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. Similar online approaches such as recorded or live book readings and virtual office hours can be just as effective.

Motivation 218

Motivation Education Learning Feedback 218

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Oftentimes, putting a brick-and-mortar course online begins by preserving the readings and assessments, and then considering adaptations to replace all or some of the “live” elements of interactive lectures. It also has the added benefit of allowing the professor to use it for many sections of the same course.

Lecturing 109

Lecturing Feedback Evaluation Course Design 109

Edsurge

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Providing courses to companies, and adults not enrolled in a full-time degree program, has long been a way for universities to extend their reach (and pockets) beyond the physical lecture hall. Capping each class allows Digital Plus courses to provide a tighter, more focused learning experience, Piloto says.

Lecturing 92

Lecturing Course Design Group work Reading 92

Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2020

They dug into the principles of universal design for learning, how instructions can use rubrics to empower students to demonstrate knowledge in many different ways, and how to break up class sessions to make it easier for everyone to participate fully. Listen to the conversation below, or read a partial transcript, lightly edited for clarity.

Accessibility 218

Accessibility Disabilities Universal Design Syllabus 218

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2019

The innovations that faculty, librarians and course designers are creating now help deliver education to today’s learners, who may be working adults , the first in their families to attend college or parents balancing their own education goals with those of their children.

Lecturing 134

Lecturing Culture Course Design Attention 134

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 15, 2023

During a two-hour lecture, the average student spends 37 minutes doing non-class related activities on their devices (Ravizza et. Students claim that instructors aren’t actually teaching, and instructors can face negative reactions to a change in their lecturing methods that were already difficult to create and introduce.

Lecturing 122

Lecturing Instructors Active Learning Activities 122

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. The iterative process of learning; the fact that you can't just read one thing once and know it, you have to go through it over and over again.

Students 203

Students Instructors Lecturing Participation 203

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Textbooks and course materials to review, syllabi to update, lessons to plan, lectures to prepare. Since the pandemic, which necessitated the use of Learning Management Systems (LMS) such as Canvas or Blackboard, there is now an additional component to consider in developing our courses.

Syllabus 122

Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 122

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Clear labels and categories make navigation easy, and having everything accessible, especially the syllabus, lecture materials, and study guides, was a recurring preference.  Use of LMS tools  Students spoke highly of courses that harnessed the full potential of the LMS’s tools.

Syllabus 126

Syllabus Instructors Peer Review Lecturing 126

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. So, all told, a ninety-minute session is not really ninety minutes; it’s 15 six-minute activities.

Quizzes 167

Quizzes Failure Culture Students 167

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2024

Students may not read the text, but those nonverbal cues? Say you take lecture material you could do in your sleep and spend an hour coming up with new examples, prepare a set of questions to get students talking about the content, or spiff up two or three of your presentation slides. They can be found by reading.

Motivation 112

Motivation Exams Lecturing Questions 112

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2024

Students may not read the text, but those nonverbal cues? Say you take lecture material you could do in your sleep and spend an hour coming up with new examples, prepare a set of questions to get students talking about the content, or spiff up two or three of your presentation slides. They can be found by reading.

Motivation 111

Motivation Exams Lecturing Questions 111

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 15, 2023

During a two-hour lecture, the average student spends 37 minutes doing non-class related activities on their devices (Ravizza et. Students claim that instructors aren’t actually teaching, and instructors can face negative reactions to a change in their lecturing methods that were already difficult to create and introduce.

Lecturing 98

Lecturing Instructors Active Learning Activities 98

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Textbooks and course materials to review, syllabi to update, lessons to plan, lectures to prepare. Since the pandemic, which necessitated the use of Learning Management Systems (LMS) such as Canvas or Blackboard, there is now an additional component to consider in developing our courses.

Syllabus 105

Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 105

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Instead, they acquire information outside of class by reading, watching lectures recorded by the faculty member, or through many other online options. The students can learn the material by reading, conducting online research, lectures, or a combination of these modes.

Problem-Based Learning 122

Problem-Based Learning Learning Students Lecturing 122

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Artifact Type Key Steps Questions for Analysis Next Steps Agenda from class session Read through your agenda and highlight key words, actions, and topics. Class session “meeting minutes” Read through the minutes. Feedback data from participants Read through the feedback. Did you ask about understanding?

Feedback 116

Feedback Beliefs Lecturing Participation 116

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Clear labels and categories make navigation easy, and having everything accessible, especially the syllabus, lecture materials, and study guides, was a recurring preference.  Use of LMS tools  Students spoke highly of courses that harnessed the full potential of the LMS’s tools.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Instructors Peer Review Lecturing 111

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Artifact Type Key Steps Questions for Analysis Next Steps Agenda from class session Read through your agenda and highlight key words, actions, and topics. Class session “meeting minutes” Read through the minutes. Feedback data from participants Read through the feedback. Did you ask about understanding?

Feedback 111

Feedback Beliefs Lecturing Participation 111

Faculty Focus

MAY 11, 2025

that comprise of a lot of traditional lecturing. He said that students could read much of the content off our PowerPoint slides and in the assigned readings without AI. They could always find and read the content on their own. The empathetic course design perspective. Teaching of Psychology, 52 (1), 45-52.

Instructors 114

Instructors Motivation Critical Thinking Students 114

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

While large classes emphasize broad-reaching strategies like lectures and group activities, small classes enable individualized instruction and deeper exploration of topics (Wang & Calvano, 2022). Hybrid-Flexible course design: Implementing student-directed hybrid classes (1st ed.). References Beatty, B. EdTech Books.

Teaching 88

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 88

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2023

Students with dyslexia, dysgraphia, and other cognitive differences often experience auditory, visual, and spatial processing difficulties, affecting their reading, writing, and overall learning. The following lists provide an overview of strategies and some suggestions on how to incorporate these you’re your courses.

Disabilities 98

Disabilities Learning Spaces Universal Design Learning Disabilities 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2023

Students with dyslexia, dysgraphia, and other cognitive differences often experience auditory, visual, and spatial processing difficulties, affecting their reading, writing, and overall learning. The following lists provide an overview of strategies and some suggestions on how to incorporate these you’re your courses.

Disabilities 98

Disabilities Learning Spaces Universal Design Learning Disabilities 98

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

While large classes emphasize broad-reaching strategies like lectures and group activities, small classes enable individualized instruction and deeper exploration of topics (Wang & Calvano, 2022). Hybrid-Flexible course design: Implementing student-directed hybrid classes (1st ed.). References Beatty, B. EdTech Books.

Teaching 85

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 85

Faculty Focus

MARCH 16, 2025

The Delivery Next comes the delivery of new learning, which can be achieved through various methods such as assigned readings, live or pre-recorded lectures, class discussions, flipped classroom activities, or small group work.

Counselling 90

Counselling Learning Lecturing Knowledge 90

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 62

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 62

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 61

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 61

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Instead, they acquire information outside of class by reading, watching lectures recorded by the faculty member, or through many other online options. The students can learn the material by reading, conducting online research, lectures, or a combination of these modes.

Problem-Based Learning 98

Problem-Based Learning Learning Students Lecturing 98

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

One of us is from American Studies and the other from Sociology, and our readings for the courses reflected our disciplines. We still kept a lot of the material we had originally planned on using and did not overlap that much in terms of readings or even the way assignments were structured.

Interdisciplinary 111

Interdisciplinary Art History Discussions 111

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

One of us is from American Studies and the other from Sociology, and our readings for the courses reflected our disciplines. We still kept a lot of the material we had originally planned on using and did not overlap that much in terms of readings or even the way assignments were structured.

Interdisciplinary 105

Interdisciplinary Art History Discussions 105

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

When writers place details in an ordered sequence, they create a more cohesive image and a better reading experience. Or: What is the first thing I need to make known to the people reading my research? A logically sequenced sentence reads from left to right—literally and figuratively. This sentence reads well enough.

Teaching 111

Teaching Writing Assignments Intellectual Development 111

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Think about visual aids you might be using—drawings, equations, PowerPoint slides—and if they can be read and understood both by the in-person students and the students viewing remotely. Some online students might view the lecture on a tablet or phone where these details are lost.

Feedback 105

Feedback Minute Papers Mobile Devices Discussions 105

Faculty Focus

JUNE 25, 2023

They made declarative statements via lectures throughout class sessions, expecting students to “take it all in” like sponges. The statements were read aloud by students in a choral-reading fashion, substituting “I am.” The course assignment(s) draft was finalized. All that remained was to determine a course schedule.

Coaching 105

Coaching Syllabus Confidentiality Assignments 105

Faculty Focus

MARCH 16, 2025

The Delivery Next comes the delivery of new learning, which can be achieved through various methods such as assigned readings, live or pre-recorded lectures, class discussions, flipped classroom activities, or small group work.

Counselling 68

Counselling Learning Lecturing Knowledge 68

Faculty Focus

JUNE 25, 2023

They made declarative statements via lectures throughout class sessions, expecting students to “take it all in” like sponges. The statements were read aloud by students in a choral-reading fashion, substituting “I am.” The course assignment(s) draft was finalized. All that remained was to determine a course schedule.

Coaching 98

Coaching Syllabus Confidentiality Assignments 98

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

When writers place details in an ordered sequence, they create a more cohesive image and a better reading experience. Or: What is the first thing I need to make known to the people reading my research? A logically sequenced sentence reads from left to right—literally and figuratively. This sentence reads well enough.

Teaching 97

Teaching Writing Assignments Intellectual Development 97

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

Hybrid Course Design : AI platforms enable asynchronous lectures, reserving in-person sessions for interaction. The Reading Teacher, 67 (6), 455464. Faculty can train on integrating such tools via workshops, enhancing their tutoring capacity. AI and academic integrity: Rethinking assessment. link] McCarthy, J.

Faculty Development 90

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 90

Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2019

An editorial team researched the materials needed in the lecture hall settings where physics, anatomy, sociology and biology are taught, then recruited professors to write and review relevant textbooks, paying them flat fees upfront rather than royalties based on sales. Tutor pushes beyond simple multiple-choice quizzes.

Textbooks 120

Textbooks Instructors History Syllabus 120