Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Students these days are distracted. That question is the topic of a new book out this month by James Lang, called “ Distracted: Why Students Can’t Focus and What You Can Do About It. It’s a surprisingly optimistic take on the topic—it goes out of its way not to blame students or urge blanket tech bans.

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Instructors Attention Education Lecturing 218

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.

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Research Methods Critical Thinking Assignments Learning 200

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

I always imagined that as my experience with teaching grew, I would be able to better motivate students and help focus my students. It turns out that with each passing year, I’m finding it increasingly difficult to capture and hold a student’s attention and focus during my lessons. 2020, Orhan and Beyhan, 2020).

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Attention Students Quizzes Interdisciplinary 122

Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2017

So when Hiram College announced last month that it would provide every student and professor an iPad starting this fall, it made us wonder what the state of Apple’s sector-creating tablet on campuses is these days. (It Varlotta says giving everyone—faculty and students—the same device with the same apps will be a learning equalizer.

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Mobile Devices Textbooks Teaching Lecturing 110

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

I always imagined that as my experience with teaching grew, I would be able to better motivate students and help focus my students. It turns out that with each passing year, I’m finding it increasingly difficult to capture and hold a student’s attention and focus during my lessons. 2020, Orhan and Beyhan, 2020).

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Attention Students Quizzes Interdisciplinary 111

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The chapters in this anthology illustrate the magic of educators co-creating with students and sharing power to uplift students’ voices. Multiple chapters are co-authored with teachers and students, and several chapters are written by teachers. If you don’t believe me, check out some of his recorded lectures.

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History Teaching Learning Writing 162

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

ChatGPT’s emergence and subsequent evolution as a generative artificial intelligence tool introduces new ways of assisting students with research design. as a tool in research project supervision. I designed a prompt that contextualized the task by explaining I was supervising a research project.

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Ethics Feedback Intelligence Language 128