Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 29, 2024

I ask them to read the textbook chapter (Skripak et al., After reading this information, students are then asked to apply it to three superheroes of their choosing. 2023) on management and leadership to get a foundational grasp.

Assignments 105

Assignments Teaching Ethics Fairness 105

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 15, 2024

When times abundant, some teachers read books like Wiggins and McTighes Understanding by Design , a thoughtful, research-based system. But as I write this article in mid-December, the reality is there are papers and projects to grade, events to attend, holidays to celebrate, and a short break before spring courses commence.

Syllabus 112

Syllabus Exams Course Outline Attention 112

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Textbooks and course materials to review, syllabi to update, lessons to plan, lectures to prepare. Since the pandemic, which necessitated the use of Learning Management Systems (LMS) such as Canvas or Blackboard, there is now an additional component to consider in developing our courses.

Syllabus 105

Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 105

Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2017

University of Michigan (where I went to grad school) provided me such an experience, so it was great to read how my alma mater has grown a culture of academic innovation. But the article that resonated the most was Amy Ahearn’s: The Future of Online Learning Is Offline: What Strava Can Teach Digital Course Designers.

Textbooks 82

Textbooks Learning Feedback Course Design 82

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 10, 2023

For instance, we offer a 400-level undergraduate literacy course to pre-service teachers. Students are required to complete online chapter quizzes based on the course objectives and textbook for the course within D2L. During the first semester the course was online, and we decided to offer 13 shorter quizzes.

Quizzes 126

Quizzes Teaching Learning Feedback 126

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 15, 2024

When times abundant, some teachers read books like Wiggins and McTighes Understanding by Design , a thoughtful, research-based system. But as I write this article in mid-December, the reality is there are papers and projects to grade, events to attend, holidays to celebrate, and a short break before spring courses commence.

Syllabus 101

Syllabus Exams Course Outline Attention 101

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

After their first year of instruction, the sad truth was that my students knew only a fraction of the vocabulary they would need to comprehensively read an ancient text. But this practice would mark a significant advance in the teaching of ancient languages, since few if any textbooks structure retrieval activities into the learning process.

Learning 92

Learning Languages Language Instructors 92

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 10, 2023

For instance, we offer a 400-level undergraduate literacy course to pre-service teachers. Students are required to complete online chapter quizzes based on the course objectives and textbook for the course within D2L. During the first semester the course was online, we decided to offer 13 shorter quizzes.

Quizzes 111

Quizzes Teaching Learning Feedback 111

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 17, 2023

When time’s abundant, some teachers read books like Wiggins and McTighe’s Understanding by Design , a thoughtful, research-based system. But as I write this article in mid-December, the reality is there are papers and projects to grade, events to attend, holidays to celebrate, and a short break before spring courses commence.

Exams 111

Exams Syllabus Course Outline Attention 111

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 17, 2023

When time’s abundant, some teachers read books like Wiggins and McTighe’s Understanding by Design , a thoughtful, research-based system. But as I write this article in mid-December, the reality is there are papers and projects to grade, events to attend, holidays to celebrate, and a short break before spring courses commence.

Exams 105

Exams Syllabus Course Outline Attention 105

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

Reading back over a textbook or taking lecture notes with a highlighter at the ready is often done by students, for instance, but these practices have proven of limited merit, and in some cases even counterproductive in aiding recall. As a result, teaching is, to use another building metaphor, not up to code.

Education 218

Education Learning Textbooks Instructors 218

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

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 They caught several bugs which we were able to fix before the course was released to learners.”

Testing 166

Testing Lecturing Quizzes Textbooks 166

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

There is the usual use of discussion boards where students write a quick introduction for others to read when they log on. Attach your class syllabus (if ready) Encourage students to reach out to you if they have any questions and identify the best method for them to do this—email, phone, Learning Management System, etc.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Teachers Discussions Questions 111

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

There is the usual use of discussion boards where students write a quick introduction for others to read when they log on. Attach your class syllabus (if ready) Encourage students to reach out to you if they have any questions and identify the best method for them to do this—email, phone, Learning Management System, etc.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Teachers Discussions Questions 98

Edsurge

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Boyer even created a comic alter ego called the Plaid Avenger , who has narrated textbooks and podcasts but is now largely retired—though Boyer still sports his famous plaid jackets and drives a plaid Scion. Let Professor John Boyer Inspire Your Course Design. Understand how Boyer integrates technology into his course design.

Syllabus 146

Syllabus Quizzes Lecturing Assignments 146