eSchool News

MAY 6, 2024

We have a plan and we’re ready to progress that plan,” said Calvin McNeil, an Advanced Placement computer science instructor with the University of Florida. But we want to do all that in a really careful way and make sure the AI we’re using is fair and unbiased. We want to make sure student data stays safe.

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Skills Laboratory Education Fairness 334

eSchool News

JULY 13, 2016

Understand the environment that instructors are working in,” said Rob Dickson, executive director of IMS at Omaha Public Schools in Omaha, Neb., “and At the secondary level, instructors who teach the same class all day need extended access to the carts—an accommodation that’s also noted on Google Calendar.

Mobile Devices 172

Mobile Devices Fairness Instructors English 172

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 15, 2024

There’s a fair bit of work involved with learning outcomes, and justifiably so. In the spirit of that acknowledgment, I’ve started developing my own list of instructor learning outcomes. By contrast, instructor learning outcomes identify what the instructor aims to work on during the course (and perhaps beyond it).

Learning Outcomes 64

Learning Outcomes Instructors Learning Students 64

Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2018

When they reviewed their work, the authors discovered a startling trend: “Instructors consistently refer to their male students using maker terminology—‘geek,’ ‘builders,’—and then overwhelmingly referred to their female students as ‘girls’, as a gender-specific identity,” says Kim in an interview with EdSurge.

Culture 167

Culture Instructors Fairness Critical Thinking 167

Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2019

Dan Levy had long considered himself an equitable instructor in terms of calling on students to participate in class discussions. When class is in session, the instructor or an assistant will record which students spoke during class using the app. Instructors can have biases toward picking particular students.

Lecturing 161

Lecturing Participation Instructors Beliefs 161

Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2023

We didn't know we’d be forced to go on strike, but we had to get a fair contract.” Since then, the percentage of adjunct faculty has mushroomed to occupy the vast majority of instructors on many campuses, a deeply troubling dependency on precarious academic workers. Every virtual class is taught by contingent instructors.

Attention 204

Attention Teachers Instructors Fairness 204

Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2024

As more instructors experiment with using generative AI to make teaching materials, an important question bubbles up. It’s a fair question given the widespread concern in the field about students using AI to write their essays or bots to do their homework for them. “As Should they disclose that to students?

Teaching 217

Teaching Education Ethics Instructors 217

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 15, 2024

There’s a fair bit of work involved with learning outcomes, and justifiably so. In the spirit of that acknowledgment, I’ve started developing my own list of instructor learning outcomes. By contrast, instructor learning outcomes identify what the instructor aims to work on during the course (and perhaps beyond it).

Learning Outcomes 59

Learning Outcomes Instructors Learning Students 59

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

Edsurge

MAY 5, 2021

The likely result is that many new online faculty hires will not be moving along the tenure track, but will—like most online instructors today—enter the halls of academe as contingent workers, adjuncts with little job security. Conventional instructors often limit class discussion the minute the bell rings.

Online Learning 200

Online Learning Teaching Lecturing Instructors 200

Edsurge

JANUARY 4, 2019

There’s a lot that goes into innovation efforts on campus—think curriculum design, technology training for instructors, and bureaucracy. Are standardized tests a fair gauge for predicting college success? But too often, a critical element is left out of the process: student voice.

Fairness 165

Fairness Education Students Disabilities 165

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The reality is that I work daily without the support of bilingual instructors or interpreters. I explain that I rely on proven instructional strategies and set high expectations for students to support their academic language acquisition. It’s just my students and I, without a live interpreter.

English 198

English Language Languages Teachers 198

eSchool News

JULY 20, 2016

K-12 classroom instructors, instructional coaches, and educational administrators are invited to enroll. Being observed in the classroom can be a nerve-wracking experience for teachers, but when observations paint a fair, accurate picture of teachers’ strengths and areas of need, they can play a crucial role in their professional growth.

Teaching 186

Teaching Exams Disabilities Learning 186

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

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Instructors 157

Instructors Authentic Assessment Plagiarism Participation 157

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

She stresses that most students are honest, but that the instructors still want to make the process as fair as possible. Carpenter agrees. There’s a mindset of some faculty who think that the default is that students want to cheat,” she says. “In

Exams 186

Exams Lecturing Instructors Testing 186

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

But he thinks that there’s information out there about how the brain works—and in particular, how empathy changes learning outcomes—that classroom instructors should understand. Medina: Well, the brain rules start out with a fair amount of skepticism. And it’s all complicated. And I said originally, no, I don't think you can.

Science 167

Science Teachers Fairness Study 167

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

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Instructors and students have different ideas about what grades are supposed to measure: Should they be about how much students have learned? But there is literature on how to adapt the grading process to avoid the drawbacks above, and improve student motivation and engagement, as well as instructor satisfaction.

Grades 122

Grades Instructors Motivation Metacognitive Skills 122

Edsurge

JULY 30, 2019

We’ve had a lot of success in the open-learning space, driving a fair amount of this growth,” he says. These include Problem Roulette , which offers users random-within-a-topic study problems pulled from old exams, and GradeCraft , a learning management system that helps instructors build game elements into their courses.

Exams 159

Exams Fairness Instructors Evaluation 159

eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2016

The STEM Challenge offers game design and mentoring workshops in approximately 20 cities across the nation for youth and mentors, featuring professional game designers and industry professionals as instructors. Previous winners have showcased their games at the White House Science Fair.

STEM 152

STEM Fairness Instructors Participation 152

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

From the very start of digital education, the big question has always been: ”How can students learn effectively, if they’re not face-to-face with their instructors?” I’d send instructors off into virtual classrooms, practically on their own, with little or no support. Sink or swim. All you need is your imagination.”

Online Learning 156

Online Learning Lecturing Learning Instructors 156

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 96

Student Engagement Instructors Fairness Assignments 96

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 8, 2023

They can also help instructors to ensure that exams are fair and equitable. This standardization is crucial for fairness and equality within the course. Fairness : Blueprints eliminate the chance of subjective grading and unexpected exam questions, thereby ensuring a more equitable assessment process.

Exams 119

Exams Fairness Instructors Teaching Methods 119

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 8, 2023

They can also help instructors to ensure that exams are fair and equitable. This standardization is crucial for fairness and equality within the course. Fairness : Blueprints eliminate the chance of subjective grading and unexpected exam questions, thereby ensuring a more equitable assessment process.

Exams 111

Exams Fairness Instructors Teaching Methods 111

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

In undergraduate classrooms, instructors encounter a variety of students with diverse backgrounds and different personalities. It is the instructors challenge to create a comfortable class environment. Not only will students benefit, but instructors can feel more at ease in their own classrooms. Model reflective listening.

Instructors 105

Instructors Feedback Discussions Participation 105

Faculty Focus

MAY 25, 2023

The difficulties in student engagement with instructor-directed reading, both in terms of the amount of reading undertaken and the participation and benefit from in-class discussion around readings, can be a prevalent problem. Bovill et al., academic journal article or specific industry press).

Discussions 115

Discussions Reading Instructors Lecturing 115

Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2024

However, these statements are either written so broadly that there can be different interpretations of the language, or these statements indicate that the responsibility of determining what is allowable depends on the instructor, or both! Unfortunately, most instructors do not make their perspectives regarding GenAI tools clear to students.

Academic Integrity 137

Academic Integrity Writing Syllabus Exams 137

Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2024

But there are things that instructors can do, some researchers say. I mean, to me, this is not fair to students,” she says. That can be useful when students have setbacks, she says. Thoughtless uses, on the other hand, could worsen anxiety, especially if it encourages publicly comparing students, she says.

Math 210

Math Exams Students Testing 210

Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2020

What do these newly virtual classrooms look and feel like, for both the instructors and the students? And it highlights some of the issues that are coming up unexpectedly, for instructors and students, doing education online for the first time. College has suddenly moved online in the time of the coronavirus. So it’s really 5:00 a.m.

Instructors 150

Instructors Fairness Lecturing STEM 150

Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2020

but the ability for me to read their faces and read their body language, all of those kinds of things that a good instructor is doing, doesn't work as well on Zoom. Beaudoin: It's fair to say that faculty are extremely concerned about the likelihood of the spread of the virus on campus. We run our Senate meetings with Zoom.

Lecturing 172

Lecturing Instructors Communication Questions 172

Edsurge

AUGUST 25, 2021

Most early online units sent virtual instructors off on their own, with little or no support. They also need to be informed about technical requirements, software and connections, how to communicate virtually with instructors and peers and how to organize themselves remotely as learners.”

Lecturing 206

Lecturing eLearning Instructors Course Evaluations 206

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

In undergraduate classrooms, instructors encounter a variety of students with diverse backgrounds and different personalities. It is the instructors challenge to create a comfortable class environment. Not only will students benefit, but instructors can feel more at ease in their own classrooms. Model reflective listening.

Instructors 98

Instructors Feedback Discussions Participation 98

Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2019

Often there are lessons to be learned from the very act of teaching, whether it’s an instructor finding new ways to reach—or not reach—students, to watching students grow before your eyes to discovering what makes collaborative learning so successful. Teaching isn’t a simple one-way exchange.

Teaching 165

Teaching Learning Fairness Middle School 165

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Ensuring that assessments are fair, inclusive and meaningful for all students is a growing priority for educators. The resulting insights can then be shared with all actors — instructors, mentors and learners — enabling them to make informed decisions about the learner’s next steps toward their goal.

Education 191

Education Testing Fairness Discussions 191

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Instructors and students have different ideas about what grades are supposed to measure: Should they be about how much students have learned? But there is literature on how to adapt the grading process to avoid the drawbacks above, and improve student motivation and engagement, as well as instructor satisfaction.

Grades 98

Grades Instructors Motivation Metacognitive Skills 98

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

A harsh debate can leave students (and instructors) feeling upset, or make them discouraged about participating in future conversations. Considering these high stakes, students and instructors may be tempted to avoid tough subjects altogether, or only discuss them with like-minded folks. But there’s another option.

Instructors 175

Instructors Beliefs Confidentiality Discussions 175

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 18, 2024

While AI-powered tools offer potential to enhance teaching and learning, concerns about AI replacing human instructors have sparked a complex debate. While AI can be a powerful tool to augment the teaching experience, human instructors remain essential for fostering student engagement, critical thinking, and emotional well-being.

Ethics 111

Ethics Instructors Intelligence Critical Thinking 111