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

JANUARY 21, 2024

Flexible policies such as dropping the lowest quiz/assignment score and offering one free pass for a “no-questions-asked” due-date extension can reduce anxiety and logistical rigor. This type of intellectual rigor is desirable in course design. These assessments must be valid and reliable.

Syllabus 132

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 132

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.

Student Engagement 98

Student Engagement Assignments Instructors Students 98

Faculty Focus

APRIL 16, 2023

Educators are available to students and are responsible for designing bi-modal content. Content should incorporate Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and offer choices to students. IT-ready classrooms may not be available for all courses. These are not challenges associated with online courses. Daunting for educators.

Learning 105

Learning Assignments Course Design Instructors 105

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. Transparent policies: Clearly outline expectations while building flexibility. 2014; Agarwal, 2019).

Plagiarism 122

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 122

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

We can pre-expose students to new information before starting a course or a class with: a welcome letter or email of the course description. a video about a course or topic. pre-test quizzes. The content of the questions is aligned to the learning outcomes and is linked to the subsequent assignments. opinion polls.

Knowledge 126

Knowledge Quizzes Students Learning 126

Faculty Focus

APRIL 16, 2023

Educators are available to students and are responsible for designing bi-modal content. Content should incorporate Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and offer choices to students. IT-ready classrooms may not be available for all courses. These are not challenges associated with online courses. Daunting for educators.

Learning 98

Learning Assignments Course Design Instructors 98

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In higher education, there has been an over-reliance on administering summative assessments and simply assigning student grades, often with minimal to no feedback provided prior to the conclusion of the course. Providing student feedback on an assessment, or any assignment, provides extensive value.

Fairness 122

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 122

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

Flexible policies such as dropping the lowest quiz/assignment score and offering one free pass for a “no-questions-asked” due-date extension can reduce anxiety and logistical rigor. This type of intellectual rigor is desirable in course design. These assessments must be valid and reliable.

Syllabus 103

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 103

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. Transparent policies: Clearly outline expectations while building flexibility. 2014; Agarwal, 2019).

Plagiarism 98

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 98

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In higher education, there has been an over-reliance on administering summative assessments and simply assigning student grades, often with minimal to no feedback provided prior to the conclusion of the course. Providing student feedback on an assessment, or any assignment, provides extensive value.

Fairness 111

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 111

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

To enhance interaction, instructors can assign mixed-location breakout groups where students collaborate via Zoom on case studies. Regular feedback loops, like short quizzes or reflective journals, can also help instructors gauge understanding and adapt their teaching as needed. References Beatty, B. EdTech Books.

Teaching 91

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 91

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

We can pre-expose students to new information before starting a course or a class with: a welcome letter or email of the course description. a video about a course or topic. pre-test quizzes. The content of the questions is aligned to the learning outcomes and is linked to the subsequent assignments. opinion polls.

Knowledge 98

Knowledge Quizzes Students Learning 98

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

To enhance interaction, instructors can assign mixed-location breakout groups where students collaborate via Zoom on case studies. Regular feedback loops, like short quizzes or reflective journals, can also help instructors gauge understanding and adapt their teaching as needed. References Beatty, B. EdTech Books.

Teaching 87

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 87

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 31, 2023

You can also keep your theme running through the class; incorporate it into class examples, projects, assignments, quizzes, etc. And if you want a set of eyes to review your work, just send it my way—we are all here to help one another. For example, this semester I have my quiz problems based on the world of Pokémon.

Syllabus 116

Syllabus Accessibility Quizzes Disabilities 116

Scholarly Teacher

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Our questions and subsequent review focused on implementing collaborative quizzes. In the fall of 2022, students in three sections of a required 200-level business writing course at a large, Midwestern university (N=72) participated in seven collaborative quizzes and three independent quizzes taken throughout the fall semester.

Quizzes 52

Quizzes Education Multiple Choice Questions Feedback 52

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 31, 2023

You can also keep your theme running through the class; incorporate it into class examples, projects, assignments, quizzes, etc. And if you want a set of eyes to review your work, just send it my way—we are all here to help one another. For example, this semester I have my quiz problems based on the world of Pokémon.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Accessibility Quizzes Disabilities 98

Scholarly Teacher

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Rachel Thelen , The University of Minnesota School of Dentistry Noelle Haight , Occupational Therapist and Educator Julia VanderMolen , University of the Pacific Key Statement: Four helpful tips, including backwards design, for the new instructor looking to (re)design their course.

Instructors 52

Instructors Curriculum Quizzes Lecturing 52

Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Since professors typically require use of these tools to participate in class, students complain that they are essentially being charged to turn in their assignments. So he doesn’t assign it to his students. “I Tutor pushes beyond simple multiple-choice quizzes. History textbook, was disappointed with the final product.

Textbooks 117

Textbooks Instructors History Syllabus 117

Edsurge

JANUARY 16, 2018

You can also watch this Course Hero video on Vimeo. Garg is an innovative educator, famous at UCLA for the organic chemistry music video extra-credit assignment he initiated. Let Professor Neil Garg Inspire Your Course Design. See how Course Hero can help inspire your course design.

Lecturing 137

Lecturing Course Design Assignments Quizzes 137

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

Today, students frequently work in digital environments to read course materials, take tests and complete assignments. In a paper Koedinger co-published in Science , he found that as instructors consider their course design and teaching options during a typical college course, they’re picking from trillions of possibilities.

Education 218

Education Learning Textbooks Instructors 218

Edsurge

DECEMBER 18, 2017

His legendary assignments range from reviewing films to tweeting on behalf of world leaders (more on that below). Let Professor John Boyer Inspire Your Course Design. Explore the World Regions course file , with links to notes, quizzes, and study guides. Innovative pedagogy, for starters. You have to use video.

Syllabus 139

Syllabus Quizzes Lecturing Assignments 139