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Beyond Evaluation: Using Peer Observation to Strengthen Teaching Practices

Faculty Focus

Based on the focus, peer observations can be classified into two models: formative-developmental and summative-evaluative. Support learning in and from practice : As highlighted by Ball and Cohen (1999), learning is most effective when embedded in practice, making peer observations a powerful tool for professional development.

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Beyond Evaluation: Using Peer Observation to Strengthen Teaching Practices

Faculty Focus

Based on the focus, peer observations can be classified into two models: formative-developmental and summative-evaluative. Support learning in and from practice : As highlighted by Ball and Cohen (1999), learning is most effective when embedded in practice, making peer observations a powerful tool for professional development.

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What's Really Getting in the Way of Teachers Embracing Edtech?

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Ertmer and Anne Ottenbreit-Leftwich that refers not just to whether technology is used in the classroom but also when and how teachers use technology to improve learning outcomes. For example, in one of our focus groups, we asked teachers to examine the prototype for a tool they could use to evaluate whether and how to use edtech.

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Learning Outcomes for Instructors, Not Just Students

Faculty Focus

If you teach, you know about learning outcomes. There’s a fair bit of work involved with learning outcomes, and justifiably so. But why limit ourselves to student learning outcomes only? In other words, the teaching and learning principles so many of us embrace call upon us to be learners.

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Learning Outcomes for Instructors, Not Just Students

Faculty Focus

If you teach, you know about learning outcomes. There’s a fair bit of work involved with learning outcomes, and justifiably so. But why limit ourselves to student learning outcomes only? In other words, the teaching and learning principles so many of us embrace call upon us to be learners.

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Why We Don't Need a 'Netflix for Education'

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This is a view of personalized learning that is strikingly similar to the approach Netflix has popularized with movies. Unlike movie enjoyment, which is an inherently subjective evaluation, learning is an objective outcome. prefer instructional formats that produce inferior learning outcomes.

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Improving Teacher and Student Engagement Through Creativity

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Why aren’t more schools pushing a creative mindset if we know it is powerful for learning? Sometimes, there is a belief that creative projects should be saved for the end of the week or even the end of the semester. It’s about evaluating the process and the product of what they learned, which can be intimidating and time-consuming.