Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2018

In July, three members from EdSurge Independent, a student-run group that meets weekly to discuss ideas around higher education and technology, joined EdSurge Live to share what they wish faculty knew about students today, and propose ways to fuse instructional gaps. This conversation has been lightly edited and condensed for clarity.

Teaching 121

Teaching Course Evaluations Evaluation Students 121

Edsurge

JUNE 10, 2019

Our strength may already be worn down by going through a challenging promotion and tenure process, or after years of having our research evaluated by peer reviewers who sometimes reject work without giving effective feedback; or reading negative comments from students on our course evaluations.

Teaching 167

Teaching Course Evaluations Peer Review Culture 167

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

“It requires cultural change,” says Kathy Fernandes, senior director for learning design and technologies at the CSU office. These portfolios bring those internal workings out in ways that a syllabus or course evaluations could never capture,” she says.

Teaching Portfolio 167

Teaching Portfolio Teaching Syllabus Peer Review 167

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.

Lecturing 207

Lecturing eLearning Instructors Course Evaluations 207

Edsurge

MARCH 17, 2017

In the course evaluations at the end of the semester they write that our class has really formed a community,” she says. Cheryl Bonsall, a former student in the course, says that delivering her responses by video rather than writing "made me more accountable for my words and my message."

Instructors 151

Instructors Discussions Course Evaluations Writing 151

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Jett spoke in the interview about the ways in which course evaluations contained biases and were not always helpful in informing her teaching approaches. In bell hooks’ Teaching to Transgress, she reveals how white students often expect Black women to play the role of caretaker in their roles as professors.

Teaching 166

Teaching Attention Course Evaluations Writing 166

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

For instance, in course evaluations I seek out negative reviews. So we end up, even though 96 percent of the course evolutions were all positive, the 4 percent really is something that caused me to ruminate. So my favorite example is that there is a fallacy that I commit myself all the time, which is imposter syndrome.

Course Evaluations 185

Course Evaluations Study Grades Lecturing 185

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

This appreciation is often mentioned in end-of-term evaluations. For those using Canvas, a Course Evaluation Checklist is available to use as a guide for designing effective and accessible courses. The essential principles provided in this checklist can be applied to the design of a course in any LMS.

Syllabus 122

Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 122

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

This appreciation is often mentioned in end-of-term evaluations. For those using Canvas, a Course Evaluation Checklist is available to use as a guide for designing effective and accessible courses. The essential principles provided in this checklist can be applied to the design of a course in any LMS.

Syllabus 105

Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 105

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Sally Baldwin, EdD, researches online course quality, online course design, and course evaluation instruments. Anita Crawley, MA, worked at community colleges in Illinois, Maryland, and California, first as a counselor, then in academic affairs: She designed, developed, and taught courses, like Diversity 101.

Instructors 115

Instructors Students Minute Papers Course Design 115

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Sally Baldwin, EdD, researches online course quality, online course design, and course evaluation instruments. Anita Crawley, MA, worked at community colleges in Illinois, Maryland, and California, first as a counselor, then in academic affairs: She designed, developed, and taught courses, like Diversity 101.

Instructors 105

Instructors Students Minute Papers Course Design 105

Faculty Focus

APRIL 16, 2024

Developing high-quality pre-course content, organizing sessions, and providing support to students demands additional workload, potentially conflicting with other faculty and staff responsibilities. These factors may impede on a student’s ability to participate in the pre-course and therefore hinder their educational opportunities.

Exams 114

Exams Quizzes Students Course Design 114

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 6, 2022

To some extent technology, with the use of texting, email, blogs, and wikis, makes it possible to sustain the learning that started in class. s note: End-of-course evaluations are an ongoing concern for faculty, even those who have tenure and long years in the classroom.

Ethics 95

Ethics Minute Papers Syllabus Course Evaluations 95

Faculty Focus

APRIL 16, 2024

Developing high-quality pre-course content, organizing sessions, and providing support to students demands additional workload, potentially conflicting with other faculty and staff responsibilities. These factors may impede on a student’s ability to participate in the pre-course and therefore hinder their educational opportunities.

Exams 69

Exams Quizzes Students Course Design 69