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. Bi-modal flexible learning allows students to choose when and how they will study by personalizing the course to meet their own needs.

Learning 105

Learning Assignments Course Design Instructors 105

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

For example, multiple-choice pretests appear to make subsequent studying more effective than other activities that pre-expose students to the information (Little & Bjork, 2012). We can pre-expose students to new information before starting a course or a class with: a welcome letter or email of the course description.

Knowledge 98

Knowledge Quizzes Students Learning 98

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. Bi-modal flexible learning allows students to choose when and how they will study by personalizing the course to meet their own needs.

Learning 98

Learning Assignments Course Design Instructors 98

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

On a practice and policy level, there is widespread agreement that formative assessment and feedback should be featured within course design and delivery (Carless & Winstone, 2019). during a unit of study) Occurs after the instruction is complete (e.g., during a unit of study) Occurs after the instruction is complete (e.g.,

Fairness 122

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 122

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

Focus on challenge and relevance: We all hope our courses will engage students, challenge their assumptions, require effort, and facilitate the development of deep understandings and skills. This type of intellectual rigor is desirable in course design. I often embed study and time management strategies into the curriculum.

Syllabus 131

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 131

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

On a practice and policy level, there is widespread agreement that formative assessment and feedback should be featured within course design and delivery (Carless & Winstone, 2019). during a unit of study) Occurs after the instruction is complete (e.g., during a unit of study) Occurs after the instruction is complete (e.g.,

Fairness 108

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 108

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Trusting students does not mean ignoring accountability; it means designing courses, policies, and practices that build their confidence and skills while treating them as equal partners in their education. Transparent policies: Clearly outline expectations while building flexibility. 2014; Agarwal, 2019).

Plagiarism 114

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 114

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

To enhance interaction, instructors can assign mixed-location breakout groups where students collaborate via Zoom on case studies. Regular feedback loops, like short quizzes or reflective journals, can also help instructors gauge understanding and adapt their teaching as needed. References Beatty, B. EdTech Books.

Teaching 78

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 78

Faculty Focus

APRIL 15, 2025

The challenge is further compounded by students balancing their studies with household chores which can lead to decreased motivation if adequate support is not provided by the instructor. Furthermore, designing course materials in concise, digestible formats allows students to integrate learning into their daily schedules more effectively.

Student Engagement 97

Student Engagement Instructors Lecturing Students 97

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

To enhance interaction, instructors can assign mixed-location breakout groups where students collaborate via Zoom on case studies. Regular feedback loops, like short quizzes or reflective journals, can also help instructors gauge understanding and adapt their teaching as needed. References Beatty, B. EdTech Books.

Teaching 75

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 75

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Trusting students does not mean ignoring accountability; it means designing courses, policies, and practices that build their confidence and skills while treating them as equal partners in their education. Transparent policies: Clearly outline expectations while building flexibility. 2014; Agarwal, 2019).

Plagiarism 97

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 97

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

Focus on challenge and relevance: We all hope our courses will engage students, challenge their assumptions, require effort, and facilitate the development of deep understandings and skills. This type of intellectual rigor is desirable in course design. I often embed study and time management strategies into the curriculum.

Syllabus 91

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 91

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. Understanding by design framework.

Instructors 52

Instructors Curriculum Quizzes Lecturing 52

Faculty Focus

APRIL 16, 2024

After the student learning outcomes have been defined, the creation of the pre-course does not have to be complex. PowerPoints, brief lectures or lecture videos, images, diagrams, quizzes, and interactive activities can be utilized to deliver prelusive course content. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education 83 (7): 7021.

Exams 69

Exams Quizzes Students Course Design 69

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. Tutor pushes beyond simple multiple-choice quizzes. Researchers are already studying the extent to which OER materials help achieve those goals.

Textbooks 119

Textbooks Instructors History Syllabus 119

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Recent studies in the Science of Teaching and Learning suggest four strategies for information acquisition that markedly improve learning facts and vocabulary. Try it again from memory a week later. Visual input linked to words is not only valuable for language studies. The hill to climb after this was very steep. 2021).

Learning 92

Learning Languages Language Instructors 92

Faculty Focus

APRIL 15, 2025

The challenge is further compounded by students balancing their studies with household chores which can lead to decreased motivation if adequate support is not provided by the instructor. Furthermore, designing course materials in concise, digestible formats allows students to integrate learning into their daily schedules more effectively.

Student Engagement 73

Student Engagement Instructors Lecturing Students 73

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

If they are right, it would mean short-circuiting the famous “10,000-hour rule” based on studies by education researcher Anders Ericsson and popularized by bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell in his book “Outliers.” About once a day, all the students gather with a human instructor for a brief in-person lesson known as “study hall.”

Education 218

Education Learning Textbooks Instructors 218

Edsurge

JANUARY 16, 2018

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. of organic chemistry. Know a Master Educator on your campus?

Lecturing 144

Lecturing Course Design Assignments Quizzes 144

Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2017

With Halloween upon us, we chatted with Stepanic about what his course addresses, how it became so popular, and why Bram Stoker’s Dracula is not a required read. EdSurge: Can you give us a little background on the history of the Dracula course? Resources to Inspire Your Course Design.

Education 132

Education Lecturing History Quizzes 132

Edsurge

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Let Professor John Boyer Inspire Your Course Design. Explore the World Regions course file , with links to notes, quizzes, and study guides. Watch Boyer's "The Wild Tale of the Rise of Vladimir Putin," a Course Hero Master Class. Understand how Boyer integrates technology into his course design.

Syllabus 146

Syllabus Quizzes Lecturing Assignments 146