Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

A harsh debate can leave students (and instructors) feeling upset, or make them discouraged about participating in future conversations. Considering these high stakes, students and instructors may be tempted to avoid tough subjects altogether, or only discuss them with like-minded folks. But there’s another option.

Instructors 180

Instructors Beliefs Confidentiality Discussions 180

Edsurge

JULY 21, 2022

When I talked with Josh Eyler, director of faculty development and director of the think forward quality enhancement plan at the University of Mississippi, about the problem with grades on the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast, he urged us to recognize that: “The more we focus on grades, the less we focus on learning.”

Assignments 196

Assignments Grades History Ethics 196

Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2020

We heard from Albat and Stephanie Del Tufo, assistant professor in the School of Education at the University of Delaware, who studies individual differences in learning, language and literacy. Then we also have continued our webinars series with our Center for Faculty Development and Innovation.

Accessibility 218

Accessibility Disabilities Universal Design Syllabus 218

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Our guests were Michelle Pacansky-Brock, faculty mentor for the California Community Colleges Online Education Initiative and @ONE (Online Network of Educators), and Di Xu an assistant professor at UC Irvine School of Education. Many of these folks need to balance their working commitment, family commitment with their school work.

Instructors 130

Instructors Distance Learning Students Online Learning 130

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Zheng (2022) defines a microlecture as “a short video, usually produced by the instructor, that explains a single key concept or a specific skill.” Second, microlectures are personal (that is, they convey a sense of “instructor presence”). What should faculty consider with regards to captioning and sharing microlectures?

Instructors 131

Instructors Lecturing Faculty Development Activities 131

Edsurge

MAY 18, 2020

At the university where I teach, a number of our students come from a home schooling environment. As students would share their experiences, I often realized that the home schools in my imagination were vastly different from what these young people described. Every Thursday, we have decided as a family to do themed school days.

Teaching 199

Teaching Assignments Ethics Grades 199

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

There are multiple teaching tools such as journals, surveys, reflective assignments, anonymous polls, discussions, small-group reflections, and others that instructors can utilize in order to obtain student feedback. Anna Conway, EdD is a professor and faculty developer at Des Moines Area Community College.

Student Engagement 131

Student Engagement Lecturing Students Feedback 131

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

EdSurge: Our grading system seems pretty fundamental to the way schools and colleges work, but you note in the book that letter grades haven’t always been in place. Before I spell out any details, I would just say that all you have to do is just look outside school and you'll see it everywhere. And it had no points on it.

Grades 201

Grades Exams Feedback Testing 201

Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Robert Groven, director of the Minnesota Urban Debate League, has been coaching high school debate competitions for more than 30 years, and he’s noticed a marked shift in student behavior in the past decade or so. Deborah Appleman: I [used to be] a high school English teacher, but at Carleton I'm in the educational studies department.

History 178

History Culture Discussions High School 178

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

APA, MLA), when the individual has absolutely no intention of ever pursuing graduate school. Yes, I realize that many of us never had the idea of going to graduate school until well beyond finishing undergrad. One example we talked about was all the time we might spend emphasizing a particular citation style (e.g.

Writing 155

Writing Skills Teaching Essay 155

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Zheng (2022) defines a microlecture as “a short video, usually produced by the instructor, that explains a single key concept or a specific skill.” Second, microlectures are personal (that is, they convey a sense of “instructor presence”). What should faculty consider with regards to captioning and sharing microlectures?

Instructors 98

Instructors Lecturing Faculty Development Activities 98

Faculty Focus

APRIL 1, 2025

To this end, we prefer using the narrative log as it enables the observer to document the timing of behaviors, techniques, and actions of both the observed instructor and the students. Currently, she works in faculty development at the Excellence in Teaching and Learning Center at Qatar University.

Evaluation 96

Evaluation Teaching Teaching Methods Faculty Development 96

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

There are multiple teaching tools such as journals, surveys, reflective assignments, anonymous polls, discussions, small-group reflections, and others that instructors can utilize in order to obtain student feedback. Anna Conway, EdD is a professor and faculty developer at Des Moines Area Community College.

Student Engagement 98

Student Engagement Lecturing Students Feedback 98

Faculty Focus

APRIL 1, 2025

To this end, we prefer using the narrative log as it enables the observer to document the timing of behaviors, techniques, and actions of both the observed instructor and the students. Currently, she works in faculty development at the Excellence in Teaching and Learning Center at Qatar University.

Evaluation 91

Evaluation Teaching Teaching Methods Faculty Development 91

Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2020

When our faculty develop courses, it’s like something at the Culinary Institute of America—gourmet meals. Instructors have access to the necessary websites, tools and training sessions to prepare for online teaching. Some schools like Amherst will go back to being Amherst and probably not think too much about it,” he said.

Lecturing 106

Lecturing Disabilities Faculty Development Instructors 106

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2024

As students enter the online classroom, they bring with them diverse educational experiences, backgrounds, and expectations of faculty interactions. Personalized feedback demonstrates the instructors investment in each students success. Instructors should strive to present balanced viewpoints and avoid reinforcing negative stereotypes.

Accessibility 105

Accessibility Disabilities Education Culture 105

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2024

As students enter the online classroom, they bring with them diverse educational experiences, backgrounds, and expectations of faculty interactions. Personalized feedback demonstrates the instructors investment in each students success. Instructors should strive to present balanced viewpoints and avoid reinforcing negative stereotypes.

Accessibility 98

Accessibility Disabilities Education Culture 98

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Support is sometimes available from veteran professors, faculty development offices and workshops or training to assist professors in the challenging work of course and curriculum development and implementation. Not all curriculum developers or instructors know how to create new and effective learning activities.

Course Design 60

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 60

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Support is sometimes available from veteran professors, faculty development offices and workshops or training to assist professors in the challenging work of course and curriculum development and implementation. Not all curriculum developers or instructors know how to create new and effective learning activities.

Course Design 58

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 58

EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Utilization and modeling of these effective, participatory learning activities among faculty groups are also a way to build community among faculty as they are “trained” to be effective trauma-informed instructors. In 2019, EAB put together a “Building trauma-sensitive schools” handout that includes information from the U.S.

Education 52

Education STEM Active Learning Peer Review 52