Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2022

Many instructors describe accommodations they’ve tried, like loosening homework deadlines or offering asynchronous alternatives to class conversations, but some now wonder whether this kind of leniency actually makes the situation worse. In their anecdotes, fewer students are showing up to class and turning work in on time (or at all).

Student Engagement 194

Student Engagement Instructors Hybrid Courses Exams 194

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

But failure is the whole point of the exercise. One of the failure points of international marketing is human beings’ inability to understand, appreciate, and exploit cultural differences. At Course Hero, we’ve interviewed hundreds of instructors from around the country to share their best lessons.

Quizzes 167

Quizzes Failure Culture Students 167

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Failure to achieve those rates could have led to price increases on course materials. McGraw-Hill and Pearon emphasized that instructors retain the freedom to decide whether to assign bundled materials to students in their classes, and those students can then choose whether to opt out. “At PIRG and author of the report.

Textbooks 160

Textbooks Accessibility Confidentiality Instructors 160

Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2019

But faculty can provide opportunities for students to find common ground with one another—and instructors. Instructors should remember to convey emotion with chats. Instructors should remember to convey emotion with chats. Jennifer Albat suggested: “Pay attention when students introduce themselves. A2: Get real with them!

Failure 132

Failure Instructors Discussions Culture 132

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 24, 2019

Technology and the connected world put a fork in the old model of teaching–instructor in front of the class, sage on the stage, students madly taking notes, textbooks opened, homework as worksheets, and tests regurgitating facts. Failure is a learning tool. In life, failure happens. Did I miss anything?

Failure 130

Failure Gamification Textbooks Knowledge 130

Faculty Focus

APRIL 25, 2023

As educators in the field of higher education today, we are led towards several questions, the most important of which is: Is there a failure to understand the crucial and circular cause-effect relationship between emotions, cognition, and academic success? Communicate with students about interpreting instructor feedback.

Teaching 116

Teaching Failure Instructors Motivation 116

Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2020

The “remedial mindset” that some professors have toward students whom they suspect are not fully prepared for college may hinder institution-level reform efforts, says Katie Hern, executive director of the California Acceleration Project and an English instructor at Chabot College. It’s a very long-held paradigm that is sort of hard to shake.”

Exams 164

Exams English Math Instructors 164

Edsurge

MAY 3, 2018

And when asked if the company plans to review instructor data-collection practices, the spokesperson said Coursera is “working closely with university partners to mutually take measures required for GDPR compliance.” And that kind of personal data, which the instructor gleans from his edX course, is stored locally on his personal device.

Instructors 110

Instructors Failure History Questions 110

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2018

When I attend professional gatherings on open education, however, instructors like myself are often the minority. Yet open educational materials impact faculty and students alike, and many instructors are using these resources today. That is not appealing to instructors,” argues Skidmore.

Textbooks 123

Textbooks Instructors Education Peer Review 123

Faculty Focus

MAY 23, 2024

Home laboratory In a home laboratory, students experiment with a theory and report their findings to the instructor or to the class. The process gives them the opportunity to try several times and also gives room for failure. The opportunity for failure and the chance to learn from that failure is a fabulous thing for students.

Laboratory 104

Laboratory Failure Assignments Instructors 104

Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2019

So last week, the #DLNchat community shared ideas about how to best support instructors making the transition to the online classroom. Karine Joly shared: “Walking in the shoes of their students often makes instructors better—when it comes to technology best practices.” How can instructors create a human connection with their students?

Teaching 139

Teaching Instructors Culture Failure 139

Faculty Focus

APRIL 15, 2025

The challenge is further compounded by students balancing their studies with household chores which can lead to decreased motivation if adequate support is not provided by the instructor. Consequently, the role of instructors becomes more crucial in designing effective online learning experiences that foster active student participation.

Student Engagement 106

Student Engagement Instructors Lecturing Students 106

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Squirrel—so named because, like the furry, nut-gathering rodent, it is fast, agile, plans ahead and “cracks tough nuts,” according to founder and CEO Derek Haoyang Li—uses an AI adaptive learning system and human instructors to give students a personalized education on subjects ranging from Chinese language to physics.

Teachers 167

Teachers Intelligence Coaching Failure 167

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 24, 2023

For so many instructors, whether they’re a TA, someone just starting out, or a seasoned professor with decades of experience, the answer is, “no.” This helps students take ownership over their learning, course policies, and academic behaviors by charting a path to academic success, rather than the consequences for failure.

Teaching 122

Teaching Syllabus Instructors Disabilities 122

Edsurge

JUNE 24, 2016

The pilot, which launched in fall 2015 and will end at the conclusion of the summer 2016 term, includes nine fulltime and adjunct instructors and approximately 1,000 students. Previously, they were reading longer-form content and then completing a more comprehensive assessment provided by their instructor.

Textbooks 102

Textbooks Failure Instructors Learning 102

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Instructors often turn to flipped classrooms as a method to engage learners but run into unexpected barriers. While this is a positive evolution, it fails to recognize the importance of building a positive relationship with students and creating a pathway for two-way communication between the student and instructor.

Lecturing 130

Lecturing Instructors Knowledge Failure 130

Faculty Focus

APRIL 25, 2023

As educators in the field of higher education today, we are led towards several questions, the most important of which is: Is there a failure to understand the crucial and circular cause-effect relationship between emotions, cognition, and academic success? Communicate with students about interpreting instructor feedback.

Teaching 98

Teaching Failure Instructors Motivation 98

Faculty Focus

JULY 30, 2023

While students can learn at their own pace, they have the disadvantage of limited contact with instructors and reduced opportunity of immediate feedback. To help students succeed or acquire mastery in important skill sets, some online instructors offer a second chance to redo assignments and improve their grades.

Student Engagement 98

Student Engagement Instructors Fairness Assignments 98

Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2016

Failure to appreciate these points will result in personalized learning products more likely to hinder than help students. Instructors are equally susceptible to the deeply counterintuitive nature of learning. Do Learners Really Know Best? prefer instructional formats that produce inferior learning outcomes.

Education 155

Education Evaluation Failure Essay 155

Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2018

Moore-Davis admits one of the biggest failures in the process was leaving out their bottom-line: students. A group of researchers at the college spent the 2016-2017 academic year studying their own failures and best practices, and talking with other institutions that had implemented similar technology.

Counselling 115

Counselling Failure Instructors Coaching 115

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

As a guy who lives on the cutting edge of technology, I found it very frustrating to see how far behind the school was, not just in terms of their use of one-off tech and old-school tools, like clickers and white boards, but their failure to connect the dots between better outcomes and using things like big data and mobile technologies.”

Study 164

Study Lecturing Assistive Technology Exams 164

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

How can instructors best manage growing class sizes, decreasing budgets and an increasingly diverse base of learners—including first time college students and adults returning to school to learn new skills? They must also redesign matriculated students' gateway courses that have unacceptable failure rates.

Failure 154

Failure Instructors Evaluation Feedback 154

Faculty Focus

JULY 30, 2023

While students can learn at their own pace, they have the disadvantage of limited contact with instructors and reduced opportunity of immediate feedback. To help students succeed or acquire mastery in important skill sets, some online instructors offer a second chance to redo assignments and improve their grades.

Student Engagement 96

Student Engagement Instructors Fairness Assignments 96

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Active Learning: From Fear to Engagement Fear of failure can stifle creativity and learning. For example, during group problem-solving, ask students to identify and reflect on common mistakes, transforming failure into an opportunity for growth (Dweck, 2006). Teaching at its best: A research-based resource for college instructors.

Plagiarism 121

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 121

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Rather than wait for the teacher to do it at a future date, good PD should insist on letting the instructor serve as the facilitator just as they should do with their own students. It’s vital for PD leaders to use hands-on learning, and to facilitate rather than lecture.

eLearning 137

eLearning Failure Lecturing Instructors 137

Faculty Focus

JUNE 15, 2023

Set boundaries for instructor interaction with the creation of interaction plans. Inform your students about laptop use and possible warning signs of technical failure. Being risk-informed means total investment by the instructor in helping their adult learners succeed. Create a social presence in your class environment.

Lecturing 105

Lecturing Instructors Assignments Failure 105

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2024

In this way, backchannels serve as a formative assessment for instructors to identify ways to improve the delivery and impact of our teaching. They also allow instructors to generate a steady stream of signals we can use to support our students. Great instructors go a step further by asking more of their students.

Course Design 128

Course Design Feedback Instructors Students 128

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2018

Now it’s postsecondary instructional designers and instructors. Redesigning this course is going to be a journey of reflection and possible failure, but I am hopeful. Building a Community of Support When Your Peer Group Changes Reflecting on my time in K-12, I recognize that a support system of other educators was key.

Teaching 161

Teaching Education Learning Syllabus 161

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2019

Critical systems hosted on-premises are often a single point of failure, and schools run the risk of losing access to valuable student data—whether that is at the hands of a squirrel that chewed through a line or a snowstorm taking down power. Watch the video to see how it works.

Education 167

Education Intelligence Failure Testing 167

Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2025

While many of the students roll their eyes, it may save at least one student a year, says Johnson, who is a writing instructor and head of the writing center at Madison Area Technical College in Wisconsin. Johnson has her students make her a promise: If they think about dropping the class, they will meet with her first.

Students 168

Students Math Writing Skills 168

Edsurge

APRIL 6, 2017

This is okay and shouldn’t be seen as a failure, but rather an opportunity to learn and improve both product and practice. And sometimes they fail when eager IT directors lock down hardware and networks for security purposes in a way that makes the tool far less valuable for instructors.

Failure 134

Failure Instructors Attention Technology 134

Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2017

So, how do we build in a process maybe we’ll get to where we at Southern New Hampshire University are not always the teachers or the instructors in the process, but we're touching their lives in some way—whether that's as an advisor, whether that's an aggregator of different other pathways. Because it happens across the university.

Failure 137

Failure Art Testing Instructors 137

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 24, 2015

Technology and the connected world put a fork in the old model of teaching–instructor in front of the class, sage on the stage, students madly taking notes, textbooks opened to the chapter being reviewed, homework as worksheets based on the text, tests regurgitating important facts. Failure is a learning tool.

Critical Thinking 163

Critical Thinking Textbooks Gamification Knowledge 163

Faculty Focus

MAY 23, 2024

Home laboratory In a home laboratory, students experiment with a theory and report their findings to the instructor or to the class. The process gives them the opportunity to try several times and also gives room for failure. The opportunity for failure and the chance to learn from that failure is a fabulous thing for students.

Laboratory 80

Laboratory Failure Assignments Instructors 80

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 24, 2023

For so many instructors, whether they’re a TA, someone just starting out, or a seasoned professor with decades of experience, the answer is, “no.” This helps students take ownership over their learning, course policies, and academic behaviors by charting a path to academic success, rather than the consequences for failure.

Teaching 98

Teaching Syllabus Instructors Disabilities 98

Faculty Focus

APRIL 15, 2025

The challenge is further compounded by students balancing their studies with household chores which can lead to decreased motivation if adequate support is not provided by the instructor. Consequently, the role of instructors becomes more crucial in designing effective online learning experiences that foster active student participation.

Student Engagement 82

Student Engagement Instructors Lecturing Students 82

Edsurge

MAY 18, 2020

The learning management system (LMS) I use allows the instructor to see the course from a student’s view. I have felt like a failure some of the time. Reflecting on the challenges my kids face in their remote schooling, I realize the students in the university classes I teach face similar challenges.

Teaching 192

Teaching Assignments Ethics Grades 192