Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2022

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. Part of the reason why students don’t complete the pre-work for classes is because they have been conditioned to focus on extrinsic rewards in their education.

Motivation 203

Motivation Reading Instructors Assignments 203

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This remarkable expansion reflects the deepening civics education crisis in America and has been made possible by significant multi-year grants from supporters like the Daniels Fund. The National Civics Bee taps into business leaders’ deep commitment to strengthening civics education and the long-term health of our democracy.

Math 254

Math Middle School Middle School Essay 254

Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2022

Many instructors describe accommodations they’ve tried, like loosening homework deadlines or offering asynchronous alternatives to class conversations, but some now wonder whether this kind of leniency actually makes the situation worse. In their anecdotes, fewer students are showing up to class and turning work in on time (or at all).

Student Engagement 201

Student Engagement Instructors Hybrid Courses Exams 201

Faculty Focus

MARCH 24, 2024

The demand for online higher education is strong, with nearly 61% of all undergraduate and 56% of postbaccalaureate students taking at least one course online (NCES, 2022). We suggest hybrid education can effectively incorporate both online and in-person learning to cater to a variety of learner preferences and support university enrollment.

Education 122

Education Instructors Culture Teaching Assistants 122

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

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

That’s led to a frenetic rush to market educational tools as AI. A Difference of Opinion People are still figuring out what the boundaries of this shiny, new piece of technology are in education, says Stephen Aguilar, an assistant professor at the University of Southern California Rossier School of Education.

Ethics 200

Ethics Teachers Laboratory Writing 200

Faculty Focus

MARCH 24, 2024

The demand for online higher education is strong, with nearly 61% of all undergraduate and 56% of postbaccalaureate students taking at least one course online (NCES, 2022). We suggest hybrid education can effectively incorporate both online and in-person learning to cater to a variety of learner preferences and support university enrollment.

Education 111

Education Instructors Culture Teaching Assistants 111

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

But they won’t have the quality, scholarship and service that are hallmarks of a true EMU education,” reads the advertisement created by two faculty unions at Eastern Michigan. AP does not provide any teaching assistance nor oversight of it,” she added. These degrees will carry the EMU name. They are NOT replacements.

Teaching Assistants 120

Teaching Assistants Instructors Coaching Counselling 120

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

When GPT-3 burst on the education scene, it caused a flood of reactions, ranging from gleeful to apocalyptic. And they had examples they could have called to mind, such as the metaverse, a high-tech concept for a virtual world that promised to revolutionize education before calming expectations. But more than that, it unlocked money.

Math 213

Math Motivation Writing Intelligence 213

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

McGraw-Hill and Pearon emphasized that instructors retain the freedom to decide whether to assign bundled materials to students in their classes, and those students can then choose whether to opt out. Pearson has typically seen opt-out rates below 5 percent, according to Osborne.

Textbooks 168

Textbooks Accessibility Confidentiality Instructors 168

Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2018

While not quite the “Year of the MOOC,” 2018 saw a resurgence in interest around the ways these massive open online courses are delivering free (and more often these days, not free) online education around the world, and how these providers are increasingly turning to traditional institutions of learning. Not Buying Your Education Startup.).

Education 134

Education Textbooks Attention Teaching Assistants 134

Faculty Focus

JUNE 1, 2023

Online teaching has become more popular and accessible for students. As such, more instructors are teaching online courses. In-person classes often have this built into the first week of classes and instructors and professors share information about themselves. What do you hope for out of your college education?

Instructors 59

Instructors Syllabus Feedback Assignments 59

Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2018

Students may feel relief as they hand in an exam, but the moment marks the beginning of stress and anxiety for instructors and teaching assistants, who may need to grade hundreds of tests in a short time. Second, the tool is not designed to fully-automate grading, meaning instructors aren’t out of the process completely.

Grades 99

Grades Exams Instructors Teaching Assistants 99

Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

When budget woes threatened faculty reductions in the anthropology department at Kansas State University, one professor decided to address the shortfall by teaching differently. The professor, Michael Wesch, has a long track record of teaching innovation. I was not well educated in alternative narratives to why segregations exists.”

Textbooks 162

Textbooks Teaching Assistants Instructors Exams 162

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2024

Integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) Integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into higher education is increasingly common, presenting new opportunities and challenges for educators and institutions. These insights highlight the diverse experiences and perspectives on AI in higher education. Look no further.

Syllabus 119

Syllabus Assignments Feedback Teaching Assistants 119

Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2019

We can build robot teachers, or even robot teaching assistants. One of the events we attended was a two-day conference about artificial intelligence in education organized by a company called Squirrel AI. And he believes that having AI-driven tutors or instructors will help them each get the individual approach they need.

Intelligence 159

Intelligence Teaching Assistants Language Languages 159

Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2016

DECODING DIGITAL LITERACY: Ask 450 educators to define “digital literacy,” and you’ll likely get dozens of answers. DECIPHERING ‘DATA’: Yaschin also offered this analogy for how educators can think of Big Data: “There are descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytics. Solution: offer happier prompts?). Think about it like a car.

Instructors 153

Instructors Essay Science Teaching Assistants 153

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2024

Integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) Integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into higher education is increasingly common, presenting new opportunities and challenges for educators and institutions. These insights highlight the diverse experiences and perspectives on AI in higher education. Look no further.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Assignments Feedback Teaching Assistants 111

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Like many educators, we’ve spent months processing the media coverage and pondering AI’s potential impact on the future: Is AI “an absolute systems-level threat to education” as some argue ? Will it spell the end of countless jobs or create new horizons for teaching, research, and meaningful work? Will AI save or enslave us?

Minute Papers 134

Minute Papers Instructors Students Assignments 134

Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2018

Even the best instructors may not be able to reach every student. And often that’s because there is a disconnect between what students expect from college teaching and what actually ends up happening in the classroom. Was the faculty member or any teaching assistant involved or was that all student mediated?

Teaching 121

Teaching Course Evaluations Evaluation Students 121

Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2019

When we teach large classes, what approaches can we employ that will have a greater opportunity to engage students and help students learn more? A study was published by IDEA, a non-profit organization that focuses on academic success in a higher education context, which explored whether class size is a factor in perceived learning.

Learning 163

Learning Students Assignments Participation 163

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Like many educators, we’ve spent months processing the media coverage and pondering AI’s potential impact on the future: Is AI “an absolute systems-level threat to education” as some argue ? Will it spell the end of countless jobs or create new horizons for teaching, research, and meaningful work? Will AI save or enslave us?

Minute Papers 119

Minute Papers Instructors Students Assignments 119

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2020

Last week, Pearson announced it paid $25 million to acquire Smart Sparrow’s technology, in a move that the publisher says will bolster the digital infrastructure that will soon support all its future higher-education offerings. The following year, Knewton was bought in a deal that has become a poster child for education technology hype.

Learning 137

Learning Textbooks Feedback Teaching Assistants 137

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Teaching is a dynamic endeavor. As instructors, we are continually looking for ways to grow and improve. Instructors are encouraged to take small steps to start building HIPs in their curriculums, and there are some HIPs which are easy to incorporate into an existing course. From Strenthscope: [link] Tambayan, D.

Assignments 104

Assignments Instructors Critical Thinking Activities 104

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

A new offering called Learning Under Quarantine from ASU Prep Digital , envisioned for Breakthrough Public Schools in collaboration with The 305 Education Group, is now in place. We look forward to customizing this offering to fit the needs of more schools that could use this same type of quality teaching assistance.”.

Hybrid Learning 130

Hybrid Learning Schools Learning Curriculum 130

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

2021 brought with it new COVID-19 variants, the dreaded school COVID quarantine, and renewed calls to support the nation’s educators, who have worked tirelessly (and constantly) to support students’ learning, social and emotional needs, and more. — Catherine Cahn, CEO, Twig Education.

Learning 363

Learning Communication Hybrid Learning Language 363

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. As English professors and educational developers, we think this question is essential when creating a sense of belonging for all students. Journal of Educators Online, 14(2). References: Bogost, I.

Culture 122

Culture Communication Writing Language 122

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

These factors converge to understandably discourage teachers with established routines from shifting away from lecturing and into flipped learning, a change that many scholars of pedagogy and education sciences strongly advocate for. Discussion Questions: Reflect on your challenges in teaching a large STEM class. research.com.

Lecturing 98

Lecturing Active Learning Activities STEM 98

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

Teaching in a large-size classroom differs significantly from teaching in a small-size classroom in terms of engagement, interaction, and instructional methods (Wang & Calvano, 2022). To address the disparity between in-person and remote students, instructors can implement strategies that ensure both groups feel equally engaged.

Teaching 82

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 82

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 14, 2023

One cannot emphasize enough the profound effects of the fusion between artificial intelligence and education. The vast landscape of education, which once might have seemed static and resistant to change, is now fluid, molded continuously by the nuances of AI. AI steps in as a powerful ally, amplifying the educator’s capabilities.

Intelligence 122

Intelligence Ethics Feedback Assignments 122

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

Teaching in a large-size classroom differs significantly from teaching in a small-size classroom in terms of engagement, interaction, and instructional methods (Wang & Calvano, 2022). To address the disparity between in-person and remote students, instructors can implement strategies that ensure both groups feel equally engaged.

Teaching 79

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 79

Scholarly Teacher

JANUARY 29, 2025

Educational research demonstrates the impact of engagement, both social and academic, on student outcomes like persistence (Deil-Amen, 2011; Karp et al., One participant shared what they were learning from observing their mentor teachers, explaining, I was listening to the way [the instructors] explained subjects to students.

Learning 98

Learning Instructors Math STEM 98

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Teaching is a dynamic endeavor. As instructors, we are continually looking for ways to grow and improve. Instructors are encouraged to take small steps to start building HIPs in their curriculums, and there are some HIPs which are easy to incorporate into an existing course. From Strenthscope: [link] Tambayan, D.

Assignments 84

Assignments Instructors Critical Thinking Activities 84

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 14, 2023

One cannot emphasize enough the profound effects of the fusion between artificial intelligence and education. The vast landscape of education, which once might have seemed static and resistant to change, is now fluid, molded continuously by the nuances of AI. AI steps in as a powerful ally, amplifying the educator’s capabilities.

Intelligence 110

Intelligence Ethics Feedback Assignments 110

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

So then, why do so many educators lecture and click through PowerPoints for 30-,40-, or even 60-minutes at a time with no breaks or learning activities? Reflecting on my experiences as a student, I know how tough it is to pay attention during these longer lectures and wish instructors had a different way to deliver them. Bradbury, N.

Lecturing 102

Lecturing Attention Students Discussions 102

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on innovative ways to engage students, digital resources, and online and hybrid learning strategies related to post-pandemic teaching. This year’s 6th most-read story focuses on the predictions educators and industry experts made for learning in 2022.

Hybrid Learning 294

Hybrid Learning Communication Accessibility Language 294

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. As English professors and educational developers, we think this question is essential when creating a sense of belonging for all students. Journal of Educators Online, 14(2). References: Bogost, I.

Culture 96

Culture Communication Writing Language 96