Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

This article explores how these three components can reshape flipped learning and address persistent challenges such as student unpreparedness, fear of participation, and lack of motivation. This data is accessible to both teachers and students through visual dashboards, which serve as powerful motivators and intervention tools.

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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.

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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.

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Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 27, 2025

” assigning points : Blunt strongly discourages assigning points to whiteboard retrieval activities. You can do completion or participation, but I would avoid assigning points you don’t want to create anxiety around making mistakes.” They don’t have that freeing-type zone that the erasers create.”

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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. As in the example below, sometimes sharing progress, such as how far they are in the course, can help students stay motivated and engaged near the end of the semester.

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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. As in the example below, sometimes sharing progress, such as how far they are in the course, can help students stay motivated and engaged near the end of the semester.

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k12

JULY 10, 2025

Here are some of the benefits of prioritizing online engagement: Improved learning outcomes Increased motivation and self-esteem Enhanced understanding and retention Reduced isolation and increased community Improved completion rates These are the kinds of outcomes every parent hopes for. Digital learning doesn’t have to be isolating.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Then there’s the sudden temptation of ChatGPT and other new AI tools, which can make cheating on assignments easy and often undetectable. Johnson, a writing instructor and chair of the writing center at Madison Colleg “It all sort of feels bundled together,” Cohn says. Teaching The Why Sarah Z.

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Edsurge

JULY 27, 2023

That has sparked a burst of activity by teachers at schools and colleges to change their assignments to make them harder to game with this new tech — and hopefully more human in the process. Some of those instructors are using tools that attempt to detect text written by bots, such as GPTZero and a new tool by Turnitin.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2022

The moves came prior to the motivation. Cravings are the drives that motivate us to act. Building up a habit like the one I have done for exercise involves both intrinsic and extrinsic motivators for most people. Two common concerns that I’ve come across are that: Grading takes up too much time for instructors, and that.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

So programs intended to make that process easier and faster are tapping into the science of motivation to improve their methods. Without that intrinsic personal motivation, it’s hard to reach the levels we expect and hope,” says Parandeh Kia, associate provost for educational technology at the institute.

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eSchool News

MAY 5, 2020

But, instead of kicking back and joining their friends for marathon Fortnite sessions while occasionally completing a long-distance school assignment, the pair of highly motivated problem solvers have chosen to work 12- to 16-hour days designing, building, programming, and tweaking a low-cost Ambu Bag Ventilator System.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 28, 2023

Instead of seeing their value as instructors and experts, we explored the teacher’s role as facilitator and coach, guiding individual and small groups of students in their journey toward mastering concepts and skills. Unfortunately, many students are disengaged and lack the motivation to take on this challenge.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Each factor plays a role in shaping various academic achievements: Prior knowledge of the subject matter Motivation and engagement Learning goals Learning strategies Prioritization of the course Outside responsibilities College students take a course for various reasons, for example, to meet a major or minor requirement or for personal interest.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2024

Educators can even tap student enthusiasm for new technology by assigning–and assessing student learning using–multimedia projects. Secret 1: Multimedia assignments. These types of assignments are also harder to farm out to AI! Motivate students to act by incorporating action planning into assignments.

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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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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

As an instructor, I have always considered myself to be friendly and approachable. Student perceptions of their instructors’ attitude toward them has been shown to be a predictor of student motivation (Wilson J. You could also include reminders of any tasks or assignments that need to be completed in the first week.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 11, 2025

As the capacity of AI grows to complete increasingly complex tasks, we (as college instructors) may wonder what we can offer our students in the age of AI. In higher education, we see our students use AI in many ways, to provide both authorized and unauthorized aid in their completion of assignments. Schoeder, 2024).

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Each factor plays a role in shaping various academic achievements: Prior knowledge of the subject matter Motivation and engagement Learning goals Learning strategies Prioritization of the course Outside responsibilities College students take a course for various reasons, for example, to meet a major or minor requirement or for personal interest.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 19, 2023

Every teacher knows it’s essential, and every teacher tries to motivate students. But it’s just as true that all teachers have experienced those days when they don’t feel particularly motivated, when the content seems old and tired, and when students (sometimes the whole class) are clearly anything but motivated by what’s happening in class.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 28, 2023

Teachers can also include optional high-interest or creative “extension” activities that students can work on once they have finished their assigned work. By incorporating these strategies, teachers can help to keep all students engaged and motivated, regardless of how quickly they complete their work.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2020

By the mid-1950s, schools would adopt localized, attached libraries in which librarians are considered qualified teachers, educating both students and instructors. Lifelong learning librarians can motivate students through an unrelenting pursuit of knowledge, which can inspire students to engage in independent research curiosities.

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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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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 8, 2024

As instructors, we are continually looking for ways to grow and improve. Instructors are encouraged to take small steps to start building HIPs in their curriculums, and there are some HIPs which are easy to incorporate into an existing course. Teaching is a dynamic endeavor. Emphasize the importance of each component or stage.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

As an instructor, I have always considered myself to be friendly and approachable. Student perceptions of their instructors’ attitude toward them has been shown to be a predictor of student motivation (Wilson J. You could also include reminders of any tasks or assignments that need to be completed in the first week.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 19, 2023

Every teacher knows it’s essential, and every teacher tries to motivate students. But it’s just as true that all teachers have experienced those days when they don’t feel particularly motivated, when the content seems old and tired, and when students (sometimes the whole class) are clearly anything but motivated by what’s happening in class.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

But that advice also applies to online instructors. While some aspects of online teaching, such as grading, take considerable time, other important instructional tasks are quick and easy—for instance, posting an announcement to share a current event or clarify an assignment. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. 2015, January 29).

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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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Edsurge

OCTOBER 13, 2023

For instructors who have had the opportunity to participate in pedagogy learning groups, there may be a lot of overlap in what they already know about teaching and what changes AI might bring to the classroom. Instructors across the disciplines question how and where their students will use AI.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

But that advice also applies to online instructors. While some aspects of online teaching, such as grading, take considerable time, other important instructional tasks are quick and easy—for instance, posting an announcement to share a current event or clarify an assignment. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. 2015, January 29).

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

The STAR project randomly assigned students to either small classes (13 to 17 students per teacher) or large classes (22 to 25 students per teacher). Generally, in smaller classes, students can establish stronger relationships with their instructors. Reducing teacher attrition is an important goal as the teacher shortage looms.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 8, 2024

As instructors, we are continually looking for ways to grow and improve. Instructors are encouraged to take small steps to start building HIPs in their curriculums, and there are some HIPs which are easy to incorporate into an existing course. Teaching is a dynamic endeavor. Emphasize the importance of each component or stage.

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Assignments Instructors Critical Thinking Activities 88

Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2024

At Columbia University’s Science of Learning Research Initiative (SOLER), our work is dedicated to examining the academic experience of our students and instructors through a scientific lens. Our efforts to analyze data have helped us shine a light on these issues.

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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.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Through the two-and-a-half yearlong effort, nearly 2,000 instructors developed and taught 6,600 OER course sections that served 160,000 students. It’s possible that the students who chose to enroll in new OER courses were more motivated and organized than their peers, and therefore they were more likely to succeed anyway.

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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.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2023

The company also uses a customizable assignments generator that it acquired, for an undisclosed amount, from a Bulgarian startup in 2019. We’ve noticed that the earlier we introduce these assignments into a course, the retention rates improve,” Maggioncalda says. I like how the course topics are sequenced. It creates a cadence.

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