Faculty Focus

MARCH 20, 2025

So, after many years of teaching online courses, we firmly believe that a weekly one-hour seminar with our students is one of the most valuable aspects of the e-learning experience. We have also determined that the engaged student is more academically successful, and this supports retention efforts.

Student Engagement 96

Student Engagement Instructors Students Feedback 96

eSchool News

MARCH 9, 2023

Having a philosophical basis for grading helps instructors explain grades, their meaning, and their value to students, who may then see the grade as less arbitrary.Two common approaches to further mitigate this arbitrary nature include normative-based grading and criterion- or standards-based grading.

Grades 269

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. Strategy 1: Apply the basic principles of instructional design. How were you assessed?

eLearning 251

eLearning Course Design Knowledge Writing 251

eSchool News

JULY 22, 2024

We can’t discuss online and hybrid learning without acknowledging the role the COVID-19 pandemic played in forcing districts to move fully online for virtual instruction, later paving the way for hybrid learning as classrooms slowly reopened for small groups of students. We were course designing and co-teaching,” she said.

Hybrid Learning 283

Hybrid Learning Learning Blended Learning Discussions 283

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

This involves evaluating the most effective methods and learning environments to engage students and enhance their achievement of desired learning outcomes. As students and educators adapt to digital platforms, student engagement has emerged as a key concern in online learning.

Student Engagement 89

Student Engagement Instructors Lecturing Students 89

eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2020

To keep students engaged in STEM learning during school closures, Vernier Software & Technology is offering a robust collection of free remote learning solutions for teachers and students.

STEM 224

STEM Laboratory Teachers Mobile Devices 224

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 engage more deeply with the material because they can see leadership in action, even in a fictional setting. 2024, September). In Wikipedia.

Assignments 115

Assignments Teaching Ethics Fairness 115

Faculty Focus

MARCH 20, 2025

So, after many years of teaching online courses, we firmly believe that a weekly one-hour seminar with our students is one of the most valuable aspects of the e-learning experience. We have also determined that the engaged student is more academically successful, and this supports retention efforts.

Student Engagement 68

Student Engagement Instructors Students Feedback 68

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 126

Quizzes Teaching Learning Feedback 126

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

JANUARY 18, 2024

When I started as an adjunct faculty member, I had no teaching experience. I was handed a syllabus, a classroom, and students, and left to figure out the rest on my own. These are three essential things that adjunct faculty (and all faculty) need to know about teaching when getting started.

Teaching 119

Teaching Syllabus Feedback Instructors 119

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 engage more deeply with the material because they can see leadership in action, even in a fictional setting. 2024, September). In Wikipedia.

Assignments 105

Assignments Teaching Ethics Fairness 105

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 6, 2024

As an educator and instructional designer, I find this problematic. If the focus shifts to quantity over quality, our students will be the ones to lose out, ultimately receiving less educational value for their investment. 2021) Immediate or timely detailed feedback is especially important in online and condensed courses.

Instructors 116

Instructors Course Design Students Authentic Assessment 116

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 18, 2024

When I started as an adjunct faculty member, I had no teaching experience. I was handed a syllabus, a classroom, and students, and left to figure out the rest on my own. These are three essential things that adjunct faculty (and all faculty) need to know about teaching when getting started.

Teaching 111

Teaching Syllabus Feedback Instructors 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.

Quizzes 111

Quizzes Teaching Learning Feedback 111

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

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

2011) into all parts of our courses (see Saucier et al., 2022 for a discussion of the empathetic course design perspective). This ranges from our syllabi to our course structures and policies, to our assignments and assessments. This empathetic course design perspective is important to us. Raimondi, 2019).

Course Design 142

Course Design Assignments Teaching Philosophy Instructors 142

Edsurge

MAY 6, 2020

Some teachers report that their students lack interest and in the worst cases, that students are dropping from classes entirely. 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.

Motivation 218

Motivation Education Learning Feedback 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.

Faculty Development 92

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 92

Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2021

That this was framed as a contrast to the OPM-designed program, and accompanied by plans to invest in faculty incentives to teach online, suggests some of the weaknesses of OPM programs, further emphasized by the Century Foundation’s 2019 report, “ Dear Colleges: Take Control of Your Online Courses.”

Online Learning 192

Online Learning Faculty Development Learning Instructors 192

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

These, in turn, have earned him a raft of teaching honors, including the Sherwin-Williams Distinguished Teaching Award. He has also been named a Master Educator by Course Hero , an education technology company that produced a short film about him. Source: Course Hero. How does that hobby inform your teaching?

Quizzes 167

Quizzes Failure Culture Students 167

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.

Faculty Development 89

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 89

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 6, 2024

As an educator and instructional designer, I find this problematic. If the focus shifts to quantity over quality, our students will be the ones to lose out, ultimately receiving less educational value for their investment. 2021) Immediate or timely detailed feedback is especially important in online and condensed courses.

Instructors 98

Instructors Course Design Students Authentic Assessment 98

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2025

Student success is teacher success. 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.

Students 122

Students Motivation Feedback Communication 122

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).

Teaching 94

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 94

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.

Syllabus 131

Syllabus Course Design Learning Students 131

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 21, 2021

I can only imagine a teacher entering the workforce now who has to contend with the basics of teaching and then realizes that there is a whole other component of the equation that they were inadequately prepared. . Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. T4Edtech #edtech.

Technology 159

Technology Teachers Evaluation Course Design 159

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).

Teaching 89

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 89

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Access: Building Bridges to Opportunity Accessible Course Design Accessibility in online education goes beyond compliance with legal requirements. It involves designing courses that accommodate diverse learning needs and preferences. Online platforms should facilitate easy communication and collaboration among students.

Accessibility 105

Accessibility Disabilities Education Culture 105

Edsurge

JULY 9, 2018

An entire graduate course at Stanford University explores the principles for designing spaces that support learning. Yet most of our energy has been focused on designing physical learning spaces, even as more teaching and learning shifts online. The answer may be that we need to balance massiveness with miniaturization.

Online Learning 159

Online Learning Instructors Learning Quizzes 159

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2025

Student success is teacher success. 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.

Students 111

Students Motivation Feedback Communication 111

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Access: Building Bridges to Opportunity Accessible Course Design Accessibility in online education goes beyond compliance with legal requirements. It involves designing courses that accommodate diverse learning needs and preferences. Online platforms should facilitate easy communication and collaboration among students.

Accessibility 98

Accessibility Disabilities Education Culture 98

Faculty Focus

MAY 11, 2025

We are needed to engage them and to help them develop curiosity and critical thinking skills to offset their potential AI-induced brain rot. He said that students have had access to the information we teach prior to AI. We should embrace this role as we teach in the age of AI. Bringing PEACE to support all students.

Instructors 115

Instructors Motivation Critical Thinking Students 115

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 27, 2024

When we teach, there is an unspoken power differential, and real connections have the potential to change that power dynamic. Connecting with students shifts the obligation from the instructor working singularly to create an inclusive environment to one where the class works collectively to build the community. link] Hammond, Z.

Instructors 116

Instructors Students Minute Papers Course Design 116

Faculty Focus

JULY 4, 2023

Students don’t typically love exams, but exams remain a mainstay in the educational arena; however, keep in mind that online courses aren’t required to have exams. On the other hand, quality assurance standards almost always require online courses to create persistent opportunities for student-student engagement.

Exams 116

Exams Students Instructors Evaluation 116

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.

Syllabus 110

Syllabus Course Design Learning Students 110