Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2019

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. The Marginal Syllabus project is just one example of the power of this type of collaboration.

Instructors 165

Instructors Syllabus Peer Review Students 165

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

A few repositories like the Open Syllabus Project collect syllabi from around the world. And professors have other ways to share their classroom tips: Publishing research about their teaching in peer-reviewed scholarly journals. And some professors share their teaching tips informally on blogs like ProfHacker.

Teaching Portfolio 167

Teaching Portfolio Teaching Syllabus Peer Review 167

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.  2 (2019): 255–75.

Syllabus 126

Syllabus Instructors Peer Review Lecturing 126

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.  2 (2019): 255–75.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Instructors Peer Review Lecturing 111

Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2021

A resource called Merlot has long applied peer review to online educational materials, and Downes says he was involved in a repository for online course materials called eduSource.

Textbooks 170

Textbooks Syllabus Instructors Peer Review 170

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Faculty can add more tests or assignments to the syllabus, or split large assignments into smaller sections so that students have more opportunities to build points throughout the semester, and more opportunities to see where their skills or knowledge stand as the course progresses. Incorporating peer review into their courses.

Academic Integrity 147

Academic Integrity Exams Assignments Instructors 147

Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2018

Previously, her syllabus relied on a series of pamphlets from the Water Education Foundation, a California-based non-profit. Reviews for relevancy and accurateness “went beyond the community college in that sense,” the instructor says. Anagnoson says she considered using OER before her course was lumped into the Z-degree.

Textbooks 119

Textbooks Instructors History Syllabus 119