Edsurge

JANUARY 13, 2017

A few trees were saved, but courses weren’t any smarter. So if automation and interactivity differentiate a smart phone from a phone, what makes a course “smart”? What attributes of course design and applications of technology transform outcomes and impact, as opposed to gratuitous investment in technology for technology’s sake?

Multiple Choice Questions 131

Multiple Choice Questions Instructors Textbooks Feedback 131

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

In school, a sense of belonging refers to a general feeling of being accepted, respected, connected, and supported by one’s peers, teachers, and other staff. This type of intellectual rigor is desirable in course design. Prior to this role, Pohan served as a professor of teacher education at four different institutions.

Syllabus 132

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 132

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 97

Assignments Exams Instructors Learning 97

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 17, 2023

When time’s abundant, some teachers read books like Wiggins and McTighe’s Understanding by Design , a thoughtful, research-based system. But as I write this article in mid-December, the reality is there are papers and projects to grade, events to attend, holidays to celebrate, and a short break before spring courses commence.

Exams 109

Exams Syllabus Course Outline Attention 109

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 15, 2024

When times abundant, some teachers read books like Wiggins and McTighes Understanding by Design , a thoughtful, research-based system. But as I write this article in mid-December, the reality is there are papers and projects to grade, events to attend, holidays to celebrate, and a short break before spring courses commence.

Syllabus 94

Syllabus Exams Course Outline Attention 94

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 17, 2023

When time’s abundant, some teachers read books like Wiggins and McTighe’s Understanding by Design , a thoughtful, research-based system. But as I write this article in mid-December, the reality is there are papers and projects to grade, events to attend, holidays to celebrate, and a short break before spring courses commence.

Exams 105

Exams Syllabus Course Outline Attention 105

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 110

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 110

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

In school, a sense of belonging refers to a general feeling of being accepted, respected, connected, and supported by one’s peers, teachers, and other staff. This type of intellectual rigor is desirable in course design. Prior to this role, Pohan served as a professor of teacher education at four different institutions.

Syllabus 96

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 96

Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

He’s won a national teacher-of-the-year award and his viral videos about education earned him praise from Wired magazine. The other half are like, ‘This isn’t on the exam so I’m not going to do this.’” I think I’m a better teacher for it,” he says. The professor, Michael Wesch, has a long track record of teaching innovation.

Textbooks 162

Textbooks Teaching Assistants Instructors Exams 162

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2024

Teachers get tired. Think about changes directed at some aspect of the course: assignments, exams, in-class activities, the feedback you provide to students. It makes sense to target whatever’s making the course tough to teach. There’s heightened sense of awareness. And if it works, motivation suddenly reappears.

Motivation 110

Motivation Exams Lecturing Questions 110

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2024

Teachers get tired. Think about changes directed at some aspect of the course: assignments, exams, in-class activities, the feedback you provide to students. It makes sense to target whatever’s making the course tough to teach. There’s heightened sense of awareness. And if it works, motivation suddenly reappears.

Motivation 108

Motivation Exams Lecturing Questions 108

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 31, 2023

She said, “A teacher that puts that much effort into the class…cares.” Illustration 3 : Excerpt of chapter 2 quiz Heck, I even award Pokémon card packs* to the highest exam scores. This reduced her anxiety and helped her approach the class with a positive attitude. The class loves this!

Syllabus 115

Syllabus Accessibility Quizzes Disabilities 115

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 60

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 60

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 59

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 59

Faculty Focus

MARCH 16, 2025

Perhaps I am taking the easy way out by emphasizing pedagogical design, as it could be argued that a well-designed course naturally incorporates all of the above factors. That said, what is it about an optimally designed class that resonates so deeply with my inner teacher?

Counselling 86

Counselling Learning Lecturing Knowledge 86

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 31, 2023

She said, “A teacher that puts that much effort into the class…cares.” Illustration 3 : Excerpt of chapter 2 quiz Heck, I even award Pokémon card packs* to the highest exam scores. This reduced her anxiety and helped her approach the class with a positive attitude. The class loves this!

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Accessibility Quizzes Disabilities 98

Faculty Focus

MARCH 16, 2025

Perhaps I am taking the easy way out by emphasizing pedagogical design, as it could be argued that a well-designed course naturally incorporates all of the above factors. That said, what is it about an optimally designed class that resonates so deeply with my inner teacher?

Counselling 64

Counselling Learning Lecturing Knowledge 64

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

Today, students frequently work in digital environments to read course materials, take tests and complete assignments. 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 149

Course Design Online Learning Teaching Motivation 149

Faculty Focus

APRIL 9, 2023

A shift away from the traditional teacher/student landscape does have a stigma that must be overcome. There seems to be a misperception that courses utilizing online learning are not as good or effective. exam scores increased post adjustments). This deeper exploration driven by curiosity is what education is all about, right?

Lecturing 126

Lecturing Course Design Blended Courses Instructors 126

Faculty Focus

APRIL 9, 2023

A shift away from the traditional teacher/student landscape does have a stigma that must be overcome. There seems to be a misperception that courses utilizing online learning are not as good or effective. exam scores increased post adjustments). This deeper exploration driven by curiosity is what education is all about, right?

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 133

Education Lecturing History Quizzes 133