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.

Teaching 218

Teaching Instructors Distance Learning Lecturing 218

Faculty Focus

JUNE 2, 2024

My first and only fully online class taken as an undergraduate student was a complete disaster. The class was a required course in my field that I would go on to be responsible for teaching as a graduate student and, later, as a professor. Kind of wild that I never actually received instruction in the course, myself.)

Syllabus 131

Syllabus Course Design Learning Students 131

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. Disclosure: EdSurge is a participant in the network. Course Components What materials will impart the right information to students?

Course Evaluations 196

Course Evaluations Instructors Evaluation Universal Design 196

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 6, 2024

As we prepared for the start of fall semester 2024, there was buzz around our campus about administration raising the caps in our condensed 8-week online courses to match the high enrollment caps for our 16 week in person courses. As an educator and instructional designer, I find this problematic.

Instructors 98

Instructors Course Design Students Authentic Assessment 98

Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2017

From there, it was only natural to start applying some of the concepts we discussed using with students in our own professional development. Learner Profiles are tools that students can create to reflect on who they are as learners and subsequently use to take an active role in the personalization of their learning.

Teachers 163

Teachers Lecturing Blended Learning Students 163

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. Instead, we foster an environment of learning, growth, and empowerment.

Plagiarism 122

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 122

Faculty Focus

JULY 4, 2023

Classic online course standards emphasize the value of three types of interactions: student-instructor interaction, student-content interaction, and student-student interaction. Especially today in an age where students are fully bathed in other online communities of choice through TikTok, Twitch, and Reddit.

Exams 116

Exams Students Instructors Evaluation 116

eSchool News

JULY 19, 2016

The ability to communicate effectively is increasingly recognized as an important skill for students entering the workforce. The standards particularly describe the importance of students understanding the reasoning of others and engaging in meaningful conversations using critical thinking.

Critical Thinking 156

Critical Thinking Communication Education Lecturing 156

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 131

Student Engagement Lecturing Students Feedback 131

Faculty Focus

JUNE 2, 2024

My first and only fully online class taken as an undergraduate student was a complete disaster. The class was a required course in my field that I would go on to be responsible for teaching as a graduate student and, later, as a professor. Kind of wild that I never actually received instruction in the course, myself.)

Syllabus 110

Syllabus Course Design Learning Students 110

Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2016

By giving faculty the right tools and inspiration to teach in online environments, universities will be better equipped to support the diverse needs of college and university students, while preparing them for success in a networked world. Provide an option to participate remotely using video conferencing.

Faculty Development 162

Faculty Development Participation Feedback Course Design 162

Faculty Focus

JULY 4, 2023

Classic online course standards emphasize the value of three types of interactions: student-instructor interaction, student-content interaction, and student-student interaction. Especially today in an age where students are fully bathed in other online communities of choice through TikTok, Twitch, and Reddit.

Exams 98

Exams Students Instructors Evaluation 98

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. Walk In Students’ Shoes.

Blended Courses 166

Blended Courses Instructors Evaluation Participation 166

Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2024

With a commitment to ensuring educational excellence and student success, in 2020, UF CJC Online developed a comprehensive course design strategy to elevate its online courses, a mission mandated by the State University System of Florida’s 2025 Strategic Plan for Online Education.

Feedback 121

Feedback Course Design Instructors Education 121

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 109

Learning Evaluation Students Course Design 109

eSchool News

JULY 20, 2016

But what does it take to improve learning for all student populations, support positive school environments, and ensure school leaders at all levels are equipped with the skills and tools they need to maintain successful learning environments? Approximately 70,000 of Arizona’s K-12 students are ELLs. Read more.

Teaching 186

Teaching Exams Disabilities Learning 186

Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2024

A few weeks ago, Ferris State University made a splashy announcement that it planned to enroll two chatbot “students” in its classes, calling it a novel way for colleges to test their curricula. How can we fine-tune responses from AI so they reflect the diversity of our student body or reflect the needs of a first-year student?”

Intelligence 211

Intelligence Syllabus Feedback Assignments 211

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. Instead, we foster an environment of learning, growth, and empowerment.

Plagiarism 98

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 98

Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2023

Excited for the opportunity to focus on their learning, teachers find their seats and start to chit chat about the lesson plans they’ve left for their students. A New Barrier Emerges Our suburban Missouri school district serves around 16,500 students. Behind the scenes of each classroom in our district, there are many hands at work.

Teachers 211

Teachers Course Design Participation Discussions 211

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 103

Learning Evaluation Students Course Design 103

Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2024

With a commitment to ensuring educational excellence and student success, in 2020, UF CJC Online developed a comprehensive course design strategy to elevate its online courses, a mission mandated by the State University System of Florida’s 2025 Strategic Plan for Online Education.

Feedback 111

Feedback Course Design Instructors Education 111

Faculty Focus

MAY 30, 2023

Traditionally, the one-size-fits-all approach to assessment has been dominant, with all students completing the same activities throughout the course. This method, however, often leads to a lack of student engagement and, consequently, less effective learning.

Student Engagement 98

Student Engagement Assignments Instructors Students 98

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

APRIL 15, 2025

With the growing demand for contemporary online education, it is crucial to analyze instructional design – a systematic process that applies psychological principles of human learning to develop effective instructional solutions. Therefore, it is evident that online learning presents a unique set of challenges.

Student Engagement 110

Student Engagement Instructors Lecturing Students 110

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 126

Knowledge Quizzes Students Learning 126

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

But Chatterjee, an international student from India, did not feel confident about the assignment, and thought it was Western-centric and focused on physical powers associated with attractive males. To be honest, I’ve only had one or two students take me up on it,” she said. She takes the approach of co-designing.

Culture 147

Culture Teaching Syllabus English 147

Faculty Focus

MARCH 20, 2025

There are many approaches to designing an online course, and finding the right balance may depend on a variety of factors ranging from content topics to types of assessments. However, to determine if our assessment was correct, we surveyed virtual instructors and students gathering both quantitative data and qualitative data.

Student Engagement 95

Student Engagement Instructors Students Feedback 95

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

Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2021

In the wake of this decision, the University of Florida also made explicit its new goal of high-quality pedagogy and individual advising to produce a better student experience. In-house course design and fiscal responsibility alone, though, will not be enough to create really robust online programs.

Online Learning 184

Online Learning Faculty Development Learning Instructors 184

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. This has been a very valuable course. DURHAM, N.C.

Teachers 130

Teachers Education Math Achievement 130

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2023

“A disability may be the result of combinations of impairments and environmental barriers , such as attitudinal barriers, inaccessible information, an inaccessible built environment or other barriers that affect people’s full participation in society [i].” of Canadian undergraduate students and 2.4% For instance, in 2019, 6.2%

Disabilities 98

Disabilities Learning Spaces Universal Design Learning Disabilities 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2023

“A disability may be the result of combinations of impairments and environmental barriers , such as attitudinal barriers, inaccessible information, an inaccessible built environment or other barriers that affect people’s full participation in society [i].” of Canadian undergraduate students and 2.4% For instance, in 2019, 6.2%

Disabilities 98

Disabilities Learning Spaces Universal Design Learning Disabilities 98

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

A) Choose questions that most students will be able to answer correctly. C) Ask students “Please discuss your answer with a neighbor.” D) Stress that students answer questions independent of their peers. What do you think is important for an instructor to do when using classroom response systems (polling software or clickers)?

Instructors 144

Instructors Multiple Choice Questions Course Design Discussions 144

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Olivia explained how a course designed like Obstacles might prepare students to work at Meow Wolf, where her job continually requires her to let go of ego to be creatively ready for radical change. How might educators, with their domain expertise, become the designers of these changes? Why must we reimagine school?

Education 167

Education Schools Art History 167

Edsurge

JANUARY 13, 2017

Online courses are “smart,” one might assume, because they use technology to improve educational outcomes or, at least, create new efficiencies or extend the abilities of faculty and students. Yet, while technology exists in the world of higher education, it’s not clear that technology is actually making courses smarter.

Multiple Choice Questions 127

Multiple Choice Questions Instructors Textbooks Feedback 127

Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

This article includes a free, open-access resource for educators: What Your Students Arent Telling You: Listening, Learning, and Leading with Empathy. The book, co-authored with students, offers actionable strategies and insights to help create more inclusive and humane learning environments.

Disabilities 64

Disabilities Course Design Lecturing Students 64

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. What is Model Teaching?

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Teaching Education Learning Assignments 180