Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2020

When Elizabeth Self starts teaching her 11 a.m. 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. At first, such synchronous teaching was expensive and cumbersome. for all of her students.

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Teaching Instructors Distance Learning Lecturing 218

Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Stuart Blythe teaches writing courses at Michigan State University that are officially listed as in-person only. For example, this morning I taught a web design course, and one of my students has epilepsy, and he said, ‘I can feel something coming on so I better not come out today,’” Blythe says.

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Teaching Instructors Lecturing Blended Courses 206

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

The following is the latest installment of the Toward Better Teaching advice column. You can pose a question for a future column here. Reader Question: Dear Bonni, I know it is important to be able to address the needs of diverse learners. However, how do I know how inclusive I am in my teaching?

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Syllabus Teaching Beliefs Instructors 152

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 12, 2019

I teach a lot of online classes and as such, have used many different platforms. It’s clear to me that the course design–how I lay out the mix of resources, homework, classwork, and more–affects how students absorb and share knowledge. All of this starts with a good course design.

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Course Design Students Exams Feedback 90

Faculty Focus

MAY 11, 2025

Given this reality in which AI can provide and synthesize information for and to our students at their requests in seconds, it is not completely paranoid to ask the question, What can we, as college instructors, offer our students in the age of AI? He said that students have had access to the information we teach prior to AI.

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Instructors Motivation Critical Thinking Students 98

eSchool News

MARCH 9, 2023

Grading is time consuming, however, and more grading-related questions are popping up in the news these days. To build a strong, meaningful grading policy, instructors must choose the approach that best fits the course design and student learning outcomes. For instance, are teachers allowed to reduce grades for late work?

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Grades Teachers Instructors Exams 269

eSchool News

MARCH 12, 2021

How were you able to apply the content after completing the courses? If you’re struggling to remember these basic aspects of the last course you completed, the course design could likely benefit from some improvement.

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eLearning Course Design Knowledge Writing 280

Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2019

During my early days of teaching in graduate school, educational technology was sold more for its posh than performance. But there has been progress, both with the tools themselves and the teaching practices we employ to incorporate technology into the classroom. How do we do that?

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Technology Teaching Intellectual Development Instructors 167

Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

This project started with a deceptively simple question: What arent our students telling us? After years of teaching, I noticed how often students carried academic, emotional, and personal burdens without sharing them. Tessa Wolf strengthened our commitment to inclusive course design. They are co-creators of it.

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Disabilities Course Design Lecturing Students 54

eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2020

Our robust collection of free resources will help keep students engaged in STEM learning during this time, while supporting educators as they facilitate remote teaching. Students can perform their own analysis of the sample data and answer questions based on their results.

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STEM Laboratory Teachers Mobile Devices 246

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 24, 2023

Here’s an inconvenient truth about inclusive teaching: there are no quick fixes. In other words, we need to take the time to create inclusive learning communities if we’re going to make the most of teaching and learning. The second question I ask in one form or another is, “Do your students know that this is what you want for them?”

Teaching 122

Teaching Syllabus Instructors Disabilities 122

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 29, 2024

In my college-level Fundamentals of Business course, I’ve found success using unconventional but effective instructional strategies to teach leadership styles: superheroes. Students answer these questions: Which leadership style(s) does the superhero exhibit and why? Other educators have also found this approach useful.

Assignments 115

Assignments Teaching Ethics Fairness 115

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 18, 2024

When I started as an adjunct faculty member, I had no teaching experience. In preparing that first course, I focused on what I thought were the essentials of teaching: finalizing the syllabus, picking the readings, and writing the assignments. Then start the next class by addressing any questions/lack of clarity you identified.

Teaching 119

Teaching Syllabus Feedback Instructors 119

Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2024

But the experiment points to interesting possibilities — and raises ethical questions — about how the latest AI tech might be used to improve teaching. Bowen asks, suggesting that doing so could bring new insights to people who design learning experiences. And he also hopes it might push the university to improve its teaching.

Intelligence 211

Intelligence Syllabus Feedback Assignments 211

Faculty Focus

APRIL 6, 2023

Faculty members need a philosophy of teaching statement when applying for jobs and throughout their time in higher education. Yes, ChatGPT could write it and it might look a little like this: My philosophy of teaching is centered on the belief that all students have the potential to learn and succeed. What is working?

Teaching Philosophy 111

Teaching Philosophy Teaching Beliefs Universal Design 111

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on September 9, 2019. One method for teaching students in any discipline how to write prose that flows is to ask them to write stories, and that’s what I’m advocating here. Teaching narrative to teach sequencing. Storytelling gives teachers many ways to teach logic.

Teaching 111

Teaching Writing Assignments Intellectual Development 111

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 10, 2023

If you are teaching courses online, have you considered that the planning and preparation to teach online is markedly different than teaching in-person? Although higher education courses have been offered online for many years, the COVID-19 pandemic forced most courses to go online in a rush.

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Quizzes Teaching Learning Feedback 126

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The communicative method, which focuses on teaching language through interaction and real-life communication, traditionally prioritizes speaking and listening skills, emphasizing real-time language use. Each theme included prompt questions designed to encourage the use of specific vocabulary covered during the course.

Language 124

Language Languages Writing Communication 124

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 18, 2024

When I started as an adjunct faculty member, I had no teaching experience. In preparing that first course, I focused on what I thought were the essentials of teaching: finalizing the syllabus, picking the readings, and writing the assignments. Then start the next class by addressing any questions/lack of clarity you identified.

Teaching 111

Teaching Syllabus Feedback Instructors 111

Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2023

With each group, I could answer questions in the moment and provide opportunities for teachers to bounce ideas off of one another. Scheetz recently shared her sentiment with me: “We teach our students in person, but we’re asking our teachers to learn asynchronously in isolation.” The adjustment has been difficult for our teachers too.

Teachers 211

Teachers Course Design Participation Discussions 211

Edsurge

MAY 29, 2020

A new “playbook” aims to strike the middle ground between offering higher ed instructors and institutions too much information about teaching remotely and offering too little. Here are summaries of the four essential elements of successful online courses, according to the playbook. (We know, EdSurge has published plenty of it.)

Course Evaluations 196

Course Evaluations Instructors Evaluation Universal Design 196

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 29, 2024

In my college-level Fundamentals of Business course, I’ve found success using unconventional but effective instructional strategies to teach leadership styles: superheroes. Students answer these questions: Which leadership style(s) does the superhero exhibit and why? Other educators have also found this approach useful.

Assignments 102

Assignments Teaching Ethics Fairness 102

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 24, 2023

Here’s an inconvenient truth about inclusive teaching: there are no quick fixes. In other words, we need to take the time to create inclusive learning communities if we’re going to make the most of teaching and learning. The second question I ask in one form or another is, “Do your students know that this is what you want for them?”

Teaching 98

Teaching Syllabus Instructors Disabilities 98

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

A) Choose questions that most students will be able to answer correctly. B) Vary the types of poll questions beyond multiple choice. D) Stress that students answer questions independent of their peers. Here are a few tips: Scaffold your questions as class progresses. Select all that apply. Play with the polls.

Instructors 144

Instructors Multiple Choice Questions Course Design Discussions 144

Faculty Focus

APRIL 6, 2023

Faculty members need a philosophy of teaching statement when applying for jobs and throughout their time in higher education. Yes, ChatGPT could write it and it might look a little like this: My philosophy of teaching is centered on the belief that all students have the potential to learn and succeed. What is working?

Teaching Philosophy 98

Teaching Philosophy Teaching Beliefs Universal Design 98

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. The crucial question that has emerged is: how do we engage learners when we are not together physically?

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Motivation Education Learning Feedback 218

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on September 9, 2019. One method for teaching students in any discipline how to write prose that flows is to ask them to write stories, and that’s what I’m advocating here. Teaching narrative to teach sequencing. Storytelling gives teachers many ways to teach logic.

Teaching 97

Teaching Writing Assignments Intellectual Development 97

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 10, 2023

If you are teaching courses online, have you considered that the planning and preparation to teach online is markedly different than teaching in-person? Although higher education courses have been offered online for many years, the COVID-19 pandemic forced most courses to go online in a rush.

Quizzes 111

Quizzes Teaching Learning Feedback 111

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Cavazos , The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Ryan McBride , The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Key Statement: Student-faculty partnerships can foster asset-based approaches in teaching and learning that challenge implicit linguistic bias and enhance students’ linguistically diverse resources. 2024; Cook-Sather, 2020).

Teaching 98

Teaching Instructors English Languages 98

Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2020

After all, “it's not just enough to put materials in Blackboard if it's not going to be accessible,” says Jennifer Albat, instructional designer at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. They also addressed audience questions about how to get faculty motivated to adjust their courses to improve accessibility.

Accessibility 218

Accessibility Disabilities Universal Design Syllabus 218

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

This article explores AI’s historical evolution, critically assesses its benefits and challenges for teaching, and provides evidence-based strategies for faculty to integrate AI effectively. A century later, AI is no longer fiction but a dynamic force in community college education, reshaping how faculty teach, and students learn.

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Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 91

Faculty Focus

JUNE 2, 2024

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.) Faculty may be overloaded with other teaching, research, and service requirements.

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Syllabus Course Design Learning Students 131

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 6, 2024

As an educator and instructional designer, I find this problematic. 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.

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Instructors Course Design Students Authentic Assessment 116

Edsurge

JANUARY 4, 2019

EdSurge Independent was created in 2016 as a way to change that by providing college and university students a platform to share their ideas, concerns, excitement and frustrations with the way technology shapes teaching and learning in higher education. You can find the full report here , and a snapshot of highlights below.

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Fairness Education Students Disabilities 166

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

Teaching in a large-size classroom differs significantly from teaching in a small-size classroom in terms of engagement, interaction, and instructional methods (Wang & Calvano, 2022). Oppositely, small classrooms allow for more intimate interactions, personalized feedback, and flexible teaching methods (Wang & Calvano, 2022).

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Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 91

Edsurge

OCTOBER 14, 2022

That’s the question tackled by a research paper published this week. But some have raised questions about those efforts, which when done crudely can discourage students so much that they drop out , and may disproportionately discourage students who are first-generation or who don’t feel as welcome in a college environment.

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Students Course Design Study Coaching 172

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2025

When our students overcome obstacles in their learning due to our support and encouragement, or experience transformations from our well-constructed course design and subsequent instruction, we succeed in cultivating spaces where their success is made possible. Student success is teacher success.

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Students Motivation Feedback Communication 122