Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2024

As students enter the online classroom, they bring with them diverse educational experiences, backgrounds, and expectations of faculty interactions. Alongside the benefits of online learning come challenges, particularly in ensuring access, engagement, and inclusion for all students.

Accessibility 105

Accessibility Disabilities Education Culture 105

Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2023

It can facilitate immersive learning environments , allowing educators to craft virtual classrooms or historical settings so that students engage in interactive and captivating lessons. Experiential learning is enhanced , offering a safe platform for hands-on activities like science experiments.

Learning 192

Learning Gamification History Learning Outcomes 192

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2024

As students enter the online classroom, they bring with them diverse educational experiences, backgrounds, and expectations of faculty interactions. Alongside the benefits of online learning come challenges, particularly in ensuring access, engagement, and inclusion for all students.

Accessibility 98

Accessibility Disabilities Education Culture 98

Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Their pedagogy promotes the four Cs that the National Education Association (NEA) deems necessary “ for success in college, career, and citizenship in the 21st century ”: critical thinking, creativity, communication, and collaboration. By exploring these mechanisms, her students begin to learn how to balance vulnerability and strength.

Active Learning 165

Active Learning Activities Teaching Multidisciplinary 165

EAB

MAY 23, 2023

Podcast New Student Engagement Data Reveals Surprises Episode 152. They also offer advice to community college leaders on ways to make measurable improvements in student retention and enrollment. EAB · New Student Engagement Data Reveal Surprises Transcript [music] 0:00:13.0 May 23, 2023.

Student Engagement 52

Student Engagement Students Questions Syllabus 52

eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Differentiated instruction stands out as a fundamental approach, allowing educators to tailor their teaching methods to accommodate diverse learning styles, abilities, and interests within the classroom. By offering varied instructional approaches, educators can address individual student needs and maximize learning outcomes.

Teaching 130

Teaching Teaching Methods Critical Thinking Learning Styles 130

Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Though he doesn’t yet have data on how it has impacted student performance, CCGS’s Cooper thinks wireless screen mirroring technology will soon become the norm in classrooms because it’s affordable and the benefits are enormous. “It I’m more connected to the children, in both a learning sense and a well-being sense.

Technology 164

Technology Teaching Teachers Feedback 164

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Exposure to coding, digital collaboration, and information literacy empowers students to navigate and contribute to an increasingly interconnected global society. Additionally, digital learning enhances student engagement and motivation.

Learning 258

Learning Learning Styles Critical Thinking Accessibility 258

Dangerously Irrelevant

APRIL 9, 2018

For example, when MIT changed its freshman physics class from a model of hundreds of students listening passively to lectures in an auditorium to a model of smaller, interactive classes that emphasized hands-on, collaborative learning, it found that attendance increased and that the failure rate dropped more than 50 percent.

Active Learning 104

Active Learning Activities Learning Cognitive Development 104

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2025

Having a perfectly organized course and a stellar instructional approach may still not yield success for all students. Incorporating four simple practices through collaborative learning communities could be a game changer for teachers willing to embrace a more humane approach to teaching and learning.

Students 122

Students Motivation Feedback Communication 122

Faculty Focus

MAY 13, 2025

Research shows that initial class sessions are crucial for establishing trust, setting expectations, and capturing student interest (Curzan & Damour, 2000; Davis, 1993; Lucas, 2006; McKeachie, 2002) three elements essential to maintaining engagement across the semester. Student engagement techniques: A handbook for college faculty.

Syllabus 105

Syllabus Instructors Learning Confidentiality 105

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2025

Having a perfectly organized course and a stellar instructional approach may still not yield success for all students. Incorporating four simple practices through collaborative learning communities could be a game changer for teachers willing to embrace a more humane approach to teaching and learning.

Students 111

Students Motivation Feedback Communication 111

Faculty Focus

MAY 13, 2025

Research shows that initial class sessions are crucial for establishing trust, setting expectations, and capturing student interest (Curzan & Damour, 2000; Davis, 1993; Lucas, 2006; McKeachie, 2002) three elements essential to maintaining engagement across the semester. Student engagement techniques: A handbook for college faculty.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Instructors Learning Confidentiality 98

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 11, 2022

How might emotional connection, sense, and significance be embedded in an assignment such that students see the task as “renewable” and meaningful? From vastly different disciplines, we have each had an experience of giving tasks where students engaged far more than we anticipated, precisely because these elements were evident.

Assignments 131

Assignments Motivation Science Study 131

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

College settings foster collaborative learning environments, where students engage in dynamic discussions and group activities. Proactive m onitoring: Regularly review online discussions, encourage student engagement, and collaborate with teaching assistants to identify potential bot activity.

Academic Integrity 135

Academic Integrity Education Plagiarism Students 135

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Some students avoid asking for help in-person, as they may feel embarrassed or fear negative repercussions or backlash. Technological tools that offer anonymous check-ins on personal wellbeing, school culture and more can encourage students to seek out the help and resources they need.

Gamification 360

Gamification Intelligence Reading Ethics 360

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

College settings foster collaborative learning environments, where students engage in dynamic discussions and group activities. Proactive m onitoring: Regularly review online discussions, encourage student engagement, and collaborate with teaching assistants to identify potential bot activity.

Academic Integrity 111

Academic Integrity Education Plagiarism Students 111

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

Students in smaller classes often feel more comfortable asking questions and engaging in discussions, fostering a collaborative learning environment. Leis research areas of interest are cancer prevention and care, cross-cultural research, and instrument development.

Teaching 94

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 94

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

Students in smaller classes often feel more comfortable asking questions and engaging in discussions, fostering a collaborative learning environment. Leis research areas of interest are cancer prevention and care, cross-cultural research, and instrument development.

Teaching 89

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 89

k12 Online Schools

APRIL 23, 2025

The Concept of Beyond Boundaries Schools Definition and Key Characteristics Beyond Boundaries Schools are educational institutions that transcend traditional geographical and academic limits, promoting a curriculum focused on global citizenship and cultural awareness.

Critical Thinking 52

Critical Thinking Interdisciplinary Culture Participation 52

k12 Online Schools

MAY 7, 2025

Building a Digital Learning Culture In a traditional classroom, culture is built through physical presence: greetings at the door, shared lunchtime, or spontaneous group work. The Rise of Edu-Influencers and Peer Learning Social media has also democratized who teaches. And social media, by design, connects people.

Online Learning 52

Online Learning Ethics Education Learning 52

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Some students avoid asking for help in-person, as they may feel embarrassed or fear negative repercussions or backlash. Technological tools that offer anonymous check-ins on personal wellbeing, school culture and more can encourage students to seek out the help and resources they need.

Gamification 130

Gamification Intelligence Reading Ethics 130

EAB

MAY 16, 2023

So that's an acronym that stands for tigers, collaboratively learning, actively working. So we had to say okay well how can we change that culture? How can we show them that if you invest the time and as Naomi said earlier actually put in the work, this can help our students, this can help us. music] 0:38:34.8

Students 94

Students Communication Assignments Accessibility 94