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Holy Sheets! Minds-on Interactive Spreadsheet Adventures

By Scott A. Sinex published

Free interactive STEM spreadsheets can get your students started in both simple and complex computations.

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Videos Can Be More Effective Than In-Person Learning

By Erik Ofgang published

Learning by videos outperformed in-person lectures in an analysis of more than 105 studies looking at college students.

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HOTS for Teachers: Best Free Resources For Higher-Order Thinking Skills

By Diana Restifo published

Teach higher-order thinking skills with these top free resources.

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Best Free Virtual Labs

Best Free Virtual Labs

By Diana Restifo published

These best virtual lab sites and apps are all free, highly engaging, and informative—and most don’t require registration.

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A Professor Encouraged Students to Use ChatGPT. OpenAI Asked Her What She Learned

By Erik Ofgang published

Dr. Francine Berman permitted her students at UMass to use ChatGPT to help them write. Despite limitations, she found there were ways it could help edit student work.

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5 Tips for Surviving Until The End of The School Year

By Erik Ofgang published

The end of the school year is in sight, so here are some strategies for saving time and maximizing impact to help you across the finish line.

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Sal Khan: ChatGPT and Other AI Technology Herald “New Epoch”

By Erik Ofgang published

Online learning pioneer Sal Khan believes ChatGPT-style AI technology is going to change the world and educators are already among the first to feel its impact.

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What is Labor-Based Grading? Its Pioneer Explains

By Erik Ofgang published

Labor-based grading is an approach pioneered by rhetoric and composition professor Asao Inoue to be fairer for all students and separate learning from assessment

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What is Coursera and How Can it Be Used to Teach? Tips & Tricks

By Erik Ofgang published

Coursera offers a wealth of learning opportunities more educators could utilize.

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Using a Return on Investment Tool to Make Better Grad School Decisions

By Erik Ofgang published

The MBA program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s new return on investment tool is designed to help prospective students make better decisions about graduate school spending.

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