eSchool News

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Best practices for any educator organizing online courses. It’s no secret that virtual education has become more and more widespread, with new online schools popping up regularly and brick-and-mortar institutions adding a blended component. Establish good course practices. Clear, precise distinctions should be made in all instructions.

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Education Syllabus Instructors Feedback 279

Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2016

Open Syllabus Project (OSP), a research project organizing data gathered from over a million syllabuses. On the other hand, entrepreneurs (and education giants) gain access to a database of ranked “must-reads,” an opportunity to feed software with the assignments of a million faculty members. #DH It also hosts a director of the.

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Syllabus History Assignments Reading 123

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Putting ChatGPT on trial I first became aware of ChatGPT last February when I began reading mind-blowing comments of several progressive educators. Going from zero to hero Just days before our fall semester started, I learned that I’d been assigned mythology—a subject I’d not taught before and one without a syllabus.

English 333

English Syllabus Intelligence Assignments 333

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 31, 2023

Recently, I attended a conference and was sharing my new visual syllabus with some colleagues. After several interactions, I noticed the most frequent comment was, “What a cool syllabus…but is it accessible?” A little background about myself; I love designing, redesigning, and getting creative with my syllabus.

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Syllabus Accessibility Quizzes Disabilities 115

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Ever wonder why students dont read the syllabus, despite the time and effort we put into creating it? It serves as a contract between instructors and students (Eberly, Newton, & Wiggins, 2001), outlining the entire semesters expectations, assignments, and deadlines. Use Notebook LM to create a podcast of your syllabus.

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Syllabus Students Activities Instructors 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 31, 2023

Recently, I attended a conference and was sharing my new visual syllabus with some colleagues. After several interactions, I noticed the most frequent comment was, “What a cool syllabus…but is it accessible?” A little background about myself; I love designing, redesigning, and getting creative with my syllabus.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Accessibility Quizzes Disabilities 98

eSchool News

OCTOBER 2, 2023

With understanding and tailored approaches, educators can create a supportive environment for these learners. Planners that break down assignments, scaffolded note-taking templates, or even a syllabus can make all the difference in setting clear expectations. ” can dramatically impact how they feel about school.

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Reading Syllabus Learning Intelligence 300

Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2024

Tech giants Google, Microsoft and OpenAI have unintentionally assigned educators around the world major homework for the summer: Adjusting their assignments and teaching methods to adapt to a fresh batch of AI features that students will enter classrooms with in the fall.

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Lecturing Education Assignments Syllabus 216

eSchool News

AUGUST 29, 2024

E-learning via web-based platforms has become so important in order to give teachers and students flexibility with educational resources and the ability to collaborate anywhere. Each type should offer UDL principles to create inclusive and accessible educational experiences.

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Learning Syllabus Universal Design Quizzes 300

Edsurge

JULY 19, 2019

What if you could map every book and article assigned in college courses around the world and see which authors are making the most impact? It’s called the Open Syllabus Project , and this week its leaders released a new version of their tool that analyzes assignment lists from more than six million syllabi. But version 2.0,

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Syllabus Assignments History Knowledge 167

eSchool News

MARCH 24, 2020

The rapid transition to virtual classrooms due to COVID-19 is presenting many unexpected difficulties for educators, students, and parents. Lingvist Classroom – aggregated statistical tracking that allows educators to monitor the progress of all of their students in one place. Available only in certain language pairs.

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Languages Language Learning Tools Syllabus 191

eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

I typically assign a hefty 20-page final project in my STEM course, but I decided to take a more playful and hands-on approach for this group of students. This is a key consideration as I continue refining my courses for future educators. My motivation was simple: I wanted to help the class build confidence in teaching STEAM concepts.

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Teaching Teachers STEM Syllabus 273

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 335

Ethics Essay Syllabus Feedback 335

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2023

What’s it like going from one course that simply posts a syllabus in the LMS to another that makes more robust use of the tools and features? Organization and structure  Students appreciate courses where assignments and course materials are organized and structured. Avoid confusing instructions.

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Syllabus Instructors Peer Review Lecturing 126

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 17, 2022

To help cultivate responsible decision-making in classrooms, educators should consider the following questions: How can I help students evaluate situations to identify the potential benefits and consequences of different decisions? The urgency of an assignment or task may make it feel important when it actually is not.

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Learning Syllabus Evaluation Discussions 370

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.

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Assignments Exams Learning Instructors 93

Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2018

The following is the latest installment of the new EdSurge advice column about teaching in higher education. I like being able to see when assignments are due, as it helps me recognize the need to block off time in my calendar for grading. I would name it something like syllabus-BUSN114.pdf syllabus-BUSN114.pdf)

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Syllabus Mobile Devices Learning Assignments 133

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

While statistics show that the 2015-2016 academic year ushered in an increasing number of students with disabilities in higher education, countless students do not inform their university about their disability. Faculty should consider implementing these strategies during the design phase of their curriculum and syllabus.

Disabilities 144

Disabilities Exams Lecturing Education 144

Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Colleges and universities in the United States are increasingly integrating technology into developmental education programs, which are designed to bring underprepared students up to college level. Policymakers in Tennessee and Texas, for example, have explicitly encouraged the use of technology in developmental education reform.

Technology 152

Technology Education Syllabus Counselling 152

Edsurge

JULY 21, 2025

In my current summer Composition II course, I started with an experiment: students uploaded our syllabus to ChatGPT, introduced themselves using a custom prompt about their background, goals and past experiences with writing, and asked the AI to identify what they might enjoy, what could challenge them and how the course might help them grow.

English 147

English Syllabus Ethics Students 147

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

EdSurge recently spoke with four educators to see what they were most excited about. I think the phenomena of the infographic syllabus has been an effort by many teachers to make that document more accessible, more real,” she explains. “We My colleague turned our syllabus into an infographic using a not-free, not-collaborative tool.

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Syllabus Teachers Course Outline English 167

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2018

The concept of gradual release of responsibility is second nature to me when working with students in grades K-12, but in my new role teaching graduate students in an education technology program, I am struggling to model so many of the practices I expect these teachers to use in their own classrooms. There were my guidelines.

Teaching 163

Teaching Education Learning Syllabus 163

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2023

What’s it like going from one course that simply posts a syllabus in the LMS to another that makes more robust use of the tools and features? Organization and structure  Students appreciate courses where assignments and course materials are organized and structured. Avoid confusing instructions.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Instructors Peer Review Lecturing 111

Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2019

Make it Easy for Students to Interact It can be a delicate balance to try to not overwhelm students by the quantity of educational technology we use in a class, while still keeping things interesting through the element of surprise. This past semester, each student submitted reading notes as an assignment in the LMS. Hypothes.is

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Instructors Syllabus Peer Review Students 161

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Let’s examine the characteristics of online education and how they both enable and constrain learning, plus consider tips for how advisors can help students resolve these tensions. I recall one student who would wait until the night of the assignment deadline to dive into their schoolwork.

Online Learning 187

Online Learning Instructors Coaching Mobile Devices 187

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Instead of thinking about the LMS as simply a repository for course essentials (syllabus, contact information, etc.), Duplicate or misplaced assignment pages create confusion (and potentially issues with the gradebook). consider how it might be used as a tool for enhancing student learning and engagement. across the course.

Syllabus 122

Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 122

Faculty Focus

MARCH 14, 2023

Even more distressing is the one in 20 college students who had created a suicide plan in the past year (Higher Education Today, 2022).” The following includes a few strategies and examples to ensure clarity: A clear, inclusive syllabus with a course calendar of class activities, routines, materials, links to rubrics, etc.

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Syllabus Exams Instructors Assignments 131

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

It’s the largest portfolio initiative for teaching eportfolios in higher education that’s focused on what am I doing to improve student learning,” says Gerry Hanley, assistant vice chancellor at California State University’s chancellor's office. A few repositories like the Open Syllabus Project collect syllabi from around the world.

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Teaching Portfolio Teaching Syllabus Peer Review 166

Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2024

In other words, rather than just watching how students click, generative AI tools like ChatGPT make it possible for educators to create simulations of students that embody different profiles — say, a first-generation student or a student struggling in a certain subject — and see what happens when they encounter material in college courses.

Intelligence 211

Intelligence Syllabus Feedback Assignments 211

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Since he has been forced to teach online during COVID, to students who are struggling with job losses and disruptions, he has realized that most students want to learn, even if they may not meet the strict requirements on the syllabus. “I But these silver linings come inside a dark cloud.

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Exams Syllabus Lecturing Testing 178

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

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Even the term “general education,” as the curriculum is called at that point, feels generic—and almost like a commodity. Schubert speaks the language of both higher education and business. Students always take four courses, and the faculty have designed the assignments and the courses around themes.

Education 158

Education Syllabus Faculty Development Communication 158

Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2021

based company, called Argos Education, is that the way textbooks are created and revised is due for a reset. He gave the example of a professor who wants to adopt a popular biology textbook, but doesn’t plan to assign one chapter of it. “So It’s solution: Create a new marketplace where instructors can find them.

Textbooks 176

Textbooks Syllabus Instructors Peer Review 176

Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2023

In the early days of online education, I imagined that virtual classrooms would follow the same basic model as in-person ones, with an instructor leading the same number of students typical in a campus class. It’s worth taking a step back to look at how the largest providers of online education in the U.S. It turns out he was right.

Teaching 173

Teaching Instructors Syllabus Assignments 173

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Students cheating on assignments is hardly a new or surprising problem. In research and surveys conducted by Dr. Donald McCabe and the International Center for Academic Integrity over the span of 12 years, 68 percent of undergraduates who responded admitted to cheating on tests or written assignments.

Academic Integrity 143

Academic Integrity Exams Assignments Instructors 143

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Instead of thinking about the LMS as simply a repository for course essentials (syllabus, contact information, etc.), Duplicate or misplaced assignment pages create confusion (and potentially issues with the gradebook). consider how it might be used as a tool for enhancing student learning and engagement. across the course.

Syllabus 105

Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 105

Faculty Focus

MARCH 12, 2023

The first day or week of the semester is often referred to as what students call “syllabus week,” because professors typically spend the first day of class reviewing the syllabus—interject a big yawn here. At this point, I still have not reviewed the syllabus with them and instead begin a community building activity.

Student Engagement 115

Student Engagement Activities Syllabus Instructors 115