Edsurge

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

As a lecturer at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, where I teach econometrics and research methods, I spend a lot of time thinking about the intersection between data, education and social justice — and how generative AI will reshape the experience of gathering, analyzing and using data for change.

Research Methods 200

Research Methods Critical Thinking Assignments Learning 200

Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2020

EdSurge: In researching this book, you write that you spent two years looking at distraction in classrooms. Can you talk about some of your research methods? Lang: There were two strains of research I conducted for the book. Also, people will say students lose their attention if you lecture at them for a long time.

Instructors 218

Instructors Attention Education Lecturing 218

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Resources for learning and teaching the fullness of Black history all year round. I started learning about the diaspora through books and archives when I attended a historically Black university (HBCU) for graduate school. My wife and I chose Aniefuna because in studying Black history, we learned that our land was never lost.

History 162

History Teaching Learning Writing 162

Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2017

Hiram calls its initiative “Tech and Trek,” emphasizing that both digital and real-life experiences play a part in learning. We’re very interested in having the mobile technology used outside the classroom where so much learning takes place,” says Hiram president Lori Varlotta. In the Android world, the quality is not quite as strong.”

Mobile Devices 110

Mobile Devices Textbooks Teaching Lecturing 110

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Large language models 1 Large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT are complex algorithms developed through a type of machine learning called deep learning. With the advent of machine learning in the 1980s, statistical models could be trained to learn patterns in text, produce decision trees, or recognize speech and classify text.

Ethics 128

Ethics Feedback Intelligence Language 128

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Large language models 1 Large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT are complex algorithms developed through a type of machine learning called deep learning. With the advent of machine learning in the 1980s, statistical models could be trained to learn patterns in text, produce decision trees, or recognize speech and classify text.

Ethics 109

Ethics Feedback Intelligence Language 109

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Instead, it is vital that I investigate concrete strategies for greatly increasing students’ involvement in learning. Research in the areas of cognitive psychology and neuroscience offer a fundamental understanding of attention as the first step in putting information into our working memory (Kahneman, 1973).

Attention 122

Attention Students Quizzes Interdisciplinary 122