Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

We can pre-expose students to new information before starting a course or a class with: a welcome letter or email of the course description. a video about a course or topic. pre-test quizzes. a discussion, brainstorm, list, or map of what they already know about a new topic. low-stakes quizzes and practice tests.

Knowledge 126

Knowledge Quizzes Students Learning 126

Faculty Focus

MAY 30, 2023

Assignment options included: online discussions journals research analyses video explorations current event analyses This approach meant that, by the end of the course, students had completed three of each assignment type and 15 mastery quizzes. They felt like they had high levels of interaction with the instructor.

Student Engagement 97

Student Engagement Assignments Instructors Students 97

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

Establish and maintain an inclusive community: During the first days of class, it is important to initiate an anonymous survey and a follow-up discussion about what makes students feel valued, seen, respected, included, challenged, and supported by the instructor and their peers. This type of intellectual rigor is desirable in course design.

Syllabus 132

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 132

Faculty Focus

APRIL 16, 2023

Educators are available to students and are responsible for designing bi-modal content. Content should incorporate Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and offer choices to students. These are not challenges associated with online courses. Provide course materials. Adobe Spark, H5P, Prezi, etc.),

Learning 105

Learning Assignments Course Design Instructors 105

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

Students in smaller classes often feel more comfortable asking questions and engaging in discussions, fostering a collaborative learning environment. Clear communication of expectations for both in-person and remote students is essential, ensuring everyone understands their roles in contributing to discussions and activities.

Teaching 82

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 82

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Trusting students does not mean ignoring accountability; it means designing courses, policies, and practices that build their confidence and skills while treating them as equal partners in their education. Feedback as an opportunity for dialogue: Invite students to meet to discuss feedback and revisions. 2014; Agarwal, 2019).

Plagiarism 98

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 98

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

On a practice and policy level, there is widespread agreement that formative assessment and feedback should be featured within course design and delivery (Carless & Winstone, 2019). Below, in diagram 1, are some examples of formative and summative assessments that can be utilized in the classroom.

Fairness 122

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 122

Faculty Focus

APRIL 16, 2023

Educators are available to students and are responsible for designing bi-modal content. Content should incorporate Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and offer choices to students. These are not challenges associated with online courses. Provide course materials. Adobe Spark, H5P, Prezi, etc.),

Learning 98

Learning Assignments Course Design Instructors 98

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

Students in smaller classes often feel more comfortable asking questions and engaging in discussions, fostering a collaborative learning environment. Clear communication of expectations for both in-person and remote students is essential, ensuring everyone understands their roles in contributing to discussions and activities.

Teaching 79

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 79

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

We can pre-expose students to new information before starting a course or a class with: a welcome letter or email of the course description. a video about a course or topic. pre-test quizzes. a discussion, brainstorm, list, or map of what they already know about a new topic. low-stakes quizzes and practice tests.

Knowledge 98

Knowledge Quizzes Students Learning 98

Faculty Focus

APRIL 15, 2025

In this light, designing and facilitating online discussions to increase student engagement, peer connection, and idea exchange, as well as creating a cohesive online learning community for knowledge creation, is far more important for the success of online education. References Bustillo-booth, M. Magna Publications Inc. , Dixson, M.

Student Engagement 102

Student Engagement Instructors Lecturing Students 102

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

On a practice and policy level, there is widespread agreement that formative assessment and feedback should be featured within course design and delivery (Carless & Winstone, 2019). Below, in diagram 1, are some examples of formative and summative assessments that can be utilized in the classroom.

Fairness 110

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 110

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2018

On Tuesday, April 24 the #DLNchat community got together to discuss and debate: How Can Alternative Assignments Effectively Assess Student Learning? Where there’s an alternative there must be a standard, so we started our chat creating a list of what those standard assignment are: exams, quizzes, essays, reports, lab manuals and the like.

Assignments 97

Assignments Exams Instructors Learning 97

Scholarly Teacher

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Our questions and subsequent review focused on implementing collaborative quizzes. In the fall of 2022, students in three sections of a required 200-level business writing course at a large, Midwestern university (N=72) participated in seven collaborative quizzes and three independent quizzes taken throughout the fall semester.

Quizzes 52

Quizzes Education Multiple Choice Questions Feedback 52

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

Establish and maintain an inclusive community: During the first days of class, it is important to initiate an anonymous survey and a follow-up discussion about what makes students feel valued, seen, respected, included, challenged, and supported by the instructor and their peers. This type of intellectual rigor is desirable in course design.

Syllabus 96

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 96

Scholarly Teacher

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Rachel Thelen , The University of Minnesota School of Dentistry Noelle Haight , Occupational Therapist and Educator Julia VanderMolen , University of the Pacific Key Statement: Four helpful tips, including backwards design, for the new instructor looking to (re)design their course.

Instructors 52

Instructors Curriculum Quizzes Lecturing 52

Faculty Focus

APRIL 15, 2025

In this light, designing and facilitating online discussions to increase student engagement, peer connection, and idea exchange, as well as creating a cohesive online learning community for knowledge creation, is far more important for the success of online education. References Bustillo-booth, M. Magna Publications Inc. , Dixson, M.

Student Engagement 78

Student Engagement Instructors Lecturing Students 78

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

For retrieval practice to be effective at building and strengthening neural links, students must try to pull the information from memory and not simply glance over their course notes or the textbook (Miller, 2022, p. Consider each of the four strategies discussed in this article. Where in your courses might you try them out?

Learning 92

Learning Language Languages Instructors 92

Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2017

I am going to rework the course from the ground up. Master Educator Stanley Stepanic discusses his course, Dracula; video source: Course Hero. Professor Stanley Stepanic What do you cover in your course? Resources to Inspire Your Course Design. I’ll keep the title.”

Education 133

Education Lecturing History Quizzes 133