Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

After four decades of such reflection, I am keenly aware that understanding effective teaching strategies, the students I serve, and how learning works requires my constant attention. When it comes to increasing rates of student achievement, satisfaction, and graduation, what really makes the difference? This is critical work.

Syllabus 132

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 132

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 123

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 123

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Gabriele Pinto , Baylor University Key Statement: Implementing elements of active learning into a large course may seem daunting task, but think-pair-share aided by quizzing and clickers can be done in any size classroom. 2023; Hsu & Goldsmith, 2021; Venus & Sharma, 2024). Image courtesy of This Is Engineering, Unsplash.

Lecturing 98

Lecturing Active Learning Activities STEM 98

Edsurge

JULY 9, 2018

Unfortunately, most massive open online course (MOOC) platforms still feel like drafty lecture halls instead of intimate seminar rooms. The majority of online learning environments are no more than video-hosting platforms with quizzes and a discussion forum. The answer may be that we need to balance massiveness with miniaturization.

Online Learning 159

Online Learning Instructors Learning Quizzes 159

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 98

Knowledge Quizzes Students Learning 98

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 10, 2023

This perspective embraces knowing and valuing students, building responsive learning environments, and engaging students in learning, as outlined in the Framework for Remote Learning (The Danielson Group, 2023). For instance, we offer a 400-level undergraduate literacy course to pre-service teachers.

Quizzes 111

Quizzes Teaching Learning Feedback 111

eSchool News

JULY 26, 2016

Faculty dedicated to helping students learn online created robust online environments and high-quality tools to help students succeed in their online learning endeavors. Students require affordable tuition costs, an engaging learning experience and the most advanced tools to garner the benefits of their education experience.

Online Learning 119

Online Learning Quizzes eLearning Learning 119

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 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 112

Student Engagement Instructors Lecturing Students 112

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

After four decades of such reflection, I am keenly aware that understanding effective teaching strategies, the students I serve, and how learning works requires my constant attention. When it comes to increasing rates of student achievement, satisfaction, and graduation, what really makes the difference? This is critical work.

Syllabus 105

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 105

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

APRIL 26, 2018

On Tuesday, April 24 the #DLNchat community got together to discuss and debate: How Can Alternative Assignments Effectively Assess Student Learning? Where there’s an alternative there must be a standard, so we started our chat creating a list of what those standard assignment are: exams, quizzes, essays, reports, lab manuals and the like.

Assignments 101

Assignments Exams Instructors Learning 101

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 77

Exams Quizzes Students Course Design 77

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 89

Student Engagement Instructors Lecturing Students 89

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

Currently, there is no shortage of articles offering a high-level look at how and why personalized learning will impact student growth, and conference sessions where teachers are encouraged to change the way they teach, but not given the tools to modify their instructional practices. Redesigning the Syllabus Starting With Student Experience.

Syllabus 159

Syllabus Learning Course Outline History 159

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

In a large classroom, instructors often face challenges in creating personal connections with students, maintaining attention, and ensuring active participation (Wang & Calvano, 2022). Students in smaller classes often feel more comfortable asking questions and engaging in discussions, fostering a collaborative learning environment.

Teaching 94

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 94

Faculty Focus

APRIL 16, 2023

Each delivery mode has inherent challenges for educators, students, and/or institutions. The solution is to offer all courses as bi-modal flexible courses. Students participate as they choose to and are accountable for meeting course demands regardless of the delivery mode they select.

Learning 105

Learning Assignments Course Design Instructors 105

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

In a large classroom, instructors often face challenges in creating personal connections with students, maintaining attention, and ensuring active participation (Wang & Calvano, 2022). Students in smaller classes often feel more comfortable asking questions and engaging in discussions, fostering a collaborative learning environment.

Teaching 89

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 89

Faculty Focus

APRIL 16, 2023

Each delivery mode has inherent challenges for educators, students, and/or institutions. The solution is to offer all courses as bi-modal flexible courses. Students participate as they choose to and are accountable for meeting course demands regardless of the delivery mode they select.

Learning 98

Learning Assignments Course Design Instructors 98

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In order to provide useful information to instructors and students about student achievement, it must be understood that student assessment is more than just a grade because it should link student performance to specific learning objectives. Diagram 2 below describes the distinction.

Fairness 122

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 122

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 31, 2023

I know that this may be the first interaction a student has with me and my course, so I grant myself the time to go a little overboard with the syllabus. A few semesters ago, I had a student share with me that she dreaded taking accounting, but after receiving my syllabus, she knew she had made the right choice.

Syllabus 116

Syllabus Accessibility Quizzes Disabilities 116

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In order to provide useful information to instructors and students about student achievement, it must be understood that student assessment is more than just a grade because it should link student performance to specific learning objectives. Diagram 2 below describes the distinction.

Fairness 111

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 111

Scholarly Teacher

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Background and Relevance In their 2023 book, Connections Are Everything: A College Student’s Guide to Relationship Education , Leo Lambert, Peter Felten, Isis Artze-Vega, and Oscar Miranda Tapia provide tips to students for creating meaningful connections in college. Please explain your answer and be personal, specific, and candid.

Quizzes 52

Quizzes Education Multiple Choice Questions Feedback 52

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. 2023; McTighe & Wiggins, 2012).

Instructors 52

Instructors Curriculum Quizzes Lecturing 52

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 31, 2023

I know that this may be the first interaction a student has with me and my course, so I grant myself the time to go a little overboard with the syllabus. A few semesters ago, I had a student share with me that she dreaded taking accounting, but after receiving my syllabus, she knew she had made the right choice.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Accessibility Quizzes Disabilities 98

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Through focused retrieval practice, linking words to images, using iconic gestures, and acts of the imagination, students can learn course material more deeply and effectively. The School of Hard Knocks As a student, I became an expert at the brute memorization of ancient vocabulary at great cost to my time and sanity.

Learning 92

Learning Languages Language Instructors 92

Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Perched in lime green desk chairs, dozens of employees of OpenStax work here to transform physics, calculus and psychology materials into digital textbooks that students can study at no cost. Yet the nonprofit is also developing its own software designed to undercut the courseware industry, charging just $10 per student.

Textbooks 119

Textbooks Instructors History Syllabus 119

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Wesley Engers has an unusual hobby: beta testing online courses from well-known colleges and universities. He doesn’t get paid, but he helps improve the quality of courses by catching mistakes in quizzes and pointing out befuddling bits of video lectures, which can then be clarified before professors release the course to students. “I

Testing 166

Testing Lecturing Quizzes Textbooks 166

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

In the late 1960s, Nobel Prize-winning economist Herbert Simon posed the following thought exercise: Imagine you are an alien from Mars visiting a college on Earth, and you spend a day observing how professors teach their students. Only 58% of students who started college in 2012 had graduated 6 years later.

Education 218

Education Learning Textbooks Instructors 218

Edsurge

JANUARY 16, 2018

His students at UCLA seem to agree. He has been named a Master Educator by Course Hero , an education technology company that produced a short film on Garg, who is now one of three finalists for the Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching bestowed by Baylor University. You can also watch this Course Hero video on Vimeo.

Lecturing 144

Lecturing Course Design Assignments Quizzes 144

Edsurge

JANUARY 6, 2017

I became a Strava user in 2013, around the same time I became an online course designer. Quickly I found that even as I logged runs on Strava daily, I struggled to find the time to log into platforms like Coursera, Udemy or Udacity to finish courses produced by my fellow instructional designers.

Course Design 149

Course Design Online Learning Teaching Motivation 149

Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Students usually are amazed when they take it. How do you teach a class called Dracula and not require students to read Stoker? But students didn’t like it; they hated the book. How do you keep your students engaged? If you’re not entertaining students enough, they’re not going to pay attention to you.

Education 132

Education Lecturing History Quizzes 132

Edsurge

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Boyer uses a “flipped syllabus” in which students' final grades are based on the points they've earned—not lost—throughout the semester. The class then had 50 students. Now the course is offered each semester and a whopping 3,000 students take it in any given school year. What has made it so popular?

Syllabus 146

Syllabus Quizzes Lecturing Assignments 146