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 112

Student Engagement Instructors Lecturing Students 112

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

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. What do you think about Lecture Capture.

Coaching 141

Coaching Lecturing Teachers Motivation 141

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. So why are there so few practitioners actively involved in increasing open education?

Textbooks 134

Textbooks Instructors Education Peer Review 134

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. blended learners , in real time.

eLearning 146

eLearning Failure Lecturing Instructors 146

Faculty Focus

JUNE 15, 2023

The first step for creating a risk-informed adult learner is an environment that facilitates social dialogue between the learner and the lecturer. Creating such an environment is the responsibility of the lecturer who should establish certain parameters for communication. Create a social presence in your class environment. The outcome?

Lecturing 105

Lecturing Instructors Assignments Failure 105

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2018

My official title is “lecturer,” but that is a far cry from how I teach. 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. Our students are current K-12 educators who have a passion for technology.

Teaching 163

Teaching Education Learning Syllabus 163

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 89

Student Engagement Instructors Lecturing Students 89

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 18, 2022

In the past, faculty could stand objectively in front of the class and provide didactic information to students via lecture. Students came to the classroom expecting information from a book and verbal lecture covering the content. These barriers, if not addressed, will often lead to academic failure.

Lecturing 98

Lecturing Instructors Knowledge Failure 98

Edsurge

MAY 18, 2020

Jesse Stommel, digital learning fellow and senior lecturer of Digital Studies at University of Mary Washington, shares his rationale for ungrading on his blog: “In short, the act of grading does harm to students and causes teachers unnecessary stress. I have felt like a failure some of the time.

Teaching 201

Teaching Assignments Ethics Grades 201

Edsurge

DECEMBER 23, 2016

Famous failures abound: Blackberry remained committed to the physical keyboard as its competitors leapfrogged them with smartphones and mobile apps. CIOs that recognize this shift in student behavior can empower instructors to teach in more flexible and interesting ways without extra training, cost, or angst.

Mobile Devices 127

Mobile Devices Failure Lecturing Instructors 127

Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

If you’re looking for a crash course in digital education specifically, recordings from Stanford’s lecture series on Education’s Digital Future are all available for free online. Udemy has also created a great toolkit to help online course instructors market their learning experience. But listen for the underlying pain points.

Feedback 165

Feedback Failure Lecturing Reading 165

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

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? They may consult the textbook or lecture notes.

Instructors 64

Instructors Failure Assignments Students 64

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? They may consult the textbook or lecture notes.

Instructors 52

Instructors Failure Assignments Students 52

Edsurge

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Cafferty is among a growing number of instructors who view office hours as more than simply homework help. Many are intimidated by their professors, see attending office hours as a failure to figure the material out on their own or simply don’t understand what their purpose is. “It's fun,” Cafferty says. They're coming to play games.”

Instructors 192

Instructors Failure Questions Communication 192

Edsurge

JULY 8, 2022

The idea was fear of failure would motivate students to do whatever it takes to stay above water academically. Faculty have been educated their whole academic lives in the lecture mode, and that’s what they reproduce in their own classrooms as instructors,” says Negar Farakish, assistant dean of the division.

Ethics 167

Ethics Lecturing Motivation Instructors 167

Edsurge

JULY 12, 2022

But neither’s success depends on the other one's failure. They can celebrate in the other’s successes, lament in the other's failures, because nothing really depends on it. He was also loved as an undergraduate instructor. And it meant a lot to them to have a professor called Waheed Hussain at the front of the lecture hall.

Fairness 167

Fairness Ethics Failure Lecturing 167