eSchool News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

.” National Civics Bee Teams Up With Khan Academy This year, for the first time, students who advance to the local competitions will receive free tutoring support through Khan Academy’s new AI-powered tutor and teaching assistant, Khanmigo. ” The course format is partially synchronous.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

And the decisions those teachers make may be influenced by factors like how familiar they are with the technology or even what gender they are, according to a new study. That can lead to missteps, like, in his opinion, regarding chatbots as a replacement for instructors or paraprofessionals. The main findings?

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Ethics Teachers Laboratory Writing 200

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).

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

In math classes before digital technology, he says, it was actually rare to write out how you think about a problem at length. Artificial intelligence will supply every student on the planet a talented personal tutor and every teacher an amazing teaching assistant, Khan has said.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

McGraw-Hill and Pearon emphasized that instructors retain the freedom to decide whether to assign bundled materials to students in their classes, and those students can then choose whether to opt out. Pearson has typically seen opt-out rates below 5 percent, according to Osborne.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

One document they obtained outlines a set of possible services Academic Partnerships provides that includes “utilize virtual teaching assistance,” and also talks about details including course lengths and caps on enrollment. AP does not provide any teaching assistance nor oversight of it,” she added.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2016

The full stack of technologies and frivolous thrills one might expect to find on today’s college campuses were on full display at Educause, the. hulking gathering of higher-ed technology staff, faculty and companies. No longer, he says, does it make sense for colleges to divorce technology from teaching and learning.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2024

One thing we know for sure is that AI is not going away and will continue to evolve and change the landscape of teaching and learning. Often, there are suggestions on what AI can do, but instructors might struggle with figuring out how to use it effectively. It’s like having a teaching assistant that never sleeps!

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Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2019

We can build robot teachers, or even robot teaching assistants. And he believes that having AI-driven tutors or instructors will help them each get the individual approach they need. in AI technology by the year 2030, so there is almost a Sputnik-like push for the tech going on right now in China. But should we?

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Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2018

Students may feel relief as they hand in an exam, but the moment marks the beginning of stress and anxiety for instructors and teaching assistants, who may need to grade hundreds of tests in a short time. Second, the tool is not designed to fully-automate grading, meaning instructors aren’t out of the process completely.

Grades 99

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 10, 2023

That’s enough to give most instructors pause and has set off a flurry of activity in reimagining how we assess learning in order to reduce the risk of student cheating. Advances in technology are inevitable. For large classrooms, technology is a powerful enabler, especially for those who may be less inclined to speak up.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

For instructors who want to adopt it, he provides a password to a library of materials, and even plans to add the slides he uses for the in-person version of the course. He also used some of the money to send his teaching assistants to cities around the globe. embassy to get him out.

Textbooks 162

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

Equity remained front and center, too, raising issues of inequitable technology access, along with racial and socioeconomic disparities and discrimination. For over a year now, the focus has been on getting technology into the hands of students. Schools had a crash course in greater instructional technology usage during the pandemic.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2024

One thing we know for sure is that AI is not going away and will continue to evolve and change the landscape of teaching and learning. Often, there are suggestions on what AI can do, but instructors might struggle with figuring out how to use it effectively. It’s like having a teaching assistant that never sleeps!

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Assignments Feedback Teaching Assistants 111

Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2018

Even the best instructors may not be able to reach every student. And often that’s because there is a disconnect between what students expect from college teaching and what actually ends up happening in the classroom. Was the faculty member or any teaching assistant involved or was that all student mediated?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2020

Last week, Pearson announced it paid $25 million to acquire Smart Sparrow’s technology, in a move that the publisher says will bolster the digital infrastructure that will soon support all its future higher-education offerings. The following year, Knewton was bought in a deal that has become a poster child for education technology hype.

Learning 137

Learning Textbooks Feedback Teaching Assistants 137

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Importantly, building classes that contain these elements for both students and instructors can lead to benefits for all. Below, I outline details about the five components and ideas for both students and instructors. For instructors: Reflect on your decision latitude to design your course from start to finish.

Course Design 96

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 10, 2023

That’s enough to give most instructors pause and has set off a flurry of activity in reimagining how we assess learning in order to reduce the risk of student cheating. Advances in technology are inevitable. For large classrooms, technology is a powerful enabler, especially for those who may be less inclined to speak up.

Minute Papers 119

Minute Papers Instructors Students Assignments 119

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Importantly, building classes that contain these elements for both students and instructors can lead to benefits for all. Below, I outline details about the five components and ideas for both students and instructors. For instructors: Reflect on your decision latitude to design your course from start to finish.

Course Design 87

Course Design Teaching Instructors Motivation 87

Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2019

His teaching assistants have engaged with students in the class from places such as Ethiopia, Northern Ireland, Guatemala, Samoa and Vietnam. He offers a free set of resources for instructors who wish to use the ANTH 101 materials. These answers are curated on the main ANTH 101 website.

Learning 163

Learning Students Assignments Participation 163

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

Teaching in a large-size classroom differs significantly from teaching in a small-size classroom in terms of engagement, interaction, and instructional methods (Wang & Calvano, 2022). To address the disparity between in-person and remote students, instructors can implement strategies that ensure both groups feel equally engaged.

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Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 82

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Equity remained front and center, too, raising issues of inequitable technology access, along with racial and socioeconomic disparities and discrimination. Beheshti, IEEE Senior Member, Dean of the College of Engineering and Computing Sciences at New York Institute of Technology. — Babak D.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

To prevent COVID learning losses, ASU Prep Digital provides online instructors to teach Cleveland-area students who miss in-person learning due to a 10-day quarantine. We look forward to customizing this offering to fit the needs of more schools that could use this same type of quality teaching assistance.”.

Hybrid Learning 130

Hybrid Learning Schools Learning Curriculum 130

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

TPS is also a lower-stake activity than most group work, since the learning takes place in an environment that the teacher controls, where the students are encouraged to share their communal learning with the whole class under the direct supervision of the instructor. References Bouchrika, I. research.com. link] Bruff, D. Carvalho, P.

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Lecturing Active Learning Activities STEM 98

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

Teaching in a large-size classroom differs significantly from teaching in a small-size classroom in terms of engagement, interaction, and instructional methods (Wang & Calvano, 2022). To address the disparity between in-person and remote students, instructors can implement strategies that ensure both groups feel equally engaged.

Teaching 79

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 79

Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2018

These stories also show that innovative teaching was top of mind this past year, from shaking up the way instructors teach online, to talking about race in the classroom, to experimenting with augmented and virtual reality. Technology shapes our behavior everyday. Here’s what happened, and what he learned.

Education 134

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 14, 2023

At present, the smartphone is simply a device for quickly looking up facts, but as AI agents, like Alexa and Google Nest, continue to improve, these personal assistants will become more useful” (p. To tap into the full potential of AI-driven education, schools and institutions must prioritize building solid technological infrastructure.

Intelligence 122

Intelligence Ethics Feedback Assignments 122

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Reflecting on my experiences as a student, I know how tough it is to pay attention during these longer lectures and wish instructors had a different way to deliver them. With the rise of modern technology, countless online tools are now available to help students stay engaged in the classroom. References Ambrose, Susan A.,

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Lecturing Attention Students Discussions 102

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 14, 2023

At present, the smartphone is simply a device for quickly looking up facts, but as AI agents, like Alexa and Google Nest, continue to improve, these personal assistants will become more useful” (p. To tap into the full potential of AI-driven education, schools and institutions must prioritize building solid technological infrastructure.

Intelligence 110

Intelligence Ethics Feedback Assignments 110

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Reflecting on my experiences as a student, I know how tough it is to pay attention during these longer lectures and wish instructors had a different way to deliver them. With the rise of modern technology, countless online tools are now available to help students stay engaged in the classroom. References Ambrose, Susan A.,

Lecturing 94

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Edsurge

MAY 18, 2017

Just as professors wouldn’t bring in a teaching assistant they couldn’t talk to or collaborate with, they shouldn’t adopt interactive tools that are mysterious and locked. And my response to that is, I completely believe that most—99.999 percent—of the educational-technology companies out there are ethical.

Teaching 96

Teaching Ethics Textbooks Laboratory 96

Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2023

And they say the key is to use technology to make the approach more convenient and less draining. To use Sherpa, an instructor first uploads the reading they’ve assigned, or they can have the student upload a paper they’ve written. She typically teaches mechanical engineering courses with 100 to 150 students.

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Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2020

I'm the world's first android teaching assistant. So she relies on support from William Barry, the philosophy instructor who records her delivering brief lectures for his undergraduate class on the ethics of emerging technology. “Are you having a good day?” I am, yes, thank you. Could you please introduce yourself? “I

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Edsurge

MAY 20, 2020

As this COVID-disrupted semester comes to a close, we wanted to know how well the emergency online teaching experiment went at colleges, and what it felt like from instructors’ point of view. Meanwhile, teaching assistants led the weekly group sessions via Zoom, at the same time each week. Was it as good?

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Lecturing History Teaching Assistants Learning 189

Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2024

At first, he stumbled and, his hands weak, relied entirely on teaching assistants to write equations on the board for him. It’s of particular concern for reinforcing inequality in lucrative and vital science, technology, engineering and math careers, since the classification can knock students off the path to those positions.

Math 186

Math Beliefs Teaching Assistants Culture 186

Faculty Focus

MARCH 11, 2025

By creating a learning environment tailored to various majors, addressing barriers, and demonstrating real-world applications, instructors can make the classroom “YOUnique.” This innovative teaching environment blends engaged lectures with hands-on, collaborative activities, with the instructor as a facilitator.

Interdisciplinary 59

Interdisciplinary Instructors Students Motivation 59

Faculty Focus

MARCH 11, 2025

By creating a learning environment tailored to various majors, addressing barriers, and demonstrating real-world applications, instructors can make the classroom “YOUnique.” This innovative teaching environment blends engaged lectures with hands-on, collaborative activities, with the instructor as a facilitator.

Interdisciplinary 57

Interdisciplinary Instructors Students Motivation 57