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. Spinning Questions. Stalnaker, J., Hubbard, A., H., & Bailey, E. Briggs, W.

Instructors 86

Instructors Assignments Participation Students 86

Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2025

Creating a classroom in the service of social justice (The Metropolitan Center for Urban Education, 2008) requires a profound understanding of the impact of human diversity on teaching and learning (Cushner et al., Tell a colleague that you are committing to the work of becoming a more inclusive educator.

Accessibility 90

Accessibility Disabilities Learning Disabilities Special Education 90

Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

Enriching the Core Strategy The original flipped classroom model aimed to reverse the traditional structure of education by shifting the transmission of basic content, often done through lectures, outside the classroom, while using face-to-face class time for active engagement and problem-solving. Flipped Classroom 2.0: Flipped Classroom 2.0

Critical Thinking 89

Critical Thinking Student Engagement Lecturing Quizzes 89

Faculty Focus

JULY 24, 2025

The increasing internationalization of higher education does not automatically lead to global knowledge and skill exchange in the classroom. As an educator, working out how to center students in the process of learning remains an ongoing challenge, whether working with international or domestic students.

Ethics 73

Ethics Culture Instructors Knowledge 73

Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

Enriching the Core Strategy The original flipped classroom model aimed to reverse the traditional structure of education by shifting the transmission of basic content, often done through lectures, outside the classroom, while using face-to-face class time for active engagement and problem-solving. Flipped Classroom 2.0: Flipped Classroom 2.0

Critical Thinking 80

Critical Thinking Student Engagement Lecturing Quizzes 80

Faculty Focus

JUNE 10, 2025

As leaders, educators, users, and creators, we have choices. I respect my instructors’ hard-earned expertise and original work, and I won’t use their work with GenAI tools without their permission. In addition, if instructors’ content appears on platforms that use GenAI, I will inform them where and how it is used.

Instructors 81

Instructors Critical Thinking Plagiarism Intelligence 81

Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 27, 2025

rapid retrieval: During a lecture, stop every 10 minutes or so to ask a question about a topic you’ve covered. To make the tents more useful, students are then asked to answer a retrieval question on the back of the paper and turn it in at the end of class. “Present students with a multiple choice question.”

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Multiple Choice Questions Teachers Writing Questions 80

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?

Hybrid Learning 128

Hybrid Learning Learning Styles Study Critical Thinking 128

Faculty Focus

JUNE 10, 2025

As leaders, educators, users, and creators, we have choices. I respect my instructors’ hard-earned expertise and original work, and I won’t use their work with GenAI tools without their permission. In addition, if instructors’ content appears on platforms that use GenAI, I will inform them where and how it is used.

Instructors 64

Instructors Critical Thinking Plagiarism Intelligence 64

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. What a good question. I came to alternative assessment alongside many other instructors as COVID-19 forced seasoned instructors to grapple with assessment policies.

Grades 67

Grades Evaluation Assignments Instructors 67

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. Final Reflections Former U.S.

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Assignments Art Critical Thinking Motivation 96

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. Final Reflections Former U.S.

Assignments 69

Assignments Art Critical Thinking Motivation 69

Cal Matters

JUNE 26, 2025

Why would students write anything themselves, instructors wondered, if a chatbot could do it for them? Brill-Wynkoop heard the same pitch back in the early 2000s: Instructors could catch a student turning in a peer’s paper from a previous semester with Turnitin. Turnitin has become so valuable that in 2019 Advance Publications paid $1.75

Plagiarism 115

Plagiarism Assignments Academic Integrity Writing 115

Faculty Focus

JULY 17, 2025

At our college, we have learned that it means weaving ideas, theories, and methods from many fields to examine a shared theme or question. Often, this means finding a central theme, problem, or question that ties everything together. Her research focuses on educational technology, leadership development, and teaching innovation.

Interdisciplinary 59

Interdisciplinary Teaching Knowledge Peer Review 59

Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

This article includes a free, open-access resource for educators: What Your Students Arent Telling You: Listening, Learning, and Leading with Empathy. Download it here: [link] In higher education, we often track student success through grades, credit hours, and retention rates.

Disabilities 53

Disabilities Course Design Students Lecturing 53

Faculty Focus

JULY 17, 2025

At our college, we have learned that it means weaving ideas, theories, and methods from many fields to examine a shared theme or question. Often, this means finding a central theme, problem, or question that ties everything together. Her research focuses on educational technology, leadership development, and teaching innovation.

Interdisciplinary 53

Interdisciplinary Teaching Knowledge Peer Review 53

k12

JULY 10, 2025

For many families, online learning opened the door to new possibilities in education. With the proper support and a few simple strategies, online education can be just as engaging as traditional classroom learning. Clarify How to Ask Questions: In a physical classroom, it’s easy to raise a hand. The good news?

Online Learning 52

Online Learning Quizzes Learning Motivation 52

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. Some questioned whether they even belonged on a college campus, said UC Riverside Dean of Students Christine Mata. Department of Education.

Math 86

Math English Lecturing High School 86

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.

Exams 52

Exams Schools Learning Styles Grades 52

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 14, 2025

Use these engaging questions and thought experiments to get middle schoolers to open up while practicing writing skills. Do you believe the United States should spend more money on the military or on education? That’s where journal writing prompts come in! Is it okay for teenagers to leave school early if they have a job?

Writing 52

Writing Grades Middle School Middle School 52

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.

Skills 290

Skills Course Design Instructors Achievement 290

Edsurge

JANUARY 18, 2018

Department of Education 2016 results, would have fallen by more than 1.5 million between 2012 and 2016, says Jeff Seaman, co-director of the Babson Survey Research Group, who has been tracking the country’s virtual education lifeline for 15 years. higher education students. One reason is that digital education at U.S.

Achievement 292

Achievement Instructors Online Learning History 292

Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

We know we still have Google and everything, but posing direct questions to you just made so much more sense. Is it really educational if you’re having this much fun rationing food and losing family members to dysentery? And if that’s not enough, Netflix has a reboot set for 2019. Get it gumshoes. . Ask Jeeves. Come back, Jeeves.

Teachers 290

Teachers Gamification Internet Math 290

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.

Instructors 199

Instructors Assignments Textbooks Essay 199

Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2023

Administrators at Texas State asked instructors to go back to teaching as they did before COVID-19, Meeks said. “I Probably some people look the questions up online because it's an online test a lot of the time. For Meeks, the longtime instructor, this means students are missing out on the whole point of college. “I

Instructors 213

Instructors Lecturing Students Textbooks 213

Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2023

That was the research question posed in the latest Community College Survey of Student Engagement, a large-scale survey of more than 82,000 students across 181 community colleges. When you’re face to face, it’s a lot easier for an instructor to say, ‘OK, we’re going to work in teams,’” she explained.

Instructors 190

Instructors Students Assignments Student Engagement 190

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 23, 2022

Teachers have three primary roles – designer, instructor, and facilitator. Most teachers dedicate significant time and energy to their instructor role, explaining complex concepts and processes and modeling specific strategies and skills. I encourage teachers to consider the following question. and Timperley, H. 77, 81–112.

Blended Learning 498

Blended Learning Feedback Learning Instructors 498

eSchool News

JANUARY 12, 2024

Educators with a mind towards equity typically excel at access. A first step towards inclusive education can be done through the adoption of UDL. UDL uses fundamentals from neuroscience to give educators a framework to empower all learners (CAST, 2018). Opening doors to all students is an obvious move.

Education 300

Education Evaluation Accessibility Science 300

eSchool News

APRIL 14, 2021

Created to Address the “Middle School Gap” – Blackbird Teaches Real-world Computer Science Skills, Aligned to Educational Standards. PORTLAND, April 14, 2021 – Blackbird, creators of the world’s first educational version of JavaScript, today announced the official launch of the Blackbird education platform.

Middle School 256

Middle School Middle School Instructors Education 256

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 1, 2020

As teachers embrace their new roles as designers, instructors, and facilitators of online learning, many are grappling the details associated with teaching remotely. Instead of simply disseminating resources and assignments and collecting student work, consider the following questions: How can I use the online space to connect learners?

Teaching 545

Teaching Assignments Discussions Communication 545

eSchool News

MAY 6, 2024

The Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) Commission on Artificial Intelligence in Education is chaired by South Carolina Gov. The Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) Commission on Artificial Intelligence in Education is chaired by South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster and is co-chaired by Brad D.

Skills 330

Skills Laboratory Education Fairness 330

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 119

Instructors Learning Styles Students Communication 119

eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2020

For students and educators who are comfortable with in-person learning and instruction, this rush to online education may be overwhelming. Fortunately, we live in a digital era where both students and educators are familiar with digital tools. Related content: 3 considerations for remote learning. Find ways to be interactive.

Instructors 354

Instructors Students Discussions Online Learning 354

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

OCTOBER 27, 2020

So what are educators to do? 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.

Instructors 218

Instructors Attention Education Lecturing 218

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.

Instructors 148

Instructors Assignments Writing History 148

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 106

Instructors Learning Styles Students Communication 106