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Assignments with Significance

Faculty Focus

It has been estimated that college students across the globe devote in excess of a billion hours per year to “disposable” assignments (Wiley, 2016). Students view the work as simply a hurdle to be crossed, and once submitted and assessed, worthy of nothing more than being discarded. What a waste!

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Should Educators Put Disclosures on Teaching Materials When They Use AI?

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It’s a fair question given the widespread concern in the field about students using AI to write their essays or bots to do their homework for them. She imagines teachers might use AI in the same way to create assignments or lesson plans. “No Should they disclose that to students?

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Strategies for Accommodating Students with Disabilities in Higher Education 

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For instance, when assigned to work in groups during class, students who may have trouble focusing or even hearing the discussion due to the noise level may ask the professor for permission to work in the library or outside. Most common accommodations by students with disabilities. Cold or random call.

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EdSurge Recommendations for What to Read, Watch and Listen to Over the Holiday Break

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But I somehow missed that he published a new, different kind of book in 2021 — “ The Anthropocene Reviewed ,” a collection of personal, contemplative, funny and deeply human essays. The essays start off sardonically but become increasingly earnest and reflective.

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Strategies for Accommodating Students with Disabilities in Higher Education 

Faculty Focus

For instance, when assigned to work in groups during class, students who may have trouble focusing or even hearing the discussion due to the noise level may ask the professor for permission to work in the library or outside. Most common accommodations by students with disabilities. Cold or random call.

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Compliance-Based Data Collection Will Never Close Learning Gaps

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Then, I developed assignments aligned to each domain so that we could monitor progress more specifically. Additionally, I started categorizing daily work by domain as well, so it was easy to compare to that initial score, and thus adjustments could be made by student as necessary in the curriculum. Diamonds in the Rough.

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Online Learning Meets Social Media: A New Era of Education

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Teachers are creating private Instagram accounts to post assignment reminders, memes related to class topics, or celebrate student achievements. Building a Digital Learning Culture In a traditional classroom, culture is built through physical presence: greetings at the door, shared lunchtime, or spontaneous group work.