Faculty Focus

JANUARY 24, 2023

Here’s an inconvenient truth about inclusive teaching: there are no quick fixes. 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. It’s inconvenient because faculty are stressed. Who are you to your students? Do they respect you?

Teaching 122

Teaching Syllabus Instructors Disabilities 122

Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2019

“Online teaching is the joy, fun, and magic of bringing teaching and learning into the online environment,” Karen Costa tweeted last Tuesday, January 8, kicking off the #DLNchat. Many may agree with Costa, but for faculty who have spent their academic careers teaching face-to-face, the shift to online instruction can be daunting.

Teaching 135

Teaching Instructors Culture Failure 135

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 116

Teaching Failure Instructors Motivation 116

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2018

The concept of gradual release of responsibility is second nature to me when working with students in grades K-12, but in my new role teaching graduate students in an education technology program, I am struggling to model so many of the practices I expect these teachers to use in their own classrooms.

Teaching 163

Teaching Education Learning Syllabus 163

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Since the pandemic, more instructors at schools and colleges appear to have embraced “flipped learning ,” the approach of asking students to watch lecture videos before class so that class time can be used for active learning. Finally, instructors assess the student work and give feedback. “I

Lecturing 213

Lecturing Learning Instructors Failure 213

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Reflective teaching is examining one’s beliefs about teaching and learning and determining the alignment of those beliefs with what happens within your courses (Reflective Teaching, 2021). Reflective teaching defined Reflection has many definitions. There are many reflective tools and frameworks available.

Teaching 116

Teaching Beliefs Instructors Participation 116

eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The company also provides the two instructors, said Darrin Haynes, senior manager of career and technical education at USIC. We may see a failure because the student did not want to go into that field, but higher-resourced students have more opportunity to explore and make mistakes.

High School 273

High School High School Schools Failure 273

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Reflective teaching is examining one’s beliefs about teaching and learning and determining the alignment of those beliefs with what happens within your courses (Reflective Teaching, 2021). Reflective teaching defined Reflection has many definitions. There are many reflective tools and frameworks available.

Teaching 111

Teaching Beliefs Instructors Participation 111

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 24, 2023

Here’s an inconvenient truth about inclusive teaching: there are no quick fixes. 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. It’s inconvenient because faculty are stressed. Who are you to your students? Do they respect you?

Teaching 98

Teaching Syllabus Instructors Disabilities 98

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

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 200

Student Engagement Instructors Hybrid Courses Students 200

Edsurge

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Its development has roots that go back to well-known gameful-learning scholars and proponents Lee Sheldon, author of “The Multiplayer Classroom: Designing Coursework as a Game,” published in 2011, and James Paul Gee, author of “What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy,” published in 2007. We want you to fail productively.

Failure 165

Failure Assignments Quizzes Motivation 165

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

But failure is the whole point of the exercise. These, in turn, have earned him a raft of teaching honors, including the Sherwin-Williams Distinguished Teaching Award. One of the failure points of international marketing is human beings’ inability to understand, appreciate, and exploit cultural differences.

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.

Textbooks 166

Textbooks Accessibility Confidentiality Instructors 166

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. For example, spreadsheets should teach critical thinking and data analysis, not Excel or Sheets.

Failure 128

Failure Gamification Textbooks Knowledge 128

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 172

Exams English Math Instructors 172

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

eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

–Michael Arquin, Founder, KidWind The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) has presented districts everywhere with new teaching and learning opportunities. This new age of teaching and learning will be more integrated into the day-to-day, more interdisciplinary, and more based on the lived experience of the teacher and student.

Schools 333

Schools Coaching STEM Evaluation 333

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 typically at a research institution, faculty are told to not overdo it on the teaching.

Textbooks 126

Textbooks Instructors Education Peer Review 126

Edsurge

MAY 3, 2018

“We have a significant number of European students in my course,” says Justin Dellinger, associate director of the LINK Research Lab at the University of Texas at Arlington, who teaches a MOOC on Learning Analytics Fundamentals on edX. Coursera has already released updates to its terms of service addressing GDPR requirements.

Instructors 110

Instructors Failure History Questions 110

Faculty Focus

MAY 23, 2024

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on December 5, 2017 © Magna Publications. 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.

Laboratory 105

Laboratory Failure Assignments Instructors 105

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 107

Student Engagement Instructors Lecturing Students 107

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

When we approach teaching from this perspective, we move away from punitive measures, fear-based management, and skepticism about students honesty. Teaching example: In one of my recent courses, I included a “workshop day” for students to peer review each other’s drafts of case conceptualizations.

Plagiarism 122

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 122

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

We’re at a very early stage of understanding what AI can possibly do for us, especially in the education teaching system,” he says. “I Likewise, with two million students, says Mitchell, “our algorithm will see vastly more student successes and failures than a human tutor can see in a 100-year career.”

Teachers 166

Teachers Intelligence Coaching Failure 166

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

The real issue is that the teaching and learning process in class is not engaging students via technology that is an integral part of their lives. “My The real issue is that the teaching and learning process in class is not engaging students via technology that is an integral part of their lives. But the phones aren’t the problem.

Study 164

Study Lecturing Assistive Technology Exams 164

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Before I became an administrator, I spent 25 years teaching in the classroom. After a while, I started teaching my own PD courses. 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.

eLearning 141

eLearning Failure Lecturing Instructors 141

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Instructors often turn to flipped classrooms as a method to engage learners but run into unexpected barriers. This transition requires educators to move away from traditional lectures and incorporate active teaching strategies to engage learners. These barriers, if not addressed, will often lead to academic failure.

Lecturing 130

Lecturing Instructors Knowledge Failure 130

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

How can schools foster digital innovation that enhances teaching and the human connection, but doesn't replace it? How can schools foster digital innovation that enhances teaching and the human connection, but doesn't replace it? They must also redesign matriculated students' gateway courses that have unacceptable failure rates.

Failure 151

Failure Instructors Evaluation Feedback 151

Faculty Focus

APRIL 3, 2025

Can we teach entrepreneurship? Still, if Entrepreneurship is an inherent trait or talent, are we wasting resources and time, both of our students and ours, by attempting to teach what cannot be taught? Entrepreneurship can be seen as a special case of the more general debate of nurture vs nature in teaching and learning.

Teaching 59

Teaching Failure Feedback Knowledge 59

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. Colleges need to ensure their early courses are teaching students foundational math skills, Venit says.

Students 176

Students Math Writing Skills 176

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

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

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. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 20(3), 462–475. Do Learners Really Know Best?

Education 158

Education Evaluation Failure Essay 158

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2024

What’s striking is that when grounded in evidence-based teaching practices, effective courses foster a greater sense of belonging, increase student confidence in their ability to graduate, and create more opportunities for feedback and encouragement (Tyton Partners, 2023). These questions can also be used as moments for teaching.

Course Design 128

Course Design Feedback Instructors Students 128

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 97

Student Engagement Instructors Fairness Assignments 97

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

APRIL 4, 2017

We had our college of online and continuing education that now teaches approximately 90,000 students. And that requires different partnerships with other organizations because we simply can't teach everything. But in terms of R&D, what requires a lot of socialization is the idea that failure is part of this process.

Failure 141

Failure Art Testing Instructors 141