Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Research on faculty perceptions suggests that the ideal enrollment for online courses is lower than what they would consider suitable for high-enrollment courses, with course design playing a crucial role. 2021) Immediate or timely detailed feedback is especially important in online and condensed courses.

Instructors 98

Instructors Course Design Students Authentic Assessment 98

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2025

When our students overcome obstacles in their learning due to our support and encouragement, or experience transformations from our well-constructed course design and subsequent instruction, we succeed in cultivating spaces where their success is made possible. Student success is teacher success.

Students 122

Students Motivation Feedback Communication 122

Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2019

Courses in healthcare and medicine have been available online for years. But this field has recently grabbed the attention of an array of online education providers and program managers. Lambda School , an online coding bootcamp, raised $30 million this month to begin offering courses in nursing and medicine.

Education 150

Education Course Design Attention Skills 150

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2024

She’s also director of the Center for Teaching Excellence there, which provides faculty with support for instruction, edtech, course design, classroom management and grading. To find out, EdSurge interviewed Terri Hasseler, a professor in the Department of History, Literature, and the Arts at Bryant University in Rhode Island.

Students 202

Students Instructors Lecturing Participation 202

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2025

When our students overcome obstacles in their learning due to our support and encouragement, or experience transformations from our well-constructed course design and subsequent instruction, we succeed in cultivating spaces where their success is made possible. Student success is teacher success.

Students 111

Students Motivation Feedback Communication 111

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

University of Michigan marketing professor John Branch rebuilds the learning experience by taking a precision engineering approach to course design. Source: Course Hero. There is a theory in pedagogy that suggests that human beings cannot focus their attention on a single activity for more than 12 minutes.

Quizzes 167

Quizzes Failure Culture Students 167

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Coursera was a pioneer in offering MOOCs, or massive open online courses, in partnership with hundreds of top colleges. While attention around MOOCs has died down, the company seems to have found a business model for free courses with something it calls Specializations.

Testing 166

Testing Lecturing Quizzes Textbooks 166

Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Students with children sometimes have to bring their kids to class, dividing their attention. Learning Design Because parents’ time is constrained and shredded by childcare, work and managing a household, they need to be able to learn in short bursts at any hour in any place.

Beliefs 147

Beliefs Study Course Design Skills 147

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2019

When we focus our attention with laser precision on the edupreneurs who start new companies as the primary source of change, what do we miss? On the tails of Educause, with its Startup Alley and all the announcements of what’s new and hot in edtech , it leaves me wondering: Are we missing the innovation happening in our own backyards?

Lecturing 129

Lecturing Culture Course Design Attention 129

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 4, 2024

Jeff is passionate about learning and improving the quality of online course design and instruction to benefit returning adult learners. Attention span during lectures: 8 seconds, 10 minutes, or more? References Bradbury, N. Advances in Physiology Education , 40 (4), 509–513. link] 0.1152/advan.00109.2016

Online Learning 111

Online Learning Learning Tools Instructors Learning 111

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 15, 2024

It also allows students to devote more time and attention toward accounting because its less likely there will be other exams at that time. I strive to have the entire course prepared in the LMS before the first class meeting. This intentional delay affords students an opportunity to get back into their learning routine.

Syllabus 110

Syllabus Exams Course Outline Attention 110

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 12, 2025

Consideration 1: Examine Your Course The first consideration in creating an experiential learning opportunity is to review the student learning outcomes (SLOs) for your course, paying special attention to the outcomes that are difficult to assess with traditional methods.

Learning 107

Learning Evaluation Students Course Design 107

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 4, 2024

Jeff is passionate about learning and improving the quality of online course design and instruction to benefit returning adult learners. Attention span during lectures: 8 seconds, 10 minutes, or more? References Bradbury, N. Advances in Physiology Education , 40 (4), 509–513. link] 0.1152/advan.00109.2016

Online Learning 98

Online Learning Learning Tools Instructors Learning 98

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2018

Erin Crisp put it this way, “Exams can be great formative tools to help me as a learner understand what I should be paying attention to from the learning resources and instruction.” Exams can be great formative tools to help me as a learner understand what I should be paying attention to from the learning resources and instruction.

Assignments 95

Assignments Exams Instructors Learning 95

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 15, 2023

Incorporating active learning strategies with course lectures not only allows the student to be fully present, it can also be used to break-up lecturing into shorter segments, more manageable for most adult attention spans. The task of embracing change can be daunting for both faculty and students.

Lecturing 122

Lecturing Instructors Active Learning Activities 122

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 15, 2024

It also allows students to devote more time and attention toward accounting because its less likely there will be other exams at that time. I strive to have the entire course prepared in the LMS before the first class meeting. This intentional delay affords students an opportunity to get back into their learning routine.

Syllabus 99

Syllabus Exams Course Outline Attention 99

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 12, 2025

Consideration 1: Examine Your Course The first consideration in creating an experiential learning opportunity is to review the student learning outcomes (SLOs) for your course, paying special attention to the outcomes that are difficult to assess with traditional methods.

Learning 101

Learning Evaluation Students Course Design 101

Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

Plus, it sounded a lot like a MOOC (short for “massive open online courses”)—free courses designed for thousands of students that were all the rage a few years ago, but which today are seen as having fallen far short of the hype. But the site is succeeding in bringing attention to anthropology, and the university.

Textbooks 161

Textbooks Teaching Assistants Instructors Exams 161

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

After four decades of such reflection, I am keenly aware that understanding effective teaching strategies, the students I serve, and how learning works requires my constant attention. This type of intellectual rigor is desirable in course design.

Syllabus 132

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 132

Edsurge

MARCH 29, 2017

As online learning companies compete for the attention and wallets of learners, players like MasterClass , Linked Learning , Cognotion and Harvard are investing in producing videos that are so beautiful they could be National Geographic documentaries or sitcom pilots. Educational media is at an inflection point. These efforts are not cheap.

Instructors 145

Instructors Education Lecturing Knowledge 145

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In higher education, both topics have received considerable attention in recent years with proponents linking assessment and feedback—and strategies for these—to educational, social, psychological, and employability benefits (Gaynor, 2020).

Fairness 122

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 122

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2024

You’re paying attention, responding to what’s happening in the moment. Doing things differently almost always adds energy. There’s a bit of uncertainty. Will it work? It’s mixed up with curiosity. What will happen? There’s heightened sense of awareness. And if it works, motivation suddenly reappears. Start by considering how much to change.

Motivation 112

Motivation Exams Lecturing Attention 112

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 17, 2023

It also allows students to devote more time and attention toward accounting because it’s less likely there will be other exams at that time. I strive to have the entire course prepared in the LMS before the first class meeting. This intentional delay affords students an opportunity to get back into their learning routine.

Exams 111

Exams Syllabus Course Outline Attention 111

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2024

You’re paying attention, responding to what’s happening in the moment. Doing things differently almost always adds energy. There’s a bit of uncertainty. Will it work? It’s mixed up with curiosity. What will happen? There’s heightened sense of awareness. And if it works, motivation suddenly reappears. Start by considering how much to change.

Motivation 111

Motivation Exams Lecturing Attention 111

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 17, 2023

It also allows students to devote more time and attention toward accounting because it’s less likely there will be other exams at that time. I strive to have the entire course prepared in the LMS before the first class meeting. This intentional delay affords students an opportunity to get back into their learning routine.

Exams 105

Exams Syllabus Course Outline Attention 105

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In higher education, both topics have received considerable attention in recent years with proponents linking assessment and feedback—and strategies for these—to educational, social, psychological, and employability benefits (Gaynor, 2020).

Fairness 111

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 111

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 4, 2022

How do you divide your attention between in-person and remote students? So, if the host shows a funny newspaper article to the camera, which the home audience can easily see, the in-person audience won’t miss out since they can move their attention to the monitors. How do you know if the remote students can see and hear you?

Feedback 105

Feedback Minute Papers Mobile Devices Discussions 105

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 11, 2024

When I started my encore career as an adjunct professor, I threw myself into the one class I was teaching, eager to update myself on theories and concepts I hadn’t paid much attention to since grad school (which was a long time ago). I read course materials, created assignments, and graded student work in my free time.

Assignments 111

Assignments Elementary School Elementary School Grades 111

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 11, 2024

When I started my encore career as an adjunct professor, I threw myself into the one class I was teaching, eager to update myself on theories and concepts I hadn’t paid much attention to since grad school (which was a long time ago). I read course materials, created assignments, and graded student work in my free time.

Assignments 111

Assignments Elementary School Elementary School Grades 111

Faculty Focus

APRIL 23, 2023

All learning styles are important and need to be acknowledged, but I have found when information is presented visually, both faculty attention spans increase and interests tend to peak participation. In order to answer these questions, Gusky (2002) points our attention to key indicators: What will be measured? Did it make a difference?

Evaluation 111

Evaluation Participation Knowledge Learning Styles 111

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

We can create learning activities based on students’ prior knowledge to focus student attention and arouse their interests and curiosity to learn more. When students have a foundational building block to support the new knowledge, they can then build on that foundation to increase their comprehension about a subject.

Knowledge 126

Knowledge Quizzes Students Learning 126

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 15, 2023

Incorporating active learning strategies with course lectures not only allows the student to be fully present, it can also be used to break-up lecturing into shorter segments, more manageable for most adult attention spans. The task of embracing change can be daunting for both faculty and students.

Lecturing 98

Lecturing Instructors Active Learning Activities 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2023

To facilitate implementation, we have categorized the strategies from the perspectives of course designers, content creators, and those delivering the content or workshops. The following lists provide an overview of strategies and some suggestions on how to incorporate these you’re your courses.

Disabilities 98

Disabilities Learning Spaces Universal Design Learning Disabilities 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2023

To facilitate implementation, we have categorized the strategies from the perspectives of course designers, content creators, and those delivering the content or workshops. The following lists provide an overview of strategies and some suggestions on how to incorporate these you’re your courses.

Disabilities 98

Disabilities Learning Spaces Universal Design Learning Disabilities 98

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

After four decades of such reflection, I am keenly aware that understanding effective teaching strategies, the students I serve, and how learning works requires my constant attention. This type of intellectual rigor is desirable in course design.

Syllabus 101

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 101

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 29, 2024

Teaching interdisciplinary research practices has gained attention in higher education, shifting from primarily focusing on modeling interdisciplinary research to explicitly addressing how and why interdisciplinary research should be performed (Szostak, 2007). 2009; Kezar & Elrod, 2012).

Interdisciplinary 111

Interdisciplinary Study Multidisciplinary Students 111

Faculty Focus

APRIL 23, 2023

All learning styles are important and need to be acknowledged, but I have found when information is presented visually, both faculty attention spans increase and interests tend to peak participation. In order to answer these questions, Gusky (2002) points our attention to key indicators: What will be measured? Did it make a difference?

Evaluation 93

Evaluation Participation Knowledge Learning Styles 93