Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

And the tools serve as a particular lifeline for neurodivergent students, who suddenly have access to services that can help them get organized and support their reading comprehension, teaching experts say. It’s not as simple as assuming that students are all cheaters, the instructor stresses.

Study 214

Study Lecturing Instructors Students 214

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 24, 2023

Here’s an inconvenient truth about inclusive teaching: there are no quick fixes. It’s inconvenient because faculty are stressed. In other words, we need to take the time to create inclusive learning communities if we’re going to make the most of teaching and learning. Who are you to your students? Do they respect you?

Teaching 98

Teaching Syllabus Instructors Disabilities 98

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

The following is the first full installment of the new EdSurge advice column about teaching in higher education. I realize that sounds completely obvious, but it was not something I have always remembered to integrate into my own teaching. You can pose a question for a future column here.

Writing 156

Writing Skills Teaching Essay 156

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 15, 2024

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on September 30, 2019 © Magna Publications. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! If you teach, you know about learning outcomes. Unless you inherited your courses from someone else, you’ve developed lists of them. All rights reserved. We need them.

Learning Outcomes 64

Learning Outcomes Instructors Learning Students 64

Faculty Focus

APRIL 1, 2025

University faculty members are usually immersed in various tasks related to teaching, research, committees, and office hours. This isolation can hinder their professional development and growth, especially if they do not take the time to reflect on their own teaching methods and practices.

Evaluation 101

Evaluation Teaching Teaching Methods Faculty Development 101

Edsurge

APRIL 6, 2020

The following is the latest installment of the Toward Better Teaching advice column. The way that books have nourished my teaching has been in the area of identifying and refining my teaching philosophy and general pedagogical approaches. I haven’t read many books that are focused strictly on online teaching.

Online Learning 213

Online Learning Reading Teaching Philosophy Learning 213

Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

Lumen Learning, a company that sells low-cost OER textbooks and courseware, plans to start offering professional development services for faculty that can be bundled with its titles. In other words, some of its textbooks are now sold with coaching on how to teach with OER more effectively.

Coaching 133

Coaching Textbooks Instructors Faculty Development 133

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on November 30, 2015 © Magna Publications. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! That’s not a new finding, and it’s something most instructors already know, but it’s the size of the difference that’s often underestimated. All rights reserved.

Teachers 105

Teachers Instructors Faculty Development Feedback 105

Faculty Focus

APRIL 1, 2025

University faculty members are usually immersed in various tasks related to teaching, research, committees, and office hours. This isolation can hinder their professional development and growth, especially if they do not take the time to reflect on their own teaching methods and practices.

Evaluation 96

Evaluation Teaching Teaching Methods Faculty Development 96

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

In creating a course shell, regardless of the course modality (face-to-face, hybrid, or online), it can be helpful to understand the things that students find most frustrating (and most helpful) about faculty use of the LMS. Many faculty don’t include due dates, which can lead to missed deadlines. Melissa Samaniego, Ed.D.

Syllabus 122

Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 122

Edsurge

JULY 4, 2019

The higher education landscape is dotted with opportunities to connect with and learn from fellow colleagues, faculty, developers and entrepreneurs, all working on new ideas and tools to support teaching and learning. At any time of the year, there’s likely a gathering just for you.

Instructors 141

Instructors Faculty Development Feedback Study 141

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 15, 2024

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on September 30, 2019 © Magna Publications. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! If you teach, you know about learning outcomes. Unless you inherited your courses from someone else, you’ve developed lists of them. All rights reserved. We need them.

Learning Outcomes 59

Learning Outcomes Instructors Learning Students 59

Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2018

Since I can never seem to avoid changing my classes each time I teach them, I’m anticipating how the new semester will bring me new learning as a teacher. Since the Fall of 2014, I have been having weekly conversations on the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast with people I consider to be magnificent educators.

Art 114

Art Science Teaching Mobile Devices 114

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on November 30, 2015 © Magna Publications. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! That’s not a new finding, and it’s something most instructors already know, but it’s the size of the difference that’s often underestimated. All rights reserved.

Teachers 96

Teachers Instructors Faculty Development Feedback 96

Faculty Focus

MARCH 14, 2023

Integral to these efforts, the Center for Educational Innovation (CEI) designed and delivered several faculty development opportunities focusing on research-based teaching and learning strategies that support student mental health and well-being.

Syllabus 131

Syllabus Exams Instructors Assignments 131

Edsurge

JULY 21, 2022

Dear Bonni, I'll be teaching a course on the history of Ireland later this year. Your pursuit of this kind of assignment reminds me of an interview I did for the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast with Ken Bain , author of "What the Best College Teachers Do." Assess Creativity Ok, so how do you grade these creative assignments?

Assignments 191

Assignments Grades History Ethics 191

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

In creating a course shell, regardless of the course modality (face-to-face, hybrid, or online), it can be helpful to understand the things that students find most frustrating (and most helpful) about faculty use of the LMS. Many faculty don’t include due dates, which can lead to missed deadlines. Melissa Samaniego, Ed.D.

Syllabus 105

Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 105

Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2020

On the latest installment of our monthly online discussion forum, EdSurge Live , we explored accessibility in this unusual era of emergency remote teaching. Luckily our team had a lot of resources already put out there for them, but we did do a special curation of those on a teaching and learning continuity page.

Accessibility 218

Accessibility Disabilities Universal Design Syllabus 218

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

So we did a follow-up study, interviewing both online instructors and the students enrolled in online courses to understand why students are withdrawing from online courses in a massive way, and why students struggle in terms of their performance. Students complain that they don't always see their instructors. Pacansky-Brock: Yeah.

Instructors 131

Instructors Distance Learning Students Online Learning 131

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”). Do you always articulate every word perfectly when teaching in the classroom?

Instructors 131

Instructors Lecturing Faculty Development Activities 131

Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2017

Here, researchers are considering how to use data to reflect on teaching and learning practices. However, these kinds of practices are difficult to scale because teaching approaches vary widely. An interest in respecting student agency is an important component of the academic field of learning analytics. percentage points.

Ethics 146

Ethics Faculty Development Students Instructors 146

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 4, 2024

A lightboard is a large glass panel coupled with technology that allows an instructor to write or draw on a large surface (McCorkle & Whitener, 2020). Lightboards require minimal instructor training. Some lightboards can be setup to be one button studios controlled exclusively by the instructor.

Online Learning 111

Online Learning Learning Tools Instructors Learning 111

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Unlike the end-of-semester feedback, when gathering formative feedback on what’s helping or hindering student learning might be too late, mid-term analysis of our teaching and student learning may help motivate students and enhance their learning. as an example, let’s look at teaching with case studies. Sound familiar?

Student Engagement 131

Student Engagement Lecturing Students Feedback 131

Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2018

JD Yaske, a board member and programming class instructor at Gameheads, an Oakland-based nonprofit that teaches game design to low-income youth and those of color, said the program doesn’t specifically target any racial or gender demographic, but wants to bring more diversity to major gaming companies.

Students 151

Students Faculty Development Instructors Motivation 151

Faculty Focus

MARCH 14, 2023

Integral to these efforts, the Center for Educational Innovation (CEI) designed and delivered several faculty development opportunities focusing on research-based teaching and learning strategies that support student mental health and well-being.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Exams Instructors Assignments 98

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 175

Instructors Beliefs Confidentiality Discussions 175

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 4, 2024

A lightboard is a large glass panel coupled with technology that allows an instructor to write or draw on a large surface (McCorkle & Whitener, 2020). Lightboards require minimal instructor training. Some lightboards can be setup to be one button studios controlled exclusively by the instructor.

Online Learning 98

Online Learning Learning Tools Instructors Learning 98

Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The discussion tackled plenty of thorny issues facing K-12 and college instructors these days, including how to respond to pressures to ban books in schools, how to make classrooms a welcoming place for debate as schools and colleges grow more diverse, and how to respond to misinformation that students bring to classroom conversations.

History 174

History Culture Discussions High School 174

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

That became clear a few years ago, when a particularly bright student in a calculus class Talbert was teaching bombed the first exam. It just had levels on it — the instructor would circle the level that he had completed and use some highlighters to show what skills he's good at doing, what skills he needs to continue to work on.

Grades 198

Grades Exams Feedback Testing 198

Faculty Focus

MAY 30, 2023

In addition, students reported feeling more connected with the course content and their instructor, leading to an overall more satisfactory learning experience. They felt like they had high levels of interaction with the instructor. Mandernach is an active researcher, author, presenter, and consultant in the field of online education.

Student Engagement 98

Student Engagement Assignments Instructors Students 98

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”). Do you always articulate every word perfectly when teaching in the classroom?

Instructors 98

Instructors Lecturing Faculty Development Activities 98

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Unlike the end-of-semester feedback, when gathering formative feedback on what’s helping or hindering student learning might be too late, mid-term analysis of our teaching and student learning may help motivate students and enhance their learning. as an example, let’s look at teaching with case studies. Sound familiar?

Student Engagement 98

Student Engagement Lecturing Students Feedback 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 27, 2023

In our small language department, we each teach a different foreign language (Chinese, French, German, and Spanish), but we share the core learning goal of student understanding of culture. Our introductory students often come to us with varying degrees of understanding of the languages and cultures that we teach.

Group work 98

Group work Culture Instructors Languages 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 27, 2023

In our small language department, we each teach a different foreign language (Chinese, French, German, and Spanish), but we share the core learning goal of student understanding of culture. Our introductory students often come to us with varying degrees of understanding of the languages and cultures that we teach.

Group work 98

Group work Culture Instructors Languages 98

Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2020

Viruses don’t respect academic quarters,” says Beth Kalikoff, director for the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning at the University of Washington’s Seattle campus. This week, meanwhile, more than 200 colleges have shifted from in-person teaching to online classes due to the coronavirus. Is That Online Teaching?

Lecturing 106

Lecturing Disabilities Faculty Development Instructors 106

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 24, 2024

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on December 9, 2019 © Magna Publications. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! Experiment with BookSnaps in your teaching. All rights reserved. Snapchat is probably the most popular social media app among those under 30. References Martin, T.

Learning 110

Learning Students Textbooks Instructors 110

Faculty Focus

APRIL 2, 2024

You can read about them on the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science website (see the section, Teaching with Cases ). I am an instructor teaching [biology] in [first year of university]. I am an instructor who teaches a [second year nutrition] course to [university] students. link] Herreid, C.

Study 124

Study Writing Evaluation Instructors 124