Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Easily overlooked in this process can be maintaining the use of outside experts as guest speakers, panelists, or evaluators because of condensed class formats and the reliance on asynchronous elements in online course designs.

Lecturing 110

Lecturing Feedback Evaluation Course Design 110

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

This piece will suggest a few simple ideas that teachers of introductory STEM classes may implement in their course design to turn their lectures into active learning experiences for a large student body, without needing to completely revisit and change their whole teaching style. How long should they last? research.com.

Lecturing 98

Lecturing Active Learning Activities STEM 98

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Shanda Hood is a teaching assistant professor for the Fulbright College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Arkansas. Aysa Galbraith is a teaching associate professor for the College of Engineering at the University of Arkansas.

Assignments 108

Assignments Instructors Critical Thinking Activities 108

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

Technological hiccups are inevitable, so having a dedicated teaching assistant or tech support available during class can be invaluable in troubleshooting issues quickly, allowing the instructor to focus on teaching. Hybrid-Flexible course design: Implementing student-directed hybrid classes (1st ed.).

Teaching 91

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 91

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 4, 2022

It’s also essential to have a student in the class, or a teaching assistant, monitor feedback during class via the chat so they can bring comments or questions to you.

Feedback 105

Feedback Minute Papers Mobile Devices Discussions 105

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

Technological hiccups are inevitable, so having a dedicated teaching assistant or tech support available during class can be invaluable in troubleshooting issues quickly, allowing the instructor to focus on teaching. Hybrid-Flexible course design: Implementing student-directed hybrid classes (1st ed.).

Teaching 87

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 87

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Shanda Hood is a teaching assistant professor for the Fulbright College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Arkansas. Aysa Galbraith is a teaching associate professor for the College of Engineering at the University of Arkansas.

Assignments 91

Assignments Instructors Critical Thinking Activities 91

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Stefanie Baier is the Director of Graduate Student and Postdoc Instructional Development at the Graduate Educator Advancement and Teaching (GREAT) Office at the Graduate School at Michigan State University.

Confidentiality 94

Confidentiality Instructors Motivation Writing 94

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

He hopes AI bots—such as his most well-known, a virtual teaching assistant named Jill Watson —may help to ease the entrenched tensions that make education such a “ wicked problem ” to solve. Goel has already helped to build such tools for use in his own classroom and worldwide through collaborations with the Smithsonian Institution.

Mental Models 183

Mental Models Education Ethics Learning 183

Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2017

EdSurge: Can you give us a little background on the history of the Dracula course? Stanley Stepanic: When I first came to UVA in 2005 to study for my master’s and my PhD, I was a teaching assistant to the course and was mentored by Professor Jan Perkowski. He later changed the name of the course to Dracula.

Education 126

Education Lecturing History Quizzes 126