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Students Are Distracted. What Can Educators Do About It?

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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.

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What I Learned From an Experiment to Apply Generative AI to My Data Course

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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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iPads Did Not Revolutionize Campus Teaching (But a Few Colleges Give Every Student One)

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We’re very interested in having the mobile technology used outside the classroom where so much learning takes place,” says Hiram president Lori Varlotta. Boniforti says the university chose Apple because in 2012, when they were considering a big move toward more technology, tablet options were limited and iPad had an appealing support system.

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Our History Is Not Lost: Resources for Learning and Teaching the Fullness of Black History

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If you don’t believe me, check out some of his recorded lectures. I became a “Du Boisian scholar” during my first year of graduate school, where I learned that much of his work underpins sociological theory and research methods, despite contemporary sociology largely erasing his pioneering contributions. Du Bois, Ph.D.

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ChatGPT in the Co-creation Process for Applied Research Projects 

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tools already integrate AI, so the quality indicators we currently use will need updating and upgrading to address the AI aspects of the technology (AI and Web3: How Are They Related? Nevertheless, educators are already employing ChatGPT and other AI-assisted tools for skills enhancement in teaching and research (Crompton and Burke, 2023).

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ChatGPT in the Co-creation Process for Applied Research Projects 

Faculty Focus

tools already integrate AI, so the quality indicators we currently use will need updating and upgrading to address the AI aspects of the technology (AI and Web3: How Are They Related? Nevertheless, educators are already employing ChatGPT and other AI-assisted tools for skills enhancement in teaching and research (Crompton and Burke, 2023).

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Six Powerful Ways to Cultivate Student Attention and Promote Student Success 

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My informal research methods included collecting self-perception data from students on what they found most helpful for staying engaged. The overarching result that emerged from my personal experimentation and research was determining a framework of six categories to cultivate a student’s attention. References Bramer C.

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