Faculty Focus

MAY 20, 2025

Subsequently, instructor facilitated classroom conversations intended to enhance understanding of course content may stagnate and falter. The frame of content engagement can look different based on course, instructor and level of student. Stalnaker, J., Hubbard, A., H., & Bailey, E. Briggs, W. Sullivan, N., & Towler, 2005).

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Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

This article explores how these three components can reshape flipped learning and address persistent challenges such as student unpreparedness, fear of participation, and lack of motivation. Flipped Classroom 2.0: Flipped Classroom 2.0: This has led to the evolution of Flipped Classroom 2.0, Flipped Classroom 2.0

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Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

This article explores how these three components can reshape flipped learning and address persistent challenges such as student unpreparedness, fear of participation, and lack of motivation. Flipped Classroom 2.0: Flipped Classroom 2.0: This has led to the evolution of Flipped Classroom 2.0, Flipped Classroom 2.0

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2025

This data has broadened education researchers understanding of dual enrollment programs, including how access varies from state to state and which subjects are the most crucial for dual enrollment. Educational leaders may not reach out to underserved schools or underrepresented communities, so students dont know about them.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 15, 2025

Students in higher education also deserve nurturing spaces that focus on utilizing their personalized strengths and needs to foster increased academic and social development. A costly misconception is that pedagogical approaches in higher education must be lecture-based and teacher-led.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 5, 2025

This is the moment when a language instructor must pivot, shifting the classroom dynamic to reignite curiosity and motivation. Beyond offering a well-deserved pause, this activity sparks engaging discussions around language interpretation, cultural context, and the role of AI in education. 3 (2019): 412-420. Felder, Richard M.,

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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. In my more recent students evaluations, students say they are less stressed, they are more motivated, and they understand assignment expectations at the beginning of the semester.

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eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2025

A nonprofit organization for career and technical education (CTE), SkillsUSA serves more than 413,000 middle school, high school, and college students and instructors nationwide. They connect students with practicing industry professionals and help them gain hands-on experience that empowers them to excel in their chosen field.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Something broke in American education these past years. You might argue that the traditional classroom still plays an essential role in education, but the rapid growth of online and hybrid models suggests otherwise. This shift raises critical questions about the future of education: How will teachers adapt their roles?

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Faculty Focus

JULY 15, 2025

Students in higher education also deserve nurturing spaces that focus on utilizing their personalized strengths and needs to foster increased academic and social development. A costly misconception is that pedagogical approaches in higher education must be lecture-based and teacher-led.

Assignments 62

Assignments Art Critical Thinking Motivation 62

Faculty Focus

JUNE 5, 2025

This is the moment when a language instructor must pivot, shifting the classroom dynamic to reignite curiosity and motivation. Beyond offering a well-deserved pause, this activity sparks engaging discussions around language interpretation, cultural context, and the role of AI in education. 3 (2019): 412-420. Felder, Richard M.,

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Languages Language Instructors Culture 65

Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 27, 2025

“You want just enough to get people motivated, but not so much that people feel anxious,” Blunt explains. “As educators, we’re very used to writing learning objectives,” Rivers says. While this can be advantageous, getting students to take the work seriously, it can backfire.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 24, 2025

Students may feel lonely, and faculty can feel overwhelmed even in well-designed online classes; however, a focus on engagement and well-being educators can support faculty and students via simple, low-tech, and personalized strategies in conjunction with the learning platform. Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education.”

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 24, 2025

Students may feel lonely, and faculty can feel overwhelmed even in well-designed online classes; however, a focus on engagement and well-being educators can support faculty and students via simple, low-tech, and personalized strategies in conjunction with the learning platform. Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education.”

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k12

JULY 10, 2025

For many families, online learning opened the door to new possibilities in education. When students feel confident and connected, they’re more likely to stay motivated, and that motivation often builds over time. Try setting mini-goals and offering small incentives to help keep them motivated. The good news?

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Cal Matters

JUNE 25, 2025

Holes in their education Especially for students who are the first in their families to attend college, what should have been their moment of triumph became months of tension. There were a lot of holes in their education,” she said. Department of Education. There were a lot of holes in their education.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 29, 2025

I offered students a chance to ask about my education, experience in finance, the time I lived and studied in Paris, or how I ended up teaching at a community college. Teaching With a Self Teaching with a self is the default in Western societies and models of education. But a few years ago, I removed the slide.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 29, 2025

I offered students a chance to ask about my education, experience in finance, the time I lived and studied in Paris, or how I ended up teaching at a community college. Teaching With a Self Teaching with a self is the default in Western societies and models of education. But a few years ago, I removed the slide.

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k12

JULY 24, 2025

Your child’s education lays the groundwork for success in their college experience, career, and personal life. So, it’s no wonder that parents are rethinking how their kids receive a K-12 education. Students attend classes led by certified teachers, follow a curriculum aligned with state education standards, and have classmates.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

The rise of the knowledge economy is driving a tectonic shift in the nature of work—and in the education ecosystem that prepares learners for their careers. Traditional educational institutions and employers are unlikely to have the incentives or expertise to close this divide on their own.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2022

The moves came prior to the motivation. Cravings are the drives that motivate us to act. Building up a habit like the one I have done for exercise involves both intrinsic and extrinsic motivators for most people. Two common concerns that I’ve come across are that: Grading takes up too much time for instructors, and that.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Some want to gain better job prospects, others seek to socialize in new circles, while still others just want an educational way to entertain themselves. So programs intended to make that process easier and faster are tapping into the science of motivation to improve their methods. Achievement is not comparable.” government.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Johnson, a writing instructor and chair of the writing center at Madison Colleg “It all sort of feels bundled together,” Cohn says. Instead, college instructors need to change how they assign and communicate their homework assignments. I think there's less willingness to just do the thing because somebody told you to do it.” — Sarah Z.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 28, 2023

In today’s rapidly changing educational landscape, educators face numerous challenges when designing instruction that promotes deeper learning for all students. Recently, I had the privilege of meeting with a group of international educators in Dubai grappling with these challenges.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 18, 2021

However, moving a traditional classroom that’s built for face-to-face delivery to a hybrid-remote environment where instructors are teaching to both students in the classroom and online, often simultaneously, will take more than simply a laptop and a video conferencing application. The model classroom.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

As an instructor, I have always considered myself to be friendly and approachable. Student perceptions of their instructors’ attitude toward them has been shown to be a predictor of student motivation (Wilson J. The Review of Higher Education , 385-426. It may even be that the student is simply shy. References Schudde, L.

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eSchool News

MAY 5, 2020

A great education is no match for the inspiration to save lives. Like nearly all students, Grant Kahl, a freshman at the Colorado School of Mines, and Eric Love, a high school senior at the International School of the Americas in San Antonio, had their formal education abruptly disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic in mid-March.

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Instructors Motivation Assignments Science 319

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Each factor plays a role in shaping various academic achievements: Prior knowledge of the subject matter Motivation and engagement Learning goals Learning strategies Prioritization of the course Outside responsibilities College students take a course for various reasons, for example, to meet a major or minor requirement or for personal interest.

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Motivation Instructors Lecturing Feedback 126

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.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 11, 2025

Generative AI is changing the landscape of higher education, in both good and bad ways (Balch, 2023). 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. The Age of AI is Upon Us. Schoeder, 2024). Schoeder, 2024).

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eSchool News

MARCH 8, 2024

Having many new, effective tools in educators’ toolboxes, it’s time to cast aside conventional processes and rethink the way we provide services to, and support, our students. A student’s motivation in school is a key driver of their academic success. Take the first steps toward this innovation.

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Hybrid Learning Motivation Online Learning Instructors 294

Faculty Focus

MAY 4, 2023

Many instructors have observed variability in students’ motivation to learn and grow. How can we, as educators, enable engagement, persistence, and improved performance in the classroom? In other words, can we foster greater motivation? So framed, students’ uneasiness about belonging is likelier to be short-lived.

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Beliefs Motivation Instructors Students 116

eSchool News

MAY 10, 2023

As these modern education tools require management and security, integrating MDM solutions has become imperative for every organization. Understanding the Basics of Gamification in Education Gamification means adding interactive gaming elements to processes such as learning. They can also access and update student records.

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Gamification Interactive Learning Disabilities Learning 323

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Each factor plays a role in shaping various academic achievements: Prior knowledge of the subject matter Motivation and engagement Learning goals Learning strategies Prioritization of the course Outside responsibilities College students take a course for various reasons, for example, to meet a major or minor requirement or for personal interest.

Motivation 111

Motivation Instructors Lecturing Feedback 111

eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2021

December 13, 2021— The National Alliance of Black School Educators (NABSE) recently named Audrey Muhammad, college success instructor at Durham Technical Community College in Durham, NC, as the recipient of the 2021 NABSE $10,000 Scholarship Award, which is sponsored by Curriculum Associates. NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., About NABSE.

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Education Curriculum Instructors Schools 245

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

There are already educational institutions using virtual reality to place learners in a real-life scenario to apply their knowledge and skills. In fact, virtual reality simulation training is being used to recreate a hospital ward for student nurse education (Elliman, Loizou, and Loizides, 2016). Participation. References. Elliman, J.,

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eSchool News

JANUARY 14, 2022

Founded by Aadhav Prabu and Akshar Raikanti, The Steam Foundation is a California-based nonprofit with a mission to make STEAM education equally accessible to all students in kindergarten through 12 th grade. We’re fortunate to work with MakerBot, a company which has the same commitment toward 3D printing in education as we do.”

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