Failure Questions Syllabus 
eSchool News
OCTOBER 25, 2024
After a semester where I threw out the syllabus, I was left with an inspiring question: How can I make my future courses more practical and still keep the academic writing and the academic requirements intact? Research has shown that young children’s brains are primed for this kind of hands-on, exploratory learning.
eSchool News
AUGUST 12, 2024
Between budgetary constraints, bandwidth crunches, and a constantly changing syllabus, teachers have their hands full when it comes to structuring and building their class’s lessons and lectures. Fortunately, AI has the capability to absorb vast bodies of text and come up with meaningful questions as long as it is steered correctly.
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Edsurge
NOVEMBER 23, 2016
She agreed that something should change: Drop-outs and failures were high in the 200-person class—at about 13 percent. A few repositories like the Open Syllabus Project collect syllabi from around the world. The rate of dropout or failure is down from 13 to 5 percent. Ford says her redesigned course also worked for students.
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
The average student gets just two of the ten questions right. 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. Failure is the point of the exercise,” he says.
Edsurge
MAY 26, 2019
The class reads about Common Core and completes a few samples of Common Core assessment questions to understand the student and teacher experience using these materials. We don’t expect to solve deep questions around policies and accountability in education, but we do debate these topics and apply our knowledge during in-class activities.
Faculty Focus
JANUARY 24, 2023
Language for the disability statement in their syllabus. The second question I ask in one form or another is, “Do your students know that this is what you want for them?” Another way of asking the question is, “Do you talk to them about this?” So, when faculty come to me with a problem, they want an answer. Start strong.
Cult of Pedagogy
MAY 11, 2025
As the potential for students to misuse AI tools raises ongoing questions about accountability, cheating, and academic integrity, a scandal from the past offers insights into the future. Inquiry about integrity begins with the question Does this work accurately represent the students skills and understandings?”
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