Edsurge

JULY 19, 2019

It’s called the Open Syllabus Project , and this week its leaders released a new version of their tool that analyzes assignment lists from more than six million syllabi. In third is Diana Hacker, a 77-year-old author of books on how to write, whose works appear on more than 25,500 syllabi. But version 2.0,

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2018

Can proactive instructional design eliminate barriers to access for learners? Will artificial intelligence play a role in improving accessibility? On Tuesday, May 8 the #DLNchat community got together to discuss and debate: How Can We Improve Accessibility Through Instructional Design?

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

It can handle a variety of language tasks, including answering questions, writing essays, generating creative content, offering explanations, giving advice, and engaging in natural-sounding conversations” (as explained by ChatGPT itself).

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

When you go back and revisit your writing on the subject, how well does it align with your beliefs now? Values and Beliefs in Practice After reviewing any prior writing you have done on the subject, identify where those values show up in your teaching. Verify that your syllabus contains statements that reflect your values in this area.

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Edsurge

JULY 21, 2025

As first-year writing professors at community colleges, if we don’t meet this moment with intention, we will leave our most vulnerable students behind. With OpenAI access, students will benefit from faster responses, voice-to-text, custom learning tools, and Sora, OpenAI’s image and video generator, to deepen engagement with our readings.

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Edsurge

JULY 31, 2024

Then, I ask students the following questions: Who writes the stories? We then use these responses to solidify the course syllabus as a living document that prioritizes the voices and narratives absent from their previous experiences in the English department. Who is missing from the stories? Who benefits from the stories?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Called Agent Smith , it’s an artificially intelligent system that absorbs information from a course syllabus and uses it to build a Jill Watson customized to that class. Online education tends to be widely accessible, but online course completion rates are low. We don’t write a thousand rules,” Serban says. “A

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

I think the phenomena of the infographic syllabus has been an effort by many teachers to make that document more accessible, more real,” she explains. “We We can solve a lot of problems as educators if we can just get people to read the syllabus upfront.”. It's like if Evernote talked to Google Docs," he says.

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Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2020

One big barrier to sustaining education via remote instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic has been students’ unequal access to advanced technology tools. Using learning material and platforms that are accessible on any device may help more students stay on track with schoolwork while they’re stuck at home.

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Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2019

I have created what I’m calling my “prep syllabus” and hope to set a solid foundation for myself. I would love to get your feedback on what should be in my "prep syllabus” and how to make that transition. I have found the following people and organizations essential to growing my research writing skills over the years.

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Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2024

was free, and people had to pay at least $20 a month to get access to the state-of-the-art model. It’s a game-changing shift,” says Marc Watkins, a lecturer of writing and rhetoric at the University of Mississippi and director of the university’s AI Summer Institute for Teachers of Writing.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

I am gathering information together before I create a syllabus. She will soon be writing a ten-page one-minute VR script. With VR equipment ranging from about $15 to $600 educators will have to check the budget or start writing grant proposals to gain access to the higher quality machines.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 2, 2024

Aside from a bare-bones syllabus, the professor never showed up. In my teaching practice, I order content in weekly modules that align directly with the course calendar provided in the syllabus. My first and only fully online class taken as an undergraduate student was a complete disaster.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Advisors can help students establish healthy work habits by sending helpful advice for meeting deadlines before classes begin such as: Plan ahead: Get a “lay of the land” of the course by reading the syllabus. Anywhere Access Benefits From Dedicated Space The students who are least likely to ask for help are those who need it most.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 24, 2023

Language for the disability statement in their syllabus. A new way to write their course policy on academic integrity or late assignments. Introductions and low-stake interactions in the syllabus, in your communications, and in class can reduce intimidation and help students get ready to learn. Start strong. Lynch-Sauer, J.,

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 7, 2024

At the heart of composition faculty in particular, but of the entire higher education community as well, are those of us looking for solutions for students using AI to write papers. What many students do not know, is that no one sits down and writes a paper, even a paragraph, without starts and stops. References Helmond, J.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 7, 2024

At the heart of composition faculty in particular, but of the entire higher education community as well, are those of us looking for solutions for students using AI to write papers. What many students do not know, is that no one sits down and writes a paper, even a paragraph, without starts and stops. References Helmond, J.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 2, 2024

Aside from a bare-bones syllabus, the professor never showed up. In my teaching practice, I order content in weekly modules that align directly with the course calendar provided in the syllabus. My first and only fully online class taken as an undergraduate student was a complete disaster.

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2019

His answer is simply class participation, plus in-class and take-home writing assignments. Using evidence from the text, the students will write a short piece answering that question. When the syllabus says no laptops unless you have a disability, it automatically sort of outs those students,” he said.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

She recalled one instructor who told her that 11 students in her class of 35 turned in the exact same assignment using materials from Course Hero, a website where students can share and access course study materials. Academic integrity isn’t a one-and-done conversation at the start of semester, though.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 24, 2023

Language for the disability statement in their syllabus. A new way to write their course policy on academic integrity or late assignments. Introductions and low-stake interactions in the syllabus, in your communications, and in class can reduce intimidation and help students get ready to learn. Start strong. Lynch-Sauer, J.,

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Teaching Syllabus Instructors Disabilities 98

Faculty Focus

JULY 27, 2023

They provide a quick way to access a webpage that could be the syllabus, a poll, a list of resources, or a shared online space for a brainstorming activity. Students are asked to write what they already know and what they want to know about a topic. What are some equity, accessibility, and security issues?

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2018

Coming from educational publishing, there was a strict division between writing and editing and graphic-design work,” says Anagnoson. Previously, her syllabus relied on a series of pamphlets from the Water Education Foundation, a California-based non-profit. His office also oversees making sure content meets accessibility guidelines.

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Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Savini suggests that we ask ourselves what makes someone else’s writing unclear to us. Relevant and meaningful feedback on writing may vary between cultures, as language is also inextricably tied to culture. What does the language in the syllabus/assignment assume about students (e.g.,

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

Can we learn lessons from the sci-fi canon and reframe the debate around AI technology and writing studies? And if those of us asking vital questions about access/cost, academic integrity, and a potential loss of linguistic diversity can be heard without accusations of knee-jerk paranoia.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Now, for those who aren’t familiar, OER, or Open Educational Resources, are course materials under an open license which allows others to access and reuse them at no cost. Now the reason they are confused could be due to an error in the writing rather than a shortfall in their understanding.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

This tool can write as well as humans”) and fear (“Wow…this tool can write as well as humans”). With increasing access to different types of AI chatbots, and increasing advances in AI technology, “preventing student cheating via AI” has risen to the top of the list of faculty concerns for 2023 (Lucariello, 2023).

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Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Syllabus 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

This tool can write as well as humans”) and fear (“Wow…this tool can write as well as humans”). With increasing access to different types of AI chatbots, and increasing advances in AI technology, “preventing student cheating via AI” has risen to the top of the list of faculty concerns for 2023 (Lucariello, 2023).

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Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Syllabus 98

Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

Can we learn lessons from the sci-fi canon and reframe the debate around AI technology and writing studies? And if those of us asking vital questions about access/cost, academic integrity, and a potential loss of linguistic diversity can be heard without accusations of knee-jerk paranoia.

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2022

It teaches the basics of critical thinking, research and academic writing. They want to read and write and think. The syllabus is structured to inspire confidence and courage. As Ruth Cady sits down to write, she thinks about her professor’s advice: Write your draft like you’re talking to someone in a bar.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2024

QM’s robust framework, encapsulated in the QM Rubric, evaluates various facets of online course design through eight categories, including learning objectives, alignment, assessment strategies, instructional materials, learner interaction, course technology, learner support, accessibility, and usability.

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Feedback Course Design Instructors Education 120

Edsurge

MAY 15, 2019

However, students who ask for extra time on tests/projects, high levels (30%+) of extra credit, or to make up work weeks or months later, without having responded to any communications or requests for updates/accommodation needs… and still do not go to the Office of Accessibility… am I being a hard ass? How much do you bend?

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Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2024

QM’s robust framework, encapsulated in the QM Rubric, evaluates various facets of online course design through eight categories, including learning objectives, alignment, assessment strategies, instructional materials, learner interaction, course technology, learner support, accessibility, and usability.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Now, for those who aren’t familiar, OER, or Open Educational Resources, are course materials under an open license which allows others to access and reuse them at no cost. Now the reason they are confused could be due to an error in the writing rather than a shortfall in their understanding.

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Textbooks Syllabus Instructors Peer Review 96

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

They can access the material on their own schedule, write discussion postings at their leisure and pace, and review material as many times as they need to understand it. It is important these welcome messages not simply repeat the syllabus; students can read that themselves. I also provide a video biography.

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Instructors Communication Syllabus Discussions 101

Gaggle Speaks

JANUARY 18, 2016

Even though a majority of kids now have unlimited access to social media and the Internet in their hands, it doesn’t mean that they have the necessary tools needed to handle everything responsibly. Is there access to “sext” education or other available resources? Create a technology contract as part of your syllabus.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 29, 2023

Then write a press release or design a news report video to inform others about what they learned. They could annotate the class syllabus in a Google Doc or use Hypothes.is Role play or debate : Engage students in acting out or debating an important concept, event, action, or experience.

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