Faculty Focus

AUGUST 18, 2024

While AI-powered tools offer potential to enhance teaching and learning, concerns about AI replacing human instructors have sparked a complex debate. While AI can be a powerful tool to augment the teaching experience, human instructors remain essential for fostering student engagement, critical thinking, and emotional well-being.

Ethics 109

Ethics Instructors Intelligence Critical Thinking 109

Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2024

Additionally, non-native English speakers and students with language and learning disabilities often turn to these tools to support their thinking, communication, and learning. Unfortunately, most instructors do not make their perspectives regarding GenAI tools clear to students. Write your own GenAI policy to include in your syllabus.

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Writing Syllabus Exams 98

Faculty Focus

JULY 30, 2024

In the first part, I introduced you to the translation process, the instructor-translator relationship, and the before, during, and after elements of the process. Group discussions are a good use of time, especially if the visiting instructor eavesdrops with the help of the translator.

Teaching 106

Teaching Lecturing Language Languages 106

Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2019

To be fair, ISAs still face questions from regulators. The regular course holds 40 students, with typically one instructor for every 10 students. She has 35 full-time employees, half instructors and half in operations, and claims to place 60 percent of her students in jobs by 90 days after graduation.

Education 150

Education Instructors Feedback Fairness 150

Faculty Focus

JULY 30, 2024

In the first part, I introduced you to the translation process, the instructor-translator relationship, and the before, during, and after elements of the process. Group discussions are a good use of time, especially if the visiting instructor eavesdrops with the help of the translator.

Teaching 104

Teaching Lecturing Language Languages 104

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

And my response to that is that I was a Red Cross Water Safety Instructor at a camp in Vermont, and I taught lifesaving, swimming and everything else. Is that fair to say that in a way you're putting students through the processes of editing that you were put through or what you thought worked and that you'd adopted for yourself?

Writing 167

Writing Teaching English Reading 167

Faculty Focus

MARCH 2, 2025

It was a Friday evening when I saw a little ad on the bottom of my screen looking for online English instructors. I did my fair share of adjunct teaching before I landed a full-time position, which Ive held for nearly a decade. Dont underestimate how your dean can make you a better instructor.

Instructors 78

Instructors Discussions Fairness Questions 78

Edsurge

JULY 31, 2018

Even the English language is changing and evolving faster than it ever has in its history.There are at least three important consequence of this new reality for education:We find ourselves needing to retool and upskill throughout our careers and lives in order to stay productive and relevant. Think of it as the human inversion of Moore’s Law.

Education 133

Education Knowledge History Science 133

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 12, 2016

If you’re well-organized and self-motivated, you might do well as an online instructor. Look for tutor/instructor opportunities via Craigslist.org. From tutoring to instructing test preparation classes, there are many places to look for summer work that will give you freedom to enjoy the season as well as some income.

Teachers 74

Teachers Instructors Education Essay 74

Faculty Focus

MARCH 2, 2025

It was a Friday evening when I saw a little ad on the bottom of my screen looking for online English instructors. I did my fair share of adjunct teaching before I landed a full-time position, which Ive held for nearly a decade. Dont underestimate how your dean can make you a better instructor.

Instructors 66

Instructors Discussions Fairness Questions 66

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

Such technology allows instructors to teach in-person students normally – but any remote students can keep track of everything happening in the classroom. Now, three school years later, it is fair to say that this generation of students will be like no other. — Stephen Heywood, Broadcast Engineer, PTZOptics.

Learning 363

Learning Communication Hybrid Learning Languages 363

Cal Matters

MAY 14, 2025

This opens up some problems, said Jessica Breheny, an English professor and the unions vice president. As part of the class, she has to study a career, write a short essay about it and present it at a career fair. Im sure there are 12-year-olds that are college-ready, but there are just less of them and its less likely.

Middle School 95

Middle School Middle School Counselling Schools 95

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Such technology allows instructors to teach in-person students normally – but any remote students can keep track of everything happening in the classroom. Now, three school years later, it is fair to say that this generation of students will be like no other. — Stephen Heywood, Broadcast Engineer, PTZOptics.

Hybrid Learning 297

Hybrid Learning Communication Accessibility Languages 297

k12 Online Schools

APRIL 28, 2025

Students should actively participate in classes, seek feedback, and build relationships with their instructors to ensure strong letters of recommendation later on. Good online schools ensure small class sizes, one-on-one mentorship, and regular interaction, making it possible for teachers to write personalized and persuasive recommendations.

Essay 52

Essay Students Testing Participation 52

Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2023

They’re exhausting,” says Beth Carlson, an English teacher at Kennebunk High School, in Maine, who says she occasionally does 15-minute-each oral assessments for students in the school’s IB program. “I To use Sherpa, an instructor first uploads the reading they’ve assigned, or they can have the student upload a paper they’ve written.

Exams 215

Exams Essay Instructors Education 215

Edsurge

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.” Fair is fair, speak out! Fair is fair, speak out! Seminars are free, and instructors volunteer.

Art 218

Art Instructors Study Reading 218

Faculty Focus

APRIL 6, 2025

Unfortunately, the most common form of feedback that instructors receive, the mandatory end-of-semester evaluation, is primarily intended to assess faculty rather than the teaching and learning experience. Before the evaluation, the facilitator and the instructor identify three or four open-ended questions to structure the MSF.

Instructors 84

Instructors Feedback Evaluation Students 84

Faculty Focus

APRIL 6, 2025

Unfortunately, the most common form of feedback that instructors receive, the mandatory end-of-semester evaluation, is primarily intended to assess faculty rather than the teaching and learning experience. Before the evaluation, the facilitator and the instructor identify three or four open-ended questions to structure the MSF.

Instructors 78

Instructors Feedback Evaluation Students 78

Edsurge

AUGUST 3, 2018

And so we've got to make sure that they have a fair chance. If you're reading this in English, it's likely the keyboard you're using now. When we're talking about more civic education, what should college professors and instructors be doing? It's antiquated. (5) It makes sense that they have their specialties. Ideally a lot.

Education 137

Education Art Students Lecturing 137