Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

I ’m a writing instructor in higher education. I work with students from all disciplines and cultural and linguistic backgrounds where I cover the whole spectrum of writing instruction. Tutoring practices that include non-evaluative feedback and mindful approaches support writers’ growth holistically.

Evaluation 119

Evaluation Feedback Writing Languages 119

eSchool News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

He says to first share the curriculum to ChatGPT and then ask for things like fresh quiz and lesson plan ideas that use modern or culturally relevant examples. How can ChatGPT be used for assessment and feedback? If you go to ChatGPT and ask it to create 5 question exams about electric circuits, the results are very fresh.

Teaching 278

Teaching Quizzes Exams English 278

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Turnitin ’s Feedback Studio for iPad app has merged the benefits of mobile technology with the power of learning and engagement through feedback. This release gives students the power to submit papers, analyze similarity reports (to check for originality), and review instructor feedback on the go.

Mobile Devices 189

Mobile Devices Instructors Feedback Math 189

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

For decades, researchers have highlighted the importance of comprehending and integrating diverse cultural elements to enhance teaching and learning practices. When people hear the term “culture,” it is often associated solely with ethnic culture.

Culture 130

Culture Syllabus Critical Thinking Intelligence 130

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Without face-to-face communication, building relationships with peers and instructors becomes challenging, hindering collaboration and support. Here are three key expectations that are redefining modern education: Interactive Learning : Students expect dynamic, interactive lessons that incorporate multimedia elements and real-time feedback.

Hybrid Learning 141

Hybrid Learning Learning Styles Study Critical Thinking 141

Edsurge

MARCH 19, 2024

Instructors as Designers Increasingly, instructors themselves are the ones creating learning materials — such as, say, a short video lesson if they are trying a “flipped classroom” approach of having students learn some basic material at home so that class time can be used for more interactive activities. McNabb, who earned a Ph.D.

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Testing Teaching Instructors Learning 212

eSchool News

APRIL 18, 2016

Write the World is a global online writing community that lets teens submit their own work and get feedback from peers, writing instructors, and professional writers. Pros : Great prompts and a lively community connect teens from across the globe, fostering cultural awareness and a shared love for writing. Write the World.

Writing 175

Writing Essay Feedback Instructors 175

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

I ’m a writing instructor in higher education. I work with students from all disciplines and cultural and linguistic backgrounds where I cover the whole spectrum of writing instruction. Tutoring practices that include non-evaluative feedback and mindful approaches support writers’ growth holistically.

Evaluation 98

Evaluation Feedback Writing Languages 98

Faculty Focus

JUNE 1, 2025

At the same time, COVID-19 forced many seasoned instructors to grapple with assessing their students, making alternative assessment more mainstream. Blum (2020) argues that grades provide minimal feedback, they deemphasize learning, and what they actually measure is inconsistent (10-14). University Press of Colorado, 2022.

Grades 81

Grades Evaluation Assignments Instructors 81

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

For decades, researchers have highlighted the importance of comprehending and integrating diverse cultural elements to enhance teaching and learning practices. When people hear the term “culture,” it is often associated solely with ethnic culture.

Culture 111

Culture Syllabus Critical Thinking Intelligence 111

eSchool News

MAY 15, 2024

A culture of continuous learning Wendy W. When we commit to participating in a culture of continuous learning, we are living out phrases like, “It’s okay not to know,” “Everyone has things they are still learning,” or ,“We all make mistakes.” Some of my favorite ways include using video for self-reflection and for peer feedback.

Education 311

Education Schools Math Science 311

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Key points : Today’s students will undoubtedly encounter generative AI in their careers Two higher-ed instructors have designed a guide for using generative AI in life design and career education See related article: A scholar’s embrace of ChatGPT-4 Innovations that have transformed education have often been met with skepticism.

Ethics 338

Ethics Essay Syllabus Feedback 338

Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2024

As more instructors experiment with using generative AI to make teaching materials, an important question bubbles up. At colleges and universities, there's a culture of professors grabbing materials from the web without always citing them. Should they disclose that to students?

Teaching 217

Teaching Education Ethics Instructors 217

Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2024

Some writing instructors worry, though, that the new tools may tempt colleges to rely too heavily on the technology or even eliminate writing centers entirely. The student could say, once they get the feedback, ‘No, that's not really what I want to do. Writing doesn’t have that much meaning without a human audience. Mills says.

Writing 206

Writing Instructors Essay English 206

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

The sizzle of a courseware product, no matter how slick, loses its heat when faculty culture is not tuned to embrace it. But when a scaled implementation leverages faculty expertise and feedback during all stages, the culture shifts, and faculty move from being skeptical of adaptive learning to being advocates for it.

Teaching 167

Teaching Feedback Learning Culture 167

Edsurge

JULY 18, 2020

Build a Healthy Virtual Culture Many high schoolers from underserved communities have never interacted in virtual professional or learning environments before. In preparation, students are spending the summer doing weekly mock presentations, providing constructive feedback to each other, and iterating their projects to incorporate learnings.

STEM 209

STEM Feedback Instructors Participation 209

Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2019

Every new version of Microsoft PowerPoint allowed instructors to embed more and more media and wow students with visually appealing graphics. Including student voices as active and important features of course design is a key component of a classroom based on dialogue, and this is what it truly means to be an inclusive instructor.

Technology 167

Technology Teaching Intellectual Development Instructors 167

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Over the coming months, they will meet with SchoolStatus leadership to provide feedback and collaborate on strategic initiatives. La’Toya works as an adjunct instructor for Mississippi State University, teaching Digital Tools for Learning to future teachers. Representing seven U.S.

Special Education 267

Special Education History Interdisciplinary Instructors 267

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

Someone who wants to live out my values in practice There is a key difference between an educator saying they want to meet the needs of diverse learners and that instructor actually taking the actions that would meet that goal. Mitchell at Lafayette College provides instructors with information about the students taking their class.

Syllabus 155

Syllabus Teaching Beliefs Instructors 155

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

As college classes start up this fall, instructors are handing out syllabi and pointing students to official platforms for turning in assignments and participating in class discussions. But because these online platforms are easy to hide from instructors and are available 24/7, they can be trickier for students and professors to navigate.

Exams 205

Exams Instructors Students Lecturing 205

Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2021

Students in this environment often have to offer critical, yet productive feedback to an authority figure (their teacher), a skill that is essential in higher learning and the workplace.

Education 218

Education Lecturing Learning Feedback 218

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.

Instructors 116

Instructors Students Minute Papers Course Design 116

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Sample screenshot of Google Transformation Report “In every conversation we had with school districts, we heard from instructors that they want to quantify the impact that Google’s tools have on schools,” says Kevin Kells, global director at Google for Education. It’s not enough that they are used, but that they’re useful.”

Feedback 166

Feedback Exams Instructors Assignments 166

Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2019

But faculty can provide opportunities for students to find common ground with one another—and instructors. Take notes and tie feedback into their personal goals or hobbies.” Instructors should remember to convey emotion with chats. Instructors should remember to convey emotion with chats. Go the extra mile to be human.”.

Failure 140

Failure Instructors Discussions Culture 140

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

In undergraduate classrooms, instructors encounter a variety of students with diverse backgrounds and different personalities. It is the instructors challenge to create a comfortable class environment. Not only will students benefit, but instructors can feel more at ease in their own classrooms. Use peer feedback grading.

Instructors 105

Instructors Feedback Discussions Participation 105

Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Academic transformation starts—but does not end—with changing the centuries-old lecture model around which campus culture has been constructed. Google Forms are great for registration and collecting feedback. collecting feedback. Populr and Adobe Spark Page. Great tools for quickly making single-page, online resource sites.

Faculty Development 165

Faculty Development Learning Feedback Lecturing 165

Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2017

For this week’s EdSurge On Air Podcast, we sat down with two folks behind the Humanizing Online Learning effort: creator and instructor Michelle Pacansky-Brock and the university’s vice president for technology and innovation, Michael Berman. They don't often feel included in academic culture. I felt disconnected from my students.

Teaching 153

Teaching Instructors Art History 153

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Students as Learners and Teachers (SaLT) is an innovative teaching approach where students and instructors collaborate to improve educational experiences ( Cavazos et al., Another resource that informs our program’s feedback to faculty members is Catherine Savini’s (2021) “10 Ways to Tackle Linguistic Bias in Our Classrooms.”

Teaching 98

Teaching Instructors English Languages 98

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 30, 2024

AI writing helpers’ real-time feedback on grammar, vocabulary, coherence, and argument structure is their crucial draw. This technique guarantees that while AI supports and streamlines writing, instructors guide and analyze student growth.

Writing 187

Writing Essay Ethics Plagiarism 187

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 5, 2023

According to the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) , today’s universities lean on strong teaching skills from their instructors, including adjunct instructors, and research shows a direct correlation between classroom management skills and higher retention rates and increased on-time graduation rates.

Instructors 116

Instructors Culture Students Skills 116

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.

Instructors 105

Instructors Students Minute Papers Course Design 105

Faculty Focus

JUNE 18, 2024

Today, many of my colleagues who remain wedded to the traditional face-to-face teaching modality share some of the same fears I experienced as a beginning online asynchronous instructor. As college professors and instructors, we are the content experts and instructional leaders of our courses.

Instructors 111

Instructors Disabilities Culture Syllabus 111

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 5, 2023

According to the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) , today’s universities lean on strong teaching skills from their instructors, including adjunct instructors, and research shows a direct correlation between classroom management skills and higher retention rates and increased on-time graduation rates.

Instructors 111

Instructors Culture Students Skills 111

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Instructors can pick any output that best fits their courses. In April, Dr. Brandt will be a keynote speaker at OpenStax Creator Fest, a hackathon-style conference where college instructors collaborate with other educators and subject experts to develop additional resources to use in their courses. Care to offer feedback?

Art 167

Art Instructors Students Intelligence 167

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

In undergraduate classrooms, instructors encounter a variety of students with diverse backgrounds and different personalities. It is the instructors challenge to create a comfortable class environment. Not only will students benefit, but instructors can feel more at ease in their own classrooms. Use peer feedback grading.

Instructors 98

Instructors Feedback Discussions Participation 98

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Scaffolded assignments: Break significant projects into smaller, more manageable parts, such as proposals, annotated bibliographies, and rough drafts, to reduce student anxiety and provide opportunities for meaningful feedback at each step, improving learning outcomes (Ambrose, 2010).

Plagiarism 123

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 123

Faculty Focus

APRIL 20, 2023

Thus, it’s pressing for instructors to collaborate on concrete ways to create a welcoming tone and build rapport in digital spaces. We know that our students are culturally, linguistically, and racially diverse. Share former students’ feedback about the course. Their gender identities are varied. They are neurodiverse.

Culture 122

Culture Communication Writing Languages 122