Edsurge

MAY 25, 2020

Yet that discomfort also raises opportunities to question prevailing assumptions about how teaching and learning occurs. Instructors have also experimented with lecture formats that did away with podiums and blackboards. For many, the recent leap to remote instruction felt rushed, chaotic and disorganized.

Lecturing 202

Lecturing Questions Learning Attention 202

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 3, 2023

There are times when course material can unexpectedly ignite charged classroom discussions that leave both students and teachers feeling unprepared and overwhelmed. It is incumbent upon instructors to approach these types of discussions with care by creating a classroom atmosphere based on respect, open dialogue, and active engagement.

Discussions 119

Discussions Instructors Beliefs Education 119

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

As an instructor, I have always considered myself to be friendly and approachable. Perhaps they are nervous about asking questions because they don’t want to be seen as a student who doesn’t understand the material. Periodically, I will set up a discussion board forum in the LMS. It may even be that the student is simply shy.

Instructors 122

Instructors Syllabus Attention Teaching Assistants 122

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

When a student with Autism arrives in the classroom this changes how interactions occur between a neurodiverse (ND) student and a neurotypical (NT) instructor. These variances can be challenging in the classroom relating to communication and emotional reactions between the ND instructor and the predominant group of NT students.

Instructors 124

Instructors Learning Styles Students Communication 124

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 28, 2023

Our discussions culminated in selecting specific challenges to explore in-depth, with the goal of prototyping solutions at the Learning Leaders Summit in Dubai. What questions do you have about these challenges in the context of your own teaching experience? Have you encountered similar challenges in your own classroom or school?

Blended Learning 458

Blended Learning Universal Design Learning Motivation 458

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 3, 2023

There are times when course material can unexpectedly ignite charged classroom discussions that leave both students and teachers feeling unprepared and overwhelmed. It is incumbent upon instructors to approach these types of discussions with care by creating a classroom atmosphere based on respect, open dialogue, and active engagement.

Discussions 111

Discussions Instructors Beliefs Education 111

Faculty Focus

MAY 11, 2025

As the capacity of AI grows to complete increasingly complex tasks, we (as college instructors) may wonder what we can offer our students in the age of AI. Why College Instructors Matter: A Student’s Perspective I had a conversation with one of my students recently about this exact question. Schoeder, 2024).

Instructors 115

Instructors Motivation Critical Thinking Students 115

Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2025

Enacting equity pedagogy as an essential component of multicultural education (Banks & Banks, 1995) requires instructors to become change agents. Be open and welcome student questions. Create community guidelines for discussions that include intention and impact/anti-bias language. Jennifer E. Garland, Ph.

Accessibility 97

Accessibility Disabilities Learning Disabilities Special Education 97

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

When a student with Autism arrives in the classroom this changes how interactions occur between a neurodiverse (ND) student and a neurotypical (NT) instructor. These variances can be challenging in the classroom relating to communication and emotional reactions between the ND instructor and the predominant group of NT students.

Instructors 110

Instructors Learning Styles Students Communication 110

Edsurge

JULY 27, 2023

But pulling off these “assignment makeovers,” as some instructors are calling them, turns out to be challenging, and what works differs significantly depending on the subject matter and type of assignment. Some of those instructors are using tools that attempt to detect text written by bots, such as GPTZero and a new tool by Turnitin.

Assignments 148

Assignments Instructors Writing History 148

Faculty Focus

JULY 16, 2024

It is not unusual for difficult discussions to arise in the classroom for both students and educators or between students. These discussions may be because of conflicting views, controversial topics, heightened emotions, and different experiences. When these rules and norms have been communicated, the discussion can begin.

Discussions 111

Discussions Instructors Critical Thinking Activities 111

Faculty Focus

MAY 25, 2023

The difficulties in student engagement with instructor-directed reading, both in terms of the amount of reading undertaken and the participation and benefit from in-class discussion around readings, can be a prevalent problem. academic journal article or specific industry press).

Discussions 115

Discussions Reading Instructors Lecturing 115

Faculty Focus

JULY 16, 2024

It is not unusual for difficult discussions to arise in the classroom for both students and educators or between students. These discussions may be because of conflicting views, controversial topics, heightened emotions, and different experiences. When these rules and norms have been communicated, the discussion can begin.

Discussions 105

Discussions Instructors Critical Thinking Activities 105

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 7, 2024

Faculty discussions The importance of fostering safe spaces in online spaces cannot be overstated. Engaging in open and ongoing discussions with educational leaders becomes an imperative for creating policies that uphold the safety and well-being of all those who are working in online spaces. References Coleman, M. link] Costa, S.

Instructors 128

Instructors Counselling Confidentiality Communication 128

eSchool News

MAY 6, 2024

The question is, are we going to have people equipped to fill those jobs?” said SREB President Dr. Stephen Pruitt during a conference to discuss the group’s first meeting. We have a plan and we’re ready to progress that plan,” said Calvin McNeil, an Advanced Placement computer science instructor with the University of Florida.

Skills 334

Skills Laboratory Education Fairness 334

Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2020

As professors and K-12 teachers adjust to the sudden move to online teaching, one question keeps coming up: How much of class time should be done live—known in education parlance as “synchronous” teaching—and how much should be done so that students can do the work at their convenience—or “asynchronous” teaching.

Teaching 218

Teaching Instructors Distance Learning Lecturing 218

Edsurge

OCTOBER 13, 2023

For many faculty, that last question is causing the most friction around campuses. For instructors who have had the opportunity to participate in pedagogy learning groups, there may be a lot of overlap in what they already know about teaching and what changes AI might bring to the classroom.

Teaching 204

Teaching Instructors Knowledge Writing 204

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.

Instructors 208

Instructors Lecturing Course Evaluations Feedback 208

Faculty Focus

JUNE 18, 2023

In a face-to-face class, students see the instructor and other students and, even if not interacting with them directly, know they are not alone. But asynchronous courses, and especially asynchronous independent study courses, present a different scenario with challenges for both instructors and students. Who is my instructor?”

Instructors 105

Instructors Syllabus Assignments Feedback 105

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 7, 2024

Faculty discussions The importance of fostering safe spaces in online spaces cannot be overstated. Engaging in open and ongoing discussions with educational leaders becomes an imperative for creating policies that uphold the safety and well-being of all those who are working in online spaces. References Coleman, M. link] Costa, S.

Instructors 115

Instructors Counselling Confidentiality Communication 115

Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2021

Yet as instructors in the new world of online education, we have access to ever-increasing amounts of data—from recorded lecture videos, electronically submitted homework, discussion forums, and online quizzes and assessments—that may give us insights into individual student learning.

Teaching 214

Teaching Instructors Quizzes Intelligence 214

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

This shift raises critical questions about the future of education: How will teachers adapt their roles? This shift raises questions about the efficacy and long-term viability of conventional education methods. As a result, your role involves creating a learning atmosphere that encourages questioning and exploration.

Hybrid Learning 141

Hybrid Learning Learning Styles Study Critical Thinking 141

Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2020

That question is the topic of a new book out this month by James Lang, called “ Distracted: Why Students Can’t Focus and What You Can Do About It. One of the things that I talk about in the book is the presence of the instructor, and how felt that presence is in the actual space of a classroom. So what are educators to do?

Instructors 218

Instructors Attention Education Lecturing 218

Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2020

Use Chat One advantage of online, live teaching versus teaching in a classroom is that any student can ask a question in the text chat at any time without “interrupting” the lecturer. I usually keep the Chat window in Zoom open while I’m speaking, so that I can see if someone is asking a question. This will encourage others to do so.

Teaching 209

Teaching Lecturing Instructors Disabilities 209

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

The discussion about the importance of class size has been ongoing for decades. Generally, in smaller classes, students can establish stronger relationships with their instructors. When students feel more comfortable with all their peers and their teacher, they’ll likely feel more relaxed engaging and asking questions.

Achievement 268

Achievement Students Instructors Ethics 268

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. I loved it,” she says, noting that the students got to know each other by asking questions like what they planned to do next year.

Exams 199

Exams Instructors Students Lecturing 199

Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2022

In fact, many college instructors have been downright grumpy about having been thrown into a new teaching format. Some instructors are so taken by active learning working so effectively that they expect to continue offering courses online, even when the pandemic restrictions completely lift and things are fully back in person.

Teaching 175

Teaching Lecturing Instructors Learning 175

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

All too often, they would wind up needing to ask their instructor a question about the assignment but had no time to receive an answer before the deadline passed. They can check announcements during work breaks or read discussion posts while waiting for a flight at the airport.

Online Learning 178

Online Learning Instructors Coaching Syllabus 178

eSchool News

MAY 22, 2024

One of my biggest goals as a technology instructor is to teach my students skills and provide them with tools that I feel will best stoke their curiosity and prepare them for the world outside of the classroom. For example, we investigated the mummy from the Torquay Museum and talked about the scientific process behind mummification.

Students 325

Students Art Instructors Science 325

Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2024

Many teachers and professors are spending time this summer experimenting with AI tools to help them prepare slide presentations, craft tests and homework questions, and more. As more instructors experiment with using generative AI to make teaching materials, an important question bubbles up.

Teaching 217

Teaching Education Ethics Instructors 217

Edsurge

JUNE 10, 2021

The journalism instructor at the University of Minnesota keeps the process simple, with brief questions similar to these: What should keep happening in this class? During the next class period, she discusses the findings with her students. In general, faculty and instructors are really responsive to student feedback.

Feedback 187

Feedback Instructors Students Syllabus 187

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

After all, in-person was seen as the gold standard, and the question was whether that could be faithfully reproduced online. And now that campuses are back from pandemic restrictions, many instructors are trying to incorporate those remote practices into their in-person teaching.

Teaching 218

Teaching Lecturing Blended Courses Instructors 218

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2022

You can pose a question for a future column here. Reader Question: Dear Bonni, What ideas do you have for student accountability? Instructors first need to consider how we use grades in our teaching—and then explore what kinds of intrinsic and extrinsic motivations exist and persist for our students.

Motivation 196

Motivation Reading Instructors Assignments 196

eSchool News

MAY 15, 2024

I am definitely one of those teachers who loves classroom discussion, so I didn’t have to change much to bring more of it into the classroom, but since I began using Kognity’s phenomena-based curricula, I’ve been able to adapt instruction to share more real-life examples and experiences. before I even ask.

Education 312

Education Schools Math Science 312

Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2024

Largely missing from many conversations, however, is a discussion of how scientific approaches may be used to study ChatGPT and other generative AI tools in the context of higher ed. Our instructors have questions about retention and academic success — they want to understand how the use of these technologies relate to student outcomes.

Academic Integrity 201

Academic Integrity Education Instructors Assignments 201

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Though 97 percent of education professionals in Kaltura’s State of Video in Education annual report say that video is “ essential to students’ academic experiences ,” when it comes to educational video practices, many instructors are still pressing play. Prompt students to jot questions before they watch and during their viewing.

Teaching 181

Teaching Instructors Teaching Philosophy Education 181

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Since the pandemic, more instructors at schools and colleges appear to have embraced “flipped learning ,” the approach of asking students to watch lecture videos before class so that class time can be used for active learning. Finally, instructors assess the student work and give feedback. “I

Lecturing 211

Lecturing Learning Instructors Failure 211