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How an Experimental Online Course Helped One Anthropology Department Keep a Professor and a Half

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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.

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The Cause That Unites Chief IT and Academic Officers

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It turns out that academics in the survey were most interested in getting a better understanding of who’s in their courses—details like student demographic information and prior academic history. presented the findings in a session here , thorny issues around data quickly emerged. A troublesome liability for college campuses.

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Reducing AI Anxiety Starts by Talking with Students 

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That’s enough to give most instructors pause and has set off a flurry of activity in reimagining how we assess learning in order to reduce the risk of student cheating. People have resisted new and drastic change throughout history, yet every time it happens we seem to adjust as a society.” “I’m Advances in technology are inevitable.

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Reducing AI Anxiety Starts by Talking with Students 

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That’s enough to give most instructors pause and has set off a flurry of activity in reimagining how we assess learning in order to reduce the risk of student cheating. People have resisted new and drastic change throughout history, yet every time it happens we seem to adjust as a society.” “I’m Advances in technology are inevitable.

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EdSurge HigherEd Year in Review: Our Top Higher Education Stories of 2018

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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. In 2016, the company reported its largest loss in its history, down $3.3

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How Conducting a Mixed-mode Class is Similar to Hosting a Late-night Talk Show

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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. Riddle is a senior teaching consultant and has been a member of the Duke Learning Innovation team since 2000.

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61 predictions about edtech, equity, and learning in 2022

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Such technology allows instructors to teach in-person students normally – but any remote students can keep track of everything happening in the classroom. — Stephen Heywood, Broadcast Engineer, PTZOptics. –Myles Hunter, Co-Founder and CEO, TutorMe.

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