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Professors Try Teaching With TikTok. But It’s Not for ‘Boring, Lecturing Things.’

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In many of his videos, he acts out scenes from famous Hollywood films, except swapping in terms from the strategic management courses he teaches. the professor says, “Have I analyzed five forces or only four,” referring to a management theory known as Porter’s Five Forces. He’s doing heaps of corny stuff,” Middleton tells EdSurge.

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How Digital Calendar Management Empowers Professors and Students

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In a piece for Inside Higher Ed , Florida State University professor Michael Furman petitions for the continued hosting of virtual office hours even after campuses have fully returned to in-person classes. This same reality should apply to the dynamics of engagement between students and their professors.

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Tech Tip #97: Speed up MSO with Quick Access Toolbar

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In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. Category: MS Office. I choose below.

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Tech Tip #97: Speed up MSO with Quick Access Toolbar

Ask a Tech Teacher

In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. Category: MS Office. I choose below.

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Harvard and MIT Launch Nonprofit to Increase College Access

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He also pointed out that many existing nonprofits and philanthropic organizations already aim to improve college completion rates and open college access, leaving him to ask, “What’s unique about these guys?” While MIT and Harvard set up edX as a nonprofit, two Stanford professors started a venture-backed for-profit called Coursera.

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Will Hybrid Teaching Stick Around as the Pandemic Fades?

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Stuart Blythe teaches writing courses at Michigan State University that are officially listed as in-person only. But not every educator who tried hybrid teaching of some kind during the pandemic has continued it. Even vocal proponents of HyFlex admit it’s not widely popular among college instructors.

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AI Tools Like ChatGPT May Reshape Teaching Materials — And Possibly Substitute Teach

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But even as some educators raise concerns, others see potential for new AI technology to reduce teacher workloads or help bring teaching materials to life in new ways. A number of startups are trying to bring so-called generative AI to classrooms as a teaching tool. Chocolate-Covered Broccoli’?

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