Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The Assignment: Exploring Leadership Through Superheroes In this assignment, students are asked to compare five leadership styles—autocratic, democratic, laissez-faire (sometimes called free-rein style), transactional, and transformational—with the leadership qualities of at least three superheroes.

Assignments 97

Assignments Teaching Ethics Textbooks 97

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2018

On Tuesday, April 24 the #DLNchat community got together to discuss and debate: How Can Alternative Assignments Effectively Assess Student Learning? Where there’s an alternative there must be a standard, so we started our chat creating a list of what those standard assignment are: exams, quizzes, essays, reports, lab manuals and the like.

Assignments 97

Assignments Exams Instructors Learning 97

eSchool News

JULY 20, 2016

The research followed a charter school management organization that co-designed technology with the nonprofit company Gooru. Author Thomas Arnett, an education researcher at the Institute, noted that “ if you align your funding with impact, you are better positioned to design systems that support teacher-led instruction.” Read more.

Teaching 186

Teaching Exams Learning Disabilities 186

Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2020

For instance, instructors can ask students to post a one-sentence summary or brief reflection after going through an assigned reading or watching a short video lecture. Experts in online teaching have been debating and researching the question of synchronous versus asynchronous for decades.

Teaching 218

Teaching Instructors Distance Learning Lecturing 218

Edsurge

MAY 6, 2020

When it comes to learning, engagement is influenced by a learner's level of motivation, focus and cognitive ability as well as online course design and a teacher's decisions regarding facilitation style. Similar online approaches such as recorded or live book readings and virtual office hours can be just as effective.

Motivation 218

Motivation Education Learning Feedback 218

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.

Critical Thinking 146

Critical Thinking Education Communication Lecturing 146

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

All classes follow an easy-to-use course design: establish goals–what students will learn by the end of the class. Select your state and then read about the requirements: Once you start a class, proceed at your own pace, as fast or slow as works for you. assess success at completion.

Teaching 179

Teaching Education Learning Assignments 179

Faculty Focus

APRIL 18, 2023

Part 1 reviews the challenges associated with various course delivery modes and is available to read here. Bi-modal flexible course delivery offers students the ability to control how they learn by selecting the delivery mode that best suits their needs for each session. Every educator has the same course design and materials.

Exams 111

Exams Course Design Assignments Learning 111

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2025

When our students overcome obstacles in their learning due to our support and encouragement, or experience transformations from our well-constructed course design and subsequent instruction, we succeed in cultivating spaces where their success is made possible. Student success is teacher success.

Students 122

Students Motivation Feedback Communication 122

Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2019

In addition to using technology in my own biology courses, I also work with faculty across the country on how to teach with technology through an inclusive lens. Student reflection assignments have been shown to produce cathartic effects on academic performance and even health.

Technology 167

Technology Teaching Intellectual Development Instructors 167

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Students now expect the use of this tool by their professors for more than simply providing lecture slides or links to readings. Duplicate or misplaced assignment pages create confusion (and potentially issues with the gradebook). Many faculty don’t include due dates, which can lead to missed deadlines.

Syllabus 122

Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 122

Faculty Focus

APRIL 18, 2023

Part 1 reviews the challenges associated with various course delivery modes and is available to read here. Bi-modal flexible course delivery offers students the ability to control how they learn by selecting the delivery mode that best suits their needs for each session. Every educator has the same course design and materials.

Exams 98

Exams Course Design Assignments Learning 98

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. Del Tufo: Reading is probably the most prevalent one that I see.

Accessibility 218

Accessibility Disabilities Universal Design Syllabus 218

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

University of Michigan marketing professor John Branch rebuilds the learning experience by taking a precision engineering approach to course design. Source: Course Hero. He engineers every aspect of his courses, down to which students he’ll shoot the breeze with before class. Why did it fail?

Quizzes 167

Quizzes Failure Culture Students 167

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2025

When our students overcome obstacles in their learning due to our support and encouragement, or experience transformations from our well-constructed course design and subsequent instruction, we succeed in cultivating spaces where their success is made possible. Student success is teacher success.

Students 111

Students Motivation Feedback Communication 111

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Oftentimes, putting a brick-and-mortar course online begins by preserving the readings and assessments, and then considering adaptations to replace all or some of the “live” elements of interactive lectures. This requires considerable planning and development since most students may come to the course with little relevant experience.

Lecturing 126

Lecturing Feedback Evaluation Course Design 126

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. Lastly, we map the various due dates onto a calendar.

Syllabus 132

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 132

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Students now expect the use of this tool by their professors for more than simply providing lecture slides or links to readings. Duplicate or misplaced assignment pages create confusion (and potentially issues with the gradebook). Many faculty don’t include due dates, which can lead to missed deadlines.

Syllabus 105

Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 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.

Teaching 119

Teaching Syllabus Feedback Instructors 119

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Organization and structure  Students appreciate courses where assignments and course materials are organized and structured. Use of LMS tools  Students spoke highly of courses that harnessed the full potential of the LMS’s tools. The method of organization does not really matter as long as it is user-friendly.

Syllabus 126

Syllabus Instructors Peer Review Lecturing 126

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. Initially entitled “The Lasso Way,” Ted leaves a note that reads: One small suggestion: change the title. It’s not about me.

Feedback 126

Feedback Course Design Assignments Evaluation 126

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.

Teaching 111

Teaching Syllabus Feedback Instructors 111

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Oftentimes, putting a brick-and-mortar course online begins by preserving the readings and assessments, and then considering adaptations to replace all or some of the “live” elements of interactive lectures. This requires considerable planning and development since most students may come to the course with little relevant experience.

Lecturing 108

Lecturing Feedback Evaluation Course Design 108

Faculty Focus

JUNE 25, 2023

The statements were read aloud by students in a choral-reading fashion, substituting “I am.” We then turned our attentions to negotiating an alliance, also known as agreements or what one student called, our Magna Carta for the course. CARES Alliance With the alliance formalized, we began to construct the course.

Coaching 105

Coaching Syllabus Confidentiality Assignments 105

Faculty Focus

MAY 11, 2025

In higher education, we see our students use AI in many ways, to provide both authorized and unauthorized aid in their completion of assignments. He said that students could read much of the content off our PowerPoint slides and in the assigned readings without AI. They could always find and read the content on their own.

Instructors 113

Instructors Motivation Critical Thinking Students 113

Faculty Focus

APRIL 6, 2023

However, we all can determine that by reading that AI-generated philosophy, we would need to tweak and edit it. A well-written teaching philosophy statement should act as a guide during course design, development, instruction, and assessment as well as through programmatic development and revision. Read, read, read.

Teaching Philosophy 111

Teaching Philosophy Teaching Beliefs Universal Design 111

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Organization and structure  Students appreciate courses where assignments and course materials are organized and structured. Use of LMS tools  Students spoke highly of courses that harnessed the full potential of the LMS’s tools. The method of organization does not really matter as long as it is user-friendly.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Instructors Peer Review Lecturing 111

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. 2024): W ho is and what languages are overrepresented/underrepresented in readings, guest speakers, collaborations? language choices for turning in assignments?

Teaching 98

Teaching Instructors English Language 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. Initially entitled “The Lasso Way,” Ted leaves a note that reads: One small suggestion: change the title. It’s not about me.

Feedback 111

Feedback Course Design Assignments Evaluation 111

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

But they won’t have the quality, scholarship and service that are hallmarks of a true EMU education,” reads the advertisement created by two faculty unions at Eastern Michigan. There will be NO change in the assignment process for course instructors as a part of this agreement. These degrees will carry the EMU name.

Teaching Assistants 118

Teaching Assistants Instructors Coaching Counselling 118

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

When writers place details in an ordered sequence, they create a more cohesive image and a better reading experience. Or: What is the first thing I need to make known to the people reading my research? A logically sequenced sentence reads from left to right—literally and figuratively. This sentence reads well enough.

Teaching 111

Teaching Writing Assignments Intellectual Development 111

Faculty Focus

JUNE 25, 2023

The statements were read aloud by students in a choral-reading fashion, substituting “I am.” We then turned our attentions to negotiating an alliance, also known as agreements or what one student called, our Magna Carta for the course. CARES Alliance With the alliance formalized, we began to construct the course.

Coaching 98

Coaching Syllabus Confidentiality Assignments 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2024

Students may not read the text, but those nonverbal cues? Think about changes directed at some aspect of the course: assignments, exams, in-class activities, the feedback you provide to students. It makes sense to target whatever’s making the course tough to teach. They can be found by reading.

Motivation 110

Motivation Exams Lecturing Attention 110

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2024

Students may not read the text, but those nonverbal cues? Think about changes directed at some aspect of the course: assignments, exams, in-class activities, the feedback you provide to students. It makes sense to target whatever’s making the course tough to teach. They can be found by reading.

Motivation 110

Motivation Exams Lecturing Attention 110

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

One of us is from American Studies and the other from Sociology, and our readings for the courses reflected our disciplines. We still kept a lot of the material we had originally planned on using and did not overlap that much in terms of readings or even the way assignments were structured.

Interdisciplinary 111

Interdisciplinary Art History Discussions 111

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 126

Quizzes Teaching Learning Feedback 126

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 11, 2024

I read course materials, created assignments, and graded student work in my free time. Simplifying assignments. Over the last two semesters, I’ve been experimenting with simplifying assignments and even eliminating some entirely.  Do I really need them all? Turns out, I don’t.

Assignments 111

Assignments Elementary School Elementary School Grades 111