Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2019

And improved access to devices and high-speed Wi-Fi means that traditional classrooms lectures need not be limited to the physical classroom space. In addition to using technology in my own biology courses, I also work with faculty across the country on how to teach with technology through an inclusive lens.

Technology 167

Technology Teaching Intellectual Development Instructors 167

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

We know that it’s important to incorporate small changes in our teaching, such as periodically adding a learning activity in place of a brief lecture. Flower Darby also suggests that, “Whether you are teaching in person, online, or in some hybrid format in 2021-22, intersperse brief lecture segments with productive activities.”.

Student Engagement 131

Student Engagement Lecturing Students Feedback 131

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2024

She’s also director of the Center for Teaching Excellence there, which provides faculty with support for instruction, edtech, course design, classroom management and grading. It's good to support learning, it's important for accessibility, it's important to address accommodations for students. You're more likely to not do well.

Students 202

Students Instructors Lecturing Participation 202

Edsurge

JULY 9, 2018

Yet most of our energy has been focused on designing physical learning spaces, even as more teaching and learning shifts online. Unfortunately, most massive open online course (MOOC) platforms still feel like drafty lecture halls instead of intimate seminar rooms.

Online Learning 159

Online Learning Instructors Learning Quizzes 159

Edsurge

MAY 6, 2020

When it comes to learning, engagement is influenced by a learner's level of motivation, focus and cognitive ability as well as online course design and a teacher's decisions regarding facilitation style. Offer tech support: Teachers can create short videos to help parents understand how to access their online content.

Motivation 218

Motivation Education Learning Feedback 218

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2019

They are informed by #a11y ( accessibility design ) and #UX (user experience design) and the near-ubiquitous social media that penetrates across all sectors. They are hacking in the backrooms of IT buildings, making interfaces that allow learners to move in and out of technologies seamlessly, in a unified experience.

Lecturing 131

Lecturing Culture Course Design Attention 131

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Textbooks and course materials to review, syllabi to update, lessons to plan, lectures to prepare. Since the pandemic, which necessitated the use of Learning Management Systems (LMS) such as Canvas or Blackboard, there is now an additional component to consider in developing our courses. Melissa Samaniego, Ed.D.

Syllabus 122

Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 122

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Clear labels and categories make navigation easy, and having everything accessible, especially the syllabus, lecture materials, and study guides, was a recurring preference.  Use of LMS tools  Students spoke highly of courses that harnessed the full potential of the LMS’s tools.

Syllabus 126

Syllabus Instructors Peer Review Lecturing 126

Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2019

Aaron Rasmussen, co-founder of MasterClass, this week announced the launch of Outlier, an online provider of university-level courses. Instructors who recorded the lectures came from institutions including Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale University, New York University and Davidson College.

Lecturing 122

Lecturing Textbooks Course Design Instructors 122

Faculty Focus

APRIL 16, 2024

Following defined student learning outcomes in a pre-course ensures alignment with the main course objectives, providing clarity, focus, and relevance to the content covered. After the student learning outcomes have been defined, the creation of the pre-course does not have to be complex.

Exams 115

Exams Quizzes Students Course Design 115

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Textbooks and course materials to review, syllabi to update, lessons to plan, lectures to prepare. Since the pandemic, which necessitated the use of Learning Management Systems (LMS) such as Canvas or Blackboard, there is now an additional component to consider in developing our courses. Melissa Samaniego, Ed.D.

Syllabus 105

Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 105

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Clear labels and categories make navigation easy, and having everything accessible, especially the syllabus, lecture materials, and study guides, was a recurring preference.  Use of LMS tools  Students spoke highly of courses that harnessed the full potential of the LMS’s tools.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Instructors Peer Review Lecturing 111

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

We know that it’s important to incorporate small changes in our teaching, such as periodically adding a learning activity in place of a brief lecture. Flower Darby also suggests that, “Whether you are teaching in person, online, or in some hybrid format in 2021-22, intersperse brief lecture segments with productive activities.”.

Student Engagement 98

Student Engagement Lecturing Students Feedback 98

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

University of Michigan marketing professor John Branch rebuilds the learning experience by taking a precision engineering approach to course design. Source: Course Hero. In what other ways does applying a precision mindset to designing a course improve the student experience? What Is Course Hero?

Quizzes 167

Quizzes Failure Culture Students 167

Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

This article includes a free, open-access resource for educators: What Your Students Arent Telling You: Listening, Learning, and Leading with Empathy. I wanted to change thatnot just by asking better questions, but by building an open-access platform that would amplify student voices and inform actionable change.

Disabilities 64

Disabilities Course Design Lecturing Students 64

Edsurge

MARCH 29, 2017

However, you can think of a pedagogically rich online course like a balanced meal that should strive to provide at least a serving of each. How to Build the 4 Types of Instructional Videos When kicking off course design, I typically build a detailed map of the whole learner experience, from signup to certificate of completion.

Instructors 150

Instructors Education Lecturing Knowledge 150

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 5, 2025

These adult learners thrive in multimodal contexts which can look like traditional lecture-based settings, hands-on experiential learning, or online coursework. Hiring instructional designers is the pivotal change agent needed to innovate and engage students.

Schools 122

Schools Syllabus Authentic Assessment Evaluation 122

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Efforts to expand access to higher education have resulted in higher enrollment rates and degree attainment rates making higher education an option that is open to more students than ever before. However, much of the emphasis has been placed on access rather than preparation.

Course Design 67

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 67

Faculty Focus

MAY 11, 2025

that comprise of a lot of traditional lecturing. He said that students have had access to the information we teach prior to AI. As instructors, our role is not just to provide access to content. The empathetic course design perspective. They could always find and read the content on their own. Saucier, D.

Instructors 115

Instructors Motivation Critical Thinking Students 115

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

While large classes emphasize broad-reaching strategies like lectures and group activities, small classes enable individualized instruction and deeper exploration of topics (Wang & Calvano, 2022). Hybrid-Flexible course design: Implementing student-directed hybrid classes (1st ed.). References Beatty, B. EdTech Books.

Teaching 94

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 94

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2023

.” In the current learning environment, students with disabilities encounter significant challenges due to the lack of inclusivity and accessibility in the education system. Importantly, these strategies aim to address accessibility barriers for multiple types of disabilities, benefiting a broader range of learners.

Disabilities 98

Disabilities Learning Spaces Universal Design Learning Disabilities 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2023

.” In the current learning environment, students with disabilities encounter significant challenges due to the lack of inclusivity and accessibility in the education system. Importantly, these strategies aim to address accessibility barriers for multiple types of disabilities, benefiting a broader range of learners.

Disabilities 98

Disabilities Learning Spaces Universal Design Learning Disabilities 98

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

While large classes emphasize broad-reaching strategies like lectures and group activities, small classes enable individualized instruction and deeper exploration of topics (Wang & Calvano, 2022). Hybrid-Flexible course design: Implementing student-directed hybrid classes (1st ed.). References Beatty, B. EdTech Books.

Teaching 89

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 89

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Efforts to expand access to higher education have resulted in higher enrollment rates and degree attainment rates making higher education an option that is open to more students than ever before. However, much of the emphasis has been placed on access rather than preparation.

Course Design 62

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 62

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 5, 2025

These adult learners thrive in multimodal contexts which can look like traditional lecture-based settings, hands-on experiential learning, or online coursework. Hiring instructional designers is the pivotal change agent needed to innovate and engage students.

Schools 105

Schools Syllabus Authentic Assessment Evaluation 105

Faculty Focus

APRIL 16, 2024

Following defined student learning outcomes in a pre-course ensures alignment with the main course objectives, providing clarity, focus, and relevance to the content covered. After the student learning outcomes have been defined, the creation of the pre-course does not have to be complex.

Exams 77

Exams Quizzes Students Course Design 77

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

In an effort to help students feel comfortable seeing our partners as accessible resources both within and beyond the course, we made sure that each of our partners interacted with our students more than once. This collaboration also extended out into the community in which our university is, sometimes uncomfortably, located.

Interdisciplinary 111

Interdisciplinary Art History Discussions 111

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

In an effort to help students feel comfortable seeing our partners as accessible resources both within and beyond the course, we made sure that each of our partners interacted with our students more than once. This collaboration also extended out into the community in which our university is, sometimes uncomfortably, located.

Interdisciplinary 105

Interdisciplinary Art History Discussions 105

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

Drawing on the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), it argues that AI can enhance accessibility and efficiency while preserving the human essence of education. Benefits: Accessibility and Faculty Efficiency AI enhances accessibility, a cornerstone of community college missions. Spitale et al.

Faculty Development 92

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 92

Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Feeling squeezed, for-profit publishers are searching for new revenue by selling colleges digital homework systems that charge students up to $100 for a semester’s worth of access. It’s a big misnomer and irony that they call it ‘inclusive access,’ because it’s not; you have to pay for it.” Then the Great Recession hit. “A

Textbooks 119

Textbooks Instructors History Syllabus 119

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Mixed-mode classes present new challenges for faculty who are used to teaching an in-person or online class, where all the students are using one mode of access. Some online students might view the lecture on a tablet or phone where these details are lost.

Feedback 105

Feedback Minute Papers Mobile Devices Discussions 105

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

Drawing on the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), it argues that AI can enhance accessibility and efficiency while preserving the human essence of education. Benefits: Accessibility and Faculty Efficiency AI enhances accessibility, a cornerstone of community college missions. Spitale et al.

Faculty Development 89

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 89

Faculty Focus

APRIL 23, 2023

When faculty have access to continuous learning opportunities, they become more equipped to meet the needs of students. Teaching principles Effective teaching involves acquiring relevant knowledge about students and using that knowledge to inform our course design. Dr. Dimple J.

Evaluation 111

Evaluation Participation Knowledge Learning Styles 111

Faculty Focus

APRIL 23, 2023

When faculty have access to continuous learning opportunities, they become more equipped to meet the needs of students. Teaching principles Effective teaching involves acquiring relevant knowledge about students and using that knowledge to inform our course design. Dr. Dimple J.

Evaluation 95

Evaluation Participation Knowledge Learning Styles 95

Edsurge

MAY 7, 2020

You recorded your lectures or gathered via video call with however many students you could reach each week. No one knows yet what the next semester will bring, but there’s a good chance the spaces where you used to teach, whether cavernous lecture hall or cozy seminar room, won’t be available this fall.

Syllabus 218

Syllabus Lecturing Education Course Design 218

Faculty Focus

APRIL 9, 2023

Faculty and pedagogists alike have been aware of the illness and many attempted to replace the traditional lecture with some alternative learning approaches which have been housed under various buzzwords such as “flipped classroom” (Milman, 2012), “experiential learning” (Wurdinger, 2005), and “blended learning” (Pavla, 2014).

Lecturing 126

Lecturing Course Design Blended Courses Instructors 126

Faculty Focus

APRIL 9, 2023

Faculty and pedagogists alike have been aware of the illness and many attempted to replace the traditional lecture with some alternative learning approaches which have been housed under various buzzwords such as “flipped classroom” (Milman, 2012), “experiential learning” (Wurdinger, 2005), and “blended learning” (Pavla, 2014).

Lecturing 98

Lecturing Course Design Blended Courses Instructors 98