eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2023

Poptential , an award-winning family of free social studies course packages, offers instructors a variety of content to help students learn about the national debt using pop culture media to engage students. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Click to tweet. the nonprofit behind Poptential. The debt ceiling will be in the news this spring.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

At least, that’s according to a randomized study recently published in the peer-reviewed journal Science. Researchers tapped alternative models of calculus teaching that have shown evidence that they work, according to Kramer. That the traditional lecture method of teaching calculus isn’t as effective as active models.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Once upon a time, educators worried about the dangers of CliffsNotes — study guides that rendered great works of literature as a series of bullet points that many students used as a replacement for actually doing the reading. It’s not as simple as assuming that students are all cheaters, the instructor stresses.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 9, 2023

In education, case studies are widely used as a pedagogical tool to encourage critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and the application of theoretical knowledge. They serve as a bridge between theory and practice, promote active learning and the development of practical skills that improve their teaching methods.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Since the earliest days of colleges experimenting with teaching over the internet, the goal has been to replicate as closely as possible the physical classroom experience. And now that campuses are back from pandemic restrictions, many instructors are trying to incorporate those remote practices into their in-person teaching.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 18, 2021

However, moving a traditional classroom that’s built for face-to-face delivery to a hybrid-remote environment where instructors are teaching to both students in the classroom and online, often simultaneously, will take more than simply a laptop and a video conferencing application. Enter the multiscreen classroom. The model classroom.

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JANUARY 28, 2021

Studies have shown that students learn better from instructors displaying positive emotions—in other words, an upbeat lecturer is more effective than someone delivering in monotone. But when video lessons are led by computer animations instead of live instructors, how much do their simulated emotions matter?

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JANUARY 11, 2021

When I started teaching data science and artificial intelligence in Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering, I was frustrated by how little insight I actually felt I had into how effective my teaching was, until the end-of-semester final exam grades and student assessments came in.

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OCTOBER 19, 2023

Stuart Blythe teaches writing courses at Michigan State University that are officially listed as in-person only. But not every educator who tried hybrid teaching of some kind during the pandemic has continued it. Even vocal proponents of HyFlex admit it’s not widely popular among college instructors.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Poptential , an award-winning family of free social studies course packages, has expanded and enhanced its Bell Ringer content with the goal of providing a bell ringer for every day of the school year. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Click to tweet. Bell Ringers are brief conversation starters for use at the beginning of class to get students thinking.

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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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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Instead of thinking about UDL and blended learning as two separate disconnected approaches to teaching and learning, it is worth exploring the overlap between the two. Design and Deliver: Planning and Teaching Using Universal Design for Learning. I believe that blended learning models can make putting UDL into practice more manageable.

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AUGUST 1, 2024

As more instructors experiment with using generative AI to make teaching materials, an important question bubbles up. When Marc Watkins heads back into the classroom this fall to teach a digital media studies course, he plans to make clear to students how he’s now using AI behind the scenes in preparing for classes.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 20, 2025

Subsequently, instructor facilitated classroom conversations intended to enhance understanding of course content may stagnate and falter. The frame of content engagement can look different based on course, instructor and level of student. Stalnaker, J., Hubbard, A., H., & Bailey, E. Briggs, W. Sullivan, N., & Towler, 2005).

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eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2023

As Tax Day approaches, Poptential , a family of free social studies course packages, offers instructors media-rich content to teach key concepts about taxation in the United States. Poptential course packages include everything instructors need to teach a subject, including lessons, e-books, bell ringers , quizzes, and tests.

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eSchool News

MARCH 9, 2023

According to a recent study , grading is one of the least stressful activities early career teachers have to complete. To build a strong, meaningful grading policy, instructors must choose the approach that best fits the course design and student learning outcomes. For instance, are teachers allowed to reduce grades for late work?

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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. 12 brain/mind learning principles in action: The fieldbook for making connections, teaching, and the human brain (Vol.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 2, 2024

Case studies consist of a short narrative followed by guiding questions that help learners think through the steps of solving a real-world problem. Generative AI (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT make it easier and faster for educators to write case studies. What is a case study? 2009; Thistlethwaite et al.,

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Edsurge

MAY 5, 2021

As a longtime proponent of online higher education, I thought I’d take a stab at imagining a couple of effects digital education might have on teaching and learning in the college classroom. That has already started to happen during the pandemic, with so many faculty and staff working and teaching from home.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Year after year and in study after study, we see the same thing: Confident students are better students. In another survey , this one from 2020, more than 80 percent of students said that the thing they missed most in online learning was being able to see and collaborate with other students and their instructors in person.

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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.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Now in his 10th year of teaching , John’s students have gained national recognition as champions for children and immigrants like them through music videos and other digital content they create and share across platforms as @9thEvermore (on YouTube and Twitter/X ). Topics range from immigration to kids without fathers.

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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. Colleges found new ways of scaling, rethinking how teaching is done online. teach remote students.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 2, 2024

Case studies consist of a short narrative followed by guiding questions that help learners think through the steps of solving a real-world problem. Generative AI (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT make it easier and faster for educators to write case studies. What is a case study? 2009; Thistlethwaite et al.,

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

When Wendy Schatzberg, an associate professor at Utah Tech University, was teaching introductory chemistry, she thought her students would know how to use basic Microsoft Office tools like Excel and Word. I cannot and should not assume,” says Schatzberg, who also directs the Center for Teaching and Learning at Utah Tech. “We

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 28, 2023

The Ask a Tech Teacher crew has ideas on those skills that will not only serve you well in your academics but beyond: 4 Highly Important Study Skills to Develop During College and Beyond We spend a lifetime learning, so it makes sense to develop a few study skills that will make our lives easier.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2023

He devoted the bulk of his time and energy to studying how to improve teaching. “I In fact he had been pursuing research to improve physics teaching for years, as a parallel area of work that people hadn’t paid much attention to. Wieman has led efforts to improve science teaching.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The Lifelong Learning Report: Trends & Insights from K-12 to Career is a comprehensive study analyzing the evolving landscape of education and the role technology plays in shaping the future of learning.

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eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2025

A nonprofit organization for career and technical education (CTE), SkillsUSA serves more than 413,000 middle school, high school, and college students and instructors nationwide.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

She discovered multiple studies on the efficacy of peer feedback when well-guided by an instructor, some with numerous tips to be mined and applied. Though her study examined college mentoring programs, there was a clear connection for me. She also found the work of U.K.-based She added: “That way I can get feedback that I need.”

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eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2019

We have a duty to learn about the latest advances in our fields of study, so we can pass that knowledge on to our students and implement the most effective methods for teaching modern topics and concepts. I was introduced to new teaching methods of teaching. The following are my top three takeaways from the STEM PD.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 14, 2021

As the pandemic has forced more teaching online, plenty of instructors have been trying to figure out the best way to keep students’ attention and interest with lecture videos or Zoom sessions. It’s almost like this symphony that the instructor is the heart of.” That’s not to say that the transparent whiteboard is ineffective.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 23, 2022

I NDIANAPOLIS, (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — When teaching about the labor movement in the United States, instructors often focus on Cesar Chavez and Peter McGuire to illustrate the rise of unions and workers’ rights. They include everything instructors need to teach a subject, including lessons, e-books, bell ringers, quizzes, and tests.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Poptential , a family of award-winning social studies course packages that infuse lessons with digital storytelling, offers an array of engaging content to illustrate the culture, traditions, and history of Native Americans for National American Indian Heritage Month. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Click to tweet. Signed into law by President George H.

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OCTOBER 26, 2021

He’s Robert Talbert, a math professor at Grand Valley State University in Michigan, and he’s someone who spent a lot of time thinking about how to improve college teaching. The conversation gets at how much can be automated about teaching, and what is it, exactly, about having a live instructor that matters?

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eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2019

According to Code.org, the majority of Americans want schools to teach computer science , but only 35 percent of high schools teach it. Code.org ’s free online courses teach programming languages or how to create games, apps, and websites. Related: 20 ideas for teaching coding in math, science, social studies, and ELA.

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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.

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