eSchool News

JULY 19, 2016

Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education has launched a short online course designed specifically to help educators create rich and meaningful opportunities for communication within the classroom. The course, Effective Conversation in the Classroom, launches this August with three online sessions.

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Critical Thinking Communication Education Lecturing 127

Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2024

With a commitment to ensuring educational excellence and student success, in 2020, UF CJC Online developed a comprehensive course design strategy to elevate its online courses, a mission mandated by the State University System of Florida’s 2025 Strategic Plan for Online Education.

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Feedback Course Design Instructors Education 119

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

You enter and on the board is your first assignment: create something—a drawing, a model of a house, a sketch of a new product, a sculpture. And tells you your next assignment is to pick up the pieces (including yourself) and make something new. Insight 1: Educator-designers look at problems as design issues.

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Education Schools Art History 167

Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2024

With a commitment to ensuring educational excellence and student success, in 2020, UF CJC Online developed a comprehensive course design strategy to elevate its online courses, a mission mandated by the State University System of Florida’s 2025 Strategic Plan for Online Education.

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Feedback Course Design Instructors Education 109

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Trusting students does not mean ignoring accountability; it means designing courses, policies, and practices that build their confidence and skills while treating them as equal partners in their education. These activities encourage participation without the anxiety of high-stakes grading (Freeman et al., 2014; Agarwal, 2019).

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Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 118

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 18, 2024

In preparing that first course, I focused on what I thought were the essentials of teaching: finalizing the syllabus, picking the readings, and writing the assignments. You could also integrate videos or podcasts into your course materials, in addition to assigning readings. Encourage student participation.

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Teaching Syllabus Feedback Instructors 119

Faculty Focus

JUNE 2, 2024

Most of our grade was supposed to come from a single class project, but no assignment instructions were ever posted. But what about this assignment that was worth so much of our grade? When students know the purpose of the work they’re being asked to do, they have greater buy-in than if they see the assignment as mere “busy work.”

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Syllabus Course Design Learning Students 106

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

By informal, I mean posting a short video inviting them to participate in a discussion forum, journal entry, or an anonymous online poll. My rationale here is to not make it a mandatory assignment, but an extra credit opportunity to know more about their current learning experiences.

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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. Some of the phrases were, ‘I'm glad when they don't come because they don't participate, and they just make it worse.’ Less papers coming in.

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Students Instructors Lecturing Participation 203

Edsurge

JULY 22, 2022

A participant in the Women in Construction program. It’s an eight-week training course designed to prepare women for apprenticeships and jobs in the skilled trades, which can set them up for careers that start out paying double or triple the minimum wage. Photo courtesy of Moore Community House.

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Participation Culture Course Design Skills 155

Faculty Focus

MAY 30, 2023

To counter this, I offer an alternative approach: integrating student choice into course assignments. Assignment structure In an online general psychology course, I experimented with an alternative assignment structure that centered around student choice. Outcome The results were compelling.

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Student Engagement Assignments Instructors Students 97

Faculty Focus

APRIL 16, 2023

Students participate as they choose to and are accountable for meeting course demands regardless of the delivery mode they select. Educators are available to students and are responsible for designing bi-modal content. Educators are available to students and are responsible for designing bi-modal content.

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Learning Assignments Course Design Instructors 105

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 18, 2024

In preparing that first course, I focused on what I thought were the essentials of teaching: finalizing the syllabus, picking the readings, and writing the assignments. You could also integrate videos or podcasts into your course materials, in addition to assigning readings. Encourage student participation.

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Teaching Syllabus Feedback Instructors 110

Faculty Focus

APRIL 16, 2023

Students participate as they choose to and are accountable for meeting course demands regardless of the delivery mode they select. Educators are available to students and are responsible for designing bi-modal content. Educators are available to students and are responsible for designing bi-modal content.

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Learning Assignments Course Design Instructors 98

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Faculty were eager to learn out of necessity, and we were thrilled to witness double-digit participation in online trainings that would typically draw only a handful of attendees. Organization and structure  Students appreciate courses where assignments and course materials are organized and structured.

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Syllabus Instructors Peer Review Lecturing 126

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 14, 2024

Moreover, academic programs may require student participation in interprofessional education (IPE) activities. Additionally, participating in specific professional development activities such as panels, workshops, and readings can equip educators with insights on how to enhance their support for students.

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Interdisciplinary Assignments Participation Exams 124

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Trusting students does not mean ignoring accountability; it means designing courses, policies, and practices that build their confidence and skills while treating them as equal partners in their education. These activities encourage participation without the anxiety of high-stakes grading (Freeman et al., 2014; Agarwal, 2019).

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Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 98

Faculty Focus

MARCH 19, 2023

The Business Education Design Thinking Instructional Model (Wickam et al., For example, written papers and class discussion are assignments that can be used to aid students in reflecting on each stage of the design thinking process (Clark & Brennan, 1991; Grandzol & Grandzol, 2006; Wickam et al.,

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Course Design Testing Feedback Assignments 115

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

This faculty member may give exams and may collect student artifacts, such as projects or papers, but the faculty really doesn’t connect student performance with the course design or classroom experience. During one particular total football practice, Ted assigns each player the name of another player.

Feedback 126

Feedback Course Design Assignments Evaluation 126

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 12, 2025

When completing assignments or preparing for tests, there is a concern that they might be “faking it until they make it.” For instance, is there a quiet student who excels in written assignments but struggles with a course outcome tied to public speaking?

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Learning Evaluation Students Course Design 102

Faculty Focus

JULY 4, 2023

In the replies, there are always a few defenders of the pedagogical tools, but most participants affirm their widespread dissatisfaction. Of course, student contempt for a pedagogical tool shouldn’t ground its dismissal. Chang and Smith (2008) studied student engagement in a computer science course, again through a student survey.

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Exams Students Instructors Evaluation 116

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Lesson one: Planning teaching presence At our university training during the pandemic, professors learned that enhancing flexibility for online learners involved making all assignments and activities accessible on the first day of class—this way students could work at their own pace.

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Quizzes Teaching Learning Feedback 126

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 12, 2025

When completing assignments or preparing for tests, there is a concern that they might be “faking it until they make it.” For instance, is there a quiet student who excels in written assignments but struggles with a course outcome tied to public speaking?

Learning 95

Learning Evaluation Students Course Design 95

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 14, 2024

Moreover, academic programs may require student participation in interprofessional education (IPE) activities. Additionally, participating in specific professional development activities such as panels, workshops, and readings can equip educators with insights on how to enhance their support for students.

Interdisciplinary 110

Interdisciplinary Assignments Participation Exams 110

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Faculty were eager to learn out of necessity, and we were thrilled to witness double-digit participation in online trainings that would typically draw only a handful of attendees. Organization and structure  Students appreciate courses where assignments and course materials are organized and structured.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Instructors Peer Review Lecturing 111

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

By informal, I mean posting a short video inviting them to participate in a discussion forum, journal entry, or an anonymous online poll. My rationale here is to not make it a mandatory assignment, but an extra credit opportunity to know more about their current learning experiences.

Student Engagement 98

Student Engagement Lecturing Students Feedback 98

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

This faculty member may give exams and may collect student artifacts, such as projects or papers, but the faculty really doesn’t connect student performance with the course design or classroom experience. During one particular total football practice, Ted assigns each player the name of another player.

Feedback 111

Feedback Course Design Assignments Evaluation 111

Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2020

But now that so many students are taking courses remotely, in improvised environments that may not be especially conducive to learning, it may take some extra effort to redesign instruction, assignments and assessments to address everyone’s needs. Physical accessibility.

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Accessibility Disabilities Universal Design Syllabus 218

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

One theme on building critical consciousness explored in our program is the presence of implicit linguistic biases in course syllabi and assignment designs. What does the language in the syllabus/assignment assume about students (e.g., language choices for turning in assignments? Image courtesy of Unsplash.

Teaching 98

Teaching Instructors English Language 98

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Lesson one: Planning teaching presence At our university training during the pandemic, professors learned that enhancing flexibility for online learners involved making all assignments and activities accessible on the first day of class—this way students could work at their own pace.

Quizzes 111

Quizzes Teaching Learning Feedback 111

Faculty Focus

MARCH 19, 2023

The Business Education Design Thinking Instructional Model (Wickam et al., For example, written papers and class discussion are assignments that can be used to aid students in reflecting on each stage of the design thinking process (Clark & Brennan, 1991; Grandzol & Grandzol, 2006; Wickam et al.,

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Course Design Testing Feedback Assignments 96

Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2017

In fall 2016, Mote integrated the MyWays framework into Cortex so that when creating an assignment or assessment, a teacher could select the specific quadrant and competencies being targeted. In some cases, the framework’s quadrants are central to course design, impacting curriculum, instruction and the student experience.

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Schools Laboratory Language Languages 143

Faculty Focus

JULY 4, 2023

In the replies, there are always a few defenders of the pedagogical tools, but most participants affirm their widespread dissatisfaction. Of course, student contempt for a pedagogical tool shouldn’t ground its dismissal. Chang and Smith (2008) studied student engagement in a computer science course, again through a student survey.

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Exams Students Instructors Evaluation 97

Faculty Focus

JUNE 25, 2023

Students might not be experts at course content, but if we engage them in codesigning a course, they will participate fully as colleagues in the teaching-learning experience. CARES Alliance With the alliance formalized, we began to construct the course. The list of assignment ideas was edited to four or five assignments.

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Coaching Syllabus Confidentiality Assignments 105

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 17, 2023

Over the next two weeks, students participated in different activities and assignments relating to the collective learning experience. Students completed various assignments and participated in different learning activities during this time. On day one, they completed a pretest to determine their prior Chess knowledge.

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Curriculum Physical Education Assignments Learning 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2023

“A disability may be the result of combinations of impairments and environmental barriers , such as attitudinal barriers, inaccessible information, an inaccessible built environment or other barriers that affect people’s full participation in society [i].” We also list a few simple suggestions for improving learning spaces.

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Disabilities Learning Spaces Universal Design Learning Disabilities 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2023

“A disability may be the result of combinations of impairments and environmental barriers , such as attitudinal barriers, inaccessible information, an inaccessible built environment or other barriers that affect people’s full participation in society [i].” We also list a few simple suggestions for improving learning spaces.

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Disabilities Learning Spaces Universal Design Learning Disabilities 98