Faculty Focus

JANUARY 15, 2023

Student exam performance then becomes a matter of cramming course content into short-term memory, without ever really mastering, considering, or owning the course material in a meaningful way. Psychological Science , 28 (2), 171–180. The task of embracing change can be daunting for both faculty and students. Ravizza, S.

Lecturing 122

Lecturing Instructors Active Learning Activities 122

Faculty Focus

APRIL 16, 2024

To assess the impact of the pre-course, consider collecting student performance and perception data. In our large animal anatomy course, positive statistically significant correlations were found between pre-course interaction and certain exam scores (Hansen, Basel, & Malreddy, under review). Rickert, Jonathan T.

Exams 75

Exams Quizzes Students Course Design 75

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

We can immediately correct misconceptions or misapplication of data rather than waiting until students make the errors in homework or on exams. In-class opportunities are well suited to students who have busy schedules that involve a heavy course load, work, and/or family responsibilities.

Learning 122

Learning Problem-Based Learning Students Lecturing 122

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Many professors may not be familiar with, A self-directed guide to designing courses for significant learning , a resource designed to do just what it says. From this, Fink developed a model known as integrated course design which consists of three phases: the initial, intermediate and final design phases.

Course Design 64

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 64

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. Shanda Hood is a teaching assistant professor for the Fulbright College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Arkansas. References Strenghscope. 2022, February).

Assignments 108

Assignments Instructors Critical Thinking Activities 108

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Many professors may not be familiar with, A self-directed guide to designing courses for significant learning , a resource designed to do just what it says. From this, Fink developed a model known as integrated course design which consists of three phases: the initial, intermediate and final design phases.

Course Design 61

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 61

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 15, 2023

Student exam performance then becomes a matter of cramming course content into short-term memory, without ever really mastering, considering, or owning the course material in a meaningful way. Psychological Science , 28 (2), 171–180. The task of embracing change can be daunting for both faculty and students. Ravizza, S.

Lecturing 98

Lecturing Instructors Active Learning Activities 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. Shanda Hood is a teaching assistant professor for the Fulbright College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Arkansas. References Strenghscope. 2022, February).

Assignments 91

Assignments Instructors Critical Thinking Activities 91

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

We can immediately correct misconceptions or misapplication of data rather than waiting until students make the errors in homework or on exams. In-class opportunities are well suited to students who have busy schedules that involve a heavy course load, work, and/or family responsibilities.

Learning 98

Learning Problem-Based Learning Students Lecturing 98

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

There are widespread beliefs about the best way to teach and learn that have been proven wrong by science, yet they persist. 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.

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 143

Course Design Online Learning Teaching Motivation 143

Faculty Focus

APRIL 9, 2023

exam scores increased post adjustments). We should welcome the unfamiliarity of new and blended course designs and strive to build courses based on the best approach for the content regardless of the format, rather than revert to the comfort of analog lecturing. For example, Ardissone et al. 3: 403-412. link] Beatty, B.

Lecturing 126

Lecturing Course Design Blended Courses Instructors 126

Faculty Focus

APRIL 9, 2023

exam scores increased post adjustments). We should welcome the unfamiliarity of new and blended course designs and strive to build courses based on the best approach for the content regardless of the format, rather than revert to the comfort of analog lecturing. For example, Ardissone et al. 3: 403-412. link] Beatty, B.

Lecturing 98

Lecturing Course Design Blended Courses Instructors 98

Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2017

The course is one of the school’s most popular, with a waitlist that once swelled to 1600; it was included in a roundup of “ Top 10 Must Take Classes at UVA.” An associate professor in UVA’s Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures , Stepanic earned the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Teacher of the Year Award in 2012.

Education 126

Education Lecturing History Quizzes 126