Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

Developing the whole student Maslow’s hierarchy of needs (1943) has long been instrumental in shaping educators’ beliefs about human behavior, motivation, and learning. This type of intellectual rigor is desirable in course design. food, water, warmth, rest, and security). self-actualization).

Syllabus 105

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 105

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2018

Do exams still serve a purpose? 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. But why, then, do so many courses still rely on exams? In other words, exams do serve a purpose.

Assignments 101

Assignments Exams Instructors Learning 101

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). Assessments will always impact how students learn, their motivation to learn, and how teachers teach. Diagram 2 below describes the distinction.

Fairness 122

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 122

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). Assessments will always impact how students learn, their motivation to learn, and how teachers teach. Diagram 2 below describes the distinction.

Fairness 111

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 111

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 31, 2023

As educators, we have to constantly think of new ways to communicate our concepts to different learners and motivate them in our classrooms. Illustration 3 : Excerpt of chapter 2 quiz Heck, I even award Pokémon card packs* to the highest exam scores. But I say, “Pish posh!” If you are an educator, then you are creative.

Syllabus 116

Syllabus Accessibility Quizzes Disabilities 116

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Students could form small groups to review material, create a study guide, and/or work on solving a set of problems to help prepare for the exam. When students know that they are preparing to share or present, they will be motivated to engage with the course material on a deeper level.

Assignments 109

Assignments Instructors Critical Thinking Activities 109

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 31, 2023

As educators, we have to constantly think of new ways to communicate our concepts to different learners and motivate them in our classrooms. Illustration 3 : Excerpt of chapter 2 quiz Heck, I even award Pokémon card packs* to the highest exam scores. But I say, “Pish posh!” If you are an educator, then you are creative.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Accessibility Quizzes Disabilities 98

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Students could form small groups to review material, create a study guide, and/or work on solving a set of problems to help prepare for the exam. When students know that they are preparing to share or present, they will be motivated to engage with the course material on a deeper level.

Assignments 93

Assignments Instructors Critical Thinking Activities 93

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2023

To facilitate implementation, we have categorized the strategies from the perspectives of course designers, content creators, and those delivering the content or workshops. The following lists provide an overview of strategies and some suggestions on how to incorporate these you’re your courses.

Disabilities 98

Disabilities Learning Spaces Universal Design Learning Disabilities 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2023

To facilitate implementation, we have categorized the strategies from the perspectives of course designers, content creators, and those delivering the content or workshops. The following lists provide an overview of strategies and some suggestions on how to incorporate these you’re your courses.

Disabilities 98

Disabilities Learning Spaces Universal Design Learning Disabilities 98

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

In a paper Koedinger co-published in Science , he found that as instructors consider their course design and teaching options during a typical college course, they’re picking from trillions of possibilities. The third is motivational — the fuel that keeps students pushing forward when they get stuck on difficult material.

Education 218

Education Learning Textbooks Instructors 218

Edsurge

JANUARY 6, 2017

I became a Strava user in 2013, around the same time I became an online course designer. Quickly I found that even as I logged runs on Strava daily, I struggled to find the time to log into platforms like Coursera, Udemy or Udacity to finish courses produced by my fellow instructional designers.

Course Design 149

Course Design Online Learning Teaching Motivation 149