Faculty Focus

AUGUST 31, 2023

Recently, I attended a conference and was sharing my new visual syllabus with some colleagues. After several interactions, I noticed the most frequent comment was, “What a cool syllabus…but is it accessible?” I was ecstatic to hear this question! Illustration 1 : Page 1 of my Pokémon-themed syllabus.

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Syllabus Accessibility Quizzes Disabilities 115

eSchool News

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Best practices for any educator organizing online courses. It’s no secret that virtual education has become more and more widespread, with new online schools popping up regularly and brick-and-mortar institutions adding a blended component. Check for questions frequently and provide timely feedback on progress.

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Education Syllabus Instructors Feedback 279

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

I wanted to provoke them, to get them to ask questions, and to start using these tools—not to cheat—but to flip their learning on its head. Putting ChatGPT on trial I first became aware of ChatGPT last February when I began reading mind-blowing comments of several progressive educators. Now create a syllabus, complete with readings.”

English 333

English Syllabus Intelligence Assignments 333

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Ever wonder why students dont read the syllabus, despite the time and effort we put into creating it? In many classes, professors go over the syllabus during the first week (Richmond, 2016), so frequently that students have dubbed it syllabus week not exactly the most exciting start to a semester!

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Syllabus Students Activities Instructors 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 31, 2023

Recently, I attended a conference and was sharing my new visual syllabus with some colleagues. After several interactions, I noticed the most frequent comment was, “What a cool syllabus…but is it accessible?” I was ecstatic to hear this question! Illustration 1 : Page 1 of my Pokémon-themed syllabus.

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Syllabus Accessibility Quizzes Disabilities 98

eSchool News

OCTOBER 2, 2023

With understanding and tailored approaches, educators can create a supportive environment for these learners. Planners that break down assignments, scaffolded note-taking templates, or even a syllabus can make all the difference in setting clear expectations. ” can dramatically impact how they feel about school.

Reading 300

Reading Syllabus Learning Intelligence 300

Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2021

The practice is a common retrospective technique known as Start/Stop/Continue, and it poses three questions: • What are we not doing, that we should start doing? If I said what the things were that I cut from my syllabus or my department chair duties, I would probably get in trouble. This is a real question.

Education 187

Education Syllabus Instructors Intelligence 187

eSchool News

AUGUST 29, 2024

Let’s unravel these questions. E-learning via web-based platforms has become so important in order to give teachers and students flexibility with educational resources and the ability to collaborate anywhere. Each type should offer UDL principles to create inclusive and accessible educational experiences.

Learning 300

Learning Syllabus Universal Design Quizzes 300

eSchool News

AUGUST 12, 2024

Key points: With the right AI tools, teachers can enhance their classroom instruction Tracking AI in education Enhancing learning through AI and human educators For more on AI in education, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Teaching is an uphill battle that grows harder and more exacting as the years roll by.

Quizzes 291

Quizzes Lecturing Exams Ethics 291

Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2024

Tech giants Google, Microsoft and OpenAI have unintentionally assigned educators around the world major homework for the summer: Adjusting their assignments and teaching methods to adapt to a fresh batch of AI features that students will enter classrooms with in the fall.

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Lecturing Education Assignments Syllabus 216

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

You can pose a question for a future column here. Reader Question: Dear Bonni, I know it is important to be able to address the needs of diverse learners. Verify that your syllabus contains statements that reflect your values in this area. The text of your syllabus and course design. And the subtext of your syllabus.

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Syllabus Teaching Beliefs Instructors 155

Edsurge

JULY 31, 2024

In “Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding-Glass Doors,” Rudine Sims Bishop proposes that educators consider the relationship between reader and texts as possible "mirrors" and "windows," highlighting reader identities and experiences through critical discovery. Then, I ask students the following questions: Who writes the stories?

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Syllabus English Learning Students 195

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Key points : Today’s students will undoubtedly encounter generative AI in their careers Two higher-ed instructors have designed a guide for using generative AI in life design and career education See related article: A scholar’s embrace of ChatGPT-4 Innovations that have transformed education have often been met with skepticism.

Ethics 335

Ethics Essay Syllabus Feedback 335

eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

This is a key consideration as I continue refining my courses for future educators. After a semester where I threw out the syllabus, I was left with an inspiring question: How can I make my future courses more practical and still keep the academic writing and the academic requirements intact?

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Teaching Teachers STEM Syllabus 273

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Between the barbeque and baristas, the dive bars and dueling pianos, thousands of educators, along with entrepreneurs, investors, researchers and policymakers across the education industry, will descend on Austin, Texas, during the first week of March for SXSW EDU. Who Does Online Education Really Serve? Tuesday, March 5, 4 p.m.

Syllabus 114

Syllabus Science Learning Styles Testing 114

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 17, 2022

To help cultivate responsible decision-making in classrooms, educators should consider the following questions: How can I help students evaluate situations to identify the potential benefits and consequences of different decisions? family, peers, school, community) ( CASEL ). Responsible Decision-Making.

Learning 370

Learning Syllabus Evaluation Discussions 370

Edsurge

MAY 26, 2019

The most effective educational tools and services are ones developed and informed by those with firsthand experience in schools. Having that prior experience has been a huge advantage in building products for educators. One of the sessions is dedicated to examining education standards. Not a bad idea, right?)

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Syllabus Education Failure Knowledge 156

Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2019

You can pose a question for a future column here. Make it Easy for Students to Interact It can be a delicate balance to try to not overwhelm students by the quantity of educational technology we use in a class, while still keeping things interesting through the element of surprise.

Instructors 161

Instructors Syllabus Peer Review Students 161

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2018

The concept of gradual release of responsibility is second nature to me when working with students in grades K-12, but in my new role teaching graduate students in an education technology program, I am struggling to model so many of the practices I expect these teachers to use in their own classrooms.

Teaching 163

Teaching Education Learning Syllabus 163

Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2020

So researchers hoping to engineer better teaching and learning systems are working to unlock a new level of education efficiency by creating AI tools that make it easier for almost anyone to build an AI tutor. “We Online education tends to be widely accessible, but online course completion rates are low.

Teaching 215

Teaching Intelligence Learning Syllabus 215

Edsurge

JULY 14, 2020

For some educators that sudden shift led to some soul searching about what college teaching was all about. In her syllabus written before the pandemic, she had planned a final exam with a series of physics problems for students to work out. Some in her department had tough questions about the approach as well. Learn more.

Exams 180

Exams Essay Syllabus Questions 180

Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2018

The following is the latest installment of the new EdSurge advice column about teaching in higher education. You can pose a question for a future column here. I grew tired of uploading the syllabus as a file within our LMS, only to need to upload a new version every single semester. syllabus-BUSN114.pdf) syllabus-BUSN114.pdf)

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Syllabus Mobile Devices Learning Assignments 133

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. They also addressed audience questions about how to get faculty motivated to adjust their courses to improve accessibility. You should go back.”

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Accessibility Disabilities Universal Design Syllabus 217

Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2024

But the experiment points to interesting possibilities — and raises ethical questions — about how the latest AI tech might be used to improve teaching. He suggested that leaders at Ferris State could create a tool that would nudge students at various times in their learning process and ask them to fill out quick survey questions.

Intelligence 211

Intelligence Syllabus Feedback Assignments 211

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Even the term “general education,” as the curriculum is called at that point, feels generic—and almost like a commodity. Schubert speaks the language of both higher education and business. I think that education—and no one seems to want to admit this—education just takes time, and that just takes people and labor.

Education 158

Education Syllabus Faculty Development Communication 158

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Nearly a thousand of the education industry’s C-level executives, private equity fund managers and investors gathered at BMO Capital’s “ Back to School ” conference in New York City. Few, if any educators were present (ironic, given the back-to-school theme). Students and teachers were not the only ones to return to class this week.

Education 140

Education Textbooks Syllabus Schools 140

Faculty Focus

MARCH 12, 2023

The first day or week of the semester is often referred to as what students call “syllabus week,” because professors typically spend the first day of class reviewing the syllabus—interject a big yawn here. Here, they were free to ask me any questions. I put the document on a screen and reviewed it with them.

Student Engagement 115

Student Engagement Activities Syllabus Instructors 115

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Let’s examine the characteristics of online education and how they both enable and constrain learning, plus consider tips for how advisors can help students resolve these tensions. 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.

Online Learning 187

Online Learning Instructors Coaching Mobile Devices 187

Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2020

One big barrier to sustaining education via remote instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic has been students’ unequal access to advanced technology tools. But educators who want to make sure they reach every student don’t have to resort to mailing printed worksheets. Of course, these programs may take significant time to develop.

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Distance Learning Syllabus Internet Learning 212

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Plenty of colleagues on other campuses were wrestling with the same question, she saw in the portfolios, and they were finding ways that tried new approaches without throwing out the old completely—call it turning the class on its side rather than making a full flip. Teaching portfolios aren’t a new idea.

Teaching Portfolio 166

Teaching Portfolio Teaching Syllabus Peer Review 166

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 29, 2023

In spring 2021, inspired by feedback from students, I redesigned my two undergraduate education courses as blended learning courses. As we look to the future of higher education, blended learning might be the model students need as they navigate an ever-changing and ever-challenging world. 2019; Vallée et al.,

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Blended Learning Lecturing Education Learning 132

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 22, 2024

These spaces contain questions that we wish to answer—no, actually, that we feel compelled to answer. She encourages us to allow our students to dwell in this liminality, to embrace it, learning to explore the robust and playful opportunity it presents to ask questions and engage in problem solving.

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Syllabus Discussions Beliefs Questions 110

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? For example, near the beginning of the semester, Sedoc asks students what they hope to get out of his classes, trying to see how well their expectations match the syllabus.

Feedback 195

Feedback Instructors Students Syllabus 195

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 22, 2024

These spaces contain questions that we wish to answer—no, actually, that we feel compelled to answer. She encourages us to allow our students to dwell in this liminality, to embrace it, learning to explore the robust and playful opportunity it presents to ask questions and engage in problem solving.

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Syllabus Discussions Beliefs Questions 105

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Instead of thinking about the LMS as simply a repository for course essentials (syllabus, contact information, etc.), It can also lead to a slew of similar questions being sent to the professor, who then must spend time addressing those questions either individually or with the class the next time they meet. across the course.

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Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 122

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 1, 2015

What I want to do today is go over the most common questions I’ve gotten regarding sign ups: Q: What is the cost to register? Email the instructor at askatechteacher at gmail dot com throughout the week and/or bring up your question at the weekend Google Hangout or TweetUp. The class focuses on using tech as an education tool.

Questions 71

Questions Syllabus Instructors Curriculum 71

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 24, 2023

Language for the disability statement in their syllabus. The second question I ask in one form or another is, “Do your students know that this is what you want for them?” Another way of asking the question is, “Do you talk to them about this?” So, when faculty come to me with a problem, they want an answer. Start strong.

Teaching 122

Teaching Syllabus Instructors Disabilities 122