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MARCH 2, 2023

In the early days of online education, I imagined that virtual classrooms would follow the same basic model as in-person ones, with an instructor leading the same number of students typical in a campus class. Students attend WGU entirely on screen, with instructors engaging with them virtually by email, phone, text and video.

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APRIL 27, 2018

undergraduate students have some form of disability, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Among that 11 percent, an even smaller portion tell their instructor. And some instructors even view the requisitions as as an infringement to academic freedom. Ann Wai-Yee Kwong Nearly 11 percent of all U.S.

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APRIL 30, 2020

What are some of the accessibility needs college students have that instructors, researchers and course designers should be thinking about when moving courses online? And are there any common ones that pop up in many classrooms or that instructors maybe encounter more often? Del Tufo: I feel your pain so much.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Instead of thinking about the LMS as simply a repository for course essentials (syllabus, contact information, etc.), For instance: One instructor might have clearly labeled modules containing content for each week, while another might use one module for all handouts and another for all assignments. across the course.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Washington (2019) studied the face-to-face instructor experience, and we already had anecdotal information, along with some survey data, from our own faculty regarding their use and preferences regarding the LMS. Seasoned instructors who have successfully used the LMS can also offer insights from their experiences. 2 (2019): 255–75.

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OCTOBER 22, 2021

It’s solution: Create a new marketplace where instructors can find them. based company, called Argos Education, is that the way textbooks are created and revised is due for a reset. A key premise of the Lexington, Mass.-based

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NOVEMBER 22, 2017

But bringing it into an online setting adds that extra layer of technology challenge and collaboration-skill challenge.” Instructors should make sure students have the opportunity to build their own learning experiences, Parra argues. In the end she builds the final syllabus based on their suggestions.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2024

As educators and students grapple with what is allowed when using generative AI (GenAI) tools, I have compiled five tips to help you design or redesign academic integrity statements for your syllabus, assignments, exams, and course activities. Write your own GenAI policy to include in your syllabus.

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DECEMBER 30, 2021

Many of our faculty, all experienced and skilled instructors, were not just overwhelmed but on the brink. If I said what the things were that I cut from my syllabus or my department chair duties, I would probably get in trouble. But so far, nobody has even noticed.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2018

She recalled one instructor who told her that 11 students in her class of 35 turned in the exact same assignment using materials from Course Hero, a website where students can share and access course study materials. Educators who have time can also search for a student’s response online if it looks suspicious.

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JUNE 6, 2024

At the college level, Bowen sees potential wins for faculty in the near future, if, say, tools like learning management systems add AI features that can do tasks like build a course website after the instructor feeds it a syllabus. That’s going to be a real time saver for faculty,” he predicts.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Connecting with students shifts the obligation from the instructor working singularly to create an inclusive environment to one where the class works collectively to build the community. Instructors lead by example, sharing information about themselves, their backgrounds, and their interests, and encourage students to do the same.

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MARCH 28, 2018

But it wasn’t until her current gig, serving as an instructor for a course on water supply and demand in California, that she got her feet wet with open educational resources. Coming from educational publishing, there was a strict division between writing and editing and graphic-design work,” says Anagnoson.

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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.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Instructors who flunk a student on an exam can reasonably expect to see an email from a concerned parent every so often. In an age where college students can Skype, email and Snapchat with their families faster than it takes to read this sentence, it’s easy for parents to stay involved in the lives of their children who’ve flown the coop.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Connecting with students shifts the obligation from the instructor working singularly to create an inclusive environment to one where the class works collectively to build the community. Instructors lead by example, sharing information about themselves, their backgrounds, and their interests, and encourage students to do the same.

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APRIL 5, 2018

And he believes that both K-12 and higher-ed instructors can make that happen. Heath, who has co-written books including “Made to Stick” and “The Power of Moments,”delivered a keynote Thursday at the 2018 Carnegie Foundation Summit on Improvement in Education in San Francisco. Or they still are able to do __.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2024

As educators and students grapple with what is allowed when using generative AI (GenAI) tools, I have compiled five tips to help you design or redesign academic integrity statements for your syllabus, assignments, exams, and course activities. Write your own GenAI policy to include in your syllabus.

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Academic Integrity Writing Syllabus Exams 98

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APRIL 20, 2018

But how should instructors foster rich, inclusive dialogues with diverse students—and do so online where everyone might be anonymous? But the panel on Thursday started off by saying even delivering online education in more flexible ways isn't enough. Shellgren urged educators to think about “anti-frameworks.”

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

British Journal of Educational Technology, 50 (5), 2288-2307. Enabling critical thinking development in higher education through the use of a structured planning tool. Fostering a positive and inclusive community culture is essential for creating an environment where students feel empowered to learn, contribute, and thrive.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 27, 2023

Many times, learning a new educational technology tool is time-consuming. In this case, I am proposing using technology that we already use in our daily lives and applying it to our classrooms. Instructors can give voice to a large class when there is no time to invite individual students to speak up.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2018

He has also been named a Master Educator by Course Hero , an education technology company that produced a short film about him. PEEK INSIDE COLLEGE CLASSROOMS: Discover interdisciplinary teaching insights from our growing community of college educators. You’ve been restoring classic cars since you were a teenager.

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APRIL 26, 2018

As many #DLNchat -ters pointed out, they are efficient and thus attractive assessment tools for instructors of large courses. There was some discussion about how to use social media to bring learning into the wider virtual world as described in How a Flipped Syllabus, Twitter and YouTube Made This Professor Teacher of the Year.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

British Journal of Educational Technology, 50 (5), 2288-2307. Enabling critical thinking development in higher education through the use of a structured planning tool. Fostering a positive and inclusive community culture is essential for creating an environment where students feel empowered to learn, contribute, and thrive.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 8, 2017

But I think primarily what really separates successful flipped classes from unsuccessful flipped classes is the level of support and communication that instructors have with their students. There can be an unhealthy dependency of students upon instructors. Don’t try to jump straight into it. What do you mean by that? It was a waste.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2019

That’s when we really started getting calls from frustrated instructors at community colleges who said, ‘I have a big problem. Commercial texts and tools make it too easy for some faculty to outsource their teaching and course design, Smith says, although he’s empathetic to part-time instructors whose workloads outweigh their resources.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

You don't want them to adopt the latest fad because by the time you get a syllabus approved or a new curriculum and whatever, if it's a fad you just wasted a ton of time and resources. It's very funny, the first job I had in Silicon Valley was actually as a training instructor. That's a great question.

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OCTOBER 31, 2017

Large classes pose tough challenges for instructors and colleges. Once that's there, I think the ways that it comes across, it can be as early as in my syllabus and on our LMS site. After all, how do you craft a meaningful experience for 250 people (or more)? Am I giving out more A's and B's? Am I giving out less?

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MAY 7, 2020

Welcome to your summer crash course in online education. Below, you’ll find a syllabus intended to help you advance from emergency remote instruction toward more substantive practices and philosophies. Online instructors may serve more as facilitators than as lecturers. Don’t worry, you don’t have to read it all. Key Concepts.

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DECEMBER 9, 2021

During two intense hours, three adult students and an instructor read aloud from the “Odyssey.” Or,” the instructor counters, “it’s a healthy response to a guest who seems emotionally laden.” It’s the moment, the instructor says, when “you get at what’s at stake.” Seminars are free, and instructors volunteer.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Decolonize my syllabus , decolonize my curriculum, decolonize my classroom—for some time now, the term “decolonization” has been the buzzword around campus, as students and certain faculty demand inclusion and diversity in education. [The Library of Trinity College Dublin. Photo by PhotoFra.]

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AUGUST 30, 2021

Decolonize my syllabus , decolonize my curriculum, decolonize my classroom—for some time now, the term “decolonization” has been the buzzword around campus, as students and certain faculty demand inclusion and diversity in education. [The Library of Trinity College Dublin. Photo by PhotoFra.]

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FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Each tester isn’t expected to complete the entire course, but to go through at least a week’s worth of the four- to six-week syllabus (with different testers trying different parts of the course). Other campuses have experimented with giving release time to their own instructors in exchange for reviewing courses.

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OCTOBER 28, 2016

At higher education’s biggest IT conference, Sugata Mitra described how small children can inspire the future of learning. PROSE > GRAPHS: “Timely access to actionable information can help instructors and students be more effective,” says David Wiley, Chief Academic Officer of Lumen Learning.

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OCTOBER 1, 2019

But could a show like the Good Place actually belong on a college syllabus? One of the fellow instructors in our first year seminar program came in and observed it and she loved it so much she started using it, which I think is always a good endorsement. I have not.

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Teaching Philosophy Teaching Ethics Syllabus 167

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DECEMBER 18, 2017

Boyer uses a “flipped syllabus” in which students' final grades are based on the points they've earned—not lost—throughout the semester. Boyer is now a senior instructor and researcher at Virginia Tech. He has also been named a Master Educator by Course Hero , an education technology company that produced a short film on Boyer. .

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JANUARY 24, 2025

While students should be concerned about their mental health and allowed to take a step back when a conversation is too much, some instructors say theyre also missing out on valuable lessons. Improving class discussions doesnt have to mean completely overhauling a syllabus, though, Gannon says.

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