Edsurge

MAY 8, 2019

The software list includes more than a dozen packages, including the university’s pioneering adaptive-learning project, the Open Learning Initiative , as well as a learning analytics platform LearnSphere. Now the question is, How do we get it out there?” he said of the faculty he worked with before.

Learning 163

Learning Quizzes Assignments Science 163

Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2019

This began with theoretical and historical questions: what is educational technology, and how did it change over time? We observed that the problem of how to adopt or adapt tech to teaching is not a new one, and that we can learn from historical cases. For that matter, what is technology?

Essay 132

Essay Disabilities Hybrid Learning Discussions 132

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2016

It’s a question that’s existed since humans first turned their gaze toward the night sky. Students receive individual feedback on their progress and their learning experiences change based on their performance. These neatly packaged courses also raise questions about the role of faculty, and who decides what students need to learn.

Lecturing 104

Lecturing Critical Thinking Quizzes Learning Outcomes 104

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Spieler asks each group to come up with three questions they might answer with the data set, relying on only one variable. Mostly he’s asking questions and listening to reports from each group. The students who actually did Spieler’s homework experienced another trendy teaching approach: adaptive learning software.

Textbooks 124

Textbooks Lecturing Beliefs Assignments 124

Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2016

She referenced three examples of creative uses by IDEO U students, from Jess in Melbourne, who formed her own in-person local learning circle to employees at an architecture firm in Italy who used a prototyping leader’s guide to help them work on a common project during their weekly happy hours. Have empathy, Burns continued.

Teaching Assistants 106

Teaching Assistants Learning Beliefs Feedback 106

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

And the infusion of algorithms is leading to questions—ethical questions and practical questions and philosophical questions—about how far higher education should go in bringing in artificial intelligence, and who decides what the algorithms should look like. So, my first year I take the biology sequence.

Peer Review 99

Peer Review Ethics Science Intelligence 99

Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2018

In some ways a key question for MOOCs, even after all these years, is: Can other subjects be delivered online as well as computer science? Sanjay Sarma, vice president for open learning at the university, says there are now between 10 to 15 Digital Learning Lab fellows who play similar roles in MIT’s MOOCs.

Teaching 167

Teaching Lecturing Instructors Quizzes 167

Teachers Pay Teachers

MAY 7, 2025

Inquiry-based learning, also known as question-based learning, encourages students to use their natural curiosity in the learning process. They approach education as the answer to a question theyre wondering about, rather than a question theyve been assigned.

Social Studies 59

Social Studies Learning Math Writing 59

Edsurge

MAY 18, 2017

EdSurge: You were doing adaptive learning before it was cool. Thille: The Open Learning Initiative, which is the project that I founded at Carnegie Mellon, started with a desire from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to get access to high-quality post-secondary education to those who would not otherwise have access.

Teaching 89

Teaching Ethics Textbooks Laboratory 89

Scholarly Teacher

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Keywords: Teaching Methods, Pedagogy, Student Learning Introduction Staring out to the sea of questioning faces, I paused and asked the question again still no response from the 22 students staring back at me. My students seemed to either not understand my question or have difficulty with the content. Hannafin, M.,

Teaching 52

Teaching Syllabus Instructors Problem-Based Learning 52

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

For instance, an online biology textbook might include a short section about protein synthesis, followed by a question. If few students answer the question correctly, the software can flag the professor, or the textbook author, to consider revising the content to make it clearer. A screen capture of the Acuitus digital tutor interface.

Education 218

Education Learning Textbooks Instructors 218

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

But the effort has has also drawn protests by some students and professors, who are questioning how well ethics will be integrated into the effort and are criticizing the influence of a controversial donor. It’s turning computer science into a lingua franca,” said Sanjay Sarma, vice president for open learning at MIT, in an interview. “I

Science 159

Science Ethics Interdisciplinary Education 159