Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2023

What’s it like going from one course that simply posts a syllabus in the LMS to another that makes more robust use of the tools and features? Clear labels and categories make navigation easy, and having everything accessible, especially the syllabus, lecture materials, and study guides, was a recurring preference. 

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Instructors Peer Review Lecturing 111

Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2019

When forced to redesign his course, Robertson saw an opportunity to move toward a curriculum that offered more flexibility than his linear syllabus ever could. In this system, students choose from a menu of content delivery options (textbook, downloadable study guides, lectures) and interaction options (in-person or online).

Curriculum 154

Curriculum Hybrid Courses Lecturing Gamification 154

Edsurge

APRIL 27, 2018

But because she is legally blind, she had an added challenge of not being able to see the diagrams and notes projected in the lecture hall or assigned for homework. student at the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education at the University of California Santa Barbara. But WCAG isn't nearly as scary as people make it out to be.”

Accessibility 157

Accessibility Disabilities Instructors Syllabus 157

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Textbooks and course materials to review, syllabi to update, lessons to plan, lectures to prepare. Instead of thinking about the LMS as simply a repository for course essentials (syllabus, contact information, etc.), consider how it might be used as a tool for enhancing student learning and engagement. across the course.

Syllabus 105

Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 105

Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2020

So instead of having a three-hour class, we've tried to break our lectures down into 10 minutes, followed by an interactive short activity. Start with your syllabus, make your syllabus accessible and then do one document per week. And the activity is just a content check. It's not like we're grading it for huge stakes.

Accessibility 218

Accessibility Disabilities Universal Design Syllabus 218

Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2019

David Peña-Guzman starts off his Friday class at San Francisco State University like any other professor might: students file in and pull out their note-taking materials, and he opens his laptop to begin lecture. For most of the course, there’s no lecture happening at all. Students put away their technology and read for four hours.

Reading 162

Reading Teaching Lecturing Syllabus 162

Edsurge

AUGUST 8, 2017

Robert Talbert would get the nagging, unsettling sense that the lectures he gave in his Calculus courses just weren’t sinking in. “I EdSurge: Like most professors, you’ve spent most of your career lecturing. You mention that in the traditional lecture model, students get addicted to professors teaching, and not in a good way.

Failure 143

Failure Lecturing Syllabus Instructors 143

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 162

Teaching Education Learning Syllabus 162

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. Is a ‘desk scan’ necessary for a syllabus quiz? 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

MARCH 2, 2023

Classes aren’t led by a lone professor lecturing at the front of the classroom, but by teams of educators, with at least three virtual instructors and as many as ten to fifteen assigned to larger classes. Students attend WGU entirely on screen, with instructors engaging with them virtually by email, phone, text and video.

Teaching 171

Teaching Instructors Syllabus Assignments 171

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. Students could make a copy of the slides or worksheets and take notes as they follow the lecture.

Student Engagement 98

Student Engagement Syllabus Students Lecturing 98

Edsurge

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. For me, office hours listed on the plaque outside your door or listed on the first page of the syllabus sends the message, “Here are the hours when I want to see you, students.”

Quizzes 167

Quizzes Failure Culture Students 167

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Your model is small, not some project that hopes for mass scale through technology. I think that education—and no one seems to want to admit this—education just takes time, and that just takes people and labor. I would get rid of all lecture halls that are beyond 40 people.

Education 162

Education Syllabus Faculty Development Communication 162

Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2018

To do so, he claimed, faculty need to move away from the usual mindset of taking a textbook, identifying modules and organizing lectures designed around a cookie cutter curriculum. Heath also called upon college and university instructors to think about ways their lessons can leave a lasting memory on students. Or they still find value in __.

Instructors 102

Instructors Syllabus Textbooks Lecturing 102

Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Rachel Davenport, a senior lecturer at Texas State University, has taught so many large classes that she jokes she has trouble readjusting to a small seminar room. Do you feel pressure to put on a show for them in these large lectures? there is a piece of technology that I use called Top Hat, which is a student response system.

Teaching 109

Teaching Lecturing Evaluation Syllabus 109

Edsurge

JULY 7, 2022

The syllabus is structured to inspire confidence and courage. I’m not 18 and going into a big lecture hall. During the semester, students read “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass,” “The Secret Life of Bees” and “They Say/I Say.” About the lessons she hopes her own college journey might someday teach them. “I

Students 172

Students Art Essay Interdisciplinary 172

Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2019

An editorial team researched the materials needed in the lecture hall settings where physics, anatomy, sociology and biology are taught, then recruited professors to write and review relevant textbooks, paying them flat fees upfront rather than royalties based on sales.

Textbooks 118

Textbooks Instructors History Syllabus 118

Edsurge

MAY 7, 2020

You recorded your lectures or gathered via video call with however many students you could reach each week. You pivoted, shifted and, let’s be real, maybe stumbled into a makeshift version of online education. Welcome to your summer crash course in online education. You learned how to Zoom, or Hangout, or Team up. Key Concepts.

Syllabus 218

Syllabus Lecturing Education Course Design 218

Edsurge

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. at the end, I was able to modify my lecture according to the comments flowing in.

Lecturing 217

Lecturing Education Learning Knowledge 217

Edsurge

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. at the end, I was able to modify my lecture according to the comments flowing in.

Lecturing 200

Lecturing Education Learning Knowledge 200

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

He doesn’t get paid, but he helps improve the quality of courses by catching mistakes in quizzes and pointing out befuddling bits of video lectures, which can then be clarified before professors release the course to students. “I Wesley Engers has an unusual hobby: beta testing online courses from well-known colleges and universities.

Testing 166

Testing Lecturing Quizzes Textbooks 166

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

He had been enjoying the video lectures by the professor, François-Marc Gagnon, and Ansuini searched online for his email address. And I’m learning from lectures recorded before his passing…. was surprised to find out that the professor listed on his syllabus and featured in his video lectures passed away in 2019.

Teaching 180

Teaching Syllabus Lecturing Faculty Development 180

Edsurge

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Roosevelt Montás “That longing for exploration has nothing to do with academia, has nothing to do with schooling,” says Roosevelt Montás, Columbia University senior lecturer and author of the new book “Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life and Why They Matter for a New Generation.” So Wellmon threw out his syllabus.

Art 218

Art Instructors Study Reading 218

Edsurge

JANUARY 1, 2018

How a Flipped Syllabus, Twitter and YouTube Made This Professor Teacher of the Year How do you win Faculty Member of the Year 13 times in a row? You have to use video,” says Virginia Tech’s John Boyer, who posts his geography lectures on YouTube and holds live online office hours.

Syllabus 128

Syllabus Lecturing Assignments Course Design 128

Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Or at least make more evident which skills their lectures, assignments and projects impart. Not that college professors are all eager to try this.

Skills 186

Skills Intelligence Syllabus Languages 186

Edsurge

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 uses a “flipped syllabus” in which students' final grades are based on the points they've earned—not lost—throughout the semester. He loved the scope and implications of his subject.

Syllabus 143

Syllabus Quizzes Lecturing Assignments 143