Faculty Focus

JUNE 1, 2023

Online teaching has become more popular and accessible for students. As such, more instructors are teaching online courses. In-person classes often have this built into the first week of classes and instructors and professors share information about themselves. Why did you take this course? What do you do for fun?

Instructors 59

Instructors Syllabus Feedback Assignments 59

Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2018

Students may feel relief as they hand in an exam, but the moment marks the beginning of stress and anxiety for instructors and teaching assistants, who may need to grade hundreds of tests in a short time. Second, the tool is not designed to fully-automate grading, meaning instructors aren’t out of the process completely.

Grades 99

Grades Exams Instructors Teaching Assistants 99

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

Equity remained front and center, too, raising issues of inequitable technology access, along with racial and socioeconomic disparities and discrimination. More importantly, students will have better access to lessons designed specifically for their learning style. — Suren Aloyan , Co-Founder & CEO, PopUp EduTech, Inc.

Learning 363

Learning Communication Hybrid Learning Language 363

Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

For instructors who want to adopt it, he provides a password to a library of materials, and even plans to add the slides he uses for the in-person version of the course. He also used some of the money to send his teaching assistants to cities around the globe. embassy to get him out. “If

Textbooks 162

Textbooks Teaching Assistants Instructors Exams 162

Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2016

West summarizes their overall attitude as: “Tell me what data is available, give me access to it, give me the time to use it, and give me guidance in using it.”. based developer of Ally, a tool that makes digital content more accessible for learners with special needs. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Instructors 153

Instructors Essay Science Teaching Assistants 153

Faculty Focus

MARCH 24, 2024

Instructors may find it valuable to meet and teach to students in-person, rather than creating content for the proverbial faceless void. This creates access to learners and locations that are otherwise too far from a university or community college to participate. Increased planning for program and instructors.

Education 122

Education Instructors Culture Teaching Assistants 122

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Importantly, building classes that contain these elements for both students and instructors can lead to benefits for all. Below, I outline details about the five components and ideas for both students and instructors. For instructors: Reflect on your decision latitude to design your course from start to finish.

Course Design 96

Course Design Teaching Instructors Motivation 96

Faculty Focus

MARCH 24, 2024

Instructors may find it valuable to meet and teach to students in-person, rather than creating content for the proverbial faceless void. This creates access to learners and locations that are otherwise too far from a university or community college to participate. Increased planning for program and instructors.

Education 111

Education Instructors Culture Teaching Assistants 111

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Equity remained front and center, too, raising issues of inequitable technology access, along with racial and socioeconomic disparities and discrimination. More importantly, students will have better access to lessons designed specifically for their learning style. Access to interactive experiences, 3D drawings, site visits, etc.

Hybrid Learning 294

Hybrid Learning Communication Accessibility Language 294

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Importantly, building classes that contain these elements for both students and instructors can lead to benefits for all. Below, I outline details about the five components and ideas for both students and instructors. For instructors: Reflect on your decision latitude to design your course from start to finish.

Course Design 87

Course Design Teaching Instructors Motivation 87

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Teaching is a dynamic endeavor. As instructors, we are continually looking for ways to grow and improve. Instructors are encouraged to take small steps to start building HIPs in their curriculums, and there are some HIPs which are easy to incorporate into an existing course.

Assignments 104

Assignments Instructors Critical Thinking Activities 104

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2020

student and teaching assistant, began building his own homegrown adaptive tutoring technologies. That effort laid the groundwork for the company’s course-authoring tools, which offered instructors more control over the sequence of content and feedback that students encounter as they work through the materials.

Learning 137

Learning Textbooks Feedback Teaching Assistants 137

Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2018

These stories also show that innovative teaching was top of mind this past year, from shaking up the way instructors teach online, to talking about race in the classroom, to experimenting with augmented and virtual reality. How Blockbuster MOOCs Could Shape the Future of Teaching. The “Year of the MOOC” is long behind us.

Education 134

Education Textbooks Attention Teaching Assistants 134

Scholarly Teacher

JANUARY 29, 2025

However, this commitment to providing broad access to postsecondary pathways (Kisker et al., The open access nature of community colleges and the varying levels of academic preparedness of their students require programs and courses that provide remediation and support in foundational skills for nearly two- thirds of students (Chen et al.,

Learning 98

Learning Instructors Math STEM 98

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

TPS is also a lower-stake activity than most group work, since the learning takes place in an environment that the teacher controls, where the students are encouraged to share their communal learning with the whole class under the direct supervision of the instructor. International Journal of Science Education , 45 (15), 1241–1261.

Lecturing 98

Lecturing Active Learning Activities STEM 98

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 14, 2023

This is essential not just for smooth operations but also for guaranteeing all students have equal access. Moreover, with the surge of technology, ensuring that every student, regardless of their socioeconomic background, has equal access to AI-powered education becomes an imperative.

Intelligence 122

Intelligence Ethics Feedback Assignments 122

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

Teaching in a large-size classroom differs significantly from teaching in a small-size classroom in terms of engagement, interaction, and instructional methods (Wang & Calvano, 2022). To address the disparity between in-person and remote students, instructors can implement strategies that ensure both groups feel equally engaged.

Teaching 82

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 82

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

Teaching in a large-size classroom differs significantly from teaching in a small-size classroom in terms of engagement, interaction, and instructional methods (Wang & Calvano, 2022). To address the disparity between in-person and remote students, instructors can implement strategies that ensure both groups feel equally engaged.

Teaching 79

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 79

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Teaching is a dynamic endeavor. As instructors, we are continually looking for ways to grow and improve. Instructors are encouraged to take small steps to start building HIPs in their curriculums, and there are some HIPs which are easy to incorporate into an existing course.

Assignments 84

Assignments Instructors Critical Thinking Activities 84

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 14, 2023

This is essential not just for smooth operations but also for guaranteeing all students have equal access. Moreover, with the surge of technology, ensuring that every student, regardless of their socioeconomic background, has equal access to AI-powered education becomes an imperative.

Intelligence 110

Intelligence Ethics Feedback Assignments 110

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Reflecting on my experiences as a student, I know how tough it is to pay attention during these longer lectures and wish instructors had a different way to deliver them. Hoekstras research interests lie in enhancing teaching techniques in higher education and the effects of government policy on entrepreneurs. Wheel of Names.

Lecturing 102

Lecturing Attention Students Discussions 102

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. You may have to experiment and adjust how you write or put together slides so that they’re accessible by both your in-person and online students.

Feedback 105

Feedback Minute Papers Mobile Devices Discussions 105

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Reflecting on my experiences as a student, I know how tough it is to pay attention during these longer lectures and wish instructors had a different way to deliver them. Hoekstras research interests lie in enhancing teaching techniques in higher education and the effects of government policy on entrepreneurs. Wheel of Names.

Lecturing 94

Lecturing Attention Students Discussions 94

Edsurge

MAY 18, 2017

Just as professors wouldn’t bring in a teaching assistant they couldn’t talk to or collaborate with, they shouldn’t adopt interactive tools that are mysterious and locked. And they came to Carnegie Mellon looking for other schools that would be interested in putting all of their course materials online—to drive that open access.

Teaching 96

Teaching Ethics Textbooks Laboratory 96

Edsurge

MAY 20, 2020

As this COVID-disrupted semester comes to a close, we wanted to know how well the emergency online teaching experiment went at colleges, and what it felt like from instructors’ point of view. Meanwhile, teaching assistants led the weekly group sessions via Zoom, at the same time each week. Was it as good?

Lecturing 189

Lecturing History Teaching Assistants Learning 189

Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2020

I'm the world's first android teaching assistant. So she relies on support from William Barry, the philosophy instructor who records her delivering brief lectures for his undergraduate class on the ethics of emerging technology. Maria Bot can only access a pre-approved sliver of the Internet. “Are you having a good day?”

Teachers 155

Teachers Education Instructors Intelligence 155

Faculty Focus

MARCH 11, 2025

To address these challenges, educators must adopt approaches that make biology accessible and meaningful. By creating a learning environment tailored to various majors, addressing barriers, and demonstrating real-world applications, instructors can make the classroom “YOUnique.”

Interdisciplinary 59

Interdisciplinary Instructors Students Motivation 59

Faculty Focus

MARCH 11, 2025

To address these challenges, educators must adopt approaches that make biology accessible and meaningful. By creating a learning environment tailored to various majors, addressing barriers, and demonstrating real-world applications, instructors can make the classroom “YOUnique.”

Interdisciplinary 57

Interdisciplinary Instructors Students Motivation 57

Edsurge

JULY 23, 2020

After turning their webcams on, which the program requires, they hit the “join lecture” button to enter a Zoom call with a cheerful instructor who appeared in high-definition, and who said he was calling in from Florida. It’s really conveying a dense interactive classroom experience for the instructor and the students.

Instructors 133

Instructors Students Participation Distance Learning 133

Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2018

One selling point of MOOCs (massive online open courses) has been that students can access courses from the world’s most famous universities. Students who want proof of completion and access to all of the resources of the course—including feedback from teaching assistants—must buy a Coursera membership that costs $49 per month.

Teaching 140

Teaching Laboratory Textbooks Intelligence 140