Course Evaluations Educational Technologies Instructors 
Edsurge
MARCH 17, 2017
He’s taking three online courses this semester, all of which require him to participate in online discussion forums as part of his grade. “It Many instructors see them as drudgery as well. For Valenza and a growing number of instructors, the answer is video.
Edsurge
MAY 29, 2020
A new “playbook” aims to strike the middle ground between offering higher ed instructors and institutions too much information about teaching remotely and offering too little. Our faculty playbook provides just-in-time guidance from digital learning experts which builds on their decades of experience delivering high-quality online education.”
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Edsurge
OCTOBER 22, 2020
To stave off this potential defection, how can we instructors promote virtual community? One of the most empirically supported best practices of online education is for the instructor to “be present.” In an online-only world, it’s imperative for students to see you as a human being, not merely as an instructor.
Edsurge
MARCH 17, 2020
Hardy is an adjunct instructor who teaches at two institutions in the greater Boston area, which means she’s had to follow two sets of instructions for dealing with the coronavirus, adhere to two timelines for preparing for distance teaching and hastily learn two separate technology systems for delivering lectures virtually.
Faculty Focus
OCTOBER 13, 2024
In creating a course shell, regardless of the course modality (face-to-face, hybrid, or online), it can be helpful to understand the things that students find most frustrating (and most helpful) about faculty use of the LMS. This appreciation is often mentioned in end-of-term evaluations.
Faculty Focus
OCTOBER 27, 2024
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. Instructors lead by example, sharing information about themselves, their backgrounds, and their interests, and encourage students to do the same.
Edsurge
AUGUST 25, 2021
In one focus group I attended, faculty members recommended that online courses include real-time sessions, that the school stream on-campus lectures and events to remote students, and that faculty establish a uniform and consistent online course evaluation rubric following industry best practices.
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