Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2021

The pandemic inspired some professors to get creative in their teaching as they tried to move in-person courses online in engaging ways. There’s no ‘mood’ on Zoom,” said one of the professors, Rob Reich, noting how sterile it can be to look at a screen full of small video boxes.

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Ethics Lecturing Teaching Assistants Students 205

eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2017

Check back soon for the next must-read post!]. By examining his success, we can learn some important lessons about effective teaching. His teaching assistants also host “office hours” every Monday through Thursday night from 9 p.m.

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Teaching Education Learning Knowledge 254

Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2020

Nina Radcliffe’s teaching practice was changing. The “Getting to Know and Love Your Brain” poster on her wall, which read “breathe deep into your belly to stay calm and help your PFC (prefrontal cortex) think clearly,” prompted her first graders to get their brains ready for learning.

Education 217

Education Coaching Math English 217

eSchool News

DECEMBER 13, 2024

I therefore teach my students another set of AI prompts to help them see what good thinking about such issues looks like. This is formally known as a cognitive apprenticeship : one needs to deliberately bring the thinking to the surface, to make it visible, whether it’s in reading, writing, problem solving.

Teachers 246

Teachers Writing Critical Thinking Feedback 246

Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2016

The matter is hardly helped when companies claim they are capable of building mind-reading robo-tutors. In the paradigm of Augmented Intelligence, intelligent tutors are better thought of as intelligent teaching assistants, striving to make the lives of educators easier. The dominant narrative of AI pits man against machine.

Intelligence 167

Intelligence Education Teaching Assistants Knowledge 167

eSchool News

AUGUST 12, 2024

Here is one way teachers can use AI tools to curate an entire class’s flow, its study materials, and practice tests without the aid of an army of teaching assistants. MagicSchool.ai, on the other hand, is a more expansive tool, and lesson planning is just one of the features it offers teachers.

Quizzes 291

Quizzes Lecturing Ethics Exams 291

EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Artificial Intelligence: Smart assistants can help teachers and students use time more efficiently. Acting as tutors or teaching assistants, AI makes classroom time more effective and leaves educators time to address more personal needs.

Technology 167

Technology Blended Learning Lecturing Exams 167

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

QuestionWell allows you to input an article, reading, or a video and writes questions based on what you’ve input and your learning outcomes. is an AI-powered teaching assistant designed to help teachers with lesson planning, instructional design, and generating educational content. www.eduaide.ai What can it do?

Multiple Choice Questions 125

Multiple Choice Questions Teaching Assistants Education Learning Outcomes 125

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Initially ecstatic to start school, Truman was now red in the face from crying while my teaching assistant and I practically pried him off his mother’s leg. We were a few weeks into my first year teaching kindergarten and I had begun to think of my classroom as a warm and inviting space.

Testing 218

Testing Fairness Languages Language 218

eSchool News

JANUARY 27, 2023

In addition, we incorporated the multisensory Orton-Gillingham approach for reading instruction, which has shown great success with many of our students. Opening the Learning Journey We believe in an intentional focus on literacy, numeracy, and assistive technology.

Special Education 156

Special Education Education Assistive Technology History 156

Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2024

Or read a partial transcript below, lightly edited for clarity. And I've always read a lot of science fiction books about maybe that could start pushing the frontiers of and even helping us understand what is intelligence and what is consciousness. Hear the full conversation on this week’s episode. Why were you drawn to that area?

Intelligence 197

Intelligence Teaching Assistants Laboratory Assignments 197

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

But they won’t have the quality, scholarship and service that are hallmarks of a true EMU education,” reads the advertisement created by two faculty unions at Eastern Michigan. AP does not provide any teaching assistance nor oversight of it,” she added. These degrees will carry the EMU name. They are NOT replacements.

Teaching Assistants 119

Teaching Assistants Instructors Coaching Counselling 119

Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2019

Unsurprisingly, some of the biggest drivers of these improved metrics include making people pay for online programs, increasing the selectivity of courses, and adding program managers and teaching assistants to follow up with learners. Here are seven practices for moving completion rates for online courses from 5 to 85 percent: 1.

Assignments 167

Assignments Teaching Assistants Motivation Failure 167

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

QuestionWell allows you to input an article, reading, or a video and writes questions based on what you’ve input and your learning outcomes. is an AI-powered teaching assistant designed to help teachers with lesson planning, instructional design, and generating educational content. www.eduaide.ai What can it do?

Multiple Choice Questions 110

Multiple Choice Questions Teaching Assistants Education Learning Outcomes 110

Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

Teaching assistants moderated an online discussion forum through Piazza , an online community building and discussion platform, and held recitations, which enabled students to ask questions and ponder ideas. She reflects on her final project, saying, “I no longer felt I was learning to read and write commands and scripts.

Science 218

Science Education Learning Essay 218

Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

He also used some of the money to send his teaching assistants to cities around the globe. A video created in Tanzania by Garrett Wilkinson, a teaching assistant in the Anth101 course. Wesch hired a consultant he knew to build a website for the course, so that it wouldn’t look like a typical college site.

Textbooks 160

Textbooks Teaching Assistants Instructors Exams 160

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

Districts will move to adopt the Science of Reading to increase reading gains: The research to support this approach to teaching and the efficacy of it in application is strong. Teachers want programs that they can implement immediately: not just something they read from a book.

Learning 363

Learning Communication Hybrid Learning Languages 363

Edsurge

OCTOBER 15, 2019

They can also use multimedia and other learning tools such as Read&Write to convert text to speech when delivering student feedback, build a scavenger hunt using Google Search or use Google Cardboard to take kids on a virtual field trip or on an underwater search for sharks, engaging those children who are kinetic or visual learners.

Teachers 138

Teachers Feedback Social Studies Schools 138

Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2018

Students may feel relief as they hand in an exam, but the moment marks the beginning of stress and anxiety for instructors and teaching assistants, who may need to grade hundreds of tests in a short time. Arjun Singh knows the feeling well.

Grades 96

Grades Exams Instructors Teaching Assistants 96

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2024

As the lazy days of summer start to dwindle, it’s time to trade in beach reads for textbooks and flip-flops for sensible shoes. Imagine having a digital assistant that never sleeps, helping you draft syllabi, create lesson plans, and even answer those tricky student emails. It’s like having a teaching assistant that never sleeps!

Syllabus 119

Syllabus Assignments Feedback Teaching Assistants 119

Faculty Focus

MARCH 9, 2025

I have undergraduate teaching assistants present and poised to enter the students point into the gradebook as soon as they say their name and share (and if they forget, they can find the teaching assistants after class). An activity that promotes engagement with required readings, even in large classes.

Lecturing 93

Lecturing Teaching Assistants Discussions Activities 93

Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2022

Meanwhile, a human teaching assistant monitored any replies that students sent back to the chatbot. Who maybe don’t have an adult in their life who has gone through college who can share things like, ‘It’s important to stay on top of readings, here’s the amount of time you should be setting aside.’”

Student Engagement 200

Student Engagement Instructors Hybrid Courses Students 200

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2024

As the lazy days of summer start to dwindle, it’s time to trade in beach reads for textbooks and flip-flops for sensible shoes. Imagine having a digital assistant that never sleeps, helping you draft syllabi, create lesson plans, and even answer those tricky student emails. It’s like having a teaching assistant that never sleeps!

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Assignments Feedback Teaching Assistants 111

Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2018

As students and faculty alike take some well-deserved rest and reflect over the holidays, we’re taking a look back at what stories you read and shared the most over the last year. Read about the progress and what lies ahead in EdSurge’s three-part series on the college turnaround. Here’s part two and three also.)

Education 131

Education Textbooks Attention Teaching Assistants 131

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

After they all read a case, such as whether the Harvard Law School shield should be abandoned because it is based on the family crest of an 18th-century slaveholder, they all logged on to a chat room where they were each assigned a pseudonym. Full disclosure, I was a fellow at the center in 2013 and served as a teaching assistant for Nesson.)

Discussions 121

Discussions Internet Teaching Assistants History 121

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Each year, we share our 10 most-read stories. Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on innovative ways to engage students, digital resources, and online and hybrid learning strategies related to post-pandemic teaching. — Ryan Graham, Chief Technology Officer, Texthelp.

Hybrid Learning 288

Hybrid Learning Communication Accessibility Languages 288

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Oftentimes, putting a brick-and-mortar course online begins by preserving the readings and assessments, and then considering adaptations to replace all or some of the “live” elements of interactive lectures. All four approaches preserve an essential element of traditional brick-and-mortar classroom experiences.

Lecturing 126

Lecturing Feedback Evaluation Course Design 126

Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

Teaching assistants moderated an online discussion forum through Piazza , an online community building and discussion platform, and held recitations, which enabled students to ask questions and ponder ideas. She reflects on her final project, saying, “I no longer felt I was learning to read and write commands and scripts.

Science 148

Science Education Learning Essay 148

Faculty Focus

MARCH 9, 2025

I have undergraduate teaching assistants present and poised to enter the students point into the gradebook as soon as they say their name and share (and if they forget, they can find the teaching assistants after class). An activity that promotes engagement with required readings, even in large classes.

Lecturing 77

Lecturing Teaching Assistants Discussions Activities 77

Faculty Focus

APRIL 20, 2023

Be intentional with the examples and readings you give to your students. Actively work to develop a deeper understanding of cultural diversity through professional development, reading, film, art, and interactions with others. Tip #3: Reflect on your teaching persona. Tip #2: Use multicultural examples.

Culture 122

Culture Communication Languages Language 122

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Give students time to first read these on their own. Ask students to read a few notes aloud. You may ask students to share how they feel and what they experience when they read or hear these notes of appreciation. Storytelling to Practice Empathy Read or have several students read portions of Gate A-4 out loud.

Confidentiality 92

Confidentiality Instructors Motivation Writing 92

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Oftentimes, putting a brick-and-mortar course online begins by preserving the readings and assessments, and then considering adaptations to replace all or some of the “live” elements of interactive lectures. All four approaches preserve an essential element of traditional brick-and-mortar classroom experiences.

Lecturing 109

Lecturing Feedback Evaluation Course Design 109

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Think about visual aids you might be using—drawings, equations, PowerPoint slides—and if they can be read and understood both by the in-person students and the students viewing remotely.

Feedback 105

Feedback Minute Papers Mobile Devices Discussions 105

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Some common CAPTCHA types include: Text-based CAPTCHAs: These CAPTCHAs display a series of distorted letters or numbers that are difficult for bots to read but easy for humans to decipher. The distortion makes it difficult for bots to accurately identify the characters while humans can easily read them.

Academic Integrity 135

Academic Integrity Education Plagiarism Students 135

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Or read a portion of the interview below, lightly edited for clarity. For example, if you look at the Jill Watson experiment at Georgia Tech, where they created a virtual teaching assistant, the students in the class didn't know that they were talking to a bot. Listen to the discussion on this week’s EdSurge On Air podcast.

Education 167

Education Quizzes Writing Online Learning 167

Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2018

Apart from course evaluation, which is embedded within the normal semester, and kind of a mandatory process, I think the other stakeholder that we often forget is the teaching assistants. Was the faculty member or any teaching assistant involved or was that all student mediated? Reed: This is a followup to Patrick.

Teaching 117

Teaching Course Evaluations Students Evaluation 117

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Lalilo’s online literacy product focuses on helping K-2 students develop phonics, word recognition and reading comprehension skills through a series of online exercises and stories. Some activities involve multiple-choice questions; others ask children to read words and passages in order to assess their oral fluency.

English 64

English Multiple Choice Questions Teaching Assistants Special Education 64