Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

As an instructor, I have always considered myself to be friendly and approachable. Perhaps they are nervous about asking questions because they don’t want to be seen as a student who doesn’t understand the material. Social-Psychological Accessibility and Faculty-Student Interaction Beyond the Classroom. Wilson, R.

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Edsurge

MAY 25, 2020

Yet that discomfort also raises opportunities to question prevailing assumptions about how teaching and learning occurs. Instructors have also experimented with lecture formats that did away with podiums and blackboards. For many, the recent leap to remote instruction felt rushed, chaotic and disorganized.

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Lecturing Questions Learning Attention 207

Edsurge

MAY 21, 2020

Nine lawsuits filed in March, April and May against major textbook companies and retailers take aim at their bulk deals with colleges to offer online course materials, sometimes referred to as “inclusive access” programs. The new lawsuits argue that inclusive access deals strangle the used book market and therefore drive up textbook prices.

Textbooks 207

Textbooks Accessibility Assignments Instructors 207

Faculty Focus

MAY 20, 2025

Subsequently, instructor facilitated classroom conversations intended to enhance understanding of course content may stagnate and falter. The frame of content engagement can look different based on course, instructor and level of student. Spinning Questions. Stalnaker, J., Hubbard, A., H., & Bailey, E. Briggs, W.

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Instructors Assignments Participation Students 89

Faculty Focus

MAY 11, 2025

As the capacity of AI grows to complete increasingly complex tasks, we (as college instructors) may wonder what we can offer our students in the age of AI. Why College Instructors Matter: A Student’s Perspective I had a conversation with one of my students recently about this exact question. Schoeder, 2024).

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Instructors Motivation Critical Thinking Students 112

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 28, 2023

I began our synchronous session by addressing frequently asked questions about this model. In this post, I will share answers to some of those questions. Slide decks, in particular, offer a visually engaging way to present the content, making it more accessible and interesting for students.

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Blended Learning Feedback Universal Design Art 436

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

This shift raises critical questions about the future of education: How will teachers adapt their roles? This shift raises questions about the efficacy and long-term viability of conventional education methods. Another concern is the varying levels of access to technology. You might wonder why this preference exists.

Hybrid Learning 141

Hybrid Learning Learning Styles Study Critical Thinking 141

eSchool News

JANUARY 12, 2024

Educators with a mind towards equity typically excel at access. Ralabate (2016) gives us five fundamental questions that allow teachers to begin to transform their practice. As teachers embrace this transformation, generative AI can be a thought partner in utilizing the five fundamental questions efficiently.

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Education Evaluation Accessibility Science 303

Edsurge

JULY 27, 2023

But pulling off these “assignment makeovers,” as some instructors are calling them, turns out to be challenging, and what works differs significantly depending on the subject matter and type of assignment. Some of those instructors are using tools that attempt to detect text written by bots, such as GPTZero and a new tool by Turnitin.

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Assignments Instructors Writing History 148

EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2019

5 Questions (and Answers) About Student-Run Help Desks. They learn to do basic troubleshooting with tablets, but also help with passwords, Wi-Fi access, and problems with applications — smaller tasks that free up the district’s IT staff to handle larger issues. eli.zimmerman_9856. Wed, 10/02/2019 - 15:55. by LeRoy Wong.

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Questions Students Instructors High School 153

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Yet the contract terms for these subscription arrangements—which some publishers call “inclusive access” programs—raise questions about whether publishers and colleges pressure students into participating. These goals could “push the rapid adoption of access codes across the institution,” the report states.

Textbooks 168

Textbooks Accessibility Confidentiality Instructors 168

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 28, 2023

How do teachers ensure that instruction and facilitation of learning are accessible, inclusive, and equitable? What questions do you have about these challenges in the context of your own teaching experience? Cognitive The cognitive domain refers to the content knowledge and skills students must acquire to engage in deeper learning.

Blended Learning 460

Blended Learning Universal Design Learning Motivation 460

eSchool News

MAY 10, 2023

Or they might find it challenging to compete against fellow students to become the first to finish a task or answer a question correctly via touchscreen. It will also disable or freeze devices after repeated attempts at access. Better Access Control Devices should also have restricted access outside class hours.

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Gamification Interactive Learning Disabilities Learning 328

Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2020

Often the college already pays for access to one of them. Either put the video on YouTube and share the link, or use a service that manages streaming, which some colleges already buy access to, she adds. Use Polls to Keep Students Engaged There are many tools available to pose multiple-choice questions to students remotely.

Instructors 207

Instructors Teaching Multiple Choice Questions Ethics 207

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

As an instructor, I have always considered myself to be friendly and approachable. Perhaps they are nervous about asking questions because they don’t want to be seen as a student who doesn’t understand the material. Social-Psychological Accessibility and Faculty-Student Interaction Beyond the Classroom. Wilson, R.

Instructors 98

Instructors Syllabus Attention Teaching Assistants 98

eSchool News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The guide contains examples of how some educators are teaching with ChatGPT, along with a series of frequently-asked questions that may help guide teachers as they seek to strike a balance between accepting AI’s presence and an over-reliance on such tools. You can take these ideas and make them your own.”

Teaching 278

Teaching Quizzes Exams English 278

eSchool News

JULY 28, 2022

On the Advanced Latin Reading Comprehension exam, one VHS Learning student answered 40 of 40 questions correctly, earning a gold medal and a summa cum laude certificate. The nonprofit’s emphasis is on small class sizes, certified teachers, and flexible scheduling, with coursework that is accessible anywhere students have internet access.

Exams 258

Exams Instructors Learning Students 258

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 7, 2024

Faculty should be prepared to answer key questions from leadership related to crisis prevention and intervention in the online learning environment: What training have you received in crisis prevention and intervention specific to online education? Mental Health in the College Classroom: Best Practices for Instructors. link] Costa, S.

Instructors 128

Instructors Counselling Confidentiality Communication 128

Faculty Focus

MARCH 13, 2025

When students evaluations are viewed by instructors as a type of formative assessment to be used as a tool for instructional improvement, mid-semester feedback surveys allow instructors to immediately respond to their students needs (Chapman & Joines, 2017; Diamond, 2004). 2002; Spencer & Schmelkin, 2002).

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Feedback Questions Course Evaluations Evaluation 104

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Skeptics initially questioned the viability of the new model, wondering if it would provide the right levels of support, curriculum, and engagement needed to ensure student success. For example, because virtual instructors aren’t physically present in a classroom, their qualifications and expertise can come into question.

Learning 277

Learning Instructors Language Languages 277

eSchool News

MAY 6, 2024

The question is, are we going to have people equipped to fill those jobs?” We have a plan and we’re ready to progress that plan,” said Calvin McNeil, an Advanced Placement computer science instructor with the University of Florida. Helping people get into the AI pipeline provides equity and access for all students.”

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Skills Laboratory Education Fairness 334

eSchool News

OCTOBER 7, 2015

With that in mind, certain strategies, tips, and guidelines have been proven to help instructors begin what can seem like an overwhelming task—teaching a course without ever even needing to physically see her students. Check for questions frequently and provide timely feedback on progress.

Education 279

Education Syllabus Instructors Feedback 279

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 7, 2024

Faculty should be prepared to answer key questions from leadership related to crisis prevention and intervention in the online learning environment: What training have you received in crisis prevention and intervention specific to online education? Mental Health in the College Classroom: Best Practices for Instructors. link] Costa, S.

Instructors 113

Instructors Counselling Confidentiality Communication 113

eSchool News

APRIL 19, 2023

We’ve also appointed a bilingual tutor as a liaison to answer questions from families in their native language. To help students achieve this, they strive to bridge the gap between access to high-quality instructors, award-winning AI software, and high-quality instructional resources. About Carnegie Learning, Inc.

Math 269

Math Instructors Learning Language 269

Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2021

Yet as instructors in the new world of online education, we have access to ever-increasing amounts of data—from recorded lecture videos, electronically submitted homework, discussion forums, and online quizzes and assessments—that may give us insights into individual student learning.

Teaching 212

Teaching Instructors Quizzes Intelligence 212

Edsurge

OCTOBER 13, 2023

For many faculty, that last question is causing the most friction around campuses. For instructors who have had the opportunity to participate in pedagogy learning groups, there may be a lot of overlap in what they already know about teaching and what changes AI might bring to the classroom.

Teaching 208

Teaching Instructors Knowledge Writing 208

eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2020

The private conferencing is on a closed network and every instructor gets their own virtual classroom, so staff can conduct classes simultaneously. Features include real-time comprehension checks with multiple-choice polling questions, virtual hand raising, non-verbal emoji feedback, whiteboarding, attention tracking, and more.

Mobile Devices 202

Mobile Devices Instructors Attention Communication 202

Faculty Focus

MARCH 13, 2025

When students evaluations are viewed by instructors as a type of formative assessment to be used as a tool for instructional improvement, mid-semester feedback surveys allow instructors to immediately respond to their students needs (Chapman & Joines, 2017; Diamond, 2004). 2002; Spencer & Schmelkin, 2002).

Feedback 91

Feedback Questions Course Evaluations Evaluation 91

k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

Students need to engage actively with challenging tasks, and work in groups talking about learning, trying solutions to problems, recording observations and getting feedback in the moment from the instructor. work with a partner to light a bulb using the materials provided for you).

Science 130

Science Education Motivation Lecturing 130

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

We don’t just want this to be accessible to kids in major urban environments—we want kids no matter where they are to be able to access this. That is the question that I was asking myself over and over again, and I shared this idea with Roland Fryer. That’s a good question. And there just are not enough providers.

Culture 208

Culture Instructors History Education 208

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The teaching experts who sponsored the training hope it will prepare college instructors to become “advocates,” empowering them to explain and defend the rigor of this way of teaching calculus to skeptical scientists from other departments. This idea is what drew instructors to sweaty Cambridge in July. the instructor asked.

Math 218

Math Instructors Science STEM 218

Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2025

Many of the top stories raise fundamental questions about higher education. How should teaching change for a group of students whose studies and social lives were disrupted by COVID-19 (and instructors who had a crash-course in online teaching)? The year ahead promises to raise plenty of surprising new questions. By Jeffrey R.

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Disabilities Instructors Teaching Methods Writing 186

Edsurge

MAY 29, 2020

A new “playbook” aims to strike the middle ground between offering higher ed instructors and institutions too much information about teaching remotely and offering too little. Course Design Instructors should ask themselves: What do you want students to learn in your course? Now, a few months in, they may feel inundated with advice. (We

Course Evaluations 196

Course Evaluations Instructors Evaluation Universal Design 196

Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2024

With the technology itself evolving rapidly, establishing a framework for examining its implications is critical; we need to know what questions to ask, and to continue asking, even as the answers continuously change. Our efforts to analyze data have helped us shine a light on these issues.

Academic Integrity 206

Academic Integrity Education Instructors Assignments 206

Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Now, having gone to the trouble to design course resources that can be accessed remotely and feeling accustomed to turning on a webcam in the classroom, he has continued to embrace a teaching practice that is known as “HyFlex,” a portmanteau of hybrid and flexible. Will their efforts succeed? Which is completely 100 percent valid,” he says.

Teaching 208

Teaching Instructors Lecturing Blended Courses 208

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Teachers can access the front office, enable daily communications campus-wide, or initiative an emergency alert from the touch of a button. With itopia Labs, educators can provide anytime, anywhere, any device access to software applications that students commonly use for Career Technical Education (CTE) and various certification programs.

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STEM Math Internet Mobile Devices 335

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

All too often, they would wind up needing to ask their instructor a question about the assignment but had no time to receive an answer before the deadline passed. Anywhere Access Benefits From Dedicated Space The students who are least likely to ask for help are those who need it most.

Online Learning 189

Online Learning Instructors Coaching Mobile Devices 189