Faculty Focus

JANUARY 5, 2025

Moreover, an instructional designer with administrative privileges, such as senior ID, director, or assistant dean, can work collaboratively with faculty and administration to create important policies and procedures, promote one-stop-shop modalities, and recommend innovative and transformative practices for learning.

Schools 104

Schools Authentic Assessment Syllabus Evaluation 104

Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2019

When forced to redesign his course, Robertson saw an opportunity to move toward a curriculum that offered more flexibility than his linear syllabus ever could. His choice: modular learning. Keeping students on track through a range of grading strategies. Uniting thousands of online learners with a selfie game.

Curriculum 156

Curriculum Hybrid Courses Lecturing Gamification 156

Faculty Focus

JUNE 18, 2024

“Asynchronous learning doesn’t allow me to meet the diverse needs of my students.” “I’m If I were a betting woman, I would bet a hefty sum that my colleagues’ perceptions of asynchronous online learning are shared by tens of thousands of college instructors worldwide. How to humanize your online class, version 2.0

Instructors 107

Instructors Disabilities Culture Syllabus 107

Faculty Focus

JUNE 2, 2024

My first and only fully online class taken as an undergraduate student was a complete disaster. Aside from a bare-bones syllabus, the professor never showed up. Most of our grade was supposed to come from a single class project, but no assignment instructions were ever posted. He simply gave us all A’s.

Syllabus 104

Syllabus Course Design Learning Students 104

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 27, 2024

If using a questionnaire, review students’ introductions and respond authentically based on what you learn about each student. Pro tip: Consider employing the notes column within your LMS grade book to reference and utilize student information gathered from the questionnaire. be ready to provide support as appropriate.

Instructors 115

Instructors Students Minute Papers Course Design 115

Faculty Focus

JUNE 18, 2024

“Asynchronous learning doesn’t allow me to meet the diverse needs of my students.” “I’m If I were a betting woman, I would bet a hefty sum that my colleagues’ perceptions of asynchronous online learning are shared by tens of thousands of college instructors worldwide. How to humanize your online class, version 2.0

Instructors 105

Instructors Disabilities Culture Syllabus 105

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2018

How do we move beyond grades to more meaningful demonstrations of learning? On Tuesday, April 24 the #DLNchat community got together to discuss and debate: How Can Alternative Assignments Effectively Assess Student Learning? So then, how to best assess learning and what digital tools can improve assessment?

Assignments 97

Assignments Exams Instructors Learning 97

Faculty Focus

JUNE 22, 2023

Rubrics for all graded assignments should also be offered to students with clear details of expectations. Educators’ preparation to teach, perceived teaching presence, and perceived teaching presence behaviors in blended and online learning environments. Online Learning, 22(2), 197-220. link] Gurley, L.E.

Learning 111

Learning Syllabus Assignments Communication 111

Faculty Focus

APRIL 18, 2023

This allows the educator to grade asynchronously. A copy of the presentation file is submitted to the electronic assignment dropbox along with a weblink or copy of the video conference presentation which allows the educator to review and grade asynchronously. The benefits of bichronous online learning platform.

Exams 111

Exams Course Design Assignments Learning 111

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 27, 2024

If using a questionnaire, review students’ introductions and respond authentically based on what you learn about each student. Pro tip: Consider employing the notes column within your LMS grade book to reference and utilize student information gathered from the questionnaire. be ready to provide support as appropriate.

Instructors 105

Instructors Students Minute Papers Course Design 105

Faculty Focus

JULY 27, 2023

QR codes can be used to share materials with students and to engage students in active learning activities. They provide a quick way to access a webpage that could be the syllabus, a poll, a list of resources, or a shared online space for a brainstorming activity. Why are professors not using them in their college classrooms?

Student Engagement 98

Student Engagement Syllabus Students Lecturing 98

Faculty Focus

JUNE 22, 2023

Rubrics for all graded assignments should also be offered to students with clear details of expectations. Educators’ preparation to teach, perceived teaching presence, and perceived teaching presence behaviors in blended and online learning environments. Online Learning, 22(2), 197-220. link] Gurley, L.E.

Learning 98

Learning Syllabus Assignments Communication 98

Faculty Focus

APRIL 18, 2023

This allows the educator to grade asynchronously. A copy of the presentation file is submitted to the electronic assignment dropbox along with a weblink or copy of the video conference presentation which allows the educator to review and grade asynchronously. The benefits of bichronous online learning platform.

Exams 96

Exams Course Design Assignments Learning 96

Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

Hey, as long as we’re post plagiarism, can we be post grading, too? Where is the robot to ease the grading labor of the weary writing professor beast? The irony of a Sci Fi loving, former Atari-playing, Gen Xer who learned to type on a word processor that weighed 500 pounds waxing nostalgic for the low-tech olden days is not lost.

Plagiarism 116

Plagiarism Ethics Writing Learning 116

Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2024

These efforts culminated a meticulously designed course template that is the backbone of the program’s online offerings. The template features an intuitive layout and essential components such as a syllabus, clear assignment guidelines, feedback and grading policies, detailed discussion forums, and links to student support services.

Feedback 118

Feedback Course Design Instructors Education 118

Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

Hey, as long as we’re post plagiarism, can we be post grading, too? Where is the robot to ease the grading labor of the weary writing professor beast? The irony of a Sci Fi loving, former Atari-playing, Gen Xer who learned to type on a word processor that weighed 500 pounds waxing nostalgic for the low-tech olden days is not lost.

Plagiarism 110

Plagiarism Ethics Writing Learning 110

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 1, 2018

Study.com also offers a special (fee-based) Teacher Edition where educators can set up five virtual classrooms with up to 50 students in each, share class-themed videos, assign lessons and quizzes as homework, grade student work, print out worksheets, and get detailed reports on student progress. Create a classroom (in about ten seconds).

Exams 83

Exams Quizzes Textbooks Mobile Devices 83

Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2024

These efforts culminated a meticulously designed course template that is the backbone of the program’s online offerings. The template features an intuitive layout and essential components such as a syllabus, clear assignment guidelines, feedback and grading policies, detailed discussion forums, and links to student support services.

Feedback 108

Feedback Course Design Instructors Education 108

Edsurge

MAY 7, 2020

You pivoted, shifted and, let’s be real, maybe stumbled into a makeshift version of online education. At last, final grades—or pass/fail marks —are turned in. Or maybe you’re actually kind of intrigued by this whole online learning thing. Welcome to your summer crash course in online education. Key Concepts.

Syllabus 218

Syllabus Lecturing Education Course Design 218

Edsurge

JANUARY 1, 2018

Ahearn, an online learning manager for +Acumen, shares eight lessons learned about the field with a starter kit of what every hopeful instructional designer should know. How a Flipped Syllabus, Twitter and YouTube Made This Professor Teacher of the Year How do you win Faculty Member of the Year 13 times in a row? “You

Syllabus 130

Syllabus Lecturing Assignments Course Design 130