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SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

ChatGPT does have major limitations: its limited knowledge base only pulls from data prior to September 2021; it has no personal experiences or emotions to draw from; it may generate inaccurate information; and it does not have the ability to critically think and/or analyze information.

Ethics 335

Ethics Essay Syllabus Feedback 335

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 17, 2022

Instead of handing students a syllabus with a set of class rules, engage your students in the process of co-constructing classroom agreements about behaviors. Students have valuable prior knowledge on this topic they can draw from. The urgency of an assignment or task may make it feel important when it actually is not.

Learning 370

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.

Assignments 93

Assignments Exams Learning Instructors 93

Edsurge

JULY 21, 2025

This knowledge gap? Students reported feeling more prepared and reflective before reading a single assigned text. The AI’s clarity helped me understand the syllabus better than just reading it on my own.” Of those, 24 are earning A’s or B’s and consistently completing their assignments. It’s not just technological.

English 147

English Syllabus Ethics Students 147

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 187

Online Learning Instructors Coaching Mobile Devices 187

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

In fact, there have been bigger attempts to build central libraries of them in the past, such as a 2001 project by the the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching called the Knowledge Media Laboratory (which is now defunct). A few repositories like the Open Syllabus Project collect syllabi from around the world.

Teaching Portfolio 166

Teaching Portfolio Teaching Syllabus Peer Review 166

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Covers Cover pages add just the right amount of professionalism for reports, poetry collections, ebooks, a magazine, or any other project that shares curated knowledge. Brochures Trifold brochures are popular for assessing learning on any inquiry topic that expects students to acquire and share knowledge. Click to view slideshow.

Syllabus 170

Syllabus Knowledge Achievement Math 170

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

Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2017

Is that a real A, or an A based on turning in the syllabus? And even when we do poorly on our Socrative quizzes, we can take solace in knowing, as does Socrates, that “true knowledge exists in knowing that we know nothing.”. I turn in everything on Canvas, from important research papers to minor homework assignments. Use Canvas.

Quizzes 143

Quizzes Textbooks Syllabus Students 143

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2024

Whether it’s whipping up dazzling PowerPoint slides, rewording a syllabus, or designing a new and exciting lesson, AI has you covered. Looking to add some flair or whip up Depth of Knowledge questions? Let AI handle rubrics, tailor assignments, and give feedback. Need a YouTube video summarized or some awesome questions?

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Syllabus Assignments Feedback Teaching Assistants 119

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 18, 2024

I was handed a syllabus, a classroom, and students, and left to figure out the rest on my own. In preparing that first course, I focused on what I thought were the essentials of teaching: finalizing the syllabus, picking the readings, and writing the assignments. Encourage student participation. Use formative assessment.

Teaching 119

Teaching Syllabus Feedback Instructors 119

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2024

Whether it’s whipping up dazzling PowerPoint slides, rewording a syllabus, or designing a new and exciting lesson, AI has you covered. Looking to add some flair or whip up Depth of Knowledge questions? Let AI handle rubrics, tailor assignments, and give feedback. Need a YouTube video summarized or some awesome questions?

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Assignments Feedback Teaching Assistants 111

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

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 217

Accessibility Disabilities Universal Design Syllabus 217

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 135

Syllabus Writing Schools Research Methods 135

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2018

It’s easier to provide a syllabus with structured projects and assignments that have assigned due dates and clear grading parameters. By placing the structure in the purpose of the assignment, I opened up more possibilities. There were my guidelines. There is more self-guided learning and less direct instruction.

Teaching 163

Teaching Education Learning Syllabus 163

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 18, 2024

I was handed a syllabus, a classroom, and students, and left to figure out the rest on my own. In preparing that first course, I focused on what I thought were the essentials of teaching: finalizing the syllabus, picking the readings, and writing the assignments. Encourage student participation. Use formative assessment.

Teaching 109

Teaching Syllabus Feedback Instructors 109

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Scaffolded assignments: Break significant projects into smaller, more manageable parts, such as proposals, annotated bibliographies, and rough drafts, to reduce student anxiety and provide opportunities for meaningful feedback at each step, improving learning outcomes (Ambrose, 2010). References Agarwal, P. Ambrose, S.

Plagiarism 116

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 116

Faculty Focus

JUNE 25, 2023

Their aim in teaching was to instill knowledge as if the students were empty vessels into which the professor simply poured content. One-page syllabus On the first day of class, we reviewed their answers to the appreciative inquiry and discussed how we could be colleagues in this course. The course assignment(s) draft was finalized.

Coaching 105

Coaching Syllabus Confidentiality Assignments 105

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Historically, I start the semester by walking through the syllabus, our canvas site, and previewing the course topics. I landed on an assignment that would give these graduating seniors experience applying accounting knowledge to financial information. As I listened, I thought about my first day of class routine.

Activities 105

Activities Syllabus Learning Knowledge 105

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Modeled after the program at Bryn Mawr College, the student-faculty partnership program at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (URTGV), one of the largest Hispanic-Serving Institutions in the nation, aims to create educational spaces in direct response to students’ experiences, knowledge, and insights.

Teaching 98

Teaching Instructors English Languages 98

Faculty Focus

JUNE 25, 2023

Their aim in teaching was to instill knowledge as if the students were empty vessels into which the professor simply poured content. One-page syllabus On the first day of class, we reviewed their answers to the appreciative inquiry and discussed how we could be colleagues in this course. The course assignment(s) draft was finalized.

Coaching 97

Coaching Syllabus Confidentiality Assignments 97

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 5, 2025

Instructional designers are experts who use their flexibility, knowledge, and skills in theory and practice to help faculty adapt to new ways of educating students (Pollard & Kumar, 2022). Most importantly, adults need consistency, organization, transparency, and a community (Sockalingam, 2012 & Binder, 2023).

Schools 121

Schools Syllabus Authentic Assessment Evaluation 121

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Historically, I start the semester by walking through the syllabus, our canvas site, and previewing the course topics. I landed on an assignment that would give these graduating seniors experience applying accounting knowledge to financial information. As I listened, I thought about my first day of class routine.

Activities 93

Activities Syllabus Learning Knowledge 93

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Scaffolded assignments: Break significant projects into smaller, more manageable parts, such as proposals, annotated bibliographies, and rough drafts, to reduce student anxiety and provide opportunities for meaningful feedback at each step, improving learning outcomes (Ambrose, 2010). References Agarwal, P. Ambrose, S.

Plagiarism 98

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 98

Faculty Focus

MAY 29, 2025

This step was taken especially since it became more difficult for me over the years in the classroom to keep todays device-driven students focused beyond 10 seconds or less on an assigned major concept for each of my fifty-minute classes.Retained learning was there but not at the expected levels.In In management, it might be a company.

Student Engagement 83

Student Engagement Syllabus Learning Students 83

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Cover pages add just the right amount of professionalism for reports, poetry collections, ebooks, a magazine, or any other project that shares curated knowledge. Trifold brochures are popular for assessing learning on any inquiry topic that expects students to acquire and share knowledge. Click to view slideshow. Charts and Graphs.

Knowledge 122

Knowledge Syllabus History Achievement 122

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 126

Disabilities Students Assignments Syllabus 126

Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2018

Previously, her syllabus relied on a series of pamphlets from the Water Education Foundation, a California-based non-profit. Some, Anagnoson says, did “not read at a deep level for students,” and others “assumed a lot of prior knowledge.” Water was a great place to apply my knowledge,” she says. But small kinks have cropped up.

Textbooks 118

Textbooks Instructors Syllabus History 118

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

Faculty Focus

JULY 27, 2023

They provide a quick way to access a webpage that could be the syllabus, a poll, a list of resources, or a shared online space for a brainstorming activity. They are meant to help students organize existing knowledge, pull relevant information into working memory, and encourage reflection and metacognition.

Student Engagement 98

Student Engagement Syllabus Students Lecturing 98

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 5, 2025

Instructional designers are experts who use their flexibility, knowledge, and skills in theory and practice to help faculty adapt to new ways of educating students (Pollard & Kumar, 2022). Most importantly, adults need consistency, organization, transparency, and a community (Sockalingam, 2012 & Binder, 2023).

Schools 103

Schools Syllabus Authentic Assessment Evaluation 103

Faculty Focus

MAY 13, 2025

The instructor typically arrives, distributes a syllabus outlining course policies and expectations, explains assignments and grading criteria, and may include a brief activity or icebreaker. It reframes the syllabus not as a fixed legal document, but as a living agreement shaped by both instructor expertise and student input.

Syllabus 103

Syllabus Instructors Learning Confidentiality 103

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 24, 2018

Every student is assigned a tutor who is available to answer questions if needed. Clutch Prep was founded on the idea that students would prefer to re-learn a concept from scratch rather than patch the holes in their knowledge. pick your teacher and section (if available) and then upload your syllabus. Great stuff.

Textbooks 83

Textbooks Exams Syllabus Essay 83

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. She was preparing to audition for a performing arts scholarship.

Students 176

Students Art Essay Interdisciplinary 176

Faculty Focus

MAY 13, 2025

The instructor typically arrives, distributes a syllabus outlining course policies and expectations, explains assignments and grading criteria, and may include a brief activity or icebreaker. It reframes the syllabus not as a fixed legal document, but as a living agreement shaped by both instructor expertise and student input.

Syllabus 96

Syllabus Instructors Learning Confidentiality 96

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

Should you redesign your academic integrity syllabus statement or does your current one suffice? Should you change the way you give exams and design assignments? Redesigning assignments can reduce the potential for cheating with AI. Should ChatGPT be banned in class or should you encourage the use of it? 2023; Trust et al.,

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Syllabus 98