Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 3, 2023

There are times when course material can unexpectedly ignite charged classroom discussions that leave both students and teachers feeling unprepared and overwhelmed. It is incumbent upon instructors to approach these types of discussions with care by creating a classroom atmosphere based on respect, open dialogue, and active engagement.

Discussions 119

Discussions Instructors Beliefs Education 119

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

As an instructor, I have always considered myself to be friendly and approachable. Student perceptions of their instructors’ attitude toward them has been shown to be a predictor of student motivation (Wilson J. Periodically, I will set up a discussion board forum in the LMS. The same kind of activity could be used in-person.

Instructors 122

Instructors Syllabus Attention Teaching Assistants 122

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 3, 2023

There are times when course material can unexpectedly ignite charged classroom discussions that leave both students and teachers feeling unprepared and overwhelmed. It is incumbent upon instructors to approach these types of discussions with care by creating a classroom atmosphere based on respect, open dialogue, and active engagement.

Discussions 111

Discussions Instructors Beliefs Education 111

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

When a student with Autism arrives in the classroom this changes how interactions occur between a neurodiverse (ND) student and a neurotypical (NT) instructor. These variances can be challenging in the classroom relating to communication and emotional reactions between the ND instructor and the predominant group of NT students.

Instructors 120

Instructors Learning Styles Students Communication 120

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

Activity, context, and culture are central to this learning theory, which emphasizes the practical over the abstract. Situated learning theory asserts that learning happens as a result of doing things that are “situated in” our lives providing an authentic context for that learning.

Online Learning 420

Online Learning Learning Participation Knowledge 420

Edsurge

JULY 27, 2023

That has sparked a burst of activity by teachers at schools and colleges to change their assignments to make them harder to game with this new tech — and hopefully more human in the process. Some of those instructors are using tools that attempt to detect text written by bots, such as GPTZero and a new tool by Turnitin.

Assignments 148

Assignments Instructors Writing History 148

Faculty Focus

JULY 16, 2024

It is not unusual for difficult discussions to arise in the classroom for both students and educators or between students. These discussions may be because of conflicting views, controversial topics, heightened emotions, and different experiences. When these rules and norms have been communicated, the discussion can begin.

Discussions 107

Discussions Instructors Critical Thinking Activities 107

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).

Instructors 111

Instructors Motivation Critical Thinking Students 111

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

When a student with Autism arrives in the classroom this changes how interactions occur between a neurodiverse (ND) student and a neurotypical (NT) instructor. These variances can be challenging in the classroom relating to communication and emotional reactions between the ND instructor and the predominant group of NT students.

Instructors 106

Instructors Learning Styles Students Communication 106

Faculty Focus

MARCH 9, 2023

In order to stay relevant in today’s college classrooms within our fast-paced and ever-evolving world, professors must be ready to utilize instructional tools of all kinds to actively engage students in authentic learning experiences that take them beyond the classroom.

Active Learning 138

Active Learning Activities Learning Students 138

Faculty Focus

JULY 16, 2024

It is not unusual for difficult discussions to arise in the classroom for both students and educators or between students. These discussions may be because of conflicting views, controversial topics, heightened emotions, and different experiences. When these rules and norms have been communicated, the discussion can begin.

Discussions 105

Discussions Instructors Critical Thinking Activities 105

Faculty Focus

MAY 25, 2023

The difficulties in student engagement with instructor-directed reading, both in terms of the amount of reading undertaken and the participation and benefit from in-class discussion around readings, can be a prevalent problem. Bovill et al., academic journal article or specific industry press).

Discussions 114

Discussions Reading Instructors Lecturing 114

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 28, 2023

Our discussions culminated in selecting specific challenges to explore in-depth, with the goal of prototyping solutions at the Learning Leaders Summit in Dubai. During our discussion, a crucial question was raised: “In terms of teacher training, should schools begin with UDL or blended learning?”

Blended Learning 460

Blended Learning Universal Design Learning Motivation 460

Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2025

Enacting equity pedagogy as an essential component of multicultural education (Banks & Banks, 1995) requires instructors to become change agents. Beginning Add literature/resources from neurodivergent, disabled, and diverse authors to assigned course readings and class activities. Replace and/or supplement outdated readings.

Accessibility 91

Accessibility Disabilities Learning Disabilities Special Education 91

eSchool News

MAY 6, 2024

said SREB President Dr. Stephen Pruitt during a conference to discuss the group’s first meeting. The commission’s first meeting generated discussions about what, exactly, AI looks like at different levels of education and how to integrate it in useful and actionable ways for students, educators, and stakeholders.

Skills 336

Skills Laboratory Education Fairness 336

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 7, 2024

Faculty discussions The importance of fostering safe spaces in online spaces cannot be overstated. Engaging in open and ongoing discussions with educational leaders becomes an imperative for creating policies that uphold the safety and well-being of all those who are working in online spaces. References Coleman, M. link] Costa, S.

Instructors 128

Instructors Counselling Confidentiality Communication 128

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Gabriele Pinto , Baylor University Key Statement: Implementing elements of active learning into a large course may seem daunting task, but think-pair-share aided by quizzing and clickers can be done in any size classroom. 2023; Hsu & Goldsmith, 2021; Venus & Sharma, 2024).

Lecturing 98

Lecturing Active Learning Activities STEM 98

Faculty Focus

JULY 18, 2024

Online classes most often begin with an “introduce yourself” discussion forum for students to get comfortable working with peers in discussions and other activities. Here are some activities to use in your online courses. Our students have really enjoyed this type of activity in the past as well. Jeopardy Jeopardy!

Activities 109

Activities Instructors Participation Questions 109

Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2022

In fact, many college instructors have been downright grumpy about having been thrown into a new teaching format. Some instructors are so taken by active learning working so effectively that they expect to continue offering courses online, even when the pandemic restrictions completely lift and things are fully back in person.

Teaching 186

Teaching Lecturing Instructors Learning 186

eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2020

This has always been the case, but in a prevailing learning culture that promotes outside-the-box problem solving, these activities are growing more common in the 21st-century school library. This collaboration can take place in the form of guiding a class discussion, creating assignments and responding to student work.

Schools 358

Schools Essay Instructors Critical Thinking 358

Faculty Focus

JUNE 18, 2023

In a face-to-face class, students see the instructor and other students and, even if not interacting with them directly, know they are not alone. But asynchronous courses, and especially asynchronous independent study courses, present a different scenario with challenges for both instructors and students. Who is my instructor?”

Instructors 105

Instructors Syllabus Assignments Feedback 105

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Participants access learning via textbooks, video clips, interactive learning tasks, and webinars and have opportunities to practice skills via weekly online discussion forums, webinars, collaboration activities, self-check exercises, and homework assignments.

Teachers 259

Teachers Coaching Textbooks Participation 259

eSchool News

AUGUST 23, 2022

I NDIANAPOLIS, (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — When teaching about the labor movement in the United States, instructors often focus on Cesar Chavez and Peter McGuire to illustrate the rise of unions and workers’ rights. They include everything instructors need to teach a subject, including lessons, e-books, bell ringers, quizzes, and tests.

History 245

History Curriculum Social Studies Teachers 245

Faculty Focus

JULY 18, 2024

Online classes most often begin with an “introduce yourself” discussion forum for students to get comfortable working with peers in discussions and other activities. Here are some activities to use in your online courses. Our students have really enjoyed this type of activity in the past as well. Jeopardy Jeopardy!

Activities 104

Activities Instructors Participation Questions 104

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

That’s the question we addressed in the latest episode of EdSurge Live, our monthly online discussion of big ideas in higher education. What are the basics of that for a classroom instructor? What should faculty who want to teach inclusively consider with all this context? EdSurge: What does it mean to teach inclusively?

Teaching 156

Teaching Activities Instructors Lecturing 156

eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2024

Working with more than 500 teachers annually, and with Project Zero from the Harvard Graduate School of Education to analyze our e-classroom discussion boards, we have qualitative data on what works to keep students engaged in learning. Instructors rush to do “assignment makeovers” to respond to CHATGPT – Edsurge News.

Teaching 344

Teaching Critical Thinking Assignments Learning 344

Edsurge

OCTOBER 13, 2023

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. Instructors across the disciplines question how and where their students will use AI.

Teaching 208

Teaching Instructors Knowledge Writing 208

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 7, 2024

Faculty discussions The importance of fostering safe spaces in online spaces cannot be overstated. Engaging in open and ongoing discussions with educational leaders becomes an imperative for creating policies that uphold the safety and well-being of all those who are working in online spaces. References Coleman, M. link] Costa, S.

Instructors 112

Instructors Counselling Confidentiality Communication 112

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Additionally, the average high school dropout costs the economy approximately $272,000 over his or her lifetime in terms of lower tax contributions, higher reliance on Medicaid and Medicare, higher rates of criminal activity, and higher reliance on welfare. McGraw Hill Connect® is a complete course platform.

High School 276

High School High School Schools Instructors 276

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Since the pandemic, more instructors at schools and colleges appear to have embraced “flipped learning ,” the approach of asking students to watch lecture videos before class so that class time can be used for active learning. Finally, instructors assess the student work and give feedback. “I

Lecturing 213

Lecturing Learning Instructors Failure 213

Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2020

Since the 1990s and the rise of online video conferencing, though, it has been possible for educators to choose which activities in their distance-education courses to conduct synchronously and which to leave as asynchronous. The instructor can lecture and students can ask questions, or the instructor can lead a live discussion.

Teaching 218

Teaching Instructors Distance Learning Lecturing 218

Faculty Focus

APRIL 20, 2025

For any task that feels impossible, adding pieces of social engagement and active learning can be a significant variable toward success. Instructors can monitor the chat but allow a student-driven community to converse and share. checklists, calendars, exit polls, or pulse check quizzes.) Any task that is conducive to time efficiency.

Online Learning 91

Online Learning Activities Multidisciplinary Teaching 91

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

But since the COVID-19 pandemic forced instructors around the world to try online education, something unexpected has happened: Professors have found that there are some online teaching methods that work better than what can be done in the limits of a physical classroom. Each week, I’d assign several lectures I’d recorded earlier on video.

Teaching 218

Teaching Lecturing Blended Courses Instructors 218

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Though 97 percent of education professionals in Kaltura’s State of Video in Education annual report say that video is “ essential to students’ academic experiences ,” when it comes to educational video practices, many instructors are still pressing play. Paratext helps me connect with and make sense of the poem.

Teaching 191

Teaching Instructors Teaching Philosophy Education 191

Edsurge

MAY 25, 2020

These insights explain why the 50-minute-plus lecture format is more common in high school and college and why, in earlier grades, teachers often break up activities within a classroom period. Instructors have also experimented with lecture formats that did away with podiums and blackboards.

Lecturing 207

Lecturing Questions Learning Attention 207

eSchool News

MAY 15, 2024

I am definitely one of those teachers who loves classroom discussion, so I didn’t have to change much to bring more of it into the classroom, but since I began using Kognity’s phenomena-based curricula, I’ve been able to adapt instruction to share more real-life examples and experiences. I get my students fired up about digital storytelling.

Education 313

Education Schools Math Science 313

eSchool News

MAY 22, 2024

One of my biggest goals as a technology instructor is to teach my students skills and provide them with tools that I feel will best stoke their curiosity and prepare them for the world outside of the classroom. For example, we investigated the mummy from the Torquay Museum and talked about the scientific process behind mummification.

Students 327

Students Art Instructors Science 327