Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2022

These techniques include human outreach, like employing teams of mentors and advisers who proactively check in on students, as well as automated tools that help keep learners on track. And so the online and hybrid courses these institutions spun up during the pandemic came with little of the scaffolding that experts recommend.

Student Engagement 201

Student Engagement Instructors Hybrid Courses Exams 201

Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2016

Our solution came about in the form of hybrid courses for students—a mix of asynchronous curriculum and regular, scheduled synchronous sessions. The Utility of Hybrid Courses. For those of you struggling to integrate fully online courses—or fully in-person courses—into your school models, consider this.

Hybrid Courses 83

Hybrid Courses Languages Language English 83

Faculty Focus

JUNE 2, 2024

Most of our grade was supposed to come from a single class project, but no assignment instructions were ever posted. But what about this assignment that was worth so much of our grade? Research suggests that by increasing course structure in online and hybrid courses, achievement gaps can be reduced—or even eliminated!

Syllabus 131

Syllabus Course Design Learning Students 131

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

In classrooms, AI’s trajectory is evident: 1980s grading software evolved into 2020s virtual tutors, shifting from peripheral aids to central tools (Baylor & Ryu, 2003). Algorithmic bias in grading systems can exacerbate inequities, disproportionately affecting marginalized learners (O’Neil, 2016). 2023; Topol, 2019).

Faculty Development 88

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 88

Faculty Focus

JUNE 2, 2024

Most of our grade was supposed to come from a single class project, but no assignment instructions were ever posted. But what about this assignment that was worth so much of our grade? Research suggests that by increasing course structure in online and hybrid courses, achievement gaps can be reduced—or even eliminated!

Syllabus 106

Syllabus Course Design Learning Students 106

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

In classrooms, AI’s trajectory is evident: 1980s grading software evolved into 2020s virtual tutors, shifting from peripheral aids to central tools (Baylor & Ryu, 2003). Algorithmic bias in grading systems can exacerbate inequities, disproportionately affecting marginalized learners (O’Neil, 2016). 2023; Topol, 2019).

Faculty Development 78

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 78