Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 10, 2021

Their answers to this question will guide you in how you teach the class. I’ve talked about best practices for teaching. There are a lot of ways to teach a topic that satisfies curriculum demands. Pick an approach that is 1) different from how you teach during the school year, and 2) fits your student group.

Motivation 154

Motivation Schools Syllabus Students 154

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

But this year, with the arrival of the World Cup, I came prepared, and my students knew it when they saw our sports journalism unit built into the syllabus on the first day. They (rightfully) paid attention to trauma and marginalization but missed the joy, creativity and production of BIPOC culture. they exclaimed. En classe?!”

English 200

English Culture Syllabus Writing 200

Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2024

The unusual idea seems in some ways like a publicity stunt to call attention to a the academic major it offers in artificial intelligence — and local TV news stations pounced on the notion that nonhuman classmates would be participating side-by-side in hybrid college classes with T-shirt-clad young people.

Intelligence 211

Intelligence Syllabus Feedback Assignments 211

Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2024

Tech giants Google, Microsoft and OpenAI have unintentionally assigned educators around the world major homework for the summer: Adjusting their assignments and teaching methods to adapt to a fresh batch of AI features that students will enter classrooms with in the fall. Some educators worry that it will keep students from paying attention.

Lecturing 216

Lecturing Education Assignments Syllabus 216

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The last time I taught in a physical college classroom was in 1999, when my adult students shook off their weariness from a day of working and taking care of their children to pay attention to their classmates and me for three hours. Much has changed since then, as the world of online learning built for working adults has grown.

Online Learning 187

Online Learning Instructors Coaching Syllabus 187

Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Within the Providence Public School District, nearly 92 percent of students are people of color while the teaching force is almost 80 percent white. Christopher Emdin’s book, “ For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood. Our cities are growing in diversity at an exponential rate, but our teacher workforce is not.

Culture 167

Culture Education Syllabus Attention 167

Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2022

That’s after years of pandemic disruptions where classes couldn’t be held in person, and teaching was forced online for long periods, in an era many students refer to as Zoom University. Or, will this moment force a change in the way college teaching is done? I do think that our tech makes it harder to pay attention,” she said. “In

Lecturing 205

Lecturing Students Attention Syllabus 205

Faculty Focus

JUNE 13, 2023

As a faculty member in a graduate program in educational leadership, I underestimated how the pandemic would impact my teaching—and change the way I approached pedagogy and implemented learner-centered practices. This lighthearted, quirky comedy became the basis for the four critical lessons I learned while teaching through the pandemic.

Teaching 118

Teaching Assignments Syllabus Counselling 118

Faculty Focus

MARCH 12, 2023

The first day or week of the semester is often referred to as what students call “syllabus week,” because professors typically spend the first day of class reviewing the syllabus—interject a big yawn here. At this point, I still have not reviewed the syllabus with them and instead begin a community building activity.

Student Engagement 115

Student Engagement Activities Syllabus Instructors 115

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

You could include personal information and/or a photo, in addition to the course syllabus and other course-related information. If they have not opened the course syllabus or were not in class on the first day, this could be addressed in the email. Shanda Hood is a teaching assistant professor at the University of Arkansas.

Instructors 120

Instructors Syllabus Attention Teaching Assistants 120

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 15, 2024

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on January 4, 2018 Magna Publications. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! For some, planning revolves around syllabus revision, closing loopholes, and adjusting dates. All rights reserved. Where do you start? It wasnt an effective system.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Exams Course Outline Attention 98

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 15, 2024

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on January 4, 2018 Magna Publications. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! For some, planning revolves around syllabus revision, closing loopholes, and adjusting dates. All rights reserved. Where do you start? It wasnt an effective system.

Syllabus 86

Syllabus Exams Course Outline Attention 86

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

That change in pricing, mixed with concerns about cheating by professors new to teaching online, has led to an explosion in the use of test surveillance services. But the attention may not be having the desired effect, as business is booming for Proctorio and other companies that sell automated proctoring services.

Plagiarism 218

Plagiarism Exams Confidentiality Testing 218

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. How Learning Works: 8 Research-based Principles for Smart Teaching (2nd Ed.). Analyze your course policies (i.e., Bridges, M. DiPietro, M.,

Syllabus 130

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 130

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

Missed Signals Shed Cheated in Her Previous Marathon The press coverage from Boston caught the attention of a New Yorker named Susan Morrow. Use strategies that support integrity, maximize learning, and minimize cheating As I argue in my book AI with Intention , if we want students to use AI tools with integrity, we must teach them how.

Academic Integrity 89

Academic Integrity Learning Feedback Assignments 89

Faculty Focus

MARCH 12, 2023

The first day or week of the semester is often referred to as what students call “syllabus week,” because professors typically spend the first day of class reviewing the syllabus—interject a big yawn here. At this point, I still have not reviewed the syllabus with them and instead begin a community building activity.

Student Engagement 98

Student Engagement Activities Syllabus Instructors 98

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

My experience teaching with videos supports the idea that students not only learn more deeply but also faster. Consequently, the syllabus can be enlarged when classes take advantage of multimedia means -as it happened. Long videos make fade learner’s attention. . Ways to use a movie for language teaching.

Learning 155

Learning Textbooks Lecturing Syllabus 155

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

The following is the latest installment of the Toward Better Teaching advice column. For this month’s episode of EdSurge Live , our monthly video discussion series, Bonni will join us to take your questions about all things teaching innovation. You can pose a question for a future column here. Just RSVP here.

Attention 112

Attention Syllabus Students Coaching 112

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 17, 2023

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on January 4, 2018. For some, planning revolves around syllabus revision, closing loopholes, and adjusting dates. This may not sound particularly innovative, especially since many teachers provide a calendar in the syllabus. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved.

Exams 104

Exams Syllabus Course Outline Attention 104

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

You could include personal information and/or a photo, in addition to the course syllabus and other course-related information. If they have not opened the course syllabus or were not in class on the first day, this could be addressed in the email. Shanda Hood is a teaching assistant professor at the University of Arkansas.

Instructors 96

Instructors Syllabus Attention Teaching Assistants 96

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 17, 2023

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on January 4, 2018. For some, planning revolves around syllabus revision, closing loopholes, and adjusting dates. This may not sound particularly innovative, especially since many teachers provide a calendar in the syllabus. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved.

Exams 103

Exams Syllabus Course Outline Attention 103

Faculty Focus

JUNE 25, 2023

“I came to teaching late” (Roger Rueff, The Hospitality Suite ). No one ever taught me how to teach. Their aim in teaching was to instill knowledge as if the students were empty vessels into which the professor simply poured content. As with teaching, I came to coaching late. I learned by osmosis.

Coaching 103

Coaching Syllabus Confidentiality Assignments 103

Faculty Focus

MAY 13, 2025

Teaching in higher education involves far more than delivering content. Furthermore, teaching should aim to prepare students for active civic engagement. It reframes the syllabus not as a fixed legal document, but as a living agreement shaped by both instructor expertise and student input. Often, class ends early.

Syllabus 100

Syllabus Instructors Learning Confidentiality 100

Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2019

Robertson has long believed that the linear approach to teaching may not be right for everyone. Using tech to personalize learning Robertson has long believed that the linear approach to teaching may not be right for everyone. Different students have different approaches to learning, he says. His choice: modular learning.

Curriculum 154

Curriculum Hybrid Courses Lecturing Gamification 154

Faculty Focus

MAY 29, 2025

This will require extra work for you, but the results should be enlightening to your teaching success along with problem areas that should be addressed. Syllabus Inclusions Syllabus inclusionspromise and provide proper guidance throughout the semester with individual teams outside of class.

Student Engagement 78

Student Engagement Syllabus Learning Students 78

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

These, in turn, have earned him a raft of teaching honors, including the Sherwin-Williams Distinguished Teaching Award. EdSurge caught up with Branch to learn more about his innovative teaching techniques, the 12-minute rule, and why designing a course is a lot like restoring a 1963 Porsche 356. And then I build it up.

Quizzes 167

Quizzes Failure Culture Students 167

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

and they pay special attention as I detail each step. Yes, I’m one who subscribes to the notion that we college instructors are not just teaching our students a subject, but we’re also preparing them for real-world experiences. Thompson always knew she wanted to return to the community college level to teach full-time.

Textbooks 112

Textbooks Syllabus Instructors Peer Review 112

Faculty Focus

JUNE 25, 2023

“I came to teaching late” (Roger Rueff, The Hospitality Suite ). No one ever taught me how to teach. Their aim in teaching was to instill knowledge as if the students were empty vessels into which the professor simply poured content. As with teaching, I came to coaching late. I learned by osmosis.

Coaching 96

Coaching Syllabus Confidentiality Assignments 96

Faculty Focus

MAY 13, 2025

Teaching in higher education involves far more than delivering content. Furthermore, teaching should aim to prepare students for active civic engagement. It reframes the syllabus not as a fixed legal document, but as a living agreement shaped by both instructor expertise and student input. Often, class ends early.

Syllabus 93

Syllabus Instructors Learning Confidentiality 93

Edsurge

AUGUST 8, 2017

Or, more specifically, it was the way he was teaching. He describes it as a new philosophy of teaching. EdSurge sat down with Talbert to talk about his experiences, and why he thinks more research universities are taking teaching more seriously these days. I wasn’t really paying attention to their answers. It was him.

Failure 142

Failure Lecturing Syllabus Instructors 142

Scholarly Teacher

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Keywords: Teaching Methods, Pedagogy, Student Learning Introduction Staring out to the sea of questioning faces, I paused and asked the question again still no response from the 22 students staring back at me. The characteristics of quality teaching are often ambiguous. Image courtesy of Wix. 2019; Smith, 2013). 2020; Hannafin et al.,

Teaching 52

Teaching Syllabus Instructors Problem-Based Learning 52

Edsurge

MAY 15, 2019

The following is the latest installment of the Toward Better Teaching advice column. The reflecting you did around accommodations we can all make in our teaching to help students in their learning is wonderful. As an example, I teach a personal leadership and productivity course. You can pose a question for a future column here.

Disabilities 125

Disabilities Students Assignments Syllabus 125

Faculty Focus

JUNE 22, 2023

The purpose of online asynchronous teaching is not meant to replicate the in-seat classroom format but to encourage using creative, imaginative, and experimental opportunities in the online environment. But when you begin teaching in an online platform this proximity can be lost. Faculty need to start with the basics.

Learning 111

Learning Syllabus Assignments Communication 111

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 29, 2023

flexibility, increased student engagement, improved academic achievement), what I didn’t realize was how essential this model was for teaching in the wake of a global pandemic. In-person instruction In-person instruction is the teaching and learning that happens when the students and instructor are together in a physical space.

Blended Learning 132

Blended Learning Lecturing Education Learning 132

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. How Learning Works: 8 Research-based Principles for Smart Teaching (2nd Ed.). Analyze your course policies (i.e., Bridges, M. DiPietro, M.,

Syllabus 88

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 88

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 92

Assignments Exams Instructors Learning 92

Edsurge

JULY 7, 2022

Todd Burks teaches students to navigate the University of Virginia library. A dozen or so students are gathered virtually in a Zoom room, inhaling and exhaling and summoning their attention for a brisk lunchtime lesson filled with music and poetry. It teaches the basics of critical thinking, research and academic writing.

Students 176

Students Art Essay Interdisciplinary 176