Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2024

Reflecting on our approach to course design—particularly with attention to how we build community and cultivate belonging—couldn’t come at a more crucial time. And, as headlines since the pandemic continue to remind us, our students have never felt more isolated and alone. Academically? Emotionally?

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Importantly, building classes that contain these elements for both students and instructors can lead to benefits for all. Below, I outline details about the five components and ideas for both students and instructors. In a class, an example might be only having students submit a discussion board post for every assignment.

Course Design 100

Course Design Teaching Instructors Motivation 100

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2024

Reflecting on our approach to course design—particularly with attention to how we build community and cultivate belonging—couldn’t come at a more crucial time. And, as headlines since the pandemic continue to remind us, our students have never felt more isolated and alone. Academically? Emotionally?

Course Design 111

Course Design Feedback Instructors Students 111

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Importantly, building classes that contain these elements for both students and instructors can lead to benefits for all. Below, I outline details about the five components and ideas for both students and instructors. In a class, an example might be only having students submit a discussion board post for every assignment.

Course Design 91

Course Design Teaching Instructors Motivation 91

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. Enable Active E-Learning.

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Course Design Students Exams Feedback 80

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Free for all educators and school districts, the one-hour, eight-lesson course provides educators with essential knowledge about AI and approaches for ensuring student safety and privacy.

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Critical Thinking Ethics Course Design Learning Outcomes 276

eSchool News

MARCH 12, 2021

If you’re struggling to remember these basic aspects of the last course you completed, the course design could likely benefit from some improvement. Now ask yourself this question: What am I doing differently as a teacher or faculty member to create better learning experiences for my students?

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eLearning Course Design Knowledge Writing 257

eSchool News

MAY 11, 2021

New program addresses barriers that lead to social disparities; students learn to make important health and financial decisions. the leading Impact-as-a-Service TM education innovator, announced the development of the nation’s first healthcare literacy course designed for high school students. EVERFI Inc.,

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2015

According to a new report, incorporating Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in online courses not only benefits students with disabilities, but can have significant benefits for all students, ultimately increasing retention and improving learning outcomes. Knowing Where to Start.

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Accessibility Disabilities Universal Design Instructors 189

eSchool News

AUGUST 19, 2022

BATAVIA, IL (AUGUST 19, 2022) Flinn Scientific releases updated free laboratory safety courses designed specifically for middle and high school science teachers. . Just in time for the 2022-2023 school year, Flinn Scientific has released new Lab Safety courses for middle and high school science educators.

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Laboratory Teachers Science STEM 246

Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2020

for all of her students. She’s in Tennessee—where she is an assistant professor at Vanderbilt University—but some of the students she’s teaching are now taking the class from California, where it’s only 8 a.m. And a couple of students are back home in China, where it’s midnight. When Elizabeth Self starts teaching her 11 a.m.

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Teaching Instructors Distance Learning Lecturing 218

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Leveraging AI in the classroom can enhance teaching while preparing students for a future where AI is integral to the workforce. ISTE U serves as a digital hub offering top-tier professional learning courses designed to assist educators in developing fundamental skills for teaching and learning in a digital world.

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Teachers Intelligence Essay Social Studies 206

eSchool News

APRIL 26, 2024

The course is online, two-hours, and self-paced—with no previous experience required. To make AI training more accessible, the AI for Educators course is built for teachers across disciplines and provides hands-on practice to gain experience that can be applied through a number of generative AI tools.

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Teachers High School High School Academic Integrity 285

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. EdSurge: Why is student disengagement or absenteeism something that you’re thinking about? So that stuff is really important.

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Students Instructors Lecturing Participation 201

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Are there parts of your course you wish could be taught more effectively? Would you like to prepare students for learning material with which they tend to struggle? Do you want to help students transition effectively from one learning activity to another? Priming your students will provide solutions to these questions.

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Knowledge Quizzes Students Learning 126

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

I was a well-behaved student and earned As and Bs, so most of the adults in the building didn’t pay much attention to me. I cared deeply about my students and tried to improve my practice, but I was young and only knew what I had experienced myself. I was never particularly excited about any one class.

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Students Attention Textbooks Assignments 164

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

What you need to know: As the nation faces a surge in Covid-19 cases, and schools continue to grapple with uncertainty and closures, Verizon is providing additional support and remote learning resources for educators, students and parents. The platform will feature an evolving library of courses to further develop educators’ digital literacy.

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Education STEM Internet Hybrid Learning 261

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Around the semester midpoint you may be noticing that some of your students are becoming overwhelmed, may lack motivation, or feel disconnected from the class. Below, let me share instructional strategies that I use in my courses (virtual, asynchronous, and in-person) to recover student engagement. Sound familiar?

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Student Engagement Lecturing Students Feedback 131

Faculty Focus

APRIL 16, 2024

Ensuring a successful educational experience for our students is akin to the art of culinary development, where thoughtful preparation is fundamental. This parallels the concept of pre-courses, which serve as innovative ingredients and preparatory tools in the educational kitchen.

Exams 115

Exams Quizzes Students Course Design 115

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Are there parts of your course you wish could be taught more effectively? Would you like to prepare students for learning material with which they tend to struggle? Do you want to help students transition effectively from one learning activity to another? Priming your students will provide solutions to these questions.

Knowledge 98

Knowledge Quizzes Students Learning 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 29, 2024

This requires the seamless integration of knowledge and skills across various disciplines to address Mars’s multifaceted challenges. Space scientists and engineers collaborate on spacecraft design, propulsion, and landing systems, recognizing the synergy essential for safe human transport. 2009; Kezar & Elrod, 2012).

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Interdisciplinary Study Multidisciplinary Students 111

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Experiential learning in its many forms is widely recognized as a high-impact educational practice, one that has been thoroughly tested and shown to be beneficial to a wide spectrum of college students. Experiential learning is a process through which a learner constructs knowledge, skill, and value from direct experience.

Learning 122

Learning Problem-Based Learning Students Lecturing 122

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 12, 2025

Students need to demonstrate their competencies in areas beyond traditional classroom assessments. In an era of advanced technologies and artificial intelligence, the use of these tools in education raises concerns about its impact on student learning, particularly when it comes to assessments.

Learning 106

Learning Evaluation Students Course Design 106

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Creating a trust-based classroom begins with an essential mindset: students are doing their best. When we approach teaching from this perspective, we move away from punitive measures, fear-based management, and skepticism about students honesty. Students should feel safe to experiment without fear of punishment or penalty.

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Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 121

Faculty Focus

APRIL 15, 2025

This involves evaluating the most effective methods and learning environments to engage students and enhance their achievement of desired learning outcomes. However, delivering online education is crucial in this circumstance as it is really challenging to effectively engage students in the learning process.

Student Engagement 106

Student Engagement Instructors Lecturing Students 106

Faculty Focus

MAY 11, 2025

Balch & Blanck, 2025; Butulis, 2023; Parks & Oslick, 2024) and to provide their students with instruction and practice in using AI in productive and ethical ways (e.g., As the capacity of AI grows to complete increasingly complex tasks, we (as college instructors) may wonder what we can offer our students in the age of AI.

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Instructors Motivation Critical Thinking Students 114

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 29, 2024

This requires the seamless integration of knowledge and skills across various disciplines to address Mars’s multifaceted challenges. Space scientists and engineers collaborate on spacecraft design, propulsion, and landing systems, recognizing the synergy essential for safe human transport. 2009; Kezar & Elrod, 2012).

Interdisciplinary 98

Interdisciplinary Study Multidisciplinary Students 98

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Efforts to expand access to higher education have resulted in higher enrollment rates and degree attainment rates making higher education an option that is open to more students than ever before. Two Forms of Curriculum in Higher Education There are two forms of curriculum in higher education.

Course Design 61

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 61

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 12, 2025

Students need to demonstrate their competencies in areas beyond traditional classroom assessments. In an era of advanced technologies and artificial intelligence, the use of these tools in education raises concerns about its impact on student learning, particularly when it comes to assessments.

Learning 99

Learning Evaluation Students Course Design 99

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Efforts to expand access to higher education have resulted in higher enrollment rates and degree attainment rates making higher education an option that is open to more students than ever before. Two Forms of Curriculum in Higher Education There are two forms of curriculum in higher education.

Course Design 61

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 61

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Model Teaching is an online educator training program with a goal not only to provide teaching knowledge but to improve overall student performance. Classes are designed to help new and experienced K-12 teachers master concepts and immediately apply them to their lessons. Student-led Classroom Management. Elementary Math.

Teaching 179

Teaching Education Learning Assignments 179

Edsurge

DECEMBER 5, 2016

At the university level, course design has traditionally been easy for faculty to manage on their own—until, that is, digital technologies began to play a role and online courses started to take off. In such an evolving and unpredictable landscape, the formal frameworks of instructional design—such as strict adherence to the.

Interdisciplinary 163

Interdisciplinary Learning Ethics Learning Styles 163

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 4, 2024

Lightboards are a potential solution for helping learners codify more complex knowledge. By utilizing a two-channel approach to deliver instruction, the presenter can use voice and visual hand movement to help the learner codify knowledge (Mayer, 2021). Cognitive load theory states that our working memory is limited (Sweller, et al.,

Online Learning 111

Online Learning Learning Tools Instructors Learning 111

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 8, 2023

I have seen friends on Facebook create decent songs and stunning artistic creations with little knowledge of music or art, all after spending a bit of time getting to know an AI art or music generator. When a student is pursuing learning, almost nothing can stop them. ” What might this look like?

Metacognitive Skills 138

Metacognitive Skills Ethics Writing Plagiarism 138

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Around the semester midpoint you may be noticing that some of your students are becoming overwhelmed, may lack motivation, or feel disconnected from the class. Below, let me share instructional strategies that I use in my courses (virtual, asynchronous, and in-person) to recover student engagement. Sound familiar?

Student Engagement 98

Student Engagement Lecturing Students Feedback 98

eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2021

Teachers enroll now in new online professional development courses designed to improve student achievement in reading and math. Each year, more than 35 million students receive Lexile measures and 20 million receive Quantile measures. The myriad resources allow me to expand my knowledge of teaching mathematics.”.

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Teachers Education Math Achievement 130

Edsurge

MARCH 19, 2020

In this interview with EdSurge, Maurer explains her goals for the project and emphasizes the importance of comptent online course design. PhD students in instructional technology. I was expecting people in K-12 and higher ed, but I also got a lot of people from corporate instructional design. What else is motivating you?

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Teaching Instructors Course Design Languages 191