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].” of Australian undergraduate students reported having a learning disability.

Disabilities 98

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].” of Australian undergraduate students reported having a learning disability.

Disabilities 98

Disabilities Learning Spaces Universal Design Learning Disabilities 98

Edsurge

APRIL 27, 2018

But because she is legally blind, she had an added challenge of not being able to see the diagrams and notes projected in the lecture hall or assigned for homework. I think the onus is still placed on the student with a disability” to ensure they have learning materials that they can benefit and learn from, says Kwong.

Accessibility 158

Accessibility Disabilities Instructors Syllabus 158

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Some believe it will cripple the education system and replace human workers ; others denounce ChatGPT as a free essay-writing and test-taking tool that makes it laughably easy to cheat on assignments, while the validity of responses generated by ChatGPT has also been called into question.

Ethics 339

Ethics Essay Syllabus Feedback 339

Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

The surveys included over 20 demographic questionscovering areas like housing, food security, disability status, and employmentfollowed by 1540 experience-based questions exploring academic confidence, mental health, study habits, and perceptions of inclusion. These were not standard end-of-semester evaluations. They asked to be heard.

Disabilities 53

Disabilities Course Design Students Lecturing 53

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

Accessibility The fast move from print-based to digital materials and from in person learning events to digital learning events can create additional barriers for disabled students. Ultimately, disabled students, who are already a vulnerable population, are going to struggle even more with the shift to remote learning.

Teaching 218

Teaching Disabilities Evaluation Internet 218

Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2020

Colleges have long had offices designed to support students who have learning disabilities and to encourage broader accessibility in the classroom and beyond. Students who struggle because they have reading disabilities or struggle to read on a computer screen because of blurred vision. For that,] a text-to-speech software saves us.

Accessibility 217

Accessibility Disabilities Universal Design Syllabus 217

Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2020

Educators noted that, with the increase in expectations of students, they were also increasing the demands on parents, since most students with disabilities needed support from parents to execute remote lessons—from setting and regulating their students' schedules, to helping them access (i.e. Christina Cipriano, Ph.D.,

Special Education 195

Special Education Disabilities Education Learning 195

Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2018

The days of standing in front of the classroom and “lecturing” are long gone. Studies have shown that video lectures are effective because they allow class time to be used in more engaging ways. The study tasked California Polytechnic University professors with providing video feedback on student assignments.

Teaching 159

Teaching Teaching Methods Lecturing Special Education 159

Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2019

David Peña-Guzman starts off his Friday class at San Francisco State University like any other professor might: students file in and pull out their note-taking materials, and he opens his laptop to begin lecture. For most of the course, there’s no lecture happening at all. For starters, it’s long. and wraps up at 2:30 p.m.

Reading 163

Reading Teaching Lecturing Syllabus 163

EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

A significant challenge of 2020, specifically in terms of remote learning, has been ensuring students have the devices needed to learn as well as reliable Wi-Fi to access online classes and assignments.

Online Learning 114

Online Learning Disabilities Lecturing Blended Learning 114

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

In a recent staff editorial in the Daily Illini, the student paper at the University of Illinois, students made a forceful case calling for professors to design better assignments and tests instead of turning to surveillance tools. Students on other campuses agree. Hire better teachers instead.”

Plagiarism 218

Plagiarism Exams Confidentiality Testing 218

Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2020

It has disabled our education system, creating challenges to educational access, barriers to student academic progress and strains on teachers’ and students’ physical and emotional well-being. Ask students how they are feeling about assignments or specific strategies and why they are feeling that way. You can read part one here.

Accessibility 218

Accessibility Distance Learning Learning Students 218

Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2020

Our moderators did their best to quickly disable public chat and ban the users who were violating our usage policy, but the incident was a reminder to anyone planning public events on Zoom to be aware of this online vandalism trend. Audience question]: What advice would you give to your faculty regarding online lectures? to 8:00 a.m.

Lecturing 166

Lecturing Students Discussions Participation 166

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

And even though the semester was technically over, I was still receiving requests from students for extensions on their assignments: Hey Professor… Most people hear the title “adjunct professor” and are impressed. My teaching workweek was practically full-time, but I had two other jobs.

Instructors 161

Instructors English Essay Disabilities 161

Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2025

It is important to understand inclusive pedagogies as practices where we discern the nuance between general multicultural education or culturally responsive pedagogy and inclusive practices that specifically address the ability/disability continuum and the health dimension. Support colleagues with disabilities.

Accessibility 69

Accessibility Disabilities Learning Disabilities Special Education 69

Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2020

Still, says Kalikoff, her university wasn’t starting from scratch, since, like many colleges these days, every course uses a learning-management system as a digital hub for turning in assignments and issuing grades, and many professors already use plenty of digital tools in their teaching. Is That Online Teaching?

Lecturing 104

Lecturing Disabilities Faculty Development Instructors 104

Faculty Focus

JUNE 18, 2024

Historically, college students are reluctant to self-disclose their disability status. Students’ response to this question gives us an early opportunity to connect students—who might not know the process—with our college’s office of disability services. I would love for you to provide feedback on my graded assignments.” “I

Instructors 106

Instructors Disabilities Culture Syllabus 106

Faculty Focus

JUNE 18, 2024

Historically, college students are reluctant to self-disclose their disability status. Students’ response to this question gives us an early opportunity to connect students—who might not know the process—with our college’s office of disability services. I would love for you to provide feedback on my graded assignments.” “I

Instructors 105

Instructors Disabilities Culture Syllabus 105

Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

The surveys included over 20 demographic questionscovering areas like housing, food security, disability status, and employmentfollowed by 1540 experience-based questions exploring academic confidence, mental health, study habits, and perceptions of inclusion. These were not standard end-of-semester evaluations. They asked to be heard.

Disabilities 64

Disabilities Course Design Students Lecturing 64

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 10, 2015

In the afternoon they might be given a math or science assignment where they have to document the results. This tool is designed to address the learning needs of the millions of learners worldwide with print-related disabilities such as dyslexia and dysgraphia. They then may move on to reading a poem and answering questions.

Technology 103

Technology Universal Design Learning Writing 103

k12 Online Schools

APRIL 21, 2025

Some simply broadcast lectures over video calls. They dont merely transplant classroom lectures to a screen. Parents stay informed through secure dashboards that display attendance, assignment statuses, and upcoming deadlines. How accessible are the programs for students with learning disabilities?

Schools 52

Schools Lecturing Coaching Art 52

Edsurge

MARCH 30, 2018

Focus on Advising In the spirit of the name, Wayfinding Academy students spend an unusual amount of their time with their assigned Guide, a college official who plays a role that is part academic advisor, part life coach, part career counselor. For one thing, students quickly asked her not to lecture.

Grades 119

Grades Discussions Curriculum Assignments 119

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Active learning, as defined by Bonwell and Eison (1991), is learning that goes beyond just listening to a lecture and includes engagement on the part of the student through reading, writing, discussion and problem solving. This helps to promote the creation of assignments that gradually become more challenging. LoPresto, M.

Course Design 60

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 60

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Active learning, as defined by Bonwell and Eison (1991), is learning that goes beyond just listening to a lecture and includes engagement on the part of the student through reading, writing, discussion and problem solving. This helps to promote the creation of assignments that gradually become more challenging. LoPresto, M.

Course Design 57

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 57

Lab to Class

JANUARY 3, 2024

Able to stay in their assigned seat for at least short periods of time. In addition to this, it is important to keep instructional methods varied as research shows that a variety of teaching styles is more effective at keeping students engaged and giving information than simply expecting students to sit in rows and listen to lectures.

Teaching 52

Teaching Teachers Activities Reading 52

Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2021

It also enabled them to record lectures or class discussions for students to watch and rewatch anytime. For all those reasons, recording those lectures and making them available was the right thing to do, and a significant number of faculty colleagues decided to do that,” Pendse says. It’s a change that some students like.

Lecturing 212

Lecturing Instructors Disabilities Blended Learning 212