Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2023

In the early days of online education, I imagined that virtual classrooms would follow the same basic model as in-person ones, with an instructor leading the same number of students typical in a campus class. One of my colleagues at New York University disagreed, cautioning even decades ago, that the belief was “pretty naive.”

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2024

That vantage point gives her insight about what’s keeping students from feeling fully invested in showing up for class ready to truly participate in the learning process. Some schools do, but a lot of schools generally leave absence management up to individual instructors. And now we have more humane guidelines around that.

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Edsurge

JUNE 28, 2023

Their studies take a look at how simple assignments that ask participants to read about how other older students have felt out-of-place at school — the first year of middle school and first year of college, to be precise — can build resistance to that sneaky inner voice that says, “I don’t belong here.”

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Middle School Middle School Schools Students 175

Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2016

The following quote from a faculty participant in CI’s Humanizing Online Learning class demonstrates this impact: “I almost wanted to quit [the class]. The empathy shown by [our instructor] drove me to wanting to get it done. I used to have the belief that I have very little to do with the success of my online students.

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Technology Lecturing Instructors Beliefs 158

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

A harsh debate can leave students (and instructors) feeling upset, or make them discouraged about participating in future conversations. Considering these high stakes, students and instructors may be tempted to avoid tough subjects altogether, or only discuss them with like-minded folks. But there’s another option.

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Instructors Beliefs Confidentiality Discussions 180

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Reflective teaching is examining one’s beliefs about teaching and learning and determining the alignment of those beliefs with what happens within your courses (Reflective Teaching, 2021). For example, a teacher leads an in-class discussion in which the majority of students are hesitant to participate.

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Teaching Beliefs Instructors Participation 116

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Reflective teaching is examining one’s beliefs about teaching and learning and determining the alignment of those beliefs with what happens within your courses (Reflective Teaching, 2021). For example, a teacher leads an in-class discussion in which the majority of students are hesitant to participate.

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Teaching Beliefs Instructors Participation 111

Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2019

The announcement, from The Minerva Project, enters a longstanding debate about whether online education can drastically cut the cost of education by reducing the number of instructors needed to teach. We can’t allow for any would-be critics to be dismissive” because of a belief that students aren’t receiving attention from professors.

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Lecturing Beliefs Attention Participation 162

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 14, 2023

Citizen science allows the common public to participate in important scientific studies, partnering with scientists and helping them with work crucial to the enhancement of human knowledge. It allows participants right from young children to retirees to participate in important scientific work.

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Science Participation Laboratory Interdisciplinary 144

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 18, 2024

As an adjunct instructor, your time on campus and ability to meet with students might be limited, but there are things you can do during your class to build relationships with your students to help them succeed (and make the work more meaningful for you). Encourage student participation. Co-create classroom norms with your students.

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Teaching Syllabus Feedback Instructors 119

Edsurge

JULY 21, 2021

Student participants—known as “Misters”—meet weekly with mentors. Several factors appeal to the young men who participate in Call Me MISTER. Maybe, the math instructor hopes, simply by standing at the front of the classroom, he changes the equation. The program is a co-curricular complement to teacher education courses.

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Teachers Beliefs Elementary School Elementary School 194

Faculty Focus

MAY 30, 2024

Students aren’t all the same age; come from different backgrounds and cultures; and have different majors, interests, and beliefs. If these differences aren’t accounted for, it’s easy to use humor that stereotypes or mocks beliefs. Students want instructors that they can connect with.

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Beliefs History Culture Attention 112

Edsurge

MAY 13, 2020

Belhaven faculty will teach the courses, while Moe plans to serve as an adjunct instructor and participate in virtual office hours for students, along with other members of GSV. Part of what I’d like to bring to the program is real-world war stories,” Moe says.

Ethics 139

Ethics Beliefs Instructors Knowledge 139

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Faculty were eager to learn out of necessity, and we were thrilled to witness double-digit participation in online trainings that would typically draw only a handful of attendees. This observation led my colleagues and me to reflect on the importance of maximizing the LMS’s potential (a belief that we held prior to the pandemic).

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Syllabus Instructors Peer Review Lecturing 126

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

By implementing these strategies, CTE educators can expect a vibrant, engaging learning environment where students can obtain skills and knowledge for a successful future. –Stefany Gurgel, NC3 Master Instructor, Festo and Instructor, Jewish Leadership Academy Learning and experiencing outside the four walls of the classroom is essential.

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Education Coaching Schools STEM 164

Faculty Focus

MAY 30, 2024

Students aren’t all the same age; come from different backgrounds and cultures; and have different majors, interests, and beliefs. If these differences aren’t accounted for, it’s easy to use humor that stereotypes or mocks beliefs. Students want instructors that they can connect with.

Beliefs 110

Beliefs History Culture Attention 110

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 18, 2024

As an adjunct instructor, your time on campus and ability to meet with students might be limited, but there are things you can do during your class to build relationships with your students to help them succeed (and make the work more meaningful for you). Encourage student participation. Co-create classroom norms with your students.

Teaching 110

Teaching Syllabus Feedback Instructors 110

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

These activities encourage participation without the anxiety of high-stakes grading (Freeman et al., Flexible participation options: Allow students to choose how they engage, including online discussion boards, written reflections, video reflections, or in-class individual or group work. 2014; Agarwal, 2019). Nilson, L. Ifelebuegu, A.

Plagiarism 118

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 118

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

Instead of hearing only from the same six students, instructors get feedback from many more. Amazon Transcribe automatically creates text transcripts from the audio track in the videos and makes them available for students and instructors to view directly from within the classroom player. Chickering and Zelda F.

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Study Lecturing Assistive Technology Exams 165

eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

This helps our teachers strengthen their practices and participate in ongoing, reflective coaching at their own pace. For some, this may be a struggle to embrace due lack of access or belief that paper is better. –David Baker, Professional Development Coordinator.

Schools 338

Schools Coaching STEM Evaluation 338

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Faculty were eager to learn out of necessity, and we were thrilled to witness double-digit participation in online trainings that would typically draw only a handful of attendees. This observation led my colleagues and me to reflect on the importance of maximizing the LMS’s potential (a belief that we held prior to the pandemic).

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Instructors Peer Review Lecturing 111

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

For every class, they'll have anywhere from one to three guided study sessions, which are 50 minutes long,” says Alicia Goodwin, the guided study instructor for the Newport Beach campus. And a lot of times it's that students are just unwilling to participate.” In some ways, it’s not unlike a typical high school.

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Teachers Schools Students Study 161

Edsurge

JULY 12, 2017

Tesoriero has developed this belief over the past 10 years in the classroom—and she attributes much of it to her involvement with the New York Hall of Science (NYSCI). “We Over the years, the teachers have participated in curriculum development, design labs and field trips, which have influenced the course and their practice.

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Science Learning Schools Gamification 145

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

TPS is also a lower-stake activity than most group work, since the learning takes place in an environment that the teacher controls, where the students are encouraged to share their communal learning with the whole class under the direct supervision of the instructor. Buil et al.,

Lecturing 98

Lecturing Active Learning Activities STEM 98

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 25, 2024

As instructors and course developers, many of us would like to leave students and recent graduates with an interest in lifelong learning. Alignment between the reflection tool and participants’ strengths, needs, and values improves the chances that it will be effective. After all, at its best, learning is limitless and looping.

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Learning Instructors Coaching Knowledge 122

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Students as Learners and Teachers (SaLT) is an innovative teaching approach where students and instructors collaborate to improve educational experiences ( Cavazos et al., Pseudonyms are used to protect participant identities, and general references to disciplinary contexts are provided for confidentiality purposes.

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Teaching Instructors English Language 98

Edsurge

MAY 11, 2017

That caused room for concern, he says, because “it's our department's belief that the best learning modality is face-to-face.”. That’s hard to do for traditional online courses, she says, where students can’t see each peer eye-to-eye, or might not have an opportunity to participate in group activities.

Students 125

Students Instructors Language Languages 125

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

These activities encourage participation without the anxiety of high-stakes grading (Freeman et al., Flexible participation options: Allow students to choose how they engage, including online discussion boards, written reflections, video reflections, or in-class individual or group work. 2014; Agarwal, 2019). Nilson, L. Ifelebuegu, A.

Plagiarism 98

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 98

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 25, 2024

As instructors and course developers, many of us would like to leave students and recent graduates with an interest in lifelong learning. Alignment between the reflection tool and participants’ strengths, needs, and values improves the chances that it will be effective. After all, at its best, learning is limitless and looping.

Learning 108

Learning Instructors Coaching Knowledge 108

Faculty Focus

APRIL 1, 2025

Models of Peer Observation The focus of the peer observation defines its goal, context, and the way the participants act and feel toward the process. To this end, we prefer using the narrative log as it enables the observer to document the timing of behaviors, techniques, and actions of both the observed instructor and the students.

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Evaluation Teaching Teaching Methods Faculty Development 98

Faculty Focus

APRIL 1, 2025

Models of Peer Observation The focus of the peer observation defines its goal, context, and the way the participants act and feel toward the process. To this end, we prefer using the narrative log as it enables the observer to document the timing of behaviors, techniques, and actions of both the observed instructor and the students.

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Evaluation Teaching Teaching Methods Faculty Development 93

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Total assessment Formative assessment, by definition, is designed to provide both students and instructors with evidence that helps them understand how to proceed as they move through learning content. Total football. Ted: Well, how about that. What indicates that this particular source is credible or valid?).

Feedback 126

Feedback Course Design Assignments Evaluation 126

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 31, 2023

What about for the instructor? Knowing that he will have an opportunity to boost his grade might encourage Ben to participate more in class discussions and, fingers crossed, to earn better grades on future assignments in the class. For me, it is a common occurrence – one that I’ve dreaded for most of my teaching career.

Assignments 92

Assignments Exams Motivation Grades 92

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

Instead of hearing only from the same six students, instructors get feedback from many more. Amazon Transcribe automatically creates text transcripts from the audio track in the videos and makes them available for students and instructors to view directly from within the classroom player. Chickering and Zelda F.

Study 100

Study Lecturing Assistive Technology Exams 100

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Total assessment Formative assessment, by definition, is designed to provide both students and instructors with evidence that helps them understand how to proceed as they move through learning content. Total football. Ted: Well, how about that. What indicates that this particular source is credible or valid?).

Feedback 111

Feedback Course Design Assignments Evaluation 111

Faculty Focus

JULY 2, 2023

This membership diversity enables participants to share and gain knowledge from faculty with a vast array of perspectives and expertise in a variety of fields who are also familiar with the unique challenges and opportunities presented by online learning.

Online Learning 111

Online Learning Distance Learning Education Learning 111

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Responsibility Examples of possible student-generated ideas and role definition Sharer Gives a purpose for listening, viewing, and participating, such as, “I am presenting on XYZ.” Do this one responsibility at a time, eliciting students’ ideas. ” Listens to compare ABC. Be present. Be curious. Engage respectfully.”

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Assignments Beliefs Discussions Lecturing 67