Attention Disabilities Syllabus 
Edsurge
JUNE 6, 2024
Some educators worry that it will keep students from paying attention. On a positive note, such tools could greatly assist students with learning disabilities. New AI tools can make audio recordings of lectures and automatically create summaries and flashcards of the material. There’s good and bad with these things,” Watkins adds.
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.
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Edsurge
MARCH 6, 2019
On the first day of class, students read an article in the Guardian about the ways that apps, social media and other technology are designed to grab and hold on to our attention. When the syllabus says no laptops unless you have a disability, it automatically sort of outs those students,” he said.
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 13, 2020
But the attention may not be having the desired effect, as business is booming for Proctorio and other companies that sell automated proctoring services. Is a ‘desk scan’ necessary for a syllabus quiz? These are the types of accommodations necessary during a pandemic — not an Orwellian proctor service.” That’s ridiculous,” he says.
Faculty Focus
AUGUST 1, 2023
Should you redesign your academic integrity syllabus statement or does your current one suffice? Any person who has reason to believe that a student has committed academic dishonesty should bring such information to the attention of the appropriate course instructor as soon as possible.
Faculty Focus
AUGUST 1, 2023
Should you redesign your academic integrity syllabus statement or does your current one suffice? Any person who has reason to believe that a student has committed academic dishonesty should bring such information to the attention of the appropriate course instructor as soon as possible.
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 6, 2021
Decolonize my syllabus , decolonize my curriculum, decolonize my classroom—for some time now, the term “decolonization” has been the buzzword around campus, as students and certain faculty demand inclusion and diversity in education. If we pay attention, there are insights here that can guide us to radical pedagogical intervention.
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