Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2024

In the dynamic landscape of online education, the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications online graduate programs (UF CJC Online) stands at the forefront of innovation and quality. The course template is a key factor in the QM course review process as it ensures consistency in course design.

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Feedback Course Design Instructors Education 121

eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2021

Teachers enroll now in new online professional development courses designed to improve student achievement in reading and math. June 15, 2021 – Today MetaMetrics ® unveiled its new Lexile® & Quantile® Educator Academy. Each course is 10-hours, self-paced and asynchronous. This has been a very valuable course.

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Teachers Education Math Achievement 130

Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

This article includes a free, open-access resource for educators: What Your Students Arent Telling You: Listening, Learning, and Leading with Empathy. Download it here: [link] In higher education, we often track student success through grades, credit hours, and retention rates. These were not standard end-of-semester evaluations.

Disabilities 54

Disabilities Course Design Lecturing Students 54

Edsurge

MAY 29, 2020

Disclosure: EdSurge is a participant in the network. Our faculty playbook provides just-in-time guidance from digital learning experts which builds on their decades of experience delivering high-quality online education.” Here are summaries of the four essential elements of successful online courses, according to the playbook.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2024

In the dynamic landscape of online education, the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications online graduate programs (UF CJC Online) stands at the forefront of innovation and quality. The course template is a key factor in the QM course review process as it ensures consistency in course design.

Feedback 111

Feedback Course Design Instructors Education 111

Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Faculty development in higher education looks the same today as it did 30 years ago: educators attend face-to-face workshops and consultations in an attempt to find new strategies and ideas for improving learning. Provide an option to participate remotely using video conferencing. Engage remote attendees in the dialogue.

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Faculty Development Participation Feedback Course Design 162

Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2017

But education startup Trilogy Education Services is trying to knock the disruptors by helping universities set up their own “bootcamp” services. Rethink Education and City Light Capital also participated in the round. Most students wouldn’t know Trilogy had anything to do with their course design, however.

Skills 134

Skills Instructors Coaching Education 134

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 22, 2024

This paper aims to guide the next steps in defining the scope and design of enterprise/entrepreneurship modules offered in university courses, especially in vocational programs. He has written a number of papers on teaching business and higher education generally for UK, USA, and Australian periodicals. New York: W. Hatt, Lucy.

Education 122

Education Beliefs Study Essay 122

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The landscape of higher education has witnessed a significant shift in recent years, with an increasing number of students opting for nontraditional avenues to pursue their academic goals. This trend underscores the growing popularity of online education as a means of accessing higher education opportunities.

Accessibility 105

Accessibility Disabilities Education Culture 105

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 6, 2024

As an educator and instructional designer, I find this problematic. If the focus shifts to quantity over quality, our students will be the ones to lose out, ultimately receiving less educational value for their investment. Incorporating flexibility in course design can help with student engagement and motivation.

Instructors 116

Instructors Course Design Students Authentic Assessment 116

eSchool News

JULY 20, 2016

Back-to-school is getting closer and closer, and as it approaches, stakeholders and ed-tech vendors are working to create research and products that identify educational needs and truly improve teaching and learning in the classroom. The course, Effective Conversation in the Classroom, launches in August with three online sessions.

Teaching 186

Teaching Exams Disabilities Learning 186

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Somewhere between our collective obsession with predictive analytics and infatuation with adaptive learning, higher education wonks and practitioners are making time to deconstruct the quality attributes of online courses. It’s a collaborative process that engages faculty in the design and improvement of online courses.

Blended Courses 166

Blended Courses Instructors Evaluation Participation 166

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The landscape of higher education has witnessed a significant shift in recent years, with an increasing number of students opting for nontraditional avenues to pursue their academic goals. This trend underscores the growing popularity of online education as a means of accessing higher education opportunities.

Accessibility 98

Accessibility Disabilities Education Culture 98

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

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 22, 2024

This paper aims to guide the next steps in defining the scope and design of enterprise/entrepreneurship modules offered in university courses, especially in vocational programs. He has written a number of papers on teaching business and higher education generally for UK, USA, and Australian periodicals. New York: W. Hatt, Lucy.

Education 105

Education Beliefs Study Essay 105

Faculty Focus

JULY 14, 2024

The development of programs that not only meet the needs of working people but also guarantee their upward mobility through accessible, affordable routes is essential in the effort to improve the quality of education and assist different learners. OER and No/Low-Cost Textbooks: The program makes significant use of both.

Teaching Assistants 110

Teaching Assistants Textbooks Special Education Education 110

Faculty Focus

JUNE 2, 2024

And while these are all important factors in impacting student success, there are also many psychological challenges students may face in their online education: Isolation. Those who participate in fully online courses, particularly asynchronous ones, may feel isolated from their instructor, their peers, and the university as a whole.

Syllabus 131

Syllabus Course Design Learning Students 131

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 6, 2024

As an educator and instructional designer, I find this problematic. If the focus shifts to quantity over quality, our students will be the ones to lose out, ultimately receiving less educational value for their investment. Incorporating flexibility in course design can help with student engagement and motivation.

Instructors 98

Instructors Course Design Students Authentic Assessment 98

Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2020

As professors and K-12 teachers adjust to the sudden move to online teaching, one question keeps coming up: How much of class time should be done live—known in education parlance as “synchronous” teaching—and how much should be done so that students can do the work at their convenience—or “asynchronous” teaching. Department of Education.

Teaching 218

Teaching Instructors Distance Learning Lecturing 218

Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2023

Prior to the pandemic, our district allowed teachers to be released from their classroom to participate in their own learning, but our current lack of substitute teachers has created challenges. As a result of this pivot, I find myself working one-on-one with teachers more regularly.

Teachers 211

Teachers Course Design Participation Discussions 211

Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2021

During the past decade, online education has been driven by enrollments, especially out-of-state enrollments. Online courses have been developed as cash cows for years, by many of the institutions that have them at all. We also need innovation and creativity.

Online Learning 184

Online Learning Faculty Development Learning Instructors 184

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2024

She’s also director of the Center for Teaching Excellence there, which provides faculty with support for instruction, edtech, course design, classroom management and grading. And for me as an educator, I always really subscribe to Paolo Freire's thoughts on the idea that you build knowledge together in the classroom with students.

Students 196

Students Instructors Lecturing Participation 196

Edsurge

JULY 22, 2022

A participant in the Women in Construction program. In Mississippi, that relegates many women who don’t have higher education to working part-time jobs for close to minimum wage—$7.25 In order for a single mom to participate in any sort of job training that leads to a higher wage, that’s an imperative support service.”

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Participation Culture Course Design Skills 152

Faculty Focus

JULY 14, 2024

The development of programs that not only meet the needs of working people but also guarantee their upward mobility through accessible, affordable routes is essential in the effort to improve the quality of education and assist different learners. OER and No/Low-Cost Textbooks: The program makes significant use of both.

Teaching Assistants 97

Teaching Assistants Textbooks Special Education Education 97

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. Angie Fedon is the director for the Department of Classroom Innovation and Online Education at Concordia University, Nebraska. 2 (2019): 255–75.

Syllabus 126

Syllabus Instructors Peer Review Lecturing 126

Edsurge

JANUARY 13, 2017

So it stands to reason that using the term “smart” to describe the application of technology within college courses might have a similar connotation. Online courses are “smart,” one might assume, because they use technology to improve educational outcomes or, at least, create new efficiencies or extend the abilities of faculty and students.

Multiple Choice Questions 127

Multiple Choice Questions Instructors Textbooks Feedback 127

Faculty Focus

JULY 2, 2023

Distance learning is viewed today as a parallel learning modality, and is both valued and entrenched in higher education (Marcus. In today’s fast-paced, constantly-changing education landscape, it can be challenging for educators to stay abreast of the latest developments and trends in their field. 2022; Nworie,2021).

Online Learning 111

Online Learning Distance Learning Education Learning 111

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

She said that one of the ways she implements active participation is through participatory course design in some of her courses, where students take part in brainstorming what the course will look like. She takes the approach of co-designing.

Culture 147

Culture Teaching Syllabus English 147

Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2022

The future of higher education will bring more hybrid learning models—but colleges may not yet have the staff and systems they need to scale up high-quality programs that blend in-person and online experiences. It’s the seventh edition of the Changing Landscape of Online Education (CHLOE) report.

Hybrid Learning 184

Hybrid Learning Hybrid Courses Learning Exams 184

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Like many education tools, it depends. Faculty risk excluding certain students and impeding their ability to succeed when they aren’t intentional about design and facilitation. Studies have suggested that these tools, which allow students to respond in real time to questions provided by an instructor, can improve student learning.

Instructors 144

Instructors Multiple Choice Questions Course Design Discussions 144

Edsurge

JULY 9, 2018

In 2004, the education historian Larry Cuban predicted that “while the open classroom has clearly currently disappeared from the vocabulary of educators, another variation of open education is likely to reappear in the years ahead.” These design choices have noticeable implications.

Online Learning 156

Online Learning Instructors Learning Quizzes 156

EdTech Magazine

JUNE 10, 2019

Once a novelty in many classrooms and makerspaces, 3D printers are again flourishing as valuable classroom tools thanks to advanced technology , lower costs and more products and services geared toward K–12 education. . Both manufacturers and educators are leveraging the benefits of 3D printers in education.

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STEM Learning Math Learning Styles 167

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. These activities encourage participation without the anxiety of high-stakes grading (Freeman et al.,

Plagiarism 122

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 122

Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Last summer teachers at our public virtual high school, Achieve Virtual Education Academy, met to reflect on their experiences so far. But teachers can select from different activities—such as taking online mini-courses, participating in online discussions and course-development exercises.

Teachers 163

Teachers Lecturing Blended Learning Students 163

Faculty Focus

JUNE 2, 2024

And while these are all important factors in impacting student success, there are also many psychological challenges students may face in their online education: Isolation. Those who participate in fully online courses, particularly asynchronous ones, may feel isolated from their instructor, their peers, and the university as a whole.

Syllabus 110

Syllabus Course Design Learning Students 110

Edsurge

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Users participate in a conversation by following—and importantly, tweeting with—a particular hashtag. Participants respond via tweets using the #DLNchat hashtag! Let’s start with some basics… What is a Twitter chat? A Twitter chat is an opportunity for individuals to meet on Twitter at the same time to discuss a specified topic.

Mobile Devices 114

Mobile Devices Learning Participation Course Design 114

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. Angie Fedon is the director for the Department of Classroom Innovation and Online Education at Concordia University, Nebraska. 2 (2019): 255–75.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Instructors Peer Review Lecturing 111