. If you are simply going to lecture at students, they do not need to be in the same physical space as you. The key thing here is having people together in the same physical space.

Blended Learning 98

Blended Learning Lecturing Education Learning 98

Faculty Focus

MAY 14, 2023

The effectiveness of online learning heavily depends on the level of interaction between instructors and students within virtual classrooms. Instructors should aim to deliver the material with enthusiasm and engagement, which will help to pique the interest of students.

Instructors 98

Instructors Quizzes Students Assignments 98

Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2017

With movable tables and chairs, interactive whiteboards lining the walls, and a mobile lectern where instructors can access a variety of media devices, it’s no surprise that JCCC is receiving a growing number of requests from faculty for more Learning Studio classrooms. JCCC Learning Studio classroom.

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Textbooks Lecturing English Internet 112

Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

The latest cohort, unveiled over two days at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif., featured 124 companies from 18 countries—marking the largest class in the accelerator’s history. Its graduates have gone on to raise more than $13 billion in total.

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Educational Technologies Technology Education Elementary School 123

Edsurge

JULY 19, 2017

The idea is to replace one-size-fits-all lectures with a range of mix-and-match educational materials, so delivering a course can be done the way a doctor might consider different treatment options for different patients. It’s actually quite challenging as an instructor,” he says. When you go to actually answer it it gets complicated.”

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Learning Disabilities Disabilities Education Students 118

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Whichever route taken to move religion and interfaith from voluntary to required subjects, instructors should go beyond traditional group interactions and collaborative work to design more invitational pedagogies, such as assigning students to share virtual meals or swap life histories.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

Faculty developers and instructors can use this framework to harness AI’s potential, ensuring it supports rather than supplants their pedagogical roles. For instructors serving diverse, often underserved populations, AI raises critical questions: How has it evolved into a pedagogical tool? What are its merits and limitations?

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Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 91

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

Faculty developers and instructors can use this framework to harness AI’s potential, ensuring it supports rather than supplants their pedagogical roles. For instructors serving diverse, often underserved populations, AI raises critical questions: How has it evolved into a pedagogical tool? What are its merits and limitations?

Faculty Development 86

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 86

Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2019

That’s when we really started getting calls from frustrated instructors at community colleges who said, ‘I have a big problem. Volker Janssen, a history professor at California State University Fullerton who served as one of six senior contributing authors for the OpenStax U.S. History textbook, was disappointed with the final product.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

A professor or educator can spend a lecture or semester teaching the curriculum, but if you ask ChatGPT what the biggest takeaways from the war are, it’s possible and likely a learner is provided with even more context and historical facts via the chatbot than what is possible for an instructor to cover from a set curriculum.

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Plagiarism Education Intelligence Textbooks 130

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Students have fun guessing and are usually surprised by the company – in the past I have used FTX (the now bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange), WeWork (the now bankrupt co-working space company), and Apple (one of the most highly valued companies in history).

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Exams Syllabus Group work Assignments 116

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Students have fun guessing and are usually surprised by the company – in the past I have used FTX (the now bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange), WeWork (the now bankrupt co-working space company), and Apple (one of the most highly valued companies in history).

Exams 111

Exams Syllabus Group work Assignments 111

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Classroom support staff arrange for a permanent or temporary multimedia setup in the room with a camera, a microphone for the instructor, and a means to show your slides or computer screen to both the in-person and online students. Some online students might view the lecture on a tablet or phone where these details are lost.

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Edsurge

JULY 28, 2016

But how do instructors find those solutions without feeling like they’re just kissing a bunch of frogs? How do you bring those conversations to the nay-sayers, or as I like to call them the lecturing skeptics ? For faculty and administrators, there are myriad products claiming to do that very thing.

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