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JULY 10, 2025

Here are some of the benefits of prioritizing online engagement: Improved learning outcomes Increased motivation and self-esteem Enhanced understanding and retention Reduced isolation and increased community Improved completion rates These are the kinds of outcomes every parent hopes for.

Online Learning 52

Online Learning Quizzes Learning Motivation 52

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 23, 2022

Teachers have three primary roles – designer, instructor, and facilitator. When I facilitate blended learning workshops, I ask participants to think about these three roles and identify the role they spend the most time and energy in. The responses always yield the same results. The power of feedback. 77, 81–112. Valiandes, S.

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Blended Learning Feedback Learning Instructors 498

Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2023

Or read a transcript below, lightly edited for clarity. Administrators at Texas State asked instructors to go back to teaching as they did before COVID-19, Meeks said. “I Now, I know from reading comments on social media about the first episode we did in this series that some people argue that students have always done this.

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Instructors Lecturing Students Textbooks 213

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 15, 2024

If you teach, you know about learning outcomes. There’s a fair bit of work involved with learning outcomes, and justifiably so. But why limit ourselves to student learning outcomes only? In other words, the teaching and learning principles so many of us embrace call upon us to be learners.

Learning Outcomes 64

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 15, 2024

If you teach, you know about learning outcomes. There’s a fair bit of work involved with learning outcomes, and justifiably so. But why limit ourselves to student learning outcomes only? In other words, the teaching and learning principles so many of us embrace call upon us to be learners.

Learning Outcomes 59

Learning Outcomes Instructors Learning Students 59

Faculty Focus

MAY 11, 2025

As the capacity of AI grows to complete increasingly complex tasks, we (as college instructors) may wonder what we can offer our students in the age of AI. Why College Instructors Matter: A Student’s Perspective I had a conversation with one of my students recently about this exact question. Schoeder, 2024).

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Instructors Motivation Critical Thinking Students 114

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 28, 2023

Through our online series, we explored the power of universally designed blended learning models to achieve deeper learning outcomes. Our discussions culminated in selecting specific challenges to explore in-depth, with the goal of prototyping solutions at the Learning Leaders Summit in Dubai.

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Blended Learning Learning Universal Design Motivation 460

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Beanstack , an edtech platform that helps schools encourage kids to read through gamification, demonstrated the importance of engaging readers. Beanstack helps educators and librarians encourage reading by making it easy to create and promote reading challenges for their communities.

Mobile Devices 343

Mobile Devices Gamification Science STEM 343

Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2021

Being new to teaching, I spent time reading up on pedagogical best practices and how methods like mastery learning and one-on-one personalized guidance could drastically improve student outcomes. In summer 2020, we began a research project at Duke to explore how we could use this data to help us as instructors do our job better.

Teaching 209

Teaching Instructors Quizzes Intelligence 209

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Some of the long-term results of the students who were in the smaller classes include: Higher student achievement levels in grade seven language, reading, science, math, and social studies classes. More positivity reported about participating in learning. Classrooms Become More Collaborative.

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Achievement Students Instructors Ethics 267

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Most teachers who work in education today have studied — or at least are familiar with — VARK , a learning theory first introduced by Neil Fleming in 1987. VARK suggests that students can best accelerate their knowledge acquisition via one of four core learning styles: visual (V), aural (A), read/write (R) or kinesthetic (K).

Technology 202

Technology Instructors Learning Styles Learning 202

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Members of the CAB were selected based on their deep knowledge of education technology, passion for improving learning outcomes, and success in supporting students’ academic achievements and families’ evolving needs. In her downtime, she enjoys reading and spending quality time with her family.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2023

reading intervention program for their success in maintaining a stable, high-quality reading program in spite of profound disruptions. s flexible professional learning program. “We reading intervention program. Tom Lamont is the Painting and Design Technology instructor at one of the top 25 high schools in the U.S.,

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Math High School High School Grades 245

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

From the very start of digital education, the big question has always been: ”How can students learn effectively, if they’re not face-to-face with their instructors?” I’d send instructors off into virtual classrooms, practically on their own, with little or no support. Sink or swim. All you need is your imagination.”

Online Learning 150

Online Learning Lecturing Learning Instructors 150

eSchool News

MAY 28, 2024

Khanmigo was launched last year in grades 5-8 and used in core content areas, which are typically math, reading, writing, and science, according to the district. It can also assist teachers with tasks such as planning lessons, tailoring instruction, creating texts and images, and providing recommendations on what students could work on next.

Schools 268

Schools Math Testing Intelligence 268

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

The ID ticks off the boxes for alignment of learning outcomes and accessibility and sends the faculty on his or her way to teach the course. Does our current quality evaluation ensure a wonderful learning experience? Learning is about personal relationships. Relationships Matter. Engagement is about more than data.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2018

2019: Reading Ahead At education conferences, we often hear discussions about new teaching models and faculty who are engaging students in experiential learning, authentic assessment and team-based approaches. Currently, 70 percent of faculty are non-tenure track , and many of them are focused on teaching first, not research.

Authentic Assessment 148

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Edsurge

MAY 2, 2017

You can read the whole thing on the Pittinsky’s website. Colleges were spending millions networking classrooms and residence halls, and I wondered about the absence of technology in the “front office” for teaching and learning. At Blackboard we packaged learning management into three tiers.

Learning Outcomes 136

Learning Outcomes Instructors History Evaluation 136

Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2024

Banning GenAI tools is not the solution Many students use GenAI tools to aid their learning. Additionally, non-native English speakers and students with language and learning disabilities often turn to these tools to support their thinking, communication, and learning. Which of these examples is a violation of the policy?

Academic Integrity 137

Academic Integrity Writing Syllabus Exams 137

Faculty Focus

MARCH 13, 2025

When students evaluations are viewed by instructors as a type of formative assessment to be used as a tool for instructional improvement, mid-semester feedback surveys allow instructors to immediately respond to their students needs (Chapman & Joines, 2017; Diamond, 2004). 2002; Spencer & Schmelkin, 2002).

Feedback 106

Feedback Questions Course Evaluations Evaluation 106

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

But it’s increasingly unclear if online learning is living up to its promise for students, even as digital learning makes its way into more institutions’ offerings. The quality of online courses still varies drastically, and research shows there are major racial disparities in digital-learning outcomes.

Instructors 128

Instructors Distance Learning Students Online Learning 128

Edsurge

MAY 18, 2020

This role also has me reading around 20 articles a day and attempting to synthesize what I learned in some meaningful way. I taught a business ethics course this semester in which I had honed the learning outcomes down into the most essential ones. They read Minecraft books and played a Minecraft tag game outside.

Teaching 197

Teaching Assignments Ethics Grades 197

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2023

He argues that the traditional lecture method for teaching physics and other STEM fields has been proven ineffective, and that shifts to more active methods can greatly improve learning outcomes to make sure the next generation of researchers can make the next Nobel-worthy breakthroughs. So anyway, so it's a real problem.

Teaching 202

Teaching Lecturing Evaluation Teaching Evaluations 202

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Laptops and tablets can be powerful learning aids, but many faculty feel uneasy about the role such devices play in their classrooms. they may be a distraction and deter from learning outcomes. How, then, can we be sure that digital tools are integrated into the higher education experience in ways that encourage deeper learning?

Lecturing 154

Lecturing Exams Assignments Textbooks 154

Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2023

Professors in the department of kinesiology at Cal Poly Tech Humboldt have observed growth in student performance and comprehension by designing content-specific episodes that begin by considering the basic building block of an instructor-generated podcast. The principal focus of the second body is to convey new information.

Instructors 111

Instructors Lecturing Learning Textbooks 111

Faculty Focus

MARCH 13, 2025

When students evaluations are viewed by instructors as a type of formative assessment to be used as a tool for instructional improvement, mid-semester feedback surveys allow instructors to immediately respond to their students needs (Chapman & Joines, 2017; Diamond, 2004). 2002; Spencer & Schmelkin, 2002).

Feedback 94

Feedback Questions Course Evaluations Evaluation 94

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Unfortunately, nationwide scores in math and reading are on the decline—these students often lack the skills to succeed in higher education. Instructors often turn to flipped classrooms as a method to engage learners but run into unexpected barriers. Students who develop a growth mindset identify the faculty as a resource for learning.

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Lecturing Instructors Knowledge Failure 130

Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

Below are some of the lessons and resources that I wish I knew of when I first went on the job market—a combination of the academic texts you read in school along with practical tools that have been essential to practicing instructional design in the real world. To get serious about education technology, you have to read Seymour Papert.

Feedback 162

Feedback Failure Lecturing Curriculum 162

Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2016

In fact, decades of research reveal that students: are poor judges of the efficacy of their learning efforts. prefer instructional formats that produce inferior learning outcomes. believe that things like learning styles and brain hemispheres influence learning. And I don't mean to pick only on learners.

Education 158

Education Evaluation Failure Essay 158

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

If you are like most of those with whom I work, you spend hours identifying the desired learning outcomes, essential understandings and skills, and appropriate materials. This then leads to countless hours of designing assessments and learning experiences. This is critical work. These assessments must be valid and reliable.

Syllabus 132

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 132

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

through a signup ID supplied by their course instructors, like buying an electronic textbook. I think some students will play the game and read Norton books or come just to play the game, but what we are really trying to do here is create a new pathway to the material that is successful.”. Enter Textbook Publishers.

Textbooks 161

Textbooks Game-Based Learning Art History 161

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Collaborating with students through student-faculty partnerships is one way to foster an asset-based mindset t hat draws on students’ linguistically diverse resources as tools for learning and growth in and beyond the classroom. 2024): W ho is and what languages are overrepresented/underrepresented in readings, guest speakers, collaborations?

Teaching 98

Teaching Instructors English Languages 98

Faculty Focus

MARCH 23, 2023

To improve learning outcomes for all learners, the development of several learning style assessments and neurodiversity instructional methods over the past 25 years have supported the idea that students learn in diverse ways (Dimitrov & Deardorff, 2023).

Learning Styles 111

Learning Styles Instructors Education Learning 111

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

BEAVER, Utah — On a recent morning in early October, when the day is in full swing, Dacie Derbidge settles onto a bean bag in a back corner at Little Leapers, the early learning center she opened two years ago, and hoists two girls onto her lap, balancing one on each thigh. It was crazy—the change. They were way more interested.”

Education 132

Education Languages Language Instructors 132

Edsurge

DECEMBER 18, 2020

When school was fully virtual, Wheeler says students with parents who worked remotely had better learning outcomes than those whose parents worked outside the home. He is still meeting with mobility instructors. “What might take very little time in a mainstream class requires a lot of upfront work and prep in our setting.”

Disabilities 192

Disabilities Students Assistive Technology Hybrid Learning 192

Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2023

Professors in the department of kinesiology at Cal Poly Tech Humboldt have observed growth in student performance and comprehension by designing content-specific episodes that begin by considering the basic building block of an instructor-generated podcast. The principal focus of the second body is to convey new information.

Instructors 93

Instructors Lecturing Learning Textbooks 93

eSchool News

JUNE 2, 2022

In 2018, she and Sound Recording and Music Technology ( SRT ) Instructor Jen Mitlas, launched a Pennsylvania chapter of Beats by Girlz for students in the Center for Culture, Art, Training and Education ( CCATE ) in Norristown. If you give them an option, they’ll run with it.

Science 171

Science Teaching Laboratory Art 171