EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Technology is an ideal vehicle for teachers to better blend classroom instruction with learning opportunities occuring outside of the traditional school day — and outside of the brick-and-mortar school building. . Blended Learning Programs Improve the Learning Without the Lecture. Blending in Technology Boosts K–12 Instruction.

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Technology Blended Learning Lecturing Exams 167

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Let’s see what the Ask a Tech Teacher team says: Pros And Cons of AI in Education Artificial intelligence (AI) is making major inroads into education. AI tutors, virtual assistants, and adaptive learning platforms are being adopted by schools, colleges, and universities around the world.

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Education Essay Critical Thinking Intelligence 183

eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2025

If I couldnt figure something out on my own, I had resources at my disposal: office hours, teaching assistants, or discussions with peers. The homework was intentionally challenging, often requiring problem-solving beyond what was covered in lectures. This wasnt a sign of failure; it was an essential part of learning.

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Failure Assignments Education Secondary Education 176

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

We encourage students, parents, and teachers nationwide to visit our website and sign up today. Students will listen to two to three recorded Stanford faculty lectures per week, while also attending two synchronous online sessions in which the course instructor will expand on the material, and facilitate group discussion and work.

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Math Middle School Middle School Essay 257

Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2024

We've always worked on software that personalizes things, videos — I still make videos — and exercises, teacher tools, in a more traditional sense, and now we're moving toward this artificial intelligence world. I think the safest job in all of this is that of the teacher. Every teacher knows that. I don't know.

Intelligence 201

Intelligence Teaching Assistants Laboratory Assignments 201

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

Teachers will need to learn and refine their online teaching skills and find new opportunities for working from home, allowing them a better work-life balance. This will help them focus on the quality of their lessons without the heavy financial strain that many teachers deal with today. –Dr.

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Learning Communication Hybrid Learning Language 363

Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2019

Another master teacher of large classes is Michael Wesch. His teaching assistants have engaged with students in the class from places such as Ethiopia, Northern Ireland, Guatemala, Samoa and Vietnam. Exploring many different applications of the same concept.

Learning 163

Learning Students Assignments Participation 163

Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2018

I wish there were better ways of sharing my concerns other than at the end of the semester when you fill out those [teacher evaluations]. Then actively pick sometime within their lecture to say, "Here's a summary of the collection of the feedback I've received, here's what I would do based on this feedback."

Teaching 121

Teaching Course Evaluations Evaluation Students 121

Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2022

This can be a real challenge for procrastinators, multitaskers, responsibility jugglers and anyone tempted to half-listen to a lecture while scrolling through social media—in other words, many people. Meanwhile, a human teaching assistant monitored any replies that students sent back to the chatbot.

Student Engagement 201

Student Engagement Instructors Hybrid Courses Exams 201

Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2017

As a teacher, mathematician and cyclist, TrueShelf CEO and founder Dr. Shiva Kintali knows from experience that not everyone moves at the same pace when learning—whether inside the classroom or out. I observed that students have different readiness levels, but the way we teach is week-by-week lectures with homework.

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Textbooks Intelligence Math Beliefs 107

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Teachers will need to learn and refine their online teaching skills and find new opportunities for working from home, allowing them a better work-life balance. This will help them focus on the quality of their lessons without the heavy financial strain that many teachers deal with today. –Dr.

Hybrid Learning 297

Hybrid Learning Communication Accessibility Language 297

Faculty Focus

APRIL 20, 2023

Laura Howard is a senior lecturer of English and the teaching assistant coordinator for the Master of Arts in Professional Writing (MAPW) program at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, GA. Communicating with the online student: The impact of email tone on student performance and teacher evaluations. The Atlantic.

Culture 122

Culture Communication Writing Language 122

Faculty Focus

APRIL 20, 2023

Laura Howard is a senior lecturer of English and the teaching assistant coordinator for the Master of Arts in Professional Writing (MAPW) program at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, GA. Communicating with the online student: The impact of email tone on student performance and teacher evaluations. The Atlantic.

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Culture Communication Writing Language 96

Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2020

I'm the world's first android teaching assistant. My mission is to help teachers and students become more intelligent and respectful of each other.” She talks most readily about philosophy, the subject she helps teach at Notre Dame de Namur University, a small Catholic college in California. “I I am, yes, thank you.

Teachers 155

Teachers Education Instructors Intelligence 155

Edsurge

MAY 20, 2020

We were particularly interested in how well large lecture classes translated into a remote format. After all, these kinds of classes are what many people think of when they close their eyes and imagine college teaching. The large lecture course he was teaching—to about 100 students—was called Viewing America: 1940-1980.

Lecturing 189

Lecturing History Teaching Assistants Learning 189

Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2017

An associate professor in UVA’s Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures , Stepanic earned the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Teacher of the Year Award in 2012. Ooh, I could use this for this lecture.” So who knows how lectures will be taught 20 years from now. Whatever it is, I’ll be teaching that way.

Education 133

Education Lecturing History Quizzes 133

Faculty Focus

MARCH 11, 2025

This innovative teaching environment blends engaged lectures with hands-on, collaborative activities, with the instructor as a facilitator. Jack Sytsma is a doctoral graduate teaching assistant in the Division of Biology at Kansas State University.

Interdisciplinary 59

Interdisciplinary Instructors Students Motivation 59

Faculty Focus

MARCH 11, 2025

This innovative teaching environment blends engaged lectures with hands-on, collaborative activities, with the instructor as a facilitator. Jack Sytsma is a doctoral graduate teaching assistant in the Division of Biology at Kansas State University.

Interdisciplinary 57

Interdisciplinary Instructors Students Motivation 57