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For Online Class Discussions, Instructors Move From Text to Video

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Many instructors see them as drudgery as well. The threaded discussion felt always like the wrong medium for learning,” says Joyce Valenza, an assistant teaching professor at Rutgers University's School of Communication and Information, who has been teaching online since 2001. I rarely read the whole thing.”

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6 fun math facts for Math Awareness Month

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Almost 70 percent of community college students and 40 percent of four-year college students enroll without college-level reading and mathematics skills. When it comes to mathematics learning technology, students want: Help preparing for tests and exams; 77 percent of instructors provide practice problems or practice tests.

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Designing For Deeper Learning: Identifying Challenges and Prototyping Solutions

Catlin Tucker

Technology is good at transferring information. Students can read articles, watch videos, and listen to podcasts to learn. Technology has the advantage of putting students in control of the pace at which they acquire and process new information.

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Do Chatbot Tutors Work Better When They're Upbeat — and Female?

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Not only does Mayer think that upbeat virtual tutors will work better than those with other emotional tones, but he thinks that some students might learn better from an optimized agent than from a human tutor. He points to research that shows that some students learn better from male instructors, while others learn better from female ones.

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Startup Hopes to Shake Up Textbook Market By Encouraging a Mix-and-Match of Courseware

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It’s solution: Create a new marketplace where instructors can find them. So I tell students, ’Don't read chapter 9, follow this link and read this part that I’ve written, and then follow this link to this quiz that I wrote and then go watch this video at Colorado State University,’” said Feldstein.

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Sneak a peek at 8 eSN K-12 Hero Awards contenders

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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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K-12 Tech Innovation News

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These adaptable and personalized digital learning resources are proving invaluable as the nation seeks to get students back on track after several years of online and hybrid learning. While the pandemic did cause learning loss, it also pushed forth an increased use of online and hybrid/blended learning technologies for students.