Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

As an instructor, I have always considered myself to be friendly and approachable. Student perceptions of their instructors’ attitude toward them has been shown to be a predictor of student motivation (Wilson J. However, I have learned that many students tend to be reluctant to reach out for a variety of reasons.

Instructors 122

Instructors Syllabus Attention Teaching Assistants 122

k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

The impact of technology on the human brain is still being studied, but there is a body of research which is decades old and has increased its capacity to inform education with advances in medical imaging technology. The effect of Brain Based Learning on academic achievement: A meta-analytical study. McClintic, C., & Klimek, K.

Science 130

Science Education Motivation Lecturing 130

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

The Rise of Online Learning Online learning has increasingly become a staple in education, with studies showing that over 30% of students now prefer it over traditional classroom settings. A study from the U.S. Department of Education found that 77% of online students reported a better balance between their studies and personal life.

Hybrid Learning 141

Hybrid Learning Learning Styles Study Critical Thinking 141

Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Across the participating schools, the bulk of the money went to developing the course materials. At five of the participating community colleges, the report found that it cost an average of $11,700 per course to build the OER materials. The participating colleges lost an average of $14,000 per institution from textbook sales.

Textbooks 161

Textbooks Study Participation Assignments 161

eSchool News

AUGUST 4, 2023

New international school participants this year include the American International School of Budapest in Nagykovácsi, Hungary; American International School of Hong Kong in Hong Kong, China; American International School of Muscat in Oman; Qatar Academy Al Khor in Qatar; and Frankfurt International School in Oberursel (Taunus), Germany.

High School 244

High School High School Teachers Instructors 244

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

Instead of hearing only from the same six students, instructors get feedback from many more. Amazon Transcribe automatically creates text transcripts from the audio track in the videos and makes them available for students and instructors to view directly from within the classroom player. How are you measuring success?

Study 165

Study Lecturing Assistive Technology Exams 165

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

As an instructor, I have always considered myself to be friendly and approachable. Student perceptions of their instructors’ attitude toward them has been shown to be a predictor of student motivation (Wilson J. However, I have learned that many students tend to be reluctant to reach out for a variety of reasons.

Instructors 98

Instructors Syllabus Attention Teaching Assistants 98

Teach Hub

MARCH 4, 2024

How do we break this silence and boost student participation in our classroom? Here we’ll dive into strategies to encourage more active participation and examine why participation matters to students and educators. By involving students in the process, active learning can boost participation and engagement.

Participation 104

Participation Students Discussions Quizzes 104

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

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. It’s a message I’ve been arguing for a while.

Teaching 218

Teaching Lecturing Blended Courses Instructors 218

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Perhaps one of the most famous studies to come to this conclusion was the Tennessee Student Teacher Achievement Ratio (STAR) project in the 1980s. In the kindergarten years alone, the study found a “definite advantage for small classes in achievement.”. More positivity reported about participating in learning.

Achievement 257

Achievement Students Instructors Ethics 257

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Students who took multiple community college courses that used only free or low-cost OER materials earned more credits over time than their peers who took classes that used traditional course materials such as textbooks, according to a new study. Students saved an average of $65 per OER course at colleges participating in the study.

Textbooks 198

Textbooks Instructors Education Participation 198

Edsurge

MAY 29, 2020

A new “playbook” aims to strike the middle ground between offering higher ed instructors and institutions too much information about teaching remotely and offering too little. Disclosure: EdSurge is a participant in the network. Course Design Instructors should ask themselves: What do you want students to learn in your course?

Course Evaluations 196

Course Evaluations Instructors Evaluation Universal Design 196

eSchool News

JANUARY 7, 2016

The most important attribute of a successful online or blended learning program is a “rigorous and engaging curriculum,” according to participants in a recent study. instructors who are well-trained in delivering online courses. measurement of student progress with initial and ongoing assessments.

Blended Learning 226

Blended Learning Learning Instructors Online Learning 226

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Changing the way calculus is taught, proponents argue, helps more students find math approachable and relevant, making them therefore more likely to succeed while studying it. This idea is what drew instructors to sweaty Cambridge in July. the instructor asked. What’s your morning process?”

Math 218

Math Instructors Science STEM 218

eSchool News

AUGUST 28, 2024

Wow, you guys are quick studies.” Our instructors are subject matter experts who help guide their exploration by providing them with scenarios and simulations to solve. In one esports class, the instructors teach the students basic techniques associated with manipulating the characters in the video game. That is correct!” “Wow,

Skills 234

Skills Interdisciplinary Middle School Middle School 234

eSchool News

MAY 16, 2024

Intelligent AI tutoring programs accomplish this feat by using machine learning algorithms to detect patterns in how students interact with the software during study sessions. The system analyzes these patterns and adjusts its tutoring approach to match individual learning styles.

Learning Styles 308

Learning Styles Learning Students Gamification 308

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

To help adult learners, edtech tools should be designed for their needs and goals, support them in virtually communicating with instructors and classmates and offer them a smooth mobile experience, according to a new report published on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education.

Instructors 165

Instructors Textbooks Math Communication 165

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

And yet, adults regularly set out to study a second (or third, or fourth) language. That’s the kind of question asked by researchers who study motivation. And that’s what instructors strive to offer their service-member students at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, which looks out over Monterey Bay.

Motivation 214

Motivation Language Languages Learning 214

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Most of us know what to expect in a face-to-face classroom: Students sitting in rows, facing instructors and listening to lectures, watching videos displayed on screens up front, or, in smaller classes, participating in lively discussion. Others find it enriching to participate in online chat and polling.

Mobile Devices 212

Mobile Devices Lecturing Quizzes Participation 212

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Recent studies have shown alarming gaps in Americans’ understanding of our democratic processes and systems. Sixth, seventh, and eighth graders in participating states are invited to submit a 500-word essay addressing a community issue. The full list of participating states can be found on the map available at this link.

Math 254

Math Middle School Middle School Essay 254

eSchool News

JUNE 1, 2017

Based upon the 2010 study, I founded a company (IDS), which began putting tablets containing academic and vocational courses into jails and prisons. A lot of the stigma associated with taking classes was removed, and since the coursework was in the inmate’s hands, the expense of finding instructors and creating classes decreased dramatically.

Education 214

Education Instructors Study Math 214

Edsurge

APRIL 27, 2023

It turns out, one of the world’s most-cited educational researchers, Richard Mayer , is working on a series of studies looking at what kind of computer-generated voices and images are most engaging to learners and lead to the best outcomes. How do we create online tutors who are approachable and we want to learn from?’”

Lecturing 191

Lecturing Instructors English Textbooks 191

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 25, 2025

What is Peer-to-peer Learning Peer-to-peer learning is where individuals learn from and with each other rather than relying on a traditional teacher or instructor. Examples include study groups, coding boot camps where participants critique each others work, or online communities where users share expertise.

Feedback 156

Feedback Instructors Learning Critical Thinking 156

Edsurge

MAY 17, 2017

As instructors consider technology tools for their courses, they are increasingly looking for evidence of effectiveness. In their 2006 study, researchers Martin Eccles and Brian Mittman. In another, an instructor may be uncertain about how to use the technology and recommends it only for additional practice.

Instructors 160

Instructors Education Study Science 160

Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2018

The goal wasn’t to count the number of 3D printers or robotics clubs, but rather to take a more “ethnographic” view of the phenomena, says Youngmoo Kim, the director of Drexel’s ExCITe Center and an author of the study. Among the programs examined, men occupied 76 percent of the leadership roles, while women held just 24 percent.

Culture 166

Culture Instructors Fairness Critical Thinking 166

Edsurge

MAY 5, 2021

The likely result is that many new online faculty hires will not be moving along the tenure track, but will—like most online instructors today—enter the halls of academe as contingent workers, adjuncts with little job security. For faculty and students who participate in online classes conducted asynchronously, boundary-free time is old news.

Online Learning 201

Online Learning Teaching Lecturing Instructors 201

Edsurge

JULY 9, 2021

Providing the Spark Jenessa Peterson, director of learning engineering at the Learning Agency, touched off the discussion in a Google Group run by her organization with the question: Is A/B testing between two benign conditions without participants' knowledge OK? Peterson wondered at the concern over the test expressed in media coverage.

Ethics 207

Ethics Knowledge Testing Learning 207

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

Instead of hearing only from the same six students, instructors get feedback from many more. Amazon Transcribe automatically creates text transcripts from the audio track in the videos and makes them available for students and instructors to view directly from within the classroom player. How are you measuring success?

Study 100

Study Lecturing Assistive Technology Exams 100

Edsurge

MAY 25, 2020

But Bligh’s point was that because students’ attention spans and memory stamina vary widely, breaking the lecture into smaller increments of no longer than 20-30 minutes was optimal for different age groups he studied. Instructors have also experimented with lecture formats that did away with podiums and blackboards.

Lecturing 207

Lecturing Questions Learning Attention 207

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Many professors try new teaching approaches or new digital tools in their classes, but few actually study whether the changes work any better than the old way. Leaders of the effort admit that templates alone are unlikely to lead to a revolution in self-study by faculty. The university is still analyzing the results.)

Teaching 167

Teaching Lecturing Instructors Ethics 167

Edsurge

AUGUST 25, 2021

Engage Faculty in the Decision to Go Online “If faculty don’t participate, you won’t have a program,” says Lisa Springer, provost at LIM College, a small Manhattan fashion-management school. Earlier, Springer was associate dean at NYU’s School of Professional Studies.

Lecturing 207

Lecturing eLearning Instructors Course Evaluations 207

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Participants will get objective, honest and useful information from admissions experts and learn what it takes to choose the right college and build the strongest college application possible. The School’s first Symposium, an intensive one-day event for students and parents preparing for the college admissions process, will take place on Oct.

Instructors 160

Instructors Culture History Art 160

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.

Teaching 177

Teaching Instructors Syllabus Assignments 177

Edsurge

JUNE 28, 2023

Whether it’s trying to find your first-ever locker at the start of middle school or stepping onto a giant college campus for the first day of classes, studies have documented how that sense of isolation can go on to diminish students’ ability to succeed academically.

Middle School 175

Middle School Middle School Schools Students 175

Edsurge

DECEMBER 9, 2019

I am a cognitive psychologist, which means that I use science to study mental processes. The study material, the tasks and the timing of learning are all very tightly controlled. The way participants engage in the learning strategies is much more realistic, but we maintain control using the laboratory.

Laboratory 198

Laboratory Science Textbooks Lecturing 198

Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2022

Many instructors describe accommodations they’ve tried, like loosening homework deadlines or offering asynchronous alternatives to class conversations, but some now wonder whether this kind of leniency actually makes the situation worse. In their anecdotes, fewer students are showing up to class and turning work in on time (or at all).

Student Engagement 201

Student Engagement Instructors Hybrid Courses Exams 201

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The concept has become especially embedded in education, ever since schools and universities closed this spring and the video call service became the lifeline tethering students to instructors. And more than 35,000 people from 154 countries participated in its Zoom Academy for K-12 educators at the end of July. But Zoom has held on.

Education 208

Education Instructors Learning Communication 208