Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Parra , an assistant professor at New Mexico State’s department of curriculum and instruction learning design & technology, says she’s offered her students the opportunity to use their own languages to complete activities. “To Parra also gives her students options for her assignments that go beyond language.

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Culture Teaching Syllabus English 154

eSchool News

JULY 19, 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 this August with three online sessions.

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Critical Thinking Communication Education Lecturing 127

eSchool News

MARCH 23, 2022

The nonprofit’s credit recovery courses are open for enrollment; students progress through the coursework at their own pace and have up to 15 weeks to complete their coursework. Spanish 1 Credit Recovery introduces students to the Spanish language and the cultures of Spanish-speaking countries.

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Learning Course Design High School High School 141

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

University of Michigan marketing professor John Branch rebuilds the learning experience by taking a precision engineering approach to course design. Source: Course Hero. Which language is the only language in Central Europe not to have Slavic, Roman, or Germanic roots?2. Quiz answer key: 1.

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Quizzes Failure Culture Students 167

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

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. In government class the other day, we used AI to gather background information on past political parties.

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Teachers Intelligence Essay Social Studies 207

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 212

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Faculty risk excluding certain students and impeding their ability to succeed when they aren’t intentional about design and facilitation. What do we mean by an inclusive classroom? But using these tools successfully requires careful consideration.

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Instructors Multiple Choice Questions Course Design Discussions 140

Faculty Focus

MARCH 18, 2025

One of the challenges of course design is that all our work can seem perfectly clear and effective when we are knee-deep in the design process, but everything somehow falls apart when deployed in the wild. The AI analysis revealed several blind spots in my prompt design.

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Assignments Testing Course Design Writing 79

Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2017

Building a Common Language Across Academic and Non-Academic Learning Experiences For LAB, redefining student success has been a gradual evolution. Before year three, Mote and Tucker noticed that students had one language and set of skills for academic classes and another for non academic.

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Schools Laboratory Language Languages 143

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.

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Interdisciplinary Ethics Learning Learning Styles 163

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. “The Online course at Boston College's Carroll School of Management.

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Learning Gamification Course Design Textbooks 143

eSchool News

JULY 11, 2016

Mapping of the ISTE Essential Conditions and Microsoft Transformation Framework has already begun and will provide common language and direction for future shared work.

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Beliefs Course Design STEM Culture 124

Faculty Focus

JUNE 16, 2024

This article will offer an explanation of the importance associated with creating an inclusive learning environment, describe design thinking and empathetic instructional design practices, describe the role empathy plays in the course design, describe the many ways that inclusivity can be embedded in the learning environment while remaining empathetic (..)

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Learning Universal Design Course Design Fairness 110

Faculty Focus

JUNE 16, 2024

This article will offer an explanation of the importance associated with creating an inclusive learning environment, describe design thinking and empathetic instructional design practices, describe the role empathy plays in the course design, describe the many ways that inclusivity can be embedded in the learning environment while remaining empathetic (..)

Learning 110

Learning Universal Design Course Design Fairness 110

Faculty Focus

JULY 7, 2024

This article will offer an explanation of the importance associated with creating an inclusive learning environment, describe design thinking and empathetic instructional design practices, describe the role empathy plays in the course design, describe the many ways that inclusivity can be embedded in the learning environment while remaining empathetic (..)

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Learning Universal Design Fairness Course Design 109

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

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. We are only just starting to see these partnerships form in meaningful ways.

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Skills Course Design Instructors Achievement 296

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Louis’ Olin Business School encourages instructors to select a few questions to create an authentic course introduction video. Be open with your students by using warm, informal language and tone ( Wehr, 2024). Sally Baldwin, EdD, researches online course quality, online course design, and course evaluation instruments.

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Instructors Students Minute Papers Course Design 115

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Keywords: Student partnerships, Asset-Based Mindset, Language Resources Introduction In educational contexts, English is often privileged as the language of communication and instruction. Relevant and meaningful feedback on writing may vary between cultures, as language is also inextricably tied to culture.

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Teaching Instructors English Language 98

Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Learning Design Because parents’ time is constrained and shredded by childcare, work and managing a household, they need to be able to learn in short bursts at any hour in any place. Courses designed to better use mobile technology could help parent learners use these bits of time more effectively.

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Beliefs Study Course Design Skills 147

Faculty Focus

MARCH 18, 2025

One of the challenges of course design is that all our work can seem perfectly clear and effective when we are knee-deep in the design process, but everything somehow falls apart when deployed in the wild. The AI analysis revealed several blind spots in my prompt design.

Assignments 62

Assignments Testing Course Design Writing 62

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. Replace accusatory language in syllabi with language that supports student learning.

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Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 118

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Louis’ Olin Business School encourages instructors to select a few questions to create an authentic course introduction video. Be open with your students by using warm, informal language and tone ( Wehr, 2024). Sally Baldwin, EdD, researches online course quality, online course design, and course evaluation instruments.

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Instructors Students Minute Papers Course Design 105

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 24, 2023

Language for the disability statement in their syllabus. A new author they can add to their course to make it more diverse and inclusive. A new way to write their course policy on academic integrity or late assignments. Use warm-toned and success-oriented language. A quick-guide on how to respond to microaggressions.

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Teaching Syllabus Instructors Disabilities 122

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

Five strategies to foster sense of belonging Be caring and authentic: Syllabus policies and language, as well as introductory comments on the first day of class, set the tone for an entire term. This type of intellectual rigor is desirable in course design.

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Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 132

Faculty Focus

JULY 7, 2024

This article will offer an explanation of the importance associated with creating an inclusive learning environment, describe design thinking and empathetic instructional design practices, describe the role empathy plays in the course design, describe the many ways that inclusivity can be embedded in the learning environment while remaining empathetic (..)

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Learning Universal Design Fairness Course Design 91

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2023

These challenges may include problems with left-right distinction, depth perception, spatial awareness, language skills, and vocabulary. To facilitate implementation, we have categorized the strategies from the perspectives of course designers, content creators, and those delivering the content or workshops.

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Disabilities Learning Spaces Universal Design Learning Disabilities 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2023

These challenges may include problems with left-right distinction, depth perception, spatial awareness, language skills, and vocabulary. To facilitate implementation, we have categorized the strategies from the perspectives of course designers, content creators, and those delivering the content or workshops.

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Disabilities Learning Spaces Universal Design Learning Disabilities 98

Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2020

We heard from Albat and Stephanie Del Tufo, assistant professor in the School of Education at the University of Delaware, who studies individual differences in learning, language and literacy. And if they hadn't done that, there are a lot of professors who would have been in big trouble. Physical accessibility.

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Accessibility Disabilities Universal Design Syllabus 218

Scholarly Teacher

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The paid version of ChatGPT has been continually upgraded and can also create and read images, transcribe voice conversations, and create code in multiple languages (OpenAI, n.d.). For those that are strongly impacted, how could you: Integrate AI to further students’ learning and achievement of course objectives?

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Ethics Multidisciplinary Course Design Confidentiality 102

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

David Pleins , Assistant Director, Walker Center for Teaching and Learning, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Key Statement: Foreign language vocabulary acquisition (and the learning of information more generally) need not be a painful enterprise! Image courtesy of Julien Tromeur, Unsplash. Your brain is sorting things out.

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Learning Language Languages Instructors 92

Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

Dr. Emily Tarconish, a teaching professor in the College of Education, contributed her deep knowledge of Universal Design for Learning and accessible course design. Tessa Wolf strengthened our commitment to inclusive course design. Sheza Shaikh centered mental health and belonging in her writing.

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Disabilities Course Design Lecturing Students 64

Faculty Focus

APRIL 6, 2023

A well-written teaching philosophy statement should act as a guide during course design, development, instruction, and assessment as well as through programmatic development and revision. What language do you use? However, we all can determine that by reading that AI-generated philosophy, we would need to tweak and edit it.

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Teaching Philosophy Teaching Beliefs Universal Design 111

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. The instructor embedded approximately 200 video shorts to include captioning, sign language interpretation and other contextual learning options for students.

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Online Learning Quizzes eLearning Learning 115

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 12, 2025

Consideration 2: Identify the Learning Experience After reflecting on your course design, the second consideration is to identify the type of experience you want students to engage in that can help bridge the gap between theory and practice and determine how you will assess their success.

Learning 102

Learning Evaluation Students Course Design 102

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.

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Lecturing Active Learning Activities STEM 98

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. Replace accusatory language in syllabi with language that supports student learning.

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Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 98

Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2016

It happened back in 2008 when new policies and funding sources were put forth with the intent to grow school districts’ abilities to supplement and meet the diverse needs of students—specifically in the face of foreign language teacher and Advanced Placement honors-level course shortages.

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Schools Blended Learning Course Design STEM 107