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

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 126

Syllabus Instructors Peer Review Lecturing 126

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

I recall one student who would wait until the night of the assignment deadline to dive into their schoolwork. All too often, they would wind up needing to ask their instructor a question about the assignment but had no time to receive an answer before the deadline passed. Don’t wait for an assignment notification to get started.

Online Learning 189

Online Learning Instructors Coaching Mobile Devices 189

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.

Culture 154

Culture Teaching Syllabus English 154

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

A few repositories like the Open Syllabus Project collect syllabi from around the world. For example, Bruff teaches a statistics course where he uses an infographics assignment that he adapted from Sidneyeve Matrix, an associate professor at Queen’s University, in Canada. “In As scholars, we probably should do something like that.

Teaching Portfolio 167

Teaching Portfolio Teaching Syllabus Peer Review 167

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

Exams 181

Exams Syllabus Lecturing Testing 181

Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2024

The AI agents will also be fed information from the course syllabi and turn in assignments. Brott says he has experimented with ChatGPT on a few assignments for classes. The concept is: What if a syllabus was something that students could ask questions of rather than a static document? “If

Intelligence 212

Intelligence Syllabus Feedback Assignments 212

Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Argos is calling its courseware platform and marketplace Sojourner, and the goal is to make it a hub for professors and students to create, assign and use digital course materials, in a way that allows for rich analytics for professors, showing them how their students are using materials.

Textbooks 179

Textbooks Syllabus Instructors Peer Review 179

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

Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2023

Classes don’t start and end according to an academic calendar, but begin when a student clicks “start course” and gets assigned a faculty member. On average, instructors are assigned 230 students at a time--a big change from the 20 or 30 I was used to at NYU and Stevens. Southern New Hampshire’s course completion rate is 90 percent.

Teaching 177

Teaching Instructors Syllabus Assignments 177

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

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 146

Academic Integrity Exams Assignments Instructors 146

Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Later in my career, as I moved districts and technology became more accessible, I had to contend with the sly texting in their laps, though they’d pretend to be on task. My syllabus had a no-technology policy and it wasn’t perfect, but it helped. I can cut a lot of slack, extend deadlines or excuse assignments.

Teachers 213

Teachers Syllabus Schools Students 213

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

MAY 9, 2024

As educators and students grapple with what is allowed when using generative AI (GenAI) tools, I have compiled five tips to help you design or redesign academic integrity statements for your syllabus, assignments, exams, and course activities. Students might benefit from using these tools on some assignments, but not others.

Academic Integrity 137

Academic Integrity Writing Syllabus Exams 137

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. Is a ‘desk scan’ necessary for a syllabus quiz? Students on other campuses agree.

Plagiarism 218

Plagiarism Exams Confidentiality Testing 218

Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Policymakers in Tennessee and Texas, for example, have explicitly encouraged the use of technology in developmental education reform. Instructional technology provides course content, as well as assessment mechanisms and opportunities for students to practice and apply the material. Online videos (e.g.

Technology 155

Technology Education Syllabus Counselling 155

Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2019

I have created what I’m calling my “prep syllabus” and hope to set a solid foundation for myself. I would love to get your feedback on what should be in my "prep syllabus” and how to make that transition. It turned out that the small number of points she was missing from the assignment had absolutely zero impact on her overall grade.

Syllabus 139

Syllabus Writing Schools Research Methods 139

Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2017

Is that a real A, or an A based on turning in the syllabus? As a high school student with seven different classes all assigning homework, projects, and tests, Canvas is an easy way to keep everything organized. I turn in everything on Canvas, from important research papers to minor homework assignments. Save the trees.

Quizzes 145

Quizzes Textbooks Syllabus Students 145

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. Start with your syllabus, make your syllabus accessible and then do one document per week.

Accessibility 218

Accessibility Disabilities Universal Design Syllabus 218

Edsurge

JUNE 10, 2021

Students may ask that assignments be due at 10 p.m. During the pandemic, Golden learned through an early survey that students felt isolated working on their assignments alone, at home, instead of how they normally would work: clustered in small groups at classroom tables. instead of 5 p.m.

Feedback 196

Feedback Instructors Students Syllabus 196

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Often, collaborative experiences are assigned without careful regard for the collaborative culture they aim to cultivate. British Journal of Educational Technology, 50 (5), 2288-2307. Enabling critical thinking development in higher education through the use of a structured planning tool. link] Commander, N.

Culture 130

Culture Syllabus Critical Thinking Intelligence 130

Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2019

Students put away their technology and read for four hours. It’s a rediscovery of uninterrupted reading,” Peña-Guzman said last Friday while pulling up slides about the assigned readings. Technology is allowed from 9:00 to 9:30 a.m., His answer is simply class participation, plus in-class and take-home writing assignments.

Reading 163

Reading Teaching Lecturing Syllabus 163

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

He has also been named a Master Educator by Course Hero , an education technology company that produced a short film about him. Branch is known for his logical, easy-to-grasp course design, for his engaging assignments like The Armchair Anthropologist, and for the way his classes seem to fly by—which doesn’t happen by accident.

Quizzes 167

Quizzes Failure Culture Students 167

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. student at the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education at the University of California Santa Barbara. “A But WCAG isn't nearly as scary as people make it out to be.”

Accessibility 159

Accessibility Disabilities Instructors Syllabus 159

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Often, collaborative experiences are assigned without careful regard for the collaborative culture they aim to cultivate. British Journal of Educational Technology, 50 (5), 2288-2307. Enabling critical thinking development in higher education through the use of a structured planning tool. link] Commander, N.

Culture 109

Culture Syllabus Critical Thinking Intelligence 109

Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2024

As educators and students grapple with what is allowed when using generative AI (GenAI) tools, I have compiled five tips to help you design or redesign academic integrity statements for your syllabus, assignments, exams, and course activities. Students might benefit from using these tools on some assignments, but not others.

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Writing Syllabus Exams 98

Edsurge

MAY 15, 2019

How I figure it, there are a list of things I find reasonable for all students—letting them stand or wiggle when they are having problems with attention or sleepiness, taking extra time to answer questions for assignments and projects, moving at a pace that is comfortable for the slowest in the group when we are on-the-move for class, etc.

Disabilities 130

Disabilities Students Assignments Syllabus 130

Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2018

Previously, her syllabus relied on a series of pamphlets from the Water Education Foundation, a California-based non-profit. For example, she originally assigned readings based off of sections, and students requested that the instructor instead assign page numbers, which were easier to jump to in the digital textbook.

Textbooks 122

Textbooks Instructors History Syllabus 122

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Be Present Being present in your online course goes beyond delivering the curriculum and providing assignment feedback. Let students know when they may expect announcements, feedback on assignments (along with where to access them), and office hours. It is an ongoing process that fosters a sense of connection and builds trust.

Instructors 115

Instructors Students Minute Papers Course Design 115

Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Each assignment should have a clear purpose, a description of the task, and associated criteria for how the work will be graded. Be clear with students about the purpose of office hours in the syllabus and each time an invitation is extended to join you. We should bring that same emphasis on transparency into office hours.

Students 116

Students Syllabus Assignments Evaluation 116

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Then—this is where it's quite different—the students are going full-time and they're not taking random general education courses; They’re taking a block of courses. Students always take four courses, and the faculty have designed the assignments and the courses around themes.

Education 161

Education Syllabus Faculty Development Communication 161

Edsurge

JULY 7, 2022

The syllabus is structured to inspire confidence and courage. They write brief papers and give short oral reports, building skills and stamina they eventually will need to complete and present a capstone research project, their final assignment before they graduate. One more assignment remains between now and then.

Students 178

Students Art Essay Interdisciplinary 178

Faculty Focus

JULY 27, 2023

Many times, learning a new educational technology tool is time-consuming. In this case, I am proposing using technology that we already use in our daily lives and applying it to our classrooms. In my work supporting faculty, I have learned that professors always appreciate strategies to make their teaching more efficient.

Student Engagement 98

Student Engagement Syllabus Students Lecturing 98

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Be Present Being present in your online course goes beyond delivering the curriculum and providing assignment feedback. Let students know when they may expect announcements, feedback on assignments (along with where to access them), and office hours. It is an ongoing process that fosters a sense of connection and builds trust.

Instructors 105

Instructors Students Minute Papers Course Design 105

Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The professor now has a line in his syllabus, he explained: “It says ‘beware that others can see what you're doing and stay on task.’ But I will say that somebody in front of me was shopping on Amazon the whole time and it distracted me from what I was doing because my eyes were wandering onto their screen.’”

Lecturing 205

Lecturing Students Attention Syllabus 205

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 History textbook, was disappointed with the final product.

Textbooks 119

Textbooks Instructors History Syllabus 119