Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2025

Provide Closed Captioning on posted videos (lectures, resources, etc.). Examine course syllabi to make sure policies (late work, absence, participation grades, etc.) Discuss the need to broaden participation and opportunities for people with disabilities in your department/college.

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Teach Hub

APRIL 23, 2025

Adding a competitive element can turn even the most reluctant learners into active participants. Make Math Interactive with Technology Instead of relying solely on lectures, use technology to help students visualize concepts: Desmos for interactive graphing. Quizzes to review material in a high-energy way.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 15, 2025

A costly misconception is that pedagogical approaches in higher education must be lecture-based and teacher-led. Aside from promoting positive interdependence and individual accountability, students participate equally through simultaneous interactions. With transparent directions, every student knows exactly what to do.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 22, 2025

Thus, this holistic approach empowers learners to become active, self-directed participants in their educational journey, preparing them for the challenges of the modern world (Blumberg, 2019). Currently, he is a Senior Lecturer at Residential College 4, NUS. Bellam Sreenivasulu earned his Ph.D.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 10, 2025

And students from those environments bring that context with them when they walk into our lecture halls. Rethink Participation Not everyone feels comfortable speaking up in class. The other didn’t have working air conditioning. These weren’t just different schools—they were different worlds. Often, it’s a preparedness gap.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 10, 2025

And students from those environments bring that context with them when they walk into our lecture halls. Rethink Participation Not everyone feels comfortable speaking up in class. The other didn’t have working air conditioning. These weren’t just different schools—they were different worlds. Often, it’s a preparedness gap.

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Teaching Elementary School Elementary School Failure 53

Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 27, 2025

” Another advantage is the fact that they require every student to participate “something in social psychology we call the diffusion of responsibility. rapid retrieval: During a lecture, stop every 10 minutes or so to ask a question about a topic you’ve covered. It’s crickets.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Research indicates that active participation leads to higher retention rates, which can be upwards of 60% for students engaged in interactive learning. Today’s students demand more than just traditional lectures and textbooks; they’re looking for an engaging, flexible, and personalized learning experience.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

Over multiple semesters, more than 2,000 students voluntarily participated in IRB-approved surveys and follow-up interviews. Flexibility in format and modality such as recorded lectures, alternative assignments, or extended deadlinesmade students feel supported, capable, and seen. These were not standard end-of-semester evaluations.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 22, 2025

Thus, this holistic approach empowers learners to become active, self-directed participants in their educational journey, preparing them for the challenges of the modern world (Blumberg, 2019). Currently, he is a Senior Lecturer at Residential College 4, NUS. Bellam Sreenivasulu earned his Ph.D.

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Art Curriculum Interdisciplinary Teaching 97

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 16, 2025

Lecturing at the front of the room allows reluctant students to disengage easily, especially if they don’t understand what you’re teaching (and they’re not likely to ask questions about it). Shift to a student-centered classroom It’s no secret that teacher-centered classrooms are on the way out in the 21st century.

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Cal Matters

JUNE 25, 2025

A professor lectures students during class at Sacramento State University on Oct. That disengagement hindered attendance and participation during and after the pandemic, Davidson-Boyd said. “A One of her few in-person classes was a math course, but it was held in a large lecture hall and required students to wear masks. “I

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 29, 2025

Further, when we relax the assumption that we are all separate selves , it becomes clearer that all participants’ behaviors are embedded in and conditioned by society and the environment. We become less distracted and more present when we turn off Zoom’s self-view and quiet our built-in self-view.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 29, 2025

Further, when we relax the assumption that we are all separate selves , it becomes clearer that all participants’ behaviors are embedded in and conditioned by society and the environment. We become less distracted and more present when we turn off Zoom’s self-view and quiet our built-in self-view.

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Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2019

Dan Levy had long considered himself an equitable instructor in terms of calling on students to participate in class discussions. So in 2014, the senior lecturer in public policy at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government decided to test that assumption. The difference may be more pronounced in science classes.

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Edsurge

MAY 25, 2020

What’s the Use of Lectures? Let’s start with one of education’s most hallowed traditions: the lecture. In his 1971 book “ What’s the Use of Lectures? The author’s work did not discount the fact that there are inspirational teachers whose lectures are so compelling they can hold student attention for hours.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 14, 2020

Last night I had the opportunity to be a guest lecturer for students in the credential program at UC Riverside. As I was planning my presentation, I knew I wanted to engage the group attending my lecture. I decided to use Mentimeter to encourage audience participation throughout my presentation.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Here’s Why Kids Should Participate in Extracurricular Activities Most parents ignore this, but playtime activities significantly contribute to a child’s overall development. That said, below are a few reasons your child should actively participate in extracurricular activities: 1.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 21, 2021

lecture, discussion, written responses), there are myriad barriers that may make it hard for students to access information and share their learning effectively. What might make it hard for a student to process information presented verbally in a lecture or mini-lesson? Taking time to identify barriers in our design work is critical.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Even though the flipped classroom encouraged teachers to record lectures and mini-lessons to send home with students for homework, video can be woven into the class period to shift control from teacher to learner. Unlike a whole group discussion in class, an online discussion makes it possible for every student to participate.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Immersive learning experiences are a new type of educational experience that can be used in place of traditional lectures and classrooms. It’s designed for learners who are interested in hands-on experiences, problem-solving, and discovery over non-traditional methods like reading textbooks and listening to lectures from a professor.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 23, 2020

lectures or mini-lessons), I would suggest recording a video and allowing students to self-pace through that video. It is essential to build in time for them to discuss information and ask questions. TeachingVideoConf. If teachers are planning to use video conference to simply transfer information (e.g., 2 Facilitate a Small Group Discussion.

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eSchool News

APRIL 29, 2022

The traditional sequence of teaching using lectures, discussion, projects, and testing was upended during the pandemic as teachers adapted to digital classrooms and students took on more responsibility for their learning. In many traditional classrooms, the majority of class time is spent in a lecture-and-listen format.

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Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

At times, however, that stone may feel like a boulder, especially to research faculty who are used to delivering lectures and to whom the switch to activity-based learning may seem like a daunting and demanding venture into unfamiliar territory. 2023; Hsu & Goldsmith, 2021; Venus & Sharma, 2024). Two birds with one stone.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 7, 2021

McKinsey reports that studies of current virtual classrooms show that only about 60 percent of low-income students regularly participate, compared to 90 percent of high-income students.

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eSchool News

MARCH 4, 2024

In general, students are drawn to maps and globes in the classroom and the beauty of the interactive map is that it allows them to zoom in, pan, and click on specific regions or events, which encourages even more active participation and sparks their curiosity.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Here are three effective strategies: Think-Pair-Share : This strategy encourages active participation and collaboration among students. Interactive Lectures : Incorporating interactive activities like polls, quizzes, or discussions into lectures keeps students engaged and reinforces key concepts.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

We intentionally don’t use our valuable time together in class to lecture. We want them to be active participates in the learning that happens in N.E.W. Instead, we use that time to get students exploring, researching, collaborating, and, ultimately, leading the learning. We also strive to make learning experiential in N.E.W.

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Learning Lecturing Assignments Participation 354

eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

If traditional teaching methods reliant on textbooks, lecture, and rote memorization have proven anything, it’s that one size definitely does not fit all. We do that by ditching the lectures and embracing experiments, multimedia, discussions, and hands-on activities that resonate with most learners. Try, fail, learn, repeat.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Active learning Lectures and memorization are taking a back seat to active learning. To be successful, active learning depends heavily on the student’s participation. New technology enables students to participate in the way that’s most comfortable for them.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2016

After completion of the courses, all participants have the opportunity to receive certificates. Have you ever downloaded an online lecture from iTunes? It has a lot of resources for students, including books, videos, lectures, flashcards, and other materials. iTunes University.

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Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2020

Option 1: Paper-based teaching Point a camera at a piece of paper, write on it and lecture. And here’s what your student will see: Option 2: Whiteboard or easel teaching Point a camera at yourself while lecturing in front of a whiteboard or easel+paper pad. Set video to “on” for both host and participant 2.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

A recent Titan Partners survey found that students are eager to participate in on-campus courses with digitally embedded exercises. Each week, I’d assign several lectures I’d recorded earlier on video. None of our class time was given to me delivering lectures.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2020

The company was co-founded by Andrew Kimmel, a network television producer ( The Bachelor, Dancing With the Stars, The Great Christmas Light Fight) and former Head of Live Video for BuzzFeed News, as he looked to create a new medium to make viewers active participants with videos.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Some students are hesitant to participate in discussions and activities, so be deliberate about using synchronous time to foster participation by all learners. Extensive lecturing is not a good use of your time, or learners’ time, in synchronous online learning.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 1, 2024

They participate in student-centered learning. Students of any age can only listen to a lecture so long before they start tuning the teacher out completely. For example, occasionally allowing students to complete an assignment or a project using a different type of media can go a long way toward engagement.

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eSchool News

JUNE 20, 2022

Students nationwide participate in the ASU course. The course uses Canvas to manage the online, asynchronous portion of learning – this includes recorded lectures by ASU faculty, along with weekly assignments and quizzes. To date, over 225 high schoolers have enrolled in the course.

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