Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2021

Goel says ALOE will be part of the solution by developing highly personalized virtual assistants— a specialty of Goel’s previous research —to support students through their studies and address three main problems with online education. When you go to a physical classroom, you meet people, you’re part of study groups.

Intelligence 217

Intelligence Education Teaching Assistants STEM 217

eSchool News

DECEMBER 13, 2024

In high school, wrote one student on an anonymous survey I give at the start of the semester, I stayed far away from the tool because it was emphasized to me as a way of cheating rather than a study tool. It is, I explain to them, the perfect study tool if used correctly. Julius Caesar would be proud.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 8, 2024

Together, they’ll support New York school districts in providing an on-the-job delivery pathway for Mercy’s Bachelor of Science in Teaching Students with Disabilities, B-12 program, to bring more highly qualified special education teachers into New York classrooms. According to a 2022 NCES study , 40% of U.S.

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Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2017

Ariana Garcia doesn’t take a break as she goes from tutoring a small group of students to teaching a social studies class at the Great Oak Charter middle school in New York City. Next year, I just want to teach,” Garcia exasperatedly tells EdSurge. She also teaches full time at Great Oaks, a gig that provides her with housing.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 12, 2024

Key points: With the right AI tools, teachers can enhance their classroom instruction Tracking AI in education Enhancing learning through AI and human educators For more on AI in education, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Teaching is an uphill battle that grows harder and more exacting as the years roll by.

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Quizzes Lecturing Ethics Exams 289

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

But more than that, it would be important to teach his science students how to interact with the tool for their own careers, he first told EdSurge last April. And the decisions those teachers make may be influenced by factors like how familiar they are with the technology or even what gender they are, according to a new study.

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Ethics Teachers Laboratory Writing 200

EdTech Magazine

JUNE 21, 2018

That’s where artificial intelligence–powered teaching assistants might come in handy. However, as Thomas Arnett, a writer at the Christensen Institute, explains in his report, Teaching in the Machine Age , these advances are not meant to replace teachers but help them bring students to new heights. by Eli Zimmerman.

Teachers 153

Teachers Teaching Assistants Intelligence Math 153

Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2020

Nina Radcliffe’s teaching practice was changing. Radcliffe was beginning to think more intentionally about the brain and to explicitly teach her students about how it functions. Counselors at our school began using specific names of brain structures, such as the amygdala and hippocampus, when teaching learners how to self-regulate.

Education 217

Education Coaching Math English 217

Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2018

And often that’s because there is a disconnect between what students expect from college teaching and what actually ends up happening in the classroom. To get started, what are some of the channels that currently exist, if any, for students to interact with their faculty or instructors around teaching and curriculum?

Teaching 121

Teaching Course Evaluations Evaluation Students 121

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Create a variety of activities and/or assessments such as an oral presentation, case study analysis, paper, or quiz. Keep teaching fresh for yourself by incorporating different case studies, materials, videos, or guest speakers (when it makes sense!). reading, watching videos, discussing with peers).

Course Design 96

Course Design Teaching Instructors Motivation 96

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Recent studies have shown alarming gaps in Americans’ understanding of our democratic processes and systems. This challenging mathematics course prepares students for further studies in engineering, computer science, data science, and natural sciences, as well as theoretical mathematics. More than one third of U.S.

Math 258

Math Middle School Middle School Essay 258

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

But the tools were also targeted at math teaching. Most of those teachers taught English or social studies, where the applications of chatbots are more obvious. Artificial intelligence will supply every student on the planet a talented personal tutor and every teacher an amazing teaching assistant, Khan has said.

Math 213

Math Motivation Writing Intelligence 213

Faculty Focus

JULY 14, 2024

The development of programs that not only meet the needs of working people but also guarantee their upward mobility through accessible, affordable routes is essential in the effort to improve the quality of education and assist different learners. OER and No/Low-Cost Textbooks: The program makes significant use of both.

Teaching Assistants 108

Teaching Assistants Textbooks Special Education Education 108

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Create a variety of activities and/or assessments such as an oral presentation, case study analysis, paper, or quiz. Keep teaching fresh for yourself by incorporating different case studies, materials, videos, or guest speakers (when it makes sense!). reading, watching videos, discussing with peers).

Course Design 87

Course Design Teaching Instructors Motivation 87

Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2019

The following is the latest installment of the Toward Better Teaching advice column. When we teach large classes, what approaches can we employ that will have a greater opportunity to engage students and help students learn more? You can pose a question for a future column here. What about when you have 50-60 students in a class?

Learning 163

Learning Students Assignments Participation 163

Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2019

While Levy created the app to automate part of the process involved in documenting class participation, it still requires some manual assistance. For that, an instructor usually turns to teaching assistants like Erin Gregor, who record in Teachly every time a student participates. Maybe we put too much emphasis on speaking.”

Lecturing 161

Lecturing Participation Instructors Beliefs 161

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. And there is power in that data, not just from the perspective of ROI, but also in the potential for teaching and learning and ensuring data privacy compliance.

Learning 363

Learning Communication Hybrid Learning Language 363

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

It was just one example of how she—and many online instructors—feel like they must be always on call when they teach an online course. Stout researches burnout and oversees around twenty adjuncts who teach online. Well, we know the reality: it’s very difficult to do that, and that’s not really what online teaching is.”

Instructors 146

Instructors Teaching Assistants Study Assignments 146

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2022

The following is the latest installment of the Toward Better Teaching advice column. Instructors first need to consider how we use grades in our teaching—and then explore what kinds of intrinsic and extrinsic motivations exist and persist for our students. And I sometimes delegate some portion of the work to a teaching assistant.

Motivation 203

Motivation Reading Instructors Assignments 203

EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

By bridging the gap between physical and online spaces, schools see their students improve academically and engage with their studies on a deeper level. Artificial Intelligence: Smart assistants can help teachers and students use time more efficiently.

Technology 167

Technology Blended Learning Lecturing Exams 167

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 Language Languages 218

Edsurge

MAY 4, 2023

When it comes to teaching science courses online, colleges are getting creative. ASU couldn’t test this theory by delivering chemicals to students who study online. For this model to work, she also had to devise a plan for bringing dozens of students who typically study online to campus in Arizona. “OK,

Science 191

Science Accessibility STEM Laboratory 191

Faculty Focus

JULY 14, 2024

The development of programs that not only meet the needs of working people but also guarantee their upward mobility through accessible, affordable routes is essential in the effort to improve the quality of education and assist different learners. OER and No/Low-Cost Textbooks: The program makes significant use of both.

Teaching Assistants 93

Teaching Assistants Textbooks Special Education Education 93

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

Teaching in a large-size classroom differs significantly from teaching in a small-size classroom in terms of engagement, interaction, and instructional methods (Wang & Calvano, 2022). Oppositely, small classrooms allow for more intimate interactions, personalized feedback, and flexible teaching methods (Wang & Calvano, 2022).

Teaching 82

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 82

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

Edsurge

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Studies show that information and computer-assisted learning boosts academic achievement, improves learner engagement and reduces teacher burden by shaving time off the day. Include opportunities for students to study relationships among science, technology, and society. But not all edtech is equally effective.

Teachers 140

Teachers Feedback Social Studies Schools 140

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

Teaching in a large-size classroom differs significantly from teaching in a small-size classroom in terms of engagement, interaction, and instructional methods (Wang & Calvano, 2022). Oppositely, small classrooms allow for more intimate interactions, personalized feedback, and flexible teaching methods (Wang & Calvano, 2022).

Teaching 79

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 79

Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

When budget woes threatened faculty reductions in the anthropology department at Kansas State University, one professor decided to address the shortfall by teaching differently. The professor, Michael Wesch, has a long track record of teaching innovation. I was accidentally teaching way more people than I thought I was,” he says.

Textbooks 162

Textbooks Teaching Assistants Instructors Exams 162

Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2019

So the professor developed a backchannel tool that allows students to submit questions online during class and receive real-time answers from a teaching assistant. But to be sure the backchannel made a real difference, Samson teamed up with colleagues from the university’s school of education to study his tool.

Questions 107

Questions Lecturing Teaching Assistants STEM 107

Faculty Focus

MARCH 24, 2024

Interestingly, studies that use a more precise classification (online only, hybrid, in-person only) find that hybrid modalities are significantly more effective than in-person modalities and that there are no differences in effectiveness between in-person and online only courses (Means et al., statistics).

Education 122

Education Instructors Culture Teaching Assistants 122

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

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. Because much of last year was very unpredictable, the normal content and study skills were not fully taught.

Hybrid Learning 294

Hybrid Learning Communication Accessibility Language 294

Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2016

No longer, he says, does it make sense for colleges to divorce technology from teaching and learning. An unusual survey conducted at colleges across Australia asked professors what kind of data would help them teach better. How might a sociology class analyze human interactions and behaviors on social media?).

Instructors 153

Instructors Essay Science Teaching Assistants 153

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Teaching is a dynamic endeavor. Examples of Collaborative Activities Often, students need encouragement to work in teams or form study groups. The more comfortable the students are with each other, the more likely theyll be to form study groups on their own. This could be accomplished in a variety of ways. 2022, February).

Assignments 104

Assignments Instructors Critical Thinking Activities 104

Faculty Focus

MARCH 24, 2024

Interestingly, studies that use a more precise classification (online only, hybrid, in-person only) find that hybrid modalities are significantly more effective than in-person modalities and that there are no differences in effectiveness between in-person and online only courses (Means et al., statistics).

Education 111

Education Instructors Culture Teaching Assistants 111

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Despite debate and disagreement about how to define and measure attention spans, numerous studies have put student attention spans in approximately the 10-minute range (Bradbury, 2016). One study found that students perceived the phone polls as engaging, making them think and providing feedback on their learning (Voelkel & Bennett, 2014).

Lecturing 102

Lecturing Attention Students Discussions 102

Faculty Focus

MARCH 9, 2025

I refined my TPS process after attending Jeremy Rentzs workshop Put Your Hammer Down (detailed in the Best of the 2021 Teaching Professor Conference ). Ashley Harvey is a professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at Colorado State University (CSU). Put the hammer down and build your teaching toolbox.

Lecturing 87

Lecturing Teaching Assistants Discussions Activities 87

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

In fact, the long-term impact of discussing academics with the instructor was greater than that of participating in study groups and clubs (Schudde, 2019). However, while I was teaching remotely, I found it difficult to keep my home life separated. Shanda Hood is a teaching assistant professor at the University of Arkansas.

Instructors 122

Instructors Syllabus Attention Teaching Assistants 122