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Online Teaching Is Improving In-Person Instruction on Campus

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But since the COVID-19 pandemic forced instructors around the world to try online education, something unexpected has happened: Professors have found that there are some online teaching methods that work better than what can be done in the limits of a physical classroom.

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How Mega-Universities Manage to Teach Hundreds of Thousands of Students

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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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The Importance of 3D Printing in Education

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Instead of using linear, two-dimensional teaching methods to transfer knowledge and teach concepts, you can facilitate the learning experience by providing hands-on three-dimensional models. The ability to handle and examine historical objects contributes in many ways to making history lessons more interesting. .

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Can Interactive Whiteboards Revitalize Online High-Dose Tutoring?

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To effectively conduct high-dose education, teachers need not only to explain and repeat but also to find novel ways to help students understand difficult concepts, including encouraging students to take a central role, solve various examples themselves and explain their understanding to the instructor to be educationally effective.

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The AI Advantage: Boosting Student Engagement in Self-paced Learning through AI 

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Imagine a history course where students interact with AI-based chatbots posing as historical figures or a literature course where AI-generated scenarios allow students to delve deeper into a novel’s context. This can be an advantage for instructors. AI brings immersion to self-paced learning.

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Whole Brain Teaching Is Weird — and Weirdly Viral

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When using whole-brain teaching methods, Byl turns to a toolbox of strategies intended to tickle different parts of the brain. Chris Biffle is a former college instructor who started the movement back in 1999, along with its accompanying organization, called Whole Brain Teaching.

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Grade Assignments with PDF Tools

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I didn’t think PDF annotation grading tools would work, not even a little but, so when my colleague, George, introduced them in his online history class, I watched amazed at how seamlessly George could highlight key points, strike through errors, and add personalized feedback on student assignments. x Interested?