The future of history education lies in empowering students to engage in intensive research with carefully curated collections of primary sources, enhanced by AI-driven tools that provide context, ...

When one thinks about using technology to support learning, the typical types of spaces we think of are traditional classrooms, media centers or STEM labs. After all, it’s easy to imagine how ...

Academic and Instructional Technology supports the teaching and learning process at UMass Lowell by offering a wide variety of services for students, faculty and staff, including the university’s ...

The Instructional Design and Development (IDD) team collaborates with instructors and staff to imagine, design, and realize ideas that transform and enhance the learning experience. The Course ...

Technology and artificial intelligence can vastly improve the types of assessments teachers use to guide students in their learning. Despite the often-negative discussion about testing in schools, ...

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and DALL-E, and others are increasingly used in educational contexts. These tools are initially trained on massive data ...

The role of a teaching assistant (TA), sometimes known as a paraprofessional, is more complex than ever. Whether helping students grasp complex concepts, supporting those who need extra guidance, or ...

Scaffolding is an instructional practice where a teacher gradually removes guidance and support as students learn and become more competent. Support can be for content, processes, and learning ...

Summative assessments are implemented at the end of a unit, course, or instructional period to evaluate how well students have achieved the learning objectives, such as knowledge, skills, and ...

I s the college essay dead? Are hordes of students going to use artificial intelligence to cheat on their writing assignments? Has machine learning reached the point where auto-generated text looks ...

The term “21st-century skills” is generally used to refer to certain core competencies such as collaboration, digital literacy, critical thinking, and problem-solving that advocates believe schools ...