Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Each team enters with an idea and, over the course of the weekend, generates interest around that idea while testing the founder’s assumptions and the need for the solution. We want to test and grow your work to meet the needs of our student population. Photo credit: Devlo Media.

Culture 167

Culture Education Syllabus Attention 167

Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2019

When forced to redesign his course, Robertson saw an opportunity to move toward a curriculum that offered more flexibility than his linear syllabus ever could. In this system, students choose from a menu of content delivery options (textbook, downloadable study guides, lectures) and interaction options (in-person or online).

Curriculum 154

Curriculum Hybrid Courses Lecturing Gamification 154

Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Khan Academy) also fall within the category of instructional technology, as do digital textbooks and “open educational resources,” materials that are available online for free or at a low cost. Course management technology organizes and presents course structure and materials on an electronic platform.

Technology 153

Technology Education Syllabus Course Evaluations 153

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 15, 2024

For some, planning revolves around syllabus revision, closing loopholes, and adjusting dates. This may not sound particularly innovative, especially since many teachers provide a calendar in the syllabus. While many of my colleagues administer tests immediately before break, I schedule the third exam three weeks later.

Syllabus 101

Syllabus Exams Course Outline Attention 101

Edsurge

APRIL 13, 2018

IBM Watson Education is building its own chatbot that it has added to some commercial textbooks as part of a pilot project. He plans to test his software in a biology course soon, and believes it could work for poetry as well. Georgia Tech is not alone in developing teaching bots. Teaching and learning will remain a human endeavor.”

Teaching 140

Teaching Syllabus Teaching Assistants Textbooks 140

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Bean backpack along with my textbooks and kelly green Trapper Keeper. Were they merely handy summaries that students used to review before a test? For example, at the beginning of a tutoring session, the tutor could ask students to review the assignment directions and the instructor’s syllabus.

Syllabus 124

Syllabus Academic Integrity eLearning Assignments 124

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 24, 2018

Clutch Prep calls themselves “the video version of textbooks” but really, that doesn’t give you the full flavor of what they offer. Their academic how-to videos are textbook-specific so you pick the ones used in your classes, even by your teacher. Videos cover each chapter and can be used as a preview or review.

Textbooks 94

Textbooks Exams Syllabus Essay 94

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Bean backpack along with my textbooks and kelly green Trapper Keeper. Were they merely handy summaries that students used to review before a test? For example, at the beginning of a tutoring session, the tutor could ask students to review the assignment directions and the instructor’s syllabus.

Syllabus 119

Syllabus Academic Integrity eLearning Assignments 119

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 15, 2024

For some, planning revolves around syllabus revision, closing loopholes, and adjusting dates. This may not sound particularly innovative, especially since many teachers provide a calendar in the syllabus. While many of my colleagues administer tests immediately before break, I schedule the third exam three weeks later.

Syllabus 89

Syllabus Exams Course Outline Attention 89

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 17, 2023

For some, planning revolves around syllabus revision, closing loopholes, and adjusting dates. This may not sound particularly innovative, especially since many teachers provide a calendar in the syllabus. While many of my colleagues administer tests immediately before break, I schedule the third exam three weeks later.

Exams 107

Exams Syllabus Course Outline Attention 107

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 17, 2023

For some, planning revolves around syllabus revision, closing loopholes, and adjusting dates. This may not sound particularly innovative, especially since many teachers provide a calendar in the syllabus. While many of my colleagues administer tests immediately before break, I schedule the third exam three weeks later.

Exams 104

Exams Syllabus Course Outline Attention 104

Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Open” textbooks. Below is just a small sample of the range of activities and conversations they engaged in, as described by Andrew Rikard , an undergraduate at Davidson College and the facilitator of the inaugural cohort: “We built our own syllabus, decided what topics interested us and recruited experts to talk to us about those topics.

Syllabus 101

Syllabus Students Essay Language 101

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 1, 2018

Study.com (formerly called Education-Portal) is a distance learning portal that provides over 70,000 lessons in fifteen subjects (including algebra, calculus, physics, chemistry, macro- and microeconomics, and more) aligned with popular textbooks. On student dashboards, they can set personal goals with email and SMS reminders.

Exams 82

Exams Quizzes Textbooks Syllabus 82

k12 Online Schools

MAY 12, 2025

The catchy format, music, and visual effects activate episodic memory, helping information stick better than a dry textbook paragraph. The traditional answer might have been a teacher, a curriculum board, or a textbook publisher. And guess what? Students actually remember this stuff. These arent hypothetical cases. To question it.

Online Learning 52

Online Learning Lecturing Learning Textbooks 52

Lab to Class

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Education, especially formalized education in schools, has long held that in order for students to learn effectively, they must have solid study routines, consistent teachers, and unified textbooks. This should be a sign for every teacher that they need to add more variety of practice into their lesson.

Study 52

Study Lecturing Learning Activities 52

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Wesley Engers has an unusual hobby: beta testing online courses from well-known colleges and universities. Each tester isn’t expected to complete the entire course, but to go through at least a week’s worth of the four- to six-week syllabus (with different testers trying different parts of the course).

Testing 166

Testing Lecturing Quizzes Textbooks 166

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Attach your class syllabus (if ready) Encourage students to reach out to you if they have any questions and identify the best method for them to do this—email, phone, Learning Management System, etc. The syllabus is great way to show your positive and encouraging bedside manner to the class.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Teachers Discussions Questions 111

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Attach your class syllabus (if ready) Encourage students to reach out to you if they have any questions and identify the best method for them to do this—email, phone, Learning Management System, etc. The syllabus is great way to show your positive and encouraging bedside manner to the class.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Teachers Discussions Questions 98

Edsurge

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Boyer uses a “flipped syllabus” in which students' final grades are based on the points they've earned—not lost—throughout the semester. Boyer uses a “flipped syllabus” in which students' final grades are based on the points they've earned—not lost—throughout the semester. He loved the scope and implications of his subject.

Syllabus 146

Syllabus Quizzes Lecturing Assignments 146