Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

So are most of the students taking the cultural competency quiz Professor John Branch gives out near the beginning of his MBA-level International Marketing class at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. The average student gets just two of the ten questions right. But failure is the whole point of the exercise.

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Quizzes Failure Culture Students 167

Edsurge

OCTOBER 20, 2016

The Gameful Learning Lab is one of three, large-scale labs supported under a new enterprise at the university called Academic Innovation , currently made up of 66 initiatives “charged with developing a culture of innovation in learning” that can bring about “personalized, engaged and lifelong” learning experiences. Gameful Design.

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Failure Assignments Quizzes Motivation 167

Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2019

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

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Failure Instructors Discussions Culture 140

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. want to increase student-student engagement, try these tools). Enroll faculty as student One method for preparing to teach online is to have professors to first play the role of student.

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Teaching Instructors Culture Failure 143

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.”

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Study Lecturing Assistive Technology Exams 165

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. Laboratory” tends to sound science-based, but there are many experiments students can do that are not necessarily science-related. That is another great way to learn: by having the freedom to fail.

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Laboratory Failure Assignments Instructors 107

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Should they serve as a proving ground to prepare students for an education at four-year institutions, or do they instead focus on preparing graduates to work in local economies? They must also redesign matriculated students' gateway courses that have unacceptable failure rates.

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Failure Instructors Evaluation Feedback 159

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2024

Are there memes or analogies students are using that are more effective in getting across the things we think are important? In this way, backchannels serve as a formative assessment for instructors to identify ways to improve the delivery and impact of our teaching. Great instructors go a step further by asking more of their students.

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Course Design Feedback Instructors Students 128

Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2025

Johnson has her students make her a promise: If they think about dropping the class, they will meet with her first. 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.

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Students Math Writing Skills 176

eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

These solutions will prioritize the relationship between teacher and student, enabling teachers to serve as motivators and facilitators of student learning, which is critical to student engagement and success. Just like a student attempting a half-court buzzer beater or riding a bike sitting on the handlebars.

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Schools Coaching STEM Evaluation 337

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.

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Mobile Devices Failure Lecturing Instructors 127

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. Laboratory” tends to sound science-based, but there are many experiments students can do that are not necessarily science-related. That is another great way to learn: by having the freedom to fail.

Laboratory 87

Laboratory Failure Assignments Instructors 87

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2024

Are there memes or analogies students are using that are more effective in getting across the things we think are important? In this way, backchannels serve as a formative assessment for instructors to identify ways to improve the delivery and impact of our teaching. Great instructors go a step further by asking more of their students.

Course Design 111

Course Design Feedback Instructors Students 111

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.

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Motivation Beliefs Students Assignments 116

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 5, 2023

First, Raz Kerwin shares how he engages students (via Google Docs) in the creation of assignment rubrics, while Perry Shaw’s piece focuses on how faculty can improve their use of rubrics. For instructors, rubrics expedite grading with standards; at the same time, they reinforce learning objectives and standardize course curricula.

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Instructors Failure Assignments Students 64

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.

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Motivation Beliefs Students Assignments 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 100

Study Lecturing Assistive Technology Exams 100

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. An exploration of icebreakers and their impact on student engagement in the classroom.

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Motivation Students Instructors Failure 64

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 5, 2023

First, Raz Kerwin shares how he engages students (via Google Docs) in the creation of assignment rubrics, while Perry Shaw’s piece focuses on how faculty can improve their use of rubrics. For instructors, rubrics expedite grading with standards; at the same time, they reinforce learning objectives and standardize course curricula.

Instructors 52

Instructors Failure Assignments Students 52

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. An exploration of icebreakers and their impact on student engagement in the classroom.

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Motivation Students Instructors Failure 55

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. Small Wins Matter Celebrate the shy student who unmuted to answer for the first time.

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Schools Motivation Gamification Essay 52

Edsurge

JULY 8, 2022

The idea was fear of failure would motivate students to do whatever it takes to stay above water academically. Bahriye Goren, NYU professor Goren and Israel say their emphasis on caring in teaching did not derive directly from what has come to be known as the ethics of caring , but from their own experience of the needs of students.

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Ethics Lecturing Motivation Instructors 167

Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2022

Recently, Brown University economist Emily Oster penned an opinion piece in “The Atlantic” making three core points: (1) institutions can simply mandate vaccinations (or less explicitly, masks); (2) in-person learning will ease student mental distress; and (3) online instruction is harmful to students.

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Instructors Fairness Attention Failure 176