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. Transfer of knowledge is critical.

Critical Thinking 163

Critical Thinking Textbooks Gamification Knowledge 163

Faculty Focus

APRIL 15, 2025

In this light, designing and facilitating online discussions to increase student engagement, peer connection, and idea exchange, as well as creating a cohesive online learning community for knowledge creation, is far more important for the success of online education.

Student Engagement 102

Student Engagement Instructors Lecturing Students 102

eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

By implementing these strategies, CTE educators can expect a vibrant, engaging learning environment where students can obtain skills and knowledge for a successful future. More students than researchers previously thought struggle to decode or, use their knowledge of letter sounds to sound out complex, multisyllabic words.

Schools 337

Schools Coaching STEM Evaluation 337

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

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? Gardner and Barefoot have deep knowledge about community colleges, where they have worked as both faculty members and administrators.

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 94

Student Engagement Instructors Fairness Assignments 94

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? These opposing mindsets created “different psychological worlds” (Dweck, 2008).

Teaching 98

Teaching Failure Instructors Motivation 98

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 165

Study Lecturing Assistive Technology Exams 165

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2018

Each student is focused on different pieces of the content, learning through various means at unique paces, and has different experiences and prior knowledge to draw upon. Now it’s postsecondary instructional designers and instructors. There is more self-guided learning and less direct instruction.

Teaching 163

Teaching Education Learning Syllabus 163

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 118

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 118

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Students in the 21st century enter the classroom armed with a vast array of knowledge just a swipe away on various digital devices. Instructors often turn to flipped classrooms as a method to engage learners but run into unexpected barriers. These barriers, if not addressed, will often lead to academic failure.

Lecturing 98

Lecturing Instructors Knowledge Failure 98

Edsurge

MAY 18, 2020

There are a couple of apps that gear the lessons to the kids’ knowledge and skills and prescribe interactive content based on their performance. 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.

Teaching 199

Teaching Assignments Ethics Grades 199

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. Frequent assessment, on the other hand, offers students the opportunity to practice applying knowledge regularly, knowing that a poor grade on a quiz won’t jeopardize their ability to pass a course.

Course Design 128

Course Design Feedback Instructors Students 128

Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

Teachers have spent decades learning how to reliably help students master new skills, debunk misconceptions, and connect their prior knowledge to new concepts. Udemy has also created a great toolkit to help online course instructors market their learning experience. Lesson 2: Ground yourself in the fundamentals of learning science.

Feedback 164

Feedback Failure Lecturing Reading 164

Faculty Focus

APRIL 15, 2025

In this light, designing and facilitating online discussions to increase student engagement, peer connection, and idea exchange, as well as creating a cohesive online learning community for knowledge creation, is far more important for the success of online education.

Student Engagement 78

Student Engagement Instructors Lecturing Students 78

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 98

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 98

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. Frequent assessment, on the other hand, offers students the opportunity to practice applying knowledge regularly, knowing that a poor grade on a quiz won’t jeopardize their ability to pass a course.

Course Design 111

Course Design Feedback Instructors Students 111

Edsurge

JUNE 28, 2017

The best teachers have more in common with fitness instructors, he argues. His latest book, “ Teaching Naked Techniques: A Practical Guide to Designing Better Classes ,” expands on his arguments and offers practical advice for instructors who want to rethink how they design their classes. But the analogy goes further.

Coaching 143

Coaching Lecturing Teachers Motivation 143

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

It is based on and necessitates analyzing one’s theories of teaching and learning, the alignment of these theories with the class experience, and critically assessing the student, teacher, and class experience along with successes and failures (Brookfield, 1998). It is not intended that it all be completed in one sitting.

Teaching 116

Teaching Beliefs Instructors Participation 116

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 5, 2023

For instructors, rubrics expedite grading with standards; at the same time, they reinforce learning objectives and standardize course curricula. How can instructors ensure that students engage with rubrics when they work on their assignments? The first step is imparting a working body of knowledge.

Instructors 64

Instructors Failure Assignments Students 64

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

It is based on and necessitates analyzing one’s theories of teaching and learning, the alignment of these theories with the class experience, and critically assessing the student, teacher, and class experience along with successes and failures (Brookfield, 1998). It is not intended that it all be completed in one sitting.

Teaching 111

Teaching Beliefs Instructors Participation 111

Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2022

I often thought mistakes meant failure. Instructors create the rules, and students play using them, trying to “win.” Students play the game with this knowledge in front of them. For example: “It made it easier to focus on learning vs. trying to get a good grade on each assignment.”

Feedback 186

Feedback Fairness Grades Assignments 186

Faculty Focus

APRIL 3, 2025

For both instructors and their students, that means adopting a mindset that avoids persistence in favor of pivoting and changing course. Early failures and failed first trials are not interpreted as a diagnosis of what could be done , and are instead seen as proof of what cant (Yeager & Dweck, 2020).

Teaching 59

Teaching Failure Feedback Knowledge 59

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 19, 2023

They believe “that people have a set amount of intelligence that is essentially unchangeable,” as contrasted with those who carry a “growth mindset” believing “that intelligence (1) isn’t set in stone and (2) isn’t the main determinant of success or failure.” (pp. She suggests a number of ways teachers can respond to these challenges.

Motivation 116

Motivation Beliefs Students Assignments 116

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

of freshmen say that “getting a good job” is the vital reason why they go to college, but our polling has surfaced that only one-third believe they are being prepared with the skills and knowledge to get a job and succeed in the workplace. A single instructor or professor is no longer pulled in multiple directions and can play fewer roles.

Learning 113

Learning Counselling Failure Textbooks 113

Faculty Focus

APRIL 17, 2025

But this came with a constant fear: the fear of failure, of disappointing my parents, and of falling short of expectations. He compared knowledge to an adventurous exploration, best enjoyed with an open and curious mind. In my mind, the purpose of learning was to get good grades. 1 That moment of reading was transformative.

Grades 93

Grades Social Studies Learning Feedback 93

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 100

Study Lecturing Assistive Technology Exams 100

Faculty Focus

APRIL 3, 2025

For both instructors and their students, that means adopting a mindset that avoids persistence in favor of pivoting and changing course. Early failures and failed first trials are not interpreted as a diagnosis of what could be done , and are instead seen as proof of what cant (Yeager & Dweck, 2020).

Teaching 52

Teaching Failure Feedback Knowledge 52

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 5, 2023

For instructors, rubrics expedite grading with standards; at the same time, they reinforce learning objectives and standardize course curricula. How can instructors ensure that students engage with rubrics when they work on their assignments? The first step is imparting a working body of knowledge.

Instructors 52

Instructors Failure Assignments Students 52

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 19, 2023

They believe “that people have a set amount of intelligence that is essentially unchangeable,” as contrasted with those who carry a “growth mindset” believing “that intelligence (1) isn’t set in stone and (2) isn’t the main determinant of success or failure.” (pp. She suggests a number of ways teachers can respond to these challenges.

Motivation 98

Motivation Beliefs Students Assignments 98

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Students with sufficient margin between these competing forces have the capacity to take on new challenges, including the hard work of learning; students with insufficient margin fall into overwhelm and have a higher rate of failure.

Motivation 64

Motivation Students Instructors Failure 64

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

Or, a neurodiverse student who struggles with verbal communication and is not able to show their true understanding of the course content when the instructor cold calls them as a form of assessment. Instructors should take reasonable steps to address academic misconduct. 2023; Trust et al., Why students cheat – and what to do about it.

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Disabilities 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

Or, a neurodiverse student who struggles with verbal communication and is not able to show their true understanding of the course content when the instructor cold calls them as a form of assessment. Instructors should take reasonable steps to address academic misconduct. 2023; Trust et al., Why students cheat – and what to do about it.

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Disabilities 98

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Students with sufficient margin between these competing forces have the capacity to take on new challenges, including the hard work of learning; students with insufficient margin fall into overwhelm and have a higher rate of failure.

Motivation 53

Motivation Students Instructors Failure 53

k12 Online Schools

MAY 9, 2025

Why It Works A study published in the journal Learning and Instruction showed that humor used by instructors can improve knowledge retention and student satisfaction. It reframed failure as part of progress and made every learner feel seen. It makes the classroom feel less like a task and more like a place of shared experiences.

Schools 52

Schools Motivation Gamification Essay 52

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

While we should challenge students to think about topics outside their comfort zones, this challenge should be met with appropriate support on behalf of the instructor (see Saucier et al., Ultimately, content disclosures serve as an explicit demonstration of instructors’ regard for their students’ well-being. Boysen, 2017).

Syllabus 119

Syllabus Course Design Instructors Teaching Philosophy 119

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

While we should challenge students to think about topics outside their comfort zones, this challenge should be met with appropriate support on behalf of the instructor (see Saucier et al., Ultimately, content disclosures serve as an explicit demonstration of instructors’ regard for their students’ well-being. Boysen, 2017).

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Course Design Instructors Teaching Philosophy 111