Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

Incorporate interactive activities Interactive activities can help keep students engaged and motivated in online learning. There are many interactive tools available that can be used to create quizzes, games, and simulations. These activities can be used to reinforce key concepts, test understanding, and provide feedback to students.

Active Learning 97

Active Learning Achievement Activities Quizzes 97

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2024

” In many cases, what they’re feeling may not be necessarily bad, and providing this resource helps to improve their focus and motivation. Conducting regular assessments using real-time polls and quizzes allow students to understand how well they’re doing and where they may need to place additional effort. Dillinger, K (2023).

Course Design 128

Course Design Feedback Instructors Students 128

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 1, 2018

These web-based classes offer motivated students a self-paced, self-directed path to achieving their college dreams in an affordable, flexible, quality ecosystem that prepares them for future careers in fields they love. Take quizzes and proctored exams available in your subscription. Work through the videos, PDFs, and other materials.

Exams 83

Exams Quizzes Textbooks Mobile Devices 83

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2024

” In many cases, what they’re feeling may not be necessarily bad, and providing this resource helps to improve their focus and motivation. Conducting regular assessments using real-time polls and quizzes allow students to understand how well they’re doing and where they may need to place additional effort. Dillinger, K (2023).

Course Design 111

Course Design Feedback Instructors Students 111

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 3, 2023

Now, students are wondering why they have to do assignments that AI chatbots could do for them, especially when AI could do the work, like write an essay or research paper, in just a few seconds. Students are rarely told why they have to do papers, projects, essays, discussion forum posts, or other assignments other than “to get a good grade.”

Failure 98

Failure Academic Integrity Assignments Universal Design 98

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

Developing the whole student Maslow’s hierarchy of needs (1943) has long been instrumental in shaping educators’ beliefs about human behavior, motivation, and learning. For example, before an exam, I discuss how and why I would prepare differently for a multiple-choice versus an essay exam. food, water, warmth, rest, and security).

Syllabus 96

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 96

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 3, 2023

Now, students are wondering why they have to do assignments that AI chatbots could do for them, especially when AI could do the work, like write an essay or research paper, in just a few seconds. Students are rarely told why they have to do papers, projects, essays, discussion forum posts, or other assignments other than “to get a good grade.”

Failure 98

Failure Academic Integrity Assignments Universal Design 98

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Assessments will always impact how students learn, their motivation to learn, and how teachers teach. Below, in diagram 1, are some examples of formative and summative assessments that can be utilized in the classroom.

Fairness 122

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 122

Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2018

Zoobean (Arlington, Virginia) provides a web application, mobile app, and prospective hardware device through which families can track their independent reading and stay motivated to read. They adopted a similar strategy in Maryland, offering schools quizzes that aligned to the state’s high-stakes assessment.

Counselling 120

Counselling Quizzes Essay Beliefs 120

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Assessments will always impact how students learn, their motivation to learn, and how teachers teach. Below, in diagram 1, are some examples of formative and summative assessments that can be utilized in the classroom.

Fairness 110

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 110

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2018

Where there’s an alternative there must be a standard, so we started our chat creating a list of what those standard assignment are: exams, quizzes, essays, reports, lab manuals and the like. Bethany Bovard defined the difference in her own words. “I

Assignments 97

Assignments Exams Instructors Learning 97

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 25, 2018

When they apply the knowledge to authentic situations (like typing a book report or an essay), students return to hunt-and-peck, watching their hands, and hating what they’re doing. Using a motivational medieval tournament theme, it progressively introduces the whole keyboard with 128 lessons, games, and drills.

Quizzes 90

Quizzes Essay Grades Knowledge 90

k12 Online Schools

MAY 9, 2025

Dopamine release during gaming motivates repeated effort, turning repetitive tasks into enjoyable ones. Recommended Tools Kahoot and Quizizz: Great for quizzes that feel like competitive games. Autonomy activates intrinsic motivation, the kind that sustains long-term curiosity and effort. The result?

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Schools Motivation Gamification Essay 52