Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

One of the persistent challenges in second language acquisition (SLA), especially within the communicative approach, is how to incorporate writing in a way that feels meaningful and beneficial to students. As a result, writing often takes a backseat, seen as an isolated, academic exercise rather than a communicative act.

Languages 98

Languages Language Writing Communication 98

eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2015

“The concept of universal design is as longstanding as cuts in sidewalks, which were originally mandated to allow access for wheelchairs, but which ultimately ended up with the unintended consequence of benefiting babies in strollers, people on bicycles, and children on skates,” the authors write. Knowing Where to Start.

Accessibility 189

Accessibility Disabilities Universal Design Instructors 189

Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2024

With a commitment to ensuring educational excellence and student success, in 2020, UF CJC Online developed a comprehensive course design strategy to elevate its online courses, a mission mandated by the State University System of Florida’s 2025 Strategic Plan for Online Education. since 2007.

Feedback 121

Feedback Course Design Instructors Education 121

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 8, 2023

But since the grammar assistants in my word processors often flag what is already correct and miss what I wish they should have caught, I’ve never felt AI writing was advancing very quickly. I’ve seen it create (in a flash) movie scripts and comic strips, sonnets and grant proposals, graduate course syllabi and lessons.

Metacognitive Skills 138

Metacognitive Skills Ethics Writing Plagiarism 138

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

ISTE U serves as a digital hub offering top-tier professional learning courses designed to assist educators in developing fundamental skills for teaching and learning in a digital world. I was just worried that my students would use this to write all their essays! And at first, our school blocked its use.

Teachers 206

Teachers Intelligence Essay Social Studies 206

Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Stuart Blythe teaches writing courses at Michigan State University that are officially listed as in-person only. Built for Flexibility The first known course that called itself HyFlex emerged in 2006 , at San Francisco State University, taught by Brian Beatty, a professor of instructional design and technology.

Teaching 208

Teaching Instructors Lecturing Blended Courses 208

Edsurge

MAY 21, 2020

The company makes no guarantee that your shoddy backhand will improve after taking a course led by tennis sensation Serena Williams, or that you’ll make palatable risotto after watching Wolfgang Puck. Or that you’ll suddenly write rhymes like Usher. After all, the courses are just as much entertainment as education.

Learning 153

Learning Writing Course Design Instructors 153

Faculty Focus

JUNE 2, 2024

Online student struggles When you think of “student support,” you probably think about an academic-based intervention; perhaps on-campus or Zoom-based tutoring, a writing center that can provide feedback and services related to class writing assignments, or services for students with accommodations.

Syllabus 131

Syllabus Course Design Learning Students 131

Faculty Focus

MARCH 18, 2025

One of the challenges of course design is that all our work can seem perfectly clear and effective when we are knee-deep in the design process, but everything somehow falls apart when deployed in the wild. First, provide the AI with information about your course and key characteristics of your student population.

Assignments 80

Assignments Testing Course Design Writing 80

Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2024

With a commitment to ensuring educational excellence and student success, in 2020, UF CJC Online developed a comprehensive course design strategy to elevate its online courses, a mission mandated by the State University System of Florida’s 2025 Strategic Plan for Online Education. since 2007.

Feedback 110

Feedback Course Design Instructors Education 110

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

All classes follow an easy-to-use course design: establish goals–what students will learn by the end of the class. Writing Prompts. Effective Writing Prompts for All Students. provide a clear module-based learning path culminating in a ready to use action plan. assess success at completion. Elementary Math.

Teaching 179

Teaching Education Learning Assignments 179

eSchool News

MARCH 23, 2022

The curriculum is guided by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language World Readiness Standards, with emphasis on reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills. VHS Learning will also introduce Spanish 1 as an 8-week paced summer course beginning in June 2022.

Learning 140

Learning Course Design High School High School 140

Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Design facilitated online, asynchronous courses for faculty that model effective course design and facilitation. Start a blog and invite faculty to write posts about their teaching practices and reflections. Tips for Ongoing Untethering Efforts. Often faculty development takes place through ongoing programs.

Faculty Development 161

Faculty Development Participation Feedback Course Design 161

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 4, 2024

A lightboard is a large glass panel coupled with technology that allows an instructor to write or draw on a large surface (McCorkle & Whitener, 2020). Instructors who use a Lightboard to create instruction for asynchronous online learning can replicate what they would do in a traditional classroom when they draw or write on a whiteboard.

Online Learning 111

Online Learning Learning Tools Instructors Learning 111

Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2020

That’s because in competency-based approaches, course designers have carefully articulated what concepts need to be learned to meet course objectives, and “every day a student is coming in and saying what’s my learning goal for the day?”

Teaching 218

Teaching Instructors Distance Learning Lecturing 218

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Faculty risk excluding certain students and impeding their ability to succeed when they aren’t intentional about design and facilitation. A common mistake instructors make when using polls is writing too many easy questions. What do we mean by an inclusive classroom? But using these tools successfully requires careful consideration.

Instructors 142

Instructors Multiple Choice Questions Course Design Discussions 142

Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2024

That’s an approach that’s grown over the past decade or so where colleges try to harness the digital breadcrumbs left by students as they move through digital platforms and online course materials to find patterns that can improve course design and even personalize material for individual students. “AI

Intelligence 212

Intelligence Syllabus Feedback Assignments 212

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

When you go back and revisit your writing on the subject, how well does it align with your beliefs now? Values and Beliefs in Practice After reviewing any prior writing you have done on the subject, identify where those values show up in your teaching. The text of your syllabus and course design.

Syllabus 153

Syllabus Teaching Beliefs Instructors 153

Faculty Focus

JUNE 2, 2024

Online student struggles When you think of “student support,” you probably think about an academic-based intervention; perhaps on-campus or Zoom-based tutoring, a writing center that can provide feedback and services related to class writing assignments, or services for students with accommodations.

Syllabus 108

Syllabus Course Design Learning Students 108

eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2021

Teachers enroll now in new online professional development courses designed to improve student achievement in reading and math. DURHAM, N.C. June 15, 2021 – Today MetaMetrics ® unveiled its new Lexile® & Quantile® Educator Academy.

Teachers 130

Teachers Education Math Achievement 130

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 4, 2024

A lightboard is a large glass panel coupled with technology that allows an instructor to write or draw on a large surface (McCorkle & Whitener, 2020). Instructors who use a Lightboard to create instruction for asynchronous online learning can replicate what they would do in a traditional classroom when they draw or write on a whiteboard.

Online Learning 98

Online Learning Learning Tools Instructors Learning 98

Faculty Focus

MARCH 18, 2025

One of the challenges of course design is that all our work can seem perfectly clear and effective when we are knee-deep in the design process, but everything somehow falls apart when deployed in the wild. First, provide the AI with information about your course and key characteristics of your student population.

Assignments 65

Assignments Testing Course Design Writing 65

Scholarly Teacher

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Students can use generative AI for academic tasks such as brainstorming, drafting, or improving writing; summarizing, explaining, or synthesizing texts; and data analysis (Sallam, 2023). Generative AI tools can identify grammatical issues and provide tailored suggestions to edit students' writing.

Ethics 102

Ethics Multidisciplinary Course Design Confidentiality 102

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

As a writing teacher, I’ve discovered that counseling writers to sequence details logically does more for their writing, their readers, and their intellectual development than encouraging them to take risks or to make art. Not just in story writing but in all writing and most thinking. Magna Publications.

Teaching 111

Teaching Writing Assignments Intellectual Development 111

Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2018

I also teach remotely and write content for an app-based English language-learning product. For more structured courses designed specifically for K-12 classrooms and language labs, Transparent Language offers real-time courses and customizable, curriculum aligned content. I’m an applied linguist.

Languages 156

Languages Language Failure English 156

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

McDonnell says the studio has since created or updated about 10 courses with the help of the studio, which employs a mix of filmmakers, producers, editors and cinematographers that work with instructional designers and faculty. And Strayer is not alone in turning to production teams for course materials.

Writing 129

Writing Course Design Instructors Art 129

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 8, 2023

But since the grammar assistants in my word processors often flag what is already correct and miss what I wish they should have caught, I’ve never felt AI writing was advancing very quickly. I’ve seen it create (in a flash) movie scripts and comic strips, sonnets and grant proposals, graduate course syllabi and lessons.

Metacognitive Skills 98

Metacognitive Skills Ethics Writing Plagiarism 98

Edsurge

JULY 1, 2017

“I thought it was a great room setup, especially because it facilitates group learning,” one student wrote in the survey “It was also nice being able to write group work on whiteboards close to you. I would put classes in there that are made up of groups.” It’s still all about the people.

Active Learning 145

Active Learning Activities Learning Instructors 145

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Photo Credit: Tina Nazerian Consider Pedagogy and Course Design Safeguarding a course from cheating can come down to the very design of the course itself. For example, a course that has two big tests worth 80 percent of a student’s grade can create anxiety because the stakes are so high.

Academic Integrity 148

Academic Integrity Exams Assignments Instructors 148

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

As a writing teacher, I’ve discovered that counseling writers to sequence details logically does more for their writing, their readers, and their intellectual development than encouraging them to take risks or to make art. Not just in story writing but in all writing and most thinking. Magna Publications.

Teaching 96

Teaching Writing Assignments Intellectual Development 96

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 121

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 121

Faculty Focus

APRIL 6, 2023

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. Faculty members need a philosophy of teaching statement when applying for jobs and throughout their time in higher education.

Teaching Philosophy 111

Teaching Philosophy Teaching Beliefs Universal Design 111

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2019

The innovations that faculty, librarians and course designers are creating now help deliver education to today’s learners, who may be working adults , the first in their families to attend college or parents balancing their own education goals with those of their children. They are flipping classrooms and entire curricula.

Lecturing 127

Lecturing Culture Course Design Attention 127

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

This faculty member may give exams and may collect student artifacts, such as projects or papers, but the faculty really doesn’t connect student performance with the course design or classroom experience. For example, consider a faculty member who pursues assessment for the strict purpose of “satisfying the Dean.”

Feedback 126

Feedback Course Design Assignments Evaluation 126

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

We can activate students’ prior knowledge with: quizzes and exercises to reach back to concepts and learning covered earlier in the course, as well as covered in previously required courses. students spending 10 minutes before starting a topic sitting with a blank piece of paper on which to write everything they know about the topic.

Knowledge 126

Knowledge Quizzes Students Learning 126

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Savini suggests that we ask ourselves what makes someone else’s writing unclear to us. Relevant and meaningful feedback on writing may vary between cultures, as language is also inextricably tied to culture. To ensure students feel confident, grading rubrics should align with learning objectives and content taught in the course.

Teaching 98

Teaching Instructors English Languages 98

Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

Dr. Emily Tarconish, a teaching professor in the College of Education, contributed her deep knowledge of Universal Design for Learning and accessible course design. Sheza Shaikh centered mental health and belonging in her writing. Tessa Wolf strengthened our commitment to inclusive course design.

Disabilities 64

Disabilities Course Design Lecturing Students 64