Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2024

With a commitment to ensuring educational excellence and student success, in 2020, UF CJC Online developed a comprehensive course design strategy to elevate its online courses, a mission mandated by the State University System of Florida’s 2025 Strategic Plan for Online Education.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2024

With a commitment to ensuring educational excellence and student success, in 2020, UF CJC Online developed a comprehensive course design strategy to elevate its online courses, a mission mandated by the State University System of Florida’s 2025 Strategic Plan for Online Education.

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Feedback Course Design Instructors Education 111

eSchool News

JUNE 11, 2015

Or, is there high-quality feedback that deepens and furthers learning – something arguably Google still does not do? The point is, of course, that you probably can Google every single concept you currently teach and your students know this well. Kitchen table pedagogy. We might reference this phenomenon as “kitchen table” pedagogy.

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Teaching Course Design Internet Instructors 280

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 12, 2019

It’s clear to me that the course design–how I lay out the mix of resources, homework, classwork, and more–affects how students absorb and share knowledge. One of our Ask a Tech Teacher contributors knows a lot about how course design impacts learning. All of this starts with a good course design.

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Course Design Students Exams Feedback 88

Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

Each semester, the surveys were refined based on student feedback and changing classroom dynamics. Dr. Emily Tarconish, a teaching professor in the College of Education, contributed her deep knowledge of Universal Design for Learning and accessible course design. They are co-creators of it.

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Disabilities Course Design Lecturing Students 56

Edsurge

MAY 6, 2020

When it comes to learning, engagement is influenced by a learner's level of motivation, focus and cognitive ability as well as online course design and a teacher's decisions regarding facilitation style. Video feedback is also effective in building a connection with learners.

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Motivation Education Learning Feedback 218

Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2020

Then the professor can either respond to each video with feedback or ask the students to post video responses to each other. Ask Your Students For Feedback on Your Online Teaching For many teachers right now, moving online is like going back to the first year of teaching, when everything was new, argues Eaton.

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Teaching Instructors Distance Learning Lecturing 218

Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2024

That’s an approach that’s grown over the past decade or so where colleges try to harness the digital breadcrumbs left by students as they move through digital platforms and online course materials to find patterns that can improve course design and even personalize material for individual students. “AI

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Intelligence Syllabus Feedback Assignments 213

Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Ask for their input and feedback throughout the session. Use an online tool to capture feedback from all participants. Design facilitated online, asynchronous courses for faculty that model effective course design and facilitation. Provide an option to participate remotely using video conferencing.

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Faculty Development Participation Feedback Course Design 163

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?

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Multiple Choice Questions Instructors Textbooks Feedback 138

eSchool News

JULY 20, 2016

Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education has launched a short online course designed specifically to help educators create rich and meaningful opportunities for communication within the classroom. The course, Effective Conversation in the Classroom, launches in August with three online sessions. Read more.

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Teaching Exams Disabilities Learning 186

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Research on faculty perceptions suggests that the ideal enrollment for online courses is lower than what they would consider suitable for high-enrollment courses, with course design playing a crucial role. 2021) Immediate or timely detailed feedback is especially important in online and condensed courses.

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Instructors Course Design Students Authentic Assessment 116

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

Moore have organized the self-assessment tool into three sections: The context and design of your course. The text of your syllabus and course design. He shares back to the class any feedback reported by at least ten percent of those who completed the questionnaire. And the subtext of your syllabus.

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Syllabus Teaching Beliefs Instructors 157

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Based on that feedback, the professor, Julia Parra, says she changed the assignment to make it broader, and more inclusive. Instead of just superheroes, she invites students to think about their own cultural icons and cultural representations, and use that to design a character. She takes the approach of co-designing.

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Culture Teaching Syllabus English 154

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

This faculty member may give exams and may collect student artifacts, such as projects or papers, but the faculty really doesn’t connect student performance with the course design or classroom experience. For both Brookhart and Vygotsky, action is often driven by feedback. Broadbent, J., Bearman, M., & Boud, D. Peterson, E.

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Feedback Course Design Assignments Evaluation 126

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Unlike the end-of-semester feedback, when gathering formative feedback on what’s helping or hindering student learning might be too late, mid-term analysis of our teaching and student learning may help motivate students and enhance their learning. Sound familiar? Adding small activities for engagement.

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Student Engagement Lecturing Students Feedback 131

eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2016

The new national courses include the following: · Odysseyware Grades 6–12 ELA and Math Fundamental courses; · Spanish III; and. Additionally, Odysseyware is launching more than 200 new state-specific courses designed specifically to meet standards in California, Florida, Georgia, New York, North Carolina, Texas, Utah, and Washington.

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Course Design History Math Feedback 122

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Instead, the school wants students to help test and design the learning tools they use—in hopes that their feedback can improve pass rates and other metrics. Stephen Burke (left), dean of Arts and Humanities at Rockland Community College.

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Textbooks Testing Art Students 163

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Be Present Being present in your online course goes beyond delivering the curriculum and providing assignment feedback. Consider using video for announcements, lesson overviews, and feedback. Let students know when they may expect announcements, feedback on assignments (along with where to access them), and office hours.

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Instructors Students Minute Papers Course Design 116

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 12, 2021

I cannot fault them, nor can I fault many of the teachers who had little experience in course design and the pedagogy behind it. . Secondly, by using the teacher dashboard responses could be viewed immediately and feedback provided to the student. Simplicity in instructional delivery had to be in the forefront.

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Distance Learning Assignments Feedback Course Design 167

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2025

When our students overcome obstacles in their learning due to our support and encouragement, or experience transformations from our well-constructed course design and subsequent instruction, we succeed in cultivating spaces where their success is made possible. Student success is teacher success.

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Students Motivation Feedback Communication 122

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. Collaborative syllabus design: During the first class, engage students in setting community and classroom norms and goals.

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Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 123

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In higher education, there has been an over-reliance on administering summative assessments and simply assigning student grades, often with minimal to no feedback provided prior to the conclusion of the course. Providing student feedback on an assessment, or any assignment, provides extensive value.

Fairness 122

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 122

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Faculty risk excluding certain students and impeding their ability to succeed when they aren’t intentional about design and facilitation. This second poll with the same question allows students to demonstrate what they learned from peers, and instructors can collect more feedback. What do we mean by an inclusive classroom?

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Instructors Multiple Choice Questions Course Design Discussions 147

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Easily overlooked in this process can be maintaining the use of outside experts as guest speakers, panelists, or evaluators because of condensed class formats and the reliance on asynchronous elements in online course designs. All four approaches preserve an essential element of traditional brick-and-mortar classroom experiences.

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Lecturing Feedback Evaluation Course Design 126

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Research on faculty perceptions suggests that the ideal enrollment for online courses is lower than what they would consider suitable for high-enrollment courses, with course design playing a crucial role. 2021) Immediate or timely detailed feedback is especially important in online and condensed courses.

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Instructors Course Design Students Authentic Assessment 98

Faculty Focus

JUNE 2, 2024

Online student struggles When you think of “student support,” you probably think about an academic-based intervention; perhaps on-campus or Zoom-based tutoring, a writing center that can provide feedback and services related to class writing assignments, or services for students with accommodations.

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Syllabus Course Design Learning Students 131

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

This faculty member may give exams and may collect student artifacts, such as projects or papers, but the faculty really doesn’t connect student performance with the course design or classroom experience. For both Brookhart and Vygotsky, action is often driven by feedback. Broadbent, J., Bearman, M., & Boud, D. Peterson, E.

Feedback 111

Feedback Course Design Assignments Evaluation 111

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Be Present Being present in your online course goes beyond delivering the curriculum and providing assignment feedback. Consider using video for announcements, lesson overviews, and feedback. Let students know when they may expect announcements, feedback on assignments (along with where to access them), and office hours.

Instructors 105

Instructors Students Minute Papers Course Design 105

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2025

When our students overcome obstacles in their learning due to our support and encouragement, or experience transformations from our well-constructed course design and subsequent instruction, we succeed in cultivating spaces where their success is made possible. Student success is teacher success.

Students 111

Students Motivation Feedback Communication 111

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

All classes follow an easy-to-use course design: establish goals–what students will learn by the end of the class. Your dashboard tells you how much time you’ve spent and how much remains before you must complete the course. provide a clear module-based learning path culminating in a ready to use action plan.

Teaching 179

Teaching Education Learning Assignments 179

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In higher education, there has been an over-reliance on administering summative assessments and simply assigning student grades, often with minimal to no feedback provided prior to the conclusion of the course. Providing student feedback on an assessment, or any assignment, provides extensive value.

Fairness 111

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 111

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 18, 2024

Provide meaningful feedback Another way to achieve both of the above goals, and support student learning, is to provide students with clear, supportive feedback on their work. This recommendation might sound daunting at first, so here are some tips to make providing feedback easier for you and more meaningful for students.

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Teaching Syllabus Feedback Instructors 119

Faculty Focus

MARCH 19, 2023

A SWOT analysis The five stages of the Stanford Design Thinking Process were used to structure the course. Design thinking activities and assessments were designed at each stage of the course.

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Course Design Testing Feedback Assignments 116

Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Learn more about the Six Red Marbles' Learning Experience Design team , and how they moved Boston College's courses online. The difference between good and great course designers is the ability to serve as the eyes of the students,” says Evenchik.

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Learning Gamification Course Design Textbooks 144

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.

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Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 69

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Posting grades and feedback weeks or months after assignment submission is frustrating for students, especially for assignments that build on one another. Enter grades and feedback in a timely manner and show students where to find your feedback after the first assignment is graded. So how do we begin to address these concerns?

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Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 122