Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Josemaria and I share the belief that “…[technology] must be transparent, like a lens; otherwise, it hinders learning.” ” Here’s his take on the use of videos in education: Multimedia content as a way to learning process personalization. It can be called the multimedia learning hypothesis (Mayer, 2005).

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Learning Textbooks Lecturing Syllabus 156

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

There are multiple pathways to holding students accountable for their evidence of learning; one is to focus on cheating, the other is to focus on integrity. A claim about integrity is supported by a learners ability to transparently document and reflect on the learning process and explain or expand on their results.

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Academic Integrity Learning Assignments Feedback 88

Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2021

And since so many people we talk to stress the value of experiential learning—and since this particular trend is so fast-moving and hard to illustrate—we decided to try minting and selling an NFT ourselves and document the process. Textbooks and College Sports? The next best application is textbooks,” he responded to my email query.

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Textbooks Education Syllabus Writing 197

Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2017

Is that a real A, or an A based on turning in the syllabus? With its new ‘learn’ feature, Quizlet helps students not only memorize but understand terms quickly and effectively. “I The average high school textbook costs $70 and weighs about a million pounds. We spend the entire semester wondering what our grade is. I’m serious.

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Quizzes Textbooks Syllabus Students 144

Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2016

.—$20,000 dollars of student debt, 14 months, one thesis, two internships, $1,500 dollars worth of textbooks, and countless sleepless nights later and I finally earned those two little letters following my name. After learning about open educational resources (OER) at the HEeD Think Tank last spring (now. Open Textbooks.

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Textbooks Syllabus Course Design Communication 123

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 29, 2023

However, as a former instructor of online courses, I have seen first-hand the power of introducing a librarian to a group of online students and how such exposure can lead to curiosity on a topic and deepen student learning. Be open to a discussion of the course you teach or plan to teach. This could be quite a revealing discussion.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Textbooks and course materials to review, syllabi to update, lessons to plan, lectures to prepare. Since the pandemic, which necessitated the use of Learning Management Systems (LMS) such as Canvas or Blackboard, there is now an additional component to consider in developing our courses. So how do we begin to address these concerns?

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Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 122

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Back in 2018, I decided to take the plunge and move to an OER textbook. At the time I made my OER commitment, there were limited open textbook options available. After bouncing around a few, I finally settled on OpenStax , a free online textbook platform through Rice University.

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Textbooks Syllabus Instructors Peer Review 116

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 15, 2024

For some, planning revolves around syllabus revision, closing loopholes, and adjusting dates. This may not sound particularly innovative, especially since many teachers provide a calendar in the syllabus. Designate time periods for the learning, based on content difficulty and importance. It wasnt an effective system.

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Syllabus Exams Course Outline Attention 112

Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Accompanying the push for more personalized learning is an emphasis on increasing student voice and agency in classrooms. For students of color in both urban and suburban settings, the content currently being fed to them in the digital age is no different than the eurocentric curriculum of the textbook era.

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Culture Education Syllabus Attention 167

Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Khan Academy) also fall within the category of instructional technology, as do digital textbooks and “open educational resources,” materials that are available online for free or at a low cost. Technology is often seen as a way to provide students with more personalized learning.

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Technology Education Syllabus Counselling 158

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Back in 2018, I decided to take the plunge and move to an OER textbook. At the time I made my OER commitment, there were limited open textbook options available. After bouncing around a few, I finally settled on OpenStax , a free online textbook platform through Rice University.

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Textbooks Syllabus Instructors Peer Review 104

Edsurge

JUNE 10, 2021

About a month into each semester, Gayle Golden sets aside a little time to ask her students about their learning. Experts say it’s an effective strategy for improving teaching and learning quickly—sometimes as soon as the very next class period. What should we start doing in this class? What should we stop doing in this class? “If

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Feedback Instructors Students Syllabus 195

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

On their syllabus: networking and identifying the latest market trends in the education industry that can drive a company’s growth—and, of course, financial returns. Still, the opportunity is not stopping companies like Imagine Learning and Mathnasium, which have launched operations in Vietnam. Is It Supplemental? Does This Matter?)

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Education Textbooks Syllabus Schools 148

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Textbooks and course materials to review, syllabi to update, lessons to plan, lectures to prepare. Since the pandemic, which necessitated the use of Learning Management Systems (LMS) such as Canvas or Blackboard, there is now an additional component to consider in developing our courses. So how do we begin to address these concerns?

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Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 105

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 15, 2024

For some, planning revolves around syllabus revision, closing loopholes, and adjusting dates. This may not sound particularly innovative, especially since many teachers provide a calendar in the syllabus. Designate time periods for the learning, based on content difficulty and importance. It wasnt an effective system.

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Syllabus Exams Course Outline Attention 101

Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2019

Right before the start of the Fall semester in 2002, Robertson learned that the 400-seat movie theater that held his Principles of Marketing class at San Francisco State University would no longer be available. Using tech to personalize learning Robertson has long believed that the linear approach to teaching may not be right for everyone.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

And Proctorio has inked deals with McGraw-Hill and other textbook publishers to bundle its proctoring tool into courseware, meaning even doing homework may now involved being watched and tracked for suspicious behavior. Is a ‘desk scan’ necessary for a syllabus quiz? That’s ridiculous,” he says.

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Plagiarism Exams Confidentiality Testing 218

Edsurge

APRIL 13, 2018

IBM Watson Education is building its own chatbot that it has added to some commercial textbooks as part of a pilot project. But he doubts that experiments like Jill Watson will work outside of a few computer-science classes (where, after all, the students are learning to build bots themselves). “We

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Teaching Syllabus Teaching Assistants Textbooks 145

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 24, 2018

Clutch Prep calls themselves “the video version of textbooks” but really, that doesn’t give you the full flavor of what they offer. Their academic how-to videos are textbook-specific so you pick the ones used in your classes, even by your teacher. You can try them all or pick what works best for your learning style.

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Textbooks Exams Syllabus Essay 95

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 15, 2022

This is not the kind of refresh that comes from revising a syllabus, choosing a new textbook, or working out the details of a group project. I have to admit that I’ve never been a big fan of conferences—too many people, always in big cities—and I’d rather learn alone at home in my blue jeans with a cat curled on my lap.

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Syllabus Quizzes Textbooks Motivation 126

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Bean backpack along with my textbooks and kelly green Trapper Keeper. The more I learn about ChatGPT and its rivals through attending webinars, talking to colleagues, and toying with this web-based tool, the more questions I have. Remember CliffsNotes, the predecessor of Course Hero and similar web-based study resources?

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Syllabus Academic Integrity eLearning Assignments 124

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2024

As the lazy days of summer start to dwindle, it’s time to trade in beach reads for textbooks and flip-flops for sensible shoes. As generative AI evolves rapidly, it is essential to explore and discuss its impact on teaching and learning for both faculty and students. But fear not!

Syllabus 119

Syllabus Assignments Feedback Teaching Assistants 119

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Bean backpack along with my textbooks and kelly green Trapper Keeper. The more I learn about ChatGPT and its rivals through attending webinars, talking to colleagues, and toying with this web-based tool, the more questions I have. Remember CliffsNotes, the predecessor of Course Hero and similar web-based study resources?

Syllabus 119

Syllabus Academic Integrity eLearning Assignments 119

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2024

As the lazy days of summer start to dwindle, it’s time to trade in beach reads for textbooks and flip-flops for sensible shoes. As generative AI evolves rapidly, it is essential to explore and discuss its impact on teaching and learning for both faculty and students. But fear not!

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Assignments Feedback Teaching Assistants 111

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 17, 2023

For some, planning revolves around syllabus revision, closing loopholes, and adjusting dates. This may not sound particularly innovative, especially since many teachers provide a calendar in the syllabus. Designate time periods for the learning, based on content difficulty and importance. It wasn’t an effective system.

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Exams Syllabus Course Outline Attention 111

Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2018

Author Dan Heath says creating more moments like these in the classroom can help students learn. To do so, he claimed, faculty need to move away from the usual mindset of taking a textbook, identifying modules and organizing lectures designed around a cookie cutter curriculum. Or they still are able to do __.

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Instructors Syllabus Textbooks Lecturing 107

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 17, 2023

For some, planning revolves around syllabus revision, closing loopholes, and adjusting dates. This may not sound particularly innovative, especially since many teachers provide a calendar in the syllabus. Designate time periods for the learning, based on content difficulty and importance. It wasn’t an effective system.

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Exams Syllabus Course Outline Attention 105

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 15, 2022

This is not the kind of refresh that comes from revising a syllabus, choosing a new textbook, or working out the details of a group project. I have to admit that I’ve never been a big fan of conferences—too many people, always in big cities—and I’d rather learn alone at home in my blue jeans with a cat curled on my lap.

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Syllabus Quizzes Textbooks Motivation 98

Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Open” textbooks. Below is just a small sample of the range of activities and conversations they engaged in, as described by Andrew Rikard , an undergraduate at Davidson College and the facilitator of the inaugural cohort: “We built our own syllabus, decided what topics interested us and recruited experts to talk to us about those topics.

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Syllabus Students Essay Languages 107

Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

This article includes a free, open-access resource for educators: What Your Students Arent Telling You: Listening, Learning, and Leading with Empathy. The book, co-authored with students, offers actionable strategies and insights to help create more inclusive and humane learning environments. Textbook format and cost mattered.

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Disabilities Course Design Lecturing Students 64

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 1, 2018

Study.com (formerly called Education-Portal) is a distance learning portal that provides over 70,000 lessons in fifteen subjects (including algebra, calculus, physics, chemistry, macro- and microeconomics, and more) aligned with popular textbooks. Provide students with self-paced, student-driven learning. Things to know.

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Exams Quizzes Textbooks Syllabus 83

k12 Online Schools

MAY 12, 2025

Welcome to the Hidden Curriculum of the Internet We often imagine learning as something that happens within school walls, books opened, teachers talking, students taking notes. This is the hidden curriculum of the internet, which aids online learning. This is informal learning. But in 2025, that idea is rapidly fading.

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Online Learning Lecturing Learning Textbooks 52

Lab to Class

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Education, especially formalized education in schools, has long held that in order for students to learn effectively, they must have solid study routines, consistent teachers, and unified textbooks. Routines Develop Good Habits Routines are also good for developing good habits.

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Study Lecturing Learning Activities 52

EAB

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Heather joins EAB's Tara Zirkel to talk about how faculty advisors and administrators came together to address what appeared to be a double-digit enrollment deficit as they headed into the fall semester, what this team accomplished provides a textbook example of how to leverage people, technology and process improvements to maximum effect.

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Coaching Communication Instructors Questions 97

Edsurge

JULY 25, 2019

That's something that hasn't really been knowable, since no one's been able to collect every syllabus out there and analyze the reading lists on them to see what pops as the top ranked. It's called the Open Syllabus Project and it's run out of a public policy center at Columbia University.

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Syllabus Textbooks Assignments Education 123

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Attach your class syllabus (if ready) Encourage students to reach out to you if they have any questions and identify the best method for them to do this—email, phone, Learning Management System, etc. I send them to the emails the school has on record and I also post the email to our Learning Management System (LMS).

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Syllabus Teachers Discussions Questions 111