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.

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Instructors Faculty Development Feedback Study 136

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

ask the authors, Zach Justus, director of faculty development at California State University, Chico, and Nik Janos, a professor of sociology there. “A student who reads an article you uploaded, but who cannot remember a key point, uses the AI assistant to summarize or remind them where they read something.

Study 213

Study Lecturing Instructors Students 213

Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2020

On top of all that, instructional designers are also expected to have in-depth knowledge of the learning sciences, instructional-design theories and faculty development. This results in working long hours, lacking time for professional development and constantly trying to just keep up.

Education 218

Education Hybrid Courses Motivation Faculty Development 218

Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2017

However, this emphasis should not detract from the primary mission of educational institutions: to ethically develop and realize both individual and socio-cultural potentialities. To whatever extent an educational technology is considered neutral, there are better and worse ways of putting it into practice.

Ethics 141

Ethics Faculty Development Students Instructors 141

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

She specializes in faculty development and training, distance education, and instructional design. The post Using the LMS Effectively to Reduce Logistical Challenges for Students appeared first on Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning. Melissa Samaniego, Ed.D.

Syllabus 122

Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 122

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

There are plenty of things students complain about, but no other educational technology has drawn as much organized protest in recent months. 2) how many faculty or staff have been furloughed or fired? His argument is that the number of people signing petitions is tiny compared to the number of students using remote proctoring.

Plagiarism 218

Plagiarism Exams Confidentiality Testing 218

Edsurge

MAY 18, 2020

Additionally, I am responsible for leading our faculty development team and teaching classes of my own. Most LMSs can be set up to integrate with external tools, making it easy to make use of preferred educational technologies without students having to remember another login and learn an entirely different system.

Teaching 192

Teaching Assignments Ethics Grades 192

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

She specializes in faculty development and training, distance education, and instructional design. The post Using the LMS Effectively to Reduce Logistical Challenges for Students appeared first on Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning. Melissa Samaniego, Ed.D.

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Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 105

Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

Faculty Guild had about 40 college customers for its online faculty development service, which centered around placing faculty members in small virtual communities to guide them through improving their teaching techniques. But its pricing structure “did not scale well,” said Kim Thanos, CEO of Lumen Learning.

Coaching 128

Coaching Textbooks Instructors Faculty Development 128

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

BMCC associate professors of English Joe Bisz and Carlos Fernandez stimulated the formation of CGN when they were awarded a 2007/08 CUNY faculty development grant to study how. Can a Classic Board Game Teach Writing Skills?

Game-Based Learning 165

Game-Based Learning STEM Math English 165

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.”

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Assignments Grades History Ethics 187

Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Kara Gardner, associate dean of faculty development at Minerva, suggested assembling a committee for hiring decisions, and making sure that committee represents diverse backgrounds and viewpoints. And if it is, that could be a good thing.”

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Students Faculty Development Instructors Motivation 148

Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2020

And so a number of individuals, including Daniel Stanford, who's the director of faculty development and technology innovation at the Center for Teaching and Learning at DePaul University. He's put together a whole spreadsheet that's curated from institutions from all around.

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Instructors Teaching Multiple Choice Questions Ethics 202

Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2020

Then we also have continued our webinars series with our Center for Faculty Development and Innovation. And then we did some webinars for Blackboard Basic, Zoom, TechSmith Relay, and even Microsoft Teams.

Accessibility 218

Accessibility Disabilities Universal Design Syllabus 218

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

This was invented by Linda Nilson, who's a legendary faculty developer and thought leader about teaching and learning. All human learning that's significant is based on feedback loops, except in school. I guess my favorite alternative form of grading is called specifications grading.

Grades 194

Grades Exams Feedback Testing 194

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

We have a sustainable financial model once we're up and running, which means we have a few years where you're growing and adding students and you have faculty development and things like that, so [we needed] startup costs. We needed to raise a couple million dollars. No one ever gives $100 million for writing 101.

Education 161

Education Syllabus Faculty Development Communication 161

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

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. Salamone also recommended the Writing Across the Curriculum Clearinghouse, which looks fantastic.

Writing 153

Writing Skills Teaching Essay 153

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 167

History Culture Discussions High School 167

Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2018

Provide guidance from my experience as a teacher and faculty developer and reach out to others when my expertise is lacking. Do you have a question about teaching in a higher education context? Focus on the joy and the pain that can come from the pursuit of good teaching.

Art 110

Art Science Teaching Mobile Devices 110

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

I've done a fair bit of faculty development as well, and I think the greatest fear that I hear from faculty is, what do I do when someone yells, or there's clearly anger and frustration in the room, or someone cries or something like that. And knowing that emotion is going to be present is really crucial.

Instructors 169

Instructors Beliefs Confidentiality Discussions 169

Edsurge

JULY 12, 2016

At EdSurge we’ve heard inspiring stories of faculty developing digital learning environments that take students to virtual medical labs and outer space and into the inner workings of cells. Open, personalized and adaptive—the latest trends in digital learning promise to help more students get to and through college.

Learning 78

Learning Beliefs Faculty Development Feedback 78

Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2020

When our faculty develop courses, it’s like something at the Culinary Institute of America—gourmet meals. The university has long been proud of its online programs, and he says professors must typically take a “rigorous” 10-week training course before they teach their first online course in those programs.

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Lecturing Disabilities Faculty Development Instructors 103

Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2017

This comes back to 20 years of faculty development where basically we know that, if a professor teaches an online course, they have to go through 80 hours of training to learn to teach online. In terms of learning, they’re not [missing out]. And, frankly, we don’t require that training of the face-to-face.

Lecturing 121

Lecturing Students Faculty Development Collaborative Learning 121

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2024

International Journal of Information and Education Technology, 7 (4), 301–308. Application of thinking skills in career: A survey on technical and vocational education training (TVET) qualification semiprofessional job duties. Castañeda, L., & Prendes, P. Doi: 10.18178/ijiet.2017.7.4.885. 2017.7.4.885. Razzaq, A.

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Collaborative Learning Education Learning Students 115

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 4, 2024

Since adult learners are motivated to learn independently, consideration should be given to planning for the use of educational technology that can further increase learner motivation while also helping learners to understand more problem-solving-oriented content tied to real-world problems (Knowles, 1980).

Online Learning 111

Online Learning Learning Tools Instructors Learning 111

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

We really are the online network of educators. And I will also just add one more thing, we still do far too much in-person faculty development to help faculty learn how to teach online. We do a co-design effort with them also. They are learning with their peers. That’s something that I fundamentally believe.

Instructors 130

Instructors Distance Learning Students Online Learning 130

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

Shared insights from CTU enabled UMUC to create efficiencies in the pilot development cycle; reimagine and more broadly define the dynamic nature of assessment use; and close gaps in faculty development training. A team from UMUC will visit CTU later in 2016. Facing the Future Together.

Learning 75

Learning Curriculum Design Faculty Development Discussions 75

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2024

International Journal of Information and Education Technology, 7 (4), 301–308. Application of thinking skills in career: A survey on technical and vocational education training (TVET) qualification semiprofessional job duties. Castañeda, L., & Prendes, P. Doi: 10.18178/ijiet.2017.7.4.885. 2017.7.4.885. Razzaq, A.

Collaborative Learning 105

Collaborative Learning Education Learning Students 105

Faculty Focus

APRIL 2, 2024

She is completing a master of online education and has designed and facilitated several workshops to help educators incorporate GenAI tools into their practice. This includes the OER faculty development course Forward Facing Assessments , downloadable free of charge from BCcampus. References Brown, H., Crawford, S.,

Study 124

Study Writing Evaluation Instructors 124

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 4, 2024

Since adult learners are motivated to learn independently, consideration should be given to planning for the use of educational technology that can further increase learner motivation while also helping learners to understand more problem-solving-oriented content tied to real-world problems (Knowles, 1980).

Online Learning 98

Online Learning Learning Tools Instructors Learning 98

Faculty Focus

APRIL 2, 2024

She is completing a master of online education and has designed and facilitated several workshops to help educators incorporate GenAI tools into their practice. This includes the OER faculty development course Forward Facing Assessments , downloadable free of charge from BCcampus. References Brown, H., Crawford, S.,

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Study Writing Evaluation Instructors 113

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Also joining us is Joshua Eyler, director of faculty development at the University of Mississippi. On this week’s episode of the EdSurge Podcast, we talk with this student, and hear from the professor (a living one) who is coordinating the class.

Teaching 174

Teaching Syllabus Lecturing Faculty Development 174

Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2025

So, how can students develop the capacity and the resilience to engage with them and share their viewpoints so that people understand where theyre coming from? For instance, Bernstein says, in the aftermath of the 2024 election, many political experts wondered whether Democrats leaned too heavily on some issues, like transgender rights.

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Discussions Art Instructors Participation 202