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?

eLearning 280

eLearning Course Design Knowledge Writing 280

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 4, 2024

Although Lightboard videos have also been useful in traditional brick-and-mortar settings for students as just in time review after classroom sessions (Schweiker, Griggs, Levonis, 2020), online learning presents a different challenge because the instructor is not available in real-time to answer questions or elaborate on difficult concepts.

Online Learning 111

Online Learning Learning Tools Instructors Learning 111

Faculty Focus

JULY 2, 2023

Sustaining high quality online teaching and learning is best achieved through professional development derived from collegial relationships among online teaching faculty and high touch faculty support provided through an online mentoring model, the Online Learning Community (Pearson & Kirby, 2018).

Online Learning 111

Online Learning Distance Learning Education Learning 111

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 4, 2024

Although Lightboard videos have also been useful in traditional brick-and-mortar settings for students as just in time review after classroom sessions (Schweiker, Griggs, Levonis, 2020), online learning presents a different challenge because the instructor is not available in real-time to answer questions or elaborate on difficult concepts.

Online Learning 98

Online Learning Learning Tools Instructors Learning 98

eSchool News

JULY 22, 2024

Pre-pandemic, Meriden was already dipping its toe into online learning, so we had some tech-savvy teachers doing things with Moodle or Schoology,” Moore. We had some experience with online learning.” We really did a lot in getting everybody online. We were course designing and co-teaching,” she said.

Hybrid Learning 285

Hybrid Learning Learning Blended Learning Discussions 285

Faculty Focus

JULY 2, 2023

Sustaining high quality online teaching and learning is best achieved through professional development derived from collegial relationships among online teaching faculty and high touch faculty support provided through an online mentoring model, the Online Learning Community (Pearson & Kirby, 2018).

Online Learning 98

Online Learning Distance Learning Education Learning 98

eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2015

UDL is tough enough in a face-to-face environment, but the real challenge might be how to implement the principles in an online world where students’ abilities and learning styles differ drastically. In presentation , the course provides learners with various way of acquiring information and knowledge.

Accessibility 189

Accessibility Disabilities Universal Design Instructors 189

Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2018

Many online learning platforms, such as LinkedIn Learning and MasterClass, are indeed pivoting towards business models that look a lot like subscription-based streaming services Pandora, Spotify or Netflix. Even as we reinvent the platforms and modalities for learning, the teachers at the center of the model are losing out.

Online Learning 83

Online Learning Instructors Education Fairness 83

Edsurge

MAY 29, 2020

Throughout, the playbook explores themes of providing students with support in online courses, making such courses equitable, and the importance of continuously improving them. Here are summaries of the four essential elements of successful online courses, according to the playbook.

Course Evaluations 196

Course Evaluations Instructors Evaluation Universal Design 196

Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2024

In the dynamic landscape of online education, the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications online graduate programs (UF CJC Online) stands at the forefront of innovation and quality. The course template is a key factor in the QM course review process as it ensures consistency in course design.

Feedback 121

Feedback Course Design Instructors Education 121

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Research on faculty perceptions suggests that the ideal enrollment for online courses is lower than what they would consider suitable for high-enrollment courses, with course design playing a crucial role. Incorporating flexibility in course design can help with student engagement and motivation.

Instructors 116

Instructors Course Design Students Authentic Assessment 116

Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2022

It’s the seventh edition of the Changing Landscape of Online Education (CHLOE) report. In the survey, chief online officers predicted that by 2025, programs and courses that mix on-campus and online learning experiences will become the norm for undergraduate students, graduate students and adult learners.

Hybrid Learning 184

Hybrid Learning Hybrid Courses Learning Exams 184

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

The emerging field of Learner Experience Design or LX design is about balancing the need for quality course design with the central role of human interaction in online learning. It’s a collaborative process that engages faculty in the design and improvement of online courses.

Blended Courses 166

Blended Courses Instructors Evaluation Participation 166

Edsurge

MAY 6, 2020

It’s a complicated question, even in the best of times—one that has been at the forefront of our daily online teaching practice and our research into the online behaviors and interactions that can have the greatest impact on successful learner outcomes. There isn’t one solution for increasing learner engagement and motivation.

Motivation 218

Motivation Education Learning Feedback 218

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. Some are available 20 hours or more; some are retired online learning professionals who are coming on and volunteering to help. EdSurge: How and why did you start this effort?

Teaching 184

Teaching Instructors Course Design Languages 184

Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2024

In the dynamic landscape of online education, the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications online graduate programs (UF CJC Online) stands at the forefront of innovation and quality. The course template is a key factor in the QM course review process as it ensures consistency in course design.

Feedback 111

Feedback Course Design Instructors Education 111

Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2023

While many of them have learned collaboratively in full or half-day training sessions for their entire careers, many struggle to carve out time for online learning during the school day because they have a heavy load of regular classroom obligations. The adjustment has been difficult for our teachers too.

Teachers 211

Teachers Course Design Participation Discussions 211

Faculty Focus

JUNE 2, 2024

This is in addition to online announcements posted in the Learning Management System and individualized outreach for folks who miss an assignment.

Syllabus 131

Syllabus Course Design Learning Students 131

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.

Beliefs 152

Beliefs Course Design STEM Culture 152

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Research on faculty perceptions suggests that the ideal enrollment for online courses is lower than what they would consider suitable for high-enrollment courses, with course design playing a crucial role. Incorporating flexibility in course design can help with student engagement and motivation.

Instructors 98

Instructors Course Design Students Authentic Assessment 98

eSchool News

MARCH 23, 2022

All VHS Learning teachers complete graduate-level Online Teaching Methodologies (OTM) training to learn best practices for online teaching and learning, and 81% of VHS Learning teachers possess a master’s degree or higher.

Learning 141

Learning Course Design High School High School 141

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Exposed now are deficiencies of utilizing online learning management systems that school districts face. Moreover, sending teachers into the workforce without adequate training is equivalent to sending doctors out to practice without learning to treat specific ailments. There should be a concerted effort to focus on this area.

Technology 159

Technology Teachers Evaluation Course Design 159

Faculty Focus

APRIL 18, 2023

All sections of bi-modal courses receive a copy over of the asynchronous LMS master course. The faculty team could be consulted as to what materials should be placed in the master course. Every educator has the same course design and materials. The benefits of bichronous online learning platform.

Exams 111

Exams Course Design Assignments Learning 111

Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2020

Patrick adds that schools and colleges that have embraced competency-based learning may have an easier time adapting to remote learning during the pandemic. In a 2010 meta-analysis of online-learning research compiled by the U.S.

Teaching 218

Teaching Instructors Distance Learning Lecturing 218

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Sally Baldwin, EdD, researches online course quality, online course design, and course evaluation instruments. Her research is motivated and informed by her work as an instructor and instructional designer within the California community college system. Louis’ Olin Business School.

Instructors 116

Instructors Students Minute Papers Course Design 116

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Online education has revolutionized the way individuals access and engage with learning opportunities, providing flexibility and convenience that traditional institutions cannot always offer. Alongside the benefits of online learning come challenges, particularly in ensuring access, engagement, and inclusion for all students.

Accessibility 105

Accessibility Disabilities Education Culture 105

Faculty Focus

APRIL 16, 2023

Educators are available to students and are responsible for designing bi-modal content. Content should incorporate Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and offer choices to students. Each class session and learning activity is offered in-person, synchronously online, and asynchronously online. 2021, May 27).

Learning 105

Learning Assignments Course Design Instructors 105

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

All classes follow an easy-to-use course design: establish goals–what students will learn by the end of the class. provide a clear module-based learning path culminating in a ready to use action plan. Blended Learning. Transforming Traditional Classroom Lessons to Online Learning.

Teaching 180

Teaching Education Learning Assignments 180

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. If you’d like to try this approach yourself, here’s a template prompt you can use with AI systems.

Assignments 80

Assignments Testing Course Design Writing 80

Faculty Focus

APRIL 18, 2023

All sections of bi-modal courses receive a copy over of the asynchronous LMS master course. The faculty team could be consulted as to what materials should be placed in the master course. Every educator has the same course design and materials. The benefits of bichronous online learning platform.

Exams 98

Exams Course Design Assignments Learning 98

Faculty Focus

JUNE 2, 2024

This is in addition to online announcements posted in the Learning Management System and individualized outreach for folks who miss an assignment.

Syllabus 110

Syllabus Course Design Learning Students 110

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Sally Baldwin, EdD, researches online course quality, online course design, and course evaluation instruments. Her research is motivated and informed by her work as an instructor and instructional designer within the California community college system. Louis’ Olin Business School.

Instructors 105

Instructors Students Minute Papers Course Design 105

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Online education has revolutionized the way individuals access and engage with learning opportunities, providing flexibility and convenience that traditional institutions cannot always offer. Alongside the benefits of online learning come challenges, particularly in ensuring access, engagement, and inclusion for all students.

Accessibility 98

Accessibility Disabilities Education Culture 98

Edsurge

MAY 13, 2021

It was 2012, and online learning was suddenly booming. Courses at Stanford and at MIT were opened for free online to the masses, and the masses signed up—with some courses attracting more than 160,000 each. Go to edX and look at the platform for creating courses there—it is cumbersome and difficult,” he adds.

Fairness 203

Fairness Course Design Motivation Internet 203

Faculty Focus

APRIL 16, 2023

Educators are available to students and are responsible for designing bi-modal content. Content should incorporate Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and offer choices to students. Each class session and learning activity is offered in-person, synchronously online, and asynchronously online. 2021, May 27).

Learning 98

Learning Assignments Course Design Instructors 98

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.

Learning 134

Learning Gamification Course Design Textbooks 134

Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2018

I also teach remotely and write content for an app-based English language-learning product. So, I’m an ed-tech enthusiast and a classroom teacher, enthralled by how online learning is reshaping education, but also apt to turn down a tablet when a piece of chalk will do. I’ve worked in K-12 contexts in Armenia and Spain.

Language 153

Language Languages Failure English 153