ED Surge

JANUARY 3, 2024

In an increasingly interconnected world, connectivity is the lifeline that bridges gaps, fosters knowledge exchange and empowers individuals to thrive in diverse socioeconomic spheres. But how is connectivity important to agricultural communities? Endless Network , a global organization committed to addressing equity disparities, strategically invests worldwide to tackle challenges such as insufficient internet access.

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Accessibility Agriculture Creativity Research 177

Accelerate Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

STEAM in schools doesn’t have a universal approach, but it’s that dynamic nature that makes it such a powerful tool for student learning. One school’s success story is a good place to start with the positive impact of STEAM on students. From there, we’ll share what successful STEAM programs have in common and what it takes to unlock student potential and connect to the broader school community using STEAM.

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Education Education Schooling Learning 130

Middle Web

JANUARY 3, 2024

Mona Iehl’s students were shocked when she first asked them to grapple with math problems BEFORE they received instruction. Then, to her surprise, “they got out the blocks, and drew pictures, and tried!” Her trust in productive struggle grew as she saw their confidence increase. The post How to Teach Students to Grapple with the Math first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Math Teaching Mathematics 117

Northeastern University

JANUARY 3, 2024

This summer we will be running our third year of this REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) site: Pathways for community college students to enrich their education and careers (REU-PATHWAYS). This 10 week summer research site will run from May 28 to August 1 and will involve research in various fields of engineering with College of Engineering faculty and graduate student mentors.

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Research Research Engineering Education 98

Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

Teaching

Box Light

JANUARY 3, 2024

In the latest episode of Unbox Innovation, host Amy Chodroff talks with Nick Gearing, Training and Development Specialist with EOS Education by Boxlight, about the intricate landscape of technology integration in classrooms, delving into the challenges, triumphs, and the critical need for a unified approach.

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Innovation Technology Education Education 91

ED Surge

JANUARY 3, 2024

Let the countdown commence! We’re bringing you a roundup of the higher ed stories EdSurge published in 2023 that were most popular with you, our readers. As these headlines show, college is in flux. Administrators, professors and students are rethinking nearly everything about how higher education works. It starts with the very basics — like whether it even makes sense anymore to measure learning in credit hours — and builds up to future-facing conundrums about how to handle the sudden ubiquity

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