Edsurge

JULY 4, 2019

The higher education landscape is dotted with opportunities to connect with and learn from fellow colleagues, faculty, developers and entrepreneurs, all working on new ideas and tools to support teaching and learning. EdSurge also regularly hosts meetups and workshops on online learning and higher education technology.

Instructors 142

Instructors Faculty Development Feedback Study 142

Edsurge

APRIL 6, 2020

Dear Bonni, In the midst of this current COVID situation, I'm looking to up my game … as an educator … especially in the online environment. I’m wondering if you might recommend what top three books would you suggest I read outside of ‘Urgency for Teachers,’ ‘Pedagogy of the Oppressed,’ ‘The New Education?’

Online Learning 211

Online Learning Reading Teaching Philosophy Learning 211

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. Many faculty don’t include due dates, which can lead to missed deadlines. Melissa Samaniego, Ed.D.

Syllabus 122

Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 122

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 15, 2024

It ignores, in other words, a whole legacy of educational thought, from Freire to Palmer to Weimer, that states the contrary: the best teachers have the humility and the courage to acknowledge that they are learners too. In the spirit of that acknowledgment, I’ve started developing my own list of instructor learning outcomes.

Learning Outcomes 59

Learning Outcomes Instructors Learning Teaching Philosophy 59

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) has transitioned from a speculative concept to a transformative tool in higher education, particularly within community colleges. Drawing on the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), it argues that AI can enhance accessibility and efficiency while preserving the human essence of education.

Faculty Development 78

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Intelligence 78

Faculty Focus

MARCH 14, 2023

Even more distressing is the one in 20 college students who had created a suicide plan in the past year (Higher Education Today, 2022).” Instructors who develop and deliver courses with evidence-based principles of teaching and learning ease course-related student stress, and maximize both student mastery and well-being (Kaler, et al, 2021).

Syllabus 131

Syllabus Exams Instructors Assignments 131

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 24, 2023

They face pressures in their research, service, and increasingly in their teaching that the pandemic has made almost unbearable, and there seems to be no end in sight when it comes to the new tools, technologies, tips, and programs that faculty developers are rolling out to “support” their career advancement. This is the humdinger.

Teaching 122

Teaching Syllabus Instructors Disabilities 122

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. Many faculty don’t include due dates, which can lead to missed deadlines. Melissa Samaniego, Ed.D.

Syllabus 105

Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 105

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The landscape of higher education has witnessed a significant shift in recent years, with an increasing number of students opting for nontraditional avenues to pursue their academic goals. This trend underscores the growing popularity of online education as a means of accessing higher education opportunities.

Accessibility 105

Accessibility Disabilities Education Culture 105

Edsurge

JULY 21, 2022

When I talked with Josh Eyler, director of faculty development and director of the think forward quality enhancement plan at the University of Mississippi, about the problem with grades on the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast, he urged us to recognize that: “The more we focus on grades, the less we focus on learning.”

Assignments 196

Assignments Grades History Ethics 196

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Online education has been touted as a way to increase access to education. This has all left us asking: Who does online education really serve? Students complain that they don't always see their instructors. And students don't see and interact with their instructor and other peers that much.

Instructors 130

Instructors Distance Learning Students Online Learning 130

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

A harsh debate can leave students (and instructors) feeling upset, or make them discouraged about participating in future conversations. Considering these high stakes, students and instructors may be tempted to avoid tough subjects altogether, or only discuss them with like-minded folks. But there’s another option.

Instructors 180

Instructors Beliefs Confidentiality Discussions 180

Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2020

We heard from Albat and Stephanie Del Tufo, assistant professor in the School of Education at the University of Delaware, who studies individual differences in learning, language and literacy. Then we also have continued our webinars series with our Center for Faculty Development and Innovation.

Accessibility 218

Accessibility Disabilities Universal Design Syllabus 218

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The landscape of higher education has witnessed a significant shift in recent years, with an increasing number of students opting for nontraditional avenues to pursue their academic goals. This trend underscores the growing popularity of online education as a means of accessing higher education opportunities.

Accessibility 98

Accessibility Disabilities Education Culture 98

Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2017

The desire to understand and improve learning has led many educators to consider the value and utility of this information. When we hear about scaling innovation in higher education, the emphasis is almost always on quantity and increasing the production of post-secondary credentials.

Ethics 146

Ethics Faculty Development Students Instructors 146

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). Lightboards require minimal instructor training. Some lightboards can be setup to be one button studios controlled exclusively by the instructor.

Online Learning 111

Online Learning Learning Tools Instructors Learning 111

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Zheng (2022) defines a microlecture as “a short video, usually produced by the instructor, that explains a single key concept or a specific skill.” Second, microlectures are personal (that is, they convey a sense of “instructor presence”). What should faculty consider with regards to captioning and sharing microlectures?

Instructors 131

Instructors Lecturing Faculty Development Activities 131

Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2018

But educators and higher-ed institutions may be able play a part to get more underrepresented students into the talent pipeline for the tech industry. Just because someone talks a different way than you, it doesn’t mean their coding skills or art skills are different than yours,” he continued. And if it is, that could be a good thing.”

Students 149

Students Faculty Development Instructors Motivation 149

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 24, 2023

They face pressures in their research, service, and increasingly in their teaching that the pandemic has made almost unbearable, and there seems to be no end in sight when it comes to the new tools, technologies, tips, and programs that faculty developers are rolling out to “support” their career advancement. This is the humdinger.

Teaching 98

Teaching Syllabus Instructors Disabilities 98

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). Lightboards require minimal instructor training. Some lightboards can be setup to be one button studios controlled exclusively by the instructor.

Online Learning 98

Online Learning Learning Tools Instructors Learning 98

Faculty Focus

JULY 2, 2023

Distance learning is viewed today as a parallel learning modality, and is both valued and entrenched in higher education (Marcus. The preparation of faculty in online pedagogy and the appropriate use of tools for asynchronous learning to quickly build capacity was a start (Tucker & Quintero-Ares, 2021). 2022; Nworie,2021).

Online Learning 111

Online Learning Distance Learning Education Learning 111

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

And the way the grading system in education works has long bothered him. The book, which is due out this summer, is called “ Grading for Growth: A Guide to Alternative Grading Practices that Promote Authentic Learning and Student Engagement in Higher Education.” What did educators do before the current system?

Grades 201

Grades Exams Feedback Testing 201

Edsurge

MAY 18, 2020

This educational context, so different from my own growing up, has always intrigued me. Additionally, I am responsible for leading our faculty development team and teaching classes of my own. The learning management system (LMS) I use allows the instructor to see the course from a student’s view.

Teaching 199

Teaching Assignments Ethics Grades 199

Faculty Focus

MARCH 14, 2023

Even more distressing is the one in 20 college students who had created a suicide plan in the past year (Higher Education Today, 2022).” Instructors who develop and deliver courses with evidence-based principles of teaching and learning ease course-related student stress, and maximize both student mastery and well-being (Kaler, et al, 2021).

Syllabus 97

Syllabus Exams Instructors Assignments 97

Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The discussion tackled plenty of thorny issues facing K-12 and college instructors these days, including how to respond to pressures to ban books in schools, how to make classrooms a welcoming place for debate as schools and colleges grow more diverse, and how to respond to misinformation that students bring to classroom conversations.

History 178

History Culture Discussions High School 178

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

The following is the first full installment of the new EdSurge advice column about teaching in higher education. Thanks to Josh Eyler, director of the Center for Faculty Development at Rice University, and Matt Salamone, associate professor of mathematics at Bridgewater State University for suggesting that.

Writing 155

Writing Skills Teaching Essay 155

Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2018

Despite this being my 14th year in higher education, I still feel nerves at the start of a semester. Since the Fall of 2014, I have been having weekly conversations on the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast with people I consider to be magnificent educators. Do you have a question about teaching in a higher education context?

Art 115

Art Science Teaching Mobile Devices 115

Faculty Focus

JULY 2, 2023

Distance learning is viewed today as a parallel learning modality, and is both valued and entrenched in higher education (Marcus. The preparation of faculty in online pedagogy and the appropriate use of tools for asynchronous learning to quickly build capacity was a start (Tucker & Quintero-Ares, 2021). 2022; Nworie,2021).

Online Learning 97

Online Learning Distance Learning Education Learning 97

Faculty Focus

MAY 30, 2023

As online education continues to evolve, the challenge to create meaningful and engaging learning experiences is paramount. In addition, students reported feeling more connected with the course content and their instructor, leading to an overall more satisfactory learning experience.

Student Engagement 97

Student Engagement Assignments Instructors Students 97

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Zheng (2022) defines a microlecture as “a short video, usually produced by the instructor, that explains a single key concept or a specific skill.” Second, microlectures are personal (that is, they convey a sense of “instructor presence”). What should faculty consider with regards to captioning and sharing microlectures?

Instructors 98

Instructors Lecturing Faculty Development Activities 98

Faculty Focus

APRIL 1, 2025

Exploring peer observation models, their stages, and practical methods and resources for use in higher education are all part of this process. In our discussion, we will focus on formative -developmental observations because we are interested in practices that help in the improvement of teaching practices in educational institutions.

Evaluation 98

Evaluation Teaching Teaching Methods Faculty Development 98

Faculty Focus

APRIL 1, 2025

Exploring peer observation models, their stages, and practical methods and resources for use in higher education are all part of this process. In our discussion, we will focus on formative -developmental observations because we are interested in practices that help in the improvement of teaching practices in educational institutions.

Evaluation 93

Evaluation Teaching Teaching Methods Faculty Development 93

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 27, 2023

Over time, they have also become learning tools in educational contexts–especially for note-taking, brainstorming, and studying for exams (Erdem, Farrand, Bandera, Mugnai). The instructor can then adjust the course as needed. In response, the instructor added a mini-unit on Chinese pronouns and LGBTQ life in Chinese-speaking areas.

Group work 98

Group work Culture Instructors Language 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 27, 2023

Over time, they have also become learning tools in educational contexts–especially for note-taking, brainstorming, and studying for exams (Erdem, Farrand, Bandera, Mugnai). The instructor can then adjust the course as needed. In response, the instructor added a mini-unit on Chinese pronouns and LGBTQ life in Chinese-speaking areas.

Group work 98

Group work Culture Instructors Language 98

Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2020

When our faculty develop courses, it’s like something at the Culinary Institute of America—gourmet meals. Instructors have access to the necessary websites, tools and training sessions to prepare for online teaching. We’ve won awards for our online teaching. That’s not what we’re doing here,” he says.

Lecturing 106

Lecturing Disabilities Faculty Development Instructors 106

Faculty Focus

APRIL 2, 2024

Generative AI (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT make it easier and faster for educators to write case studies. Crucially, this method of writing a case will allow the educator to stay in charge at every step in the design, and it will use GenAI as a research and creative assistant. 2009; Thistlethwaite et al.,

Study 124

Study Writing Evaluation Instructors 124

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 24, 2024

While this playful interaction between users may seem like the antithesis of serious learning, Tara Martin (2017) found a way to channel student interest in sharing annotated images toward an educational purpose by creating what she calls a BookSnap. Booksnaps Snapchat in education. The possibilities are divers. References Martin, T.

Learning 109

Learning Students Textbooks Reading 109