Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

We know that it’s important to incorporate small changes in our teaching, such as periodically adding a learning activity in place of a brief lecture. Flower Darby also suggests that, “Whether you are teaching in person, online, or in some hybrid format in 2021-22, intersperse brief lecture segments with productive activities.”.

Student Engagement 131

Student Engagement Lecturing Students Feedback 131

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 5, 2025

ID Benefits While traditionally associated with K-12, higher ed, and the corporate world, IDs can bring transformative benefits to professional schools (programs offering terminal degrees for a specific profession) and support faculty in their endeavors to innovate and engage students. The Journal of Applied Instructional Design.

Schools 104

Schools Authentic Assessment Syllabus Evaluation 104

Edsurge

JULY 9, 2018

Yet most of our energy has been focused on designing physical learning spaces, even as more teaching and learning shifts online. Unfortunately, most massive open online course (MOOC) platforms still feel like drafty lecture halls instead of intimate seminar rooms. These design choices have noticeable implications.

Online Learning 159

Online Learning Instructors Learning Quizzes 159

Edsurge

MAY 6, 2020

From our experience both in the online classroom and in training teachers to teach online, this is familiar territory and typically happens about six weeks into a new school session. Some teachers report that their students lack interest and in the worst cases, that students are dropping from classes entirely.

Motivation 218

Motivation Education Learning Feedback 218

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2024

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of children regularly miss elementary, middle and high school. 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. If so, what’s driving the trend?

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

Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2019

Aaron Rasmussen, co-founder of MasterClass, this week announced the launch of Outlier, an online provider of university-level courses. Instructors who recorded the lectures came from institutions including Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale University, New York University and Davidson College.

Lecturing 118

Lecturing Textbooks Course Design Instructors 118

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

So are most of the students taking the cultural competency quiz Professor John Branch gives out near the beginning of his MBA-level International Marketing class at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. Source: Course Hero. The average student gets just two of the ten questions right.

Quizzes 167

Quizzes Failure Culture Students 167

Faculty Focus

APRIL 16, 2024

Following defined student learning outcomes in a pre-course ensures alignment with the main course objectives, providing clarity, focus, and relevance to the content covered. After the student learning outcomes have been defined, the creation of the pre-course does not have to be complex. Klausner, Eytan A., Rowe, Beverly S.

Exams 114

Exams Quizzes Students Course Design 114

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

We know that it’s important to incorporate small changes in our teaching, such as periodically adding a learning activity in place of a brief lecture. Flower Darby also suggests that, “Whether you are teaching in person, online, or in some hybrid format in 2021-22, intersperse brief lecture segments with productive activities.”.

Student Engagement 98

Student Engagement Lecturing Students Feedback 98

Edsurge

MARCH 29, 2017

However, you can think of a pedagogically rich online course like a balanced meal that should strive to provide at least a serving of each. How to Build the 4 Types of Instructional Videos When kicking off course design, I typically build a detailed map of the whole learner experience, from signup to certificate of completion.

Instructors 146

Instructors Education Lecturing Knowledge 146

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. So instead of having a three-hour class, we've tried to break our lectures down into 10 minutes, followed by an interactive short activity.

Accessibility 218

Accessibility Disabilities Universal Design Syllabus 218

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

Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2018

According to Heath, psychologists have found that people are more likely to recall memories happening near major transitions in their lives, such as the beginning of a new school year rather than from the middle of an academic term. He gave an example of two teachers from Hillsdale High School in San Mateo, Calif.

Instructors 105

Instructors Syllabus Textbooks Lecturing 105

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 82

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 82

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

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

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Lecture halls and dormitories circle them, busy with faculty members and students coming and going on campus. With continuing pressure of ever-escalating costs at private institutions and deep cuts at state schools, bringing prices down is no easy trick.

Fairness 131

Fairness Lecturing Course Design Internet 131

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 79

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 79

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

When feedback is focused, it helps students monitor their own learning, make course corrections throughout the process, choose best strategies, and ultimately, better understand the learning objectives. There needs to be a clear distinction between when formative and summative assessments are primarily utilized. Dr. Dimple J.

Fairness 122

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 122

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

When feedback is focused, it helps students monitor their own learning, make course corrections throughout the process, choose best strategies, and ultimately, better understand the learning objectives. There needs to be a clear distinction between when formative and summative assessments are primarily utilized. Dr. Dimple J.

Fairness 110

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 110

Faculty Focus

APRIL 16, 2024

Following defined student learning outcomes in a pre-course ensures alignment with the main course objectives, providing clarity, focus, and relevance to the content covered. After the student learning outcomes have been defined, the creation of the pre-course does not have to be complex. Klausner, Eytan A., Rowe, Beverly S.

Exams 70

Exams Quizzes Students Course Design 70

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

In an effort to help students feel comfortable seeing our partners as accessible resources both within and beyond the course, we made sure that each of our partners interacted with our students more than once. Rosenstein’s involvement didn’t end there, he also guest-lectured in our classes about his experience working at a methadone clinic.

Interdisciplinary 111

Interdisciplinary Art History Discussions 111

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Dr. Paul Acquaro is a lecturer with FOM University of Applied Science for Economics and Management in Berlin and an adjunct assistant professor teaching online with New York University’s School of Professional Studies. Dr. Steven Goss is the dean of the School of Professional Studies at Manhattan College.

Achievement 118

Achievement Study Communication Fairness 118

Scholarly Teacher

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Rachel Thelen , The University of Minnesota School of Dentistry Noelle Haight , Occupational Therapist and Educator Julia VanderMolen , University of the Pacific Key Statement: Four helpful tips, including backwards design, for the new instructor looking to (re)design their course.

Instructors 52

Instructors Curriculum Quizzes Lecturing 52

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

In an effort to help students feel comfortable seeing our partners as accessible resources both within and beyond the course, we made sure that each of our partners interacted with our students more than once. Rosenstein’s involvement didn’t end there, he also guest-lectured in our classes about his experience working at a methadone clinic.

Interdisciplinary 105

Interdisciplinary Art History Discussions 105

Faculty Focus

JUNE 25, 2023

I reflected on my favorite teachers from kindergarten through graduate school. They made declarative statements via lectures throughout class sessions, expecting students to “take it all in” like sponges. “I came to teaching late” (Roger Rueff, The Hospitality Suite ). No one ever taught me how to teach. I learned by osmosis.

Coaching 105

Coaching Syllabus Confidentiality Assignments 105

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Consider the revision: I stood with 10 other third-year nursing students outside the neonatal care unit in the school hospital at the University of the Philippines. Robert Grant Price, PhD, lectures at the University of Toronto Mississauga. And now we have a set of details that make this story interesting.

Teaching 110

Teaching Writing Assignments Intellectual Development 110

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Dr. Paul Acquaro is a lecturer with FOM University of Applied Science for Economics and Management in Berlin and an adjunct assistant professor teaching online with New York University’s School of Professional Studies. Dr. Steven Goss is the dean of the School of Professional Studies at Manhattan College.

Achievement 94

Achievement Study Communication Fairness 94

Faculty Focus

JUNE 25, 2023

I reflected on my favorite teachers from kindergarten through graduate school. They made declarative statements via lectures throughout class sessions, expecting students to “take it all in” like sponges. “I came to teaching late” (Roger Rueff, The Hospitality Suite ). No one ever taught me how to teach. I learned by osmosis.

Coaching 98

Coaching Syllabus Confidentiality Assignments 98

Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Some economists say OpenStax and other OER producers helped to halt the decades-long rise of textbook prices , which now set the average undergraduate back between $1,200 and $1,440 each school year, according to the College Board. Our goal,” says Baraniuk, “is positive world domination.” Open materials return some power to professors.

Textbooks 119

Textbooks Instructors History Syllabus 119

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Consider the revision: I stood with 10 other third-year nursing students outside the neonatal care unit in the school hospital at the University of the Philippines. Robert Grant Price, PhD, lectures at the University of Toronto Mississauga. And now we have a set of details that make this story interesting.

Teaching 95

Teaching Writing Assignments Intellectual Development 95

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

JANUARY 16, 2018

For some, O-chem is where med school dreams go to die. Let Professor Neil Garg Inspire Your Course Design. Explore Garg’s organic chemistry course file with links to practice problems, quizzes, and study guides. See how Course Hero can help inspire your course design. Email tgraham@coursehero.com.

Lecturing 145

Lecturing Course Design Assignments Quizzes 145

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

Reading back over a textbook or taking lecture notes with a highlighter at the ready is often done by students, for instance, but these practices have proven of limited merit, and in some cases even counterproductive in aiding recall. Mathematics lecture at the Helsinki University of Technology.

Education 218

Education Learning Textbooks Instructors 218

Edsurge

JANUARY 1, 2018

“You have to use video,” says Virginia Tech’s John Boyer, who posts his geography lectures on YouTube and holds live online office hours. In a Q&A, Boyer discusses his flipped syllabus, integrating technology into course design, and why an easy A requires a lot of hard work.

Syllabus 130

Syllabus Lecturing Assignments Course Design 130

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

I send them to the emails the school has on record and I also post the email to our Learning Management System (LMS). This demonstration of the subject’s impact to their future success resonates with students and can be delivered in any class format with a lecture, video, or assigned exercise.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Teachers Discussions Questions 111