Cal Matters

JUNE 26, 2025

Why would students write anything themselves, instructors wondered, if a chatbot could do it for them? Turnitin, a longtime leader in the plagiarism-detection market, released a new tool within six months of ChatGPT’s debut to identify AI-generated writing in students’ assignments. billion as of June 2025.

Plagiarism 118

Plagiarism Assignments Academic Integrity Writing 118

Faculty Focus

JUNE 1, 2025

At the same time, COVID-19 forced many seasoned instructors to grapple with assessing their students, making alternative assessment more mainstream. Each assignment has 1-10 points, with a total of 100 points. I especially wanted students to understand that the final assignment was anything but.

Grades 75

Grades Evaluation Assignments Instructors 75

Faculty Focus

JUNE 5, 2025

The initial enthusiasm for learning a foreign language may wane as other courses with demanding assignments compete for their attention. This is the moment when a language instructor must pivot, shifting the classroom dynamic to reignite curiosity and motivation. Can you identify any cultural references in the song?

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Languages Language Instructors Culture 65

Faculty Focus

JUNE 24, 2025

Students do not learn much just sitting in classes listening to teachers, memorizing pre-packaged assignments, and spitting out answers. Does a student click on a link but the logs show they only looked at the directions for a complex assignment for 30 seconds? The slow professor: Challenging the culture of speed in the academy.

eLearning 70

eLearning Students Assignments Feedback 70

Faculty Focus

JUNE 24, 2025

Students do not learn much just sitting in classes listening to teachers, memorizing pre-packaged assignments, and spitting out answers. Does a student click on a link but the logs show they only looked at the directions for a complex assignment for 30 seconds? The slow professor: Challenging the culture of speed in the academy.

eLearning 68

eLearning Students Assignments Feedback 68

Edsurge

JULY 21, 2022

Seeing as how art has been such a big part of Irish history and culture, I was thinking about something artistic in some way, but how on earth do I grade something creative? Gressang’s subsequent tweets reveal what some of the students enrolled in her class created for this final assignment.

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Assignments Grades History Exams 195

eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2024

Some experts believe this new technology can have a positive impact on teaching and learning, while others fret it may weaken the teaching of critical thinking and increase bias by spreading misinformation about different groups and cultures. Secret 1: Multimedia assignments. Does this all sound far-fetched? We can work it out.

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Teaching Critical Thinking Assignments Learning 339

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

But Chatterjee, an international student from India, did not feel confident about the assignment, and thought it was Western-centric and focused on physical powers associated with attractive males. Based on that feedback, the professor, Julia Parra, says she changed the assignment to make it broader, and more inclusive.

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Culture Teaching Syllabus English 153

Edsurge

MARCH 17, 2017

Many instructors see them as drudgery as well. For Valenza and a growing number of instructors, the answer is video. Other tools do the job as well, and some course-management systems allow students to submit videos, audio or text for any assignment. It doesn’t really build a community, if that was what is intended,” he says.

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Instructors Discussions Course Evaluations Writing 148

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 11, 2022

It has been estimated that college students across the globe devote in excess of a billion hours per year to “disposable” assignments (Wiley, 2016). Moving from essential to “renewable” assignments means that the students see the tasks as sufficiently meaningful to be kept and even passed on to others. What a waste!

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Assignments Motivation Science Study 131

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2019

YouTube may be humanity’s largest collaborative cultural project, aggregating an astonishing amount of user-generated content. More colleges are using it for online learning, since it can make students and instructors more present to each other than most other media. This is part 3. Read part 1 and part 2.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

For decades, researchers have highlighted the importance of comprehending and integrating diverse cultural elements to enhance teaching and learning practices. When people hear the term “culture,” it is often associated solely with ethnic culture.

Culture 130

Culture Syllabus Critical Thinking Intelligence 130

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

It helps instructors deliver cohesive learning experiences through structured content and interactivity. This enables the instructor to assign coursework that keeps their students moving forward on their unique learning path. McGraw Hill Connect® is a complete course platform.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

This release gives students the power to submit papers, analyze similarity reports (to check for originality), and review instructor feedback on the go. An enhanced interface for instructors offers streamlined grading on- and offline. More than ever, students use mobile devices to manage their assignments.

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Mobile Devices Instructors Feedback Math 208

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.

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Schools Essay Instructors Critical Thinking 357

eSchool News

MAY 15, 2024

A culture of continuous learning Wendy W. When we commit to participating in a culture of continuous learning, we are living out phrases like, “It’s okay not to know,” “Everyone has things they are still learning,” or ,“We all make mistakes.” In response, I’ve adapted my teaching approach to make assignments more interactive.

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Education Schools Math Science 302

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

For decades, researchers have highlighted the importance of comprehending and integrating diverse cultural elements to enhance teaching and learning practices. When people hear the term “culture,” it is often associated solely with ethnic culture.

Culture 110

Culture Syllabus Critical Thinking Intelligence 110

eSchool News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

He says to first share the curriculum to ChatGPT and then ask for things like fresh quiz and lesson plan ideas that use modern or culturally relevant examples. OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, has released a new guide to help educators navigate the many ways AI can be used in teaching and learning.

Teaching 271

Teaching Quizzes Exams English 271

Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2024

Writing centers on college campuses have been around for more than 100 years , and they’re both a resource for students doing assignments and a symbol of the importance in higher education of learning to express yourself in text. At Middlebury, tutors are also trained to navigate AI policies, which can differ among instructors, Giaimo says.

Writing 205

Writing Instructors Essay English 205

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 28, 2023

Every year, schools face an ever-widening spectrum of needs in their classrooms, including students with different learning preferences, skills, abilities, cultural backgrounds, and language proficiencies. Students can read articles, watch videos, and listen to podcasts to learn.

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Blended Learning Learning Universal Design Motivation 460

Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2024

As more instructors experiment with using generative AI to make teaching materials, an important question bubbles up. At colleges and universities, there's a culture of professors grabbing materials from the web without always citing them. She imagines teachers might use AI in the same way to create assignments or lesson plans. “No

Teaching 217

Teaching Education Ethics Instructors 217

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Whether a feature film or an instructional video, the ‘80s and ‘90s were a ‘press-play’ culture that expected students to sit still, absorb and retain, while the educator sat in the back grading. What kind of introductory text, video or activity might lead everyone into the assigned video without overwhelming them?

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Teaching Instructors Teaching Philosophy Education 190

Edsurge

JULY 27, 2020

As more colleges and school districts prepare to resume remote instruction for the fall, educators may worry how to prevent cheating when assignments and exams are held online. Part of the issue when designing assignments and exams to deter cheating is recognizing what cheating in 2020 looks like.

Exams 218

Exams Academic Integrity Plagiarism Assignments 218

Edsurge

JUNE 10, 2021

The journalism instructor at the University of Minnesota keeps the process simple, with brief questions similar to these: What should keep happening in this class? Between weeks five and eight—and after students have received results from a major assessment—instructors ask students to weigh in on how their learning is progressing.

Feedback 195

Feedback Instructors Students Syllabus 195

Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2019

Every new version of Microsoft PowerPoint allowed instructors to embed more and more media and wow students with visually appealing graphics. Including student voices as active and important features of course design is a key component of a classroom based on dialogue, and this is what it truly means to be an inclusive instructor.

Technology 167

Technology Teaching Intellectual Development Instructors 167

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Key points : Today’s students will undoubtedly encounter generative AI in their careers Two higher-ed instructors have designed a guide for using generative AI in life design and career education See related article: A scholar’s embrace of ChatGPT-4 Innovations that have transformed education have often been met with skepticism.

Ethics 333

Ethics Essay Syllabus Feedback 333

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

As college classes start up this fall, instructors are handing out syllabi and pointing students to official platforms for turning in assignments and participating in class discussions. That’s what Joseph Ching, an affiliate scholar at James Madison University, has experienced.

Exams 205

Exams Instructors Students Lecturing 205

eSchool News

JULY 19, 2016

K-12 classroom instructors, instructional coaches, and educational administrators are invited to enroll. Each session includes expert video screencasts, classroom video clips, readings and resources, and assignments that will help participants create a strong foundation of communication within the classroom. .”

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Critical Thinking Communication Education Lecturing 159

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 30, 2024

This change reduces writing assignment stress and time pressure, improving productivity and learning. However, when leveraging such tools for school assignments, it’s crucial to ensure the work remains authentic because teachers always check AI% in Turnitin or other detectors.

Essay 187

Essay Writing Plagiarism Ethics 187

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

And that’s what instructors strive to offer their service-member students at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, which looks out over Monterey Bay. Small class sizes mean instructors can give individuals assignments on topics relevant to their personal interests. That’s something we work hard at doing.”

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Motivation Languages Language Learning 214

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

He also knows that the right OER provides professors opportunities to teach the latest research and even make areas like math and science more inclusive by moving away from traditional texts and homework assignments that often lack diverse perspectives. Hear what Wilson and other instructors have to say about using Lyryx with their classes.

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STEM Textbooks Instructors Science 176

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

So are most of the students taking the cultural competency quiz Professor John Branch gives out near the beginning of his MBA-level International Marketing class at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. Tell me about your Armchair Anthropologist assignment. The average student gets just two of the ten questions right.

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Quizzes Failure Culture Students 167

Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2020

The “remedial mindset” that some professors have toward students whom they suspect are not fully prepared for college may hinder institution-level reform efforts, says Katie Hern, executive director of the California Acceleration Project and an English instructor at Chabot College. It’s a very long-held paradigm that is sort of hard to shake.”

Exams 172

Exams English Math Instructors 172

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

“This past year has allowed us insight into how disruptive innovation can harness the power of technology to ignite a new generation of empowered citizens,” enthuses Martha Bongiorno, a Media and Education Technology Instructor in Fulton County, Georgia. Adobe has created a new set of resources and developed new edtech integrations.

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Skills Students Assignments Essay 212

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Students as Learners and Teachers (SaLT) is an innovative teaching approach where students and instructors collaborate to improve educational experiences ( Cavazos et al., One theme on building critical consciousness explored in our program is the presence of implicit linguistic biases in course syllabi and assignment designs.

Teaching 98

Teaching Instructors English Languages 98

Faculty Focus

MAY 14, 2023

The effectiveness of online learning heavily depends on the level of interaction between instructors and students within virtual classrooms. Instructors should aim to deliver the material with enthusiasm and engagement, which will help to pique the interest of students.

Instructors 116

Instructors Quizzes Students Assignments 116

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Connecting with students shifts the obligation from the instructor working singularly to create an inclusive environment to one where the class works collectively to build the community. Instructors lead by example, sharing information about themselves, their backgrounds, and their interests, and encourage students to do the same.

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Instructors Students Minute Papers Course Design 116