Edsurge

JANUARY 13, 2017

Yet, while technology exists in the world of higher education, it’s not clear that technology is actually making courses smarter. And in our rush to move courses online, we’re all too often putting innovation ahead of pedagogy. A few trees were saved, but courses weren’t any smarter. Designed Adaptivity.

Multiple Choice Questions 131

Multiple Choice Questions Instructors Textbooks Feedback 131

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

2011) into all parts of our courses (see Saucier et al., 2022 for a discussion of the empathetic course design perspective). This ranges from our syllabi to our course structures and policies, to our assignments and assessments. This empathetic course design perspective is important to us. Raimondi, 2019).

Course Design 142

Course Design Assignments Teaching Philosophy Instructors 142

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 4, 2024

A lightboard is a large glass panel coupled with technology that allows an instructor to write or draw on a large surface (McCorkle & Whitener, 2020). Lightboards require minimal instructor training. Some lightboards can be setup to be one button studios controlled exclusively by the instructor.

Online Learning 98

Online Learning Learning Tools Instructors Learning 98

EdTech Magazine

JUNE 10, 2019

While there’s a great deal of information to digest, the article points out that many benefits of 3D printing go beyond math and science comprehension. The subjects and projects that use 3D printing are almost limitless, especially in science, technology, engineering and math classes: At Harlan Rowe Middle School in Athens, Pa.,

STEM 167

STEM Learning Math Learning Styles 167

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. Some schools do, but a lot of schools generally leave absence management up to individual instructors. This is why we spend time together in a room.

Students 203

Students Instructors Lecturing Participation 203

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

This piece will suggest a few simple ideas that teachers of introductory STEM classes may implement in their course design to turn their lectures into active learning experiences for a large student body, without needing to completely revisit and change their whole teaching style. How long should they last? References Bouchrika, I.

Lecturing 98

Lecturing Active Learning Activities STEM 98

Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2016

Instructors are equally susceptible to the deeply counterintuitive nature of learning. Jay Lynch is Senior Academic Research Consultant for Course Design, Development, and Academic Research (CDDAR) at Pearson. Science, 331, 772–775. doi:10.1126/science.1199327 And I don't mean to pick only on learners. Butler, A.

Education 159

Education Evaluation Failure Essay 159

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 15, 2023

One National Academy of Science published study indicates that despite active learning being identified as a superior method of instruction, most college STEM instructors continue to choose traditional teaching methods. When the instructor presents in PK style: The audience cannot rely on pre-printed text notes or presentation text.

Lecturing 122

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Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2018

And he believes that both K-12 and higher-ed instructors can make that happen. Fitting with the conference’s theme this year around improvement science, Heath’s talk started off with a lesson in psychology, in particular around what and why people remember. The teachers] have created an academic experience as memorable as prom.”

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Instructors Syllabus Textbooks Lecturing 105

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

She might know the theory behind data science but not how to use Tableau. This summer, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced a partnership with 30 community colleges to offer a two-semester course, designed by Apple engineers and educators, to teach students to build apps using Apple’s programming language, Swift.

Skills 296

Skills Course Design Instructors Achievement 296

Faculty Focus

JULY 4, 2023

Classic online course standards emphasize the value of three types of interactions: student-instructor interaction, student-content interaction, and student-student interaction. Chang and Smith (2008) studied student engagement in a computer science course, again through a student survey.

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Exams Students Instructors Evaluation 116

eSchool News

JULY 26, 2016

The program used Brightspace to deliver blended learning courses designed with experiential learning elements that allowed them to be offered with significant cost savings. Rochester Institute of Technology : Sandra Connelly, Instructor.

Online Learning 115

Online Learning Quizzes eLearning Learning 115

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 30, 2024

It is clear to me that setting expectations during the first day and week as a reimagined “preview day” models the curiosity and openness that I expect from my students as an instructor. Anthony Lacina, DHSc, is an assistant professor of health sciences at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.

Syllabus 124

Syllabus Lecturing Discussions Science 124

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

2011) into all parts of our courses (see Saucier et al., 2022 for a discussion of the empathetic course design perspective). This ranges from our syllabi to our course structures and policies, to our assignments and assessments. This empathetic course design perspective is important to us. Raimondi, 2019).

Course Design 98

Course Design Assignments Teaching Philosophy Instructors 98

Faculty Focus

APRIL 16, 2024

Extensive analysis of student perception data was conducted and found a generally positive reception, with a majority of students strongly advocating for the pre-course’s availability to future cohorts (Hansen, Basel, & Malreddy, under review). Anatomical Sciences Education 10 (3): 215–23. Rickert, Jonathan T.

Exams 114

Exams Quizzes Students Course Design 114

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 15, 2023

One National Academy of Science published study indicates that despite active learning being identified as a superior method of instruction, most college STEM instructors continue to choose traditional teaching methods. When the instructor presents in PK style: The audience cannot rely on pre-printed text notes or presentation text.

Lecturing 98

Lecturing Instructors Active Learning Activities 98

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 30, 2024

It is clear to me that setting expectations during the first day and week as a reimagined “preview day” models the curiosity and openness that I expect from my students as an instructor. Anthony Lacina, DHSc, is an assistant professor of health sciences at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.

Syllabus 110

Syllabus Lecturing Discussions Science 110

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

During the spring 2024 semester, we redesigned our courses to pilot a cross-course group project involving a social sciences course (SSC) titled, “Social Justice Movements in the U.S.”, We are also planning to ask a Librarian to visit the class to demonstrate research strategies for social science topics.

Syllabus 105

Syllabus Science History Communication 105

Faculty Focus

JULY 4, 2023

Classic online course standards emphasize the value of three types of interactions: student-instructor interaction, student-content interaction, and student-student interaction. Chang and Smith (2008) studied student engagement in a computer science course, again through a student survey.

Exams 97

Exams Students Instructors Evaluation 97

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. Active learning increases student performance in science, engineering, and mathematics. McDonough, M., Okoroafor, N.,

Plagiarism 118

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 118

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 5, 2025

She was the previous Director of Online Learning and Instructional Technology at Albany Law School and was an a ssistant p rofessor for 10 years at Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. Dr. Baia has more than 20 years of experience in higher education and has designed over 500 online, hybrid, and F2F courses.

Schools 122

Schools Authentic Assessment Syllabus Evaluation 122

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Students as Learners and Teachers (SaLT) is an innovative teaching approach where students and instructors collaborate to improve educational experiences ( Cavazos et al., One theme on building critical consciousness explored in our program is the presence of implicit linguistic biases in course syllabi and assignment designs.

Teaching 98

Teaching Instructors English Language 98

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

During the spring 2024 semester, we redesigned our courses to pilot a cross-course group project involving a social sciences course (SSC) titled, “Social Justice Movements in the U.S.”, We are also planning to ask a Librarian to visit the class to demonstrate research strategies for social science topics.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Science History Communication 98

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

Faculty developers and instructors can use this framework to harness AI’s potential, ensuring it supports rather than supplants their pedagogical roles. For instructors serving diverse, often underserved populations, AI raises critical questions: How has it evolved into a pedagogical tool? What are its merits and limitations?

Faculty Development 88

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 88

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 8, 2024

As instructors, we are continually looking for ways to grow and improve. HIPs like internships, learning communities, undergraduate research projects, and even capstone projects can be difficult to fit into the confines of a semester-long course without a great deal of development and design. Teaching is a dynamic endeavor.

Assignments 104

Assignments Instructors Critical Thinking Activities 104

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Recent studies in the Science of Teaching and Learning suggest four strategies for information acquisition that markedly improve learning facts and vocabulary. Likewise, any review at the end of class needs to be done by the students, not the instructor. The hill to climb after this was very steep. If only I knew then what I know now!

Learning 92

Learning Language Languages Instructors 92

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 5, 2025

She was the previous Director of Online Learning and Instructional Technology at Albany Law School and was an a ssistant p rofessor for 10 years at Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. Dr. Baia has more than 20 years of experience in higher education and has designed over 500 online, hybrid, and F2F courses.

Schools 104

Schools Authentic Assessment Syllabus Evaluation 104

Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

From Curiosity to Campuswide Inquiry The project began in two large general education courses I teach at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: FSHN 101: The Science of Food and FSHN 120: Contemporary Nutrition. Tessa Wolf strengthened our commitment to inclusive course design. They are co-creators of it.

Disabilities 64

Disabilities Course Design Lecturing Students 64

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

MARCH 30, 2025

Faculty developers and instructors can use this framework to harness AI’s potential, ensuring it supports rather than supplants their pedagogical roles. For instructors serving diverse, often underserved populations, AI raises critical questions: How has it evolved into a pedagogical tool? What are its merits and limitations?

Faculty Development 78

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 78

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

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. Active learning increases student performance in science, engineering, and mathematics. McDonough, M., Okoroafor, N.,

Plagiarism 98

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 98

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 8, 2024

As instructors, we are continually looking for ways to grow and improve. HIPs like internships, learning communities, undergraduate research projects, and even capstone projects can be difficult to fit into the confines of a semester-long course without a great deal of development and design. Teaching is a dynamic endeavor.

Assignments 84

Assignments Instructors Critical Thinking Activities 84

Scholarly Teacher

DECEMBER 11, 2024

2020; Lang 2021; McRee 2012), results are often self-reported assessments and focus on the characteristics of the instruction such as good course design or expert presentation; less typically does the research focus solely on the learner (Gore et al., 2019; Silvestri, 2005). 2020; Hannafin et al.,

Teaching 52

Teaching Syllabus Instructors Problem-Based Learning 52

Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Today, OpenStax—part tech startup, part publishing house, part cognitive science research lab—has a library of three dozen titles. That’s when we really started getting calls from frustrated instructors at community colleges who said, ‘I have a big problem. By the nonprofit’s estimates, more than half of U.S. colleges use at least one.

Textbooks 119

Textbooks Instructors History Syllabus 119

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2024

To implement the first piece of CAKE, care, we suggest an instructor take some time to implement this strategy. Instructors can provide sheets with an outline of a blank hand/palm or ask students to use the drawing function on their device as an option. Social Psychological and Personality Science , 19485506231218360.

Confidentiality 88

Confidentiality Instructors Motivation Writing 88

Faculty Focus

APRIL 16, 2024

Extensive analysis of student perception data was conducted and found a generally positive reception, with a majority of students strongly advocating for the pre-course’s availability to future cohorts (Hansen, Basel, & Malreddy, under review). Anatomical Sciences Education 10 (3): 215–23. Rickert, Jonathan T.

Exams 70

Exams Quizzes Students Course Design 70