Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2019

During my early days of teaching in graduate school, educational technology was sold more for its posh than performance. But there has been progress, both with the tools themselves and the teaching practices we employ to incorporate technology into the classroom. How do we do that?

Technology 167

Technology Teaching Intellectual Development Instructors 167

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2023

Using podcasts as a medium to deliver lectures can be an engaging and convenient method to connect with students. The COVID-19 pandemic offered an opportunity to explore this method of teaching and reach students in a new and engaging way. When I was a child, I had a small record player. Why use podcasting to connect with students?

Teaching 121

Teaching Lecturing Discussions Attention 121

Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2020

If you work in education in 2020, you are making tough decisions about how to best reach and teach your learners in the midst of a global pandemic. Here’s how one special education teacher, Stephanie Landrum, who teaches at Horizon K-8 Charter School in Boulder, Co.,

Lecturing 218

Lecturing Disabilities Learning Assignments 218

Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Guidebooks to structure group work. These active learning strategies can work in any course—for any major, in any discipline. A theater professor can be inspired by an organic chemistry professor; an anatomy professor can share a strategy with an economics lecturer; and more. YouTube videos for extra credit.

Active Learning 163

Active Learning Activities Teaching Multidisciplinary 163

eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

What are the 5 methods of teaching? From traditional classroom learning approaches like lectures and textbooks to innovative methodologies such as active learning and technology integration, these methods aim to promote effective and dynamic learning experiences. What are the 5 methods of teaching?

Teaching 130

Teaching Teaching Methods Critical Thinking Learning Styles 130

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Dynamics of group interaction play a huge role in society, so Calarco fosters positive group work in her classroom. But because IU offers Adobe Creative Suite products free for students, I focus on teaching them how to use Adobe Audition,” she says.

Teaching 167

Teaching Multidisciplinary Culture Feedback 167

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2023

Using podcasts as a medium to deliver lectures can be an engaging and convenient method to connect with students. The COVID-19 pandemic offered an opportunity to explore this method of teaching and reach students in a new and engaging way. When I was a child, I had a small record player. Why use podcasting to connect with students?

Teaching 98

Teaching Lecturing Discussions Attention 98

eSchool News

AUGUST 26, 2015

I thought about what experiences could happen in those spaces, extracting the qualities and characteristics of technology, space and teaching methods that could be applied to each space. In this space, educators are not positioned as lecturers, at the front of a class. A space for the birth of ideas.

Learning Spaces 279

Learning Spaces Learning Game-Based Learning Teaching Methods 279

Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2017

As Alexandra Pickett worked to bring new technology and teaching styles to New York State University, she faced an unexpected challenge. Pickett, who directs the Center for Online Teaching Excellence, said one of the biggest barriers to innovation has been student resistance. I have had students tell me.

Lecturing 155

Lecturing Course Evaluations Students History 155

Edsurge

AUGUST 8, 2017

Robert Talbert would get the nagging, unsettling sense that the lectures he gave in his Calculus courses just weren’t sinking in. “I Or, more specifically, it was the way he was teaching. He describes it as a new philosophy of teaching. EdSurge: Like most professors, you’ve spent most of your career lecturing. It was him.

Failure 144

Failure Lecturing Syllabus Instructors 144

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Reflecting on my first year as a full-time clinical assistant professor, I feel that I have experienced significant growth in my teaching. I am also grateful for the kind and seasoned colleagues who have taken the time to share their favorite, creative, and engaging teaching techniques with me.

Syllabus 122

Syllabus Lecturing Instructors Feedback 122

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Observation Activity: This activity comes from James Peter Newbury, director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of British Columbia Okanagan, who shares an image on the overhead during class and then asks students, “What do you notice? What do you wonder (Newbery, 2023)?”

Exams 116

Exams Syllabus Group work Assignments 116

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

My First Big Risk: Flipping the Script When I became a teacher, I promised myself that I wouldn’t teach from the textbook and bore my students with presentations. My classroom was set up with desks in rows and my lessons included lectures with PowerPoint presentations, worksheets and textbook work.

Teachers 143

Teachers Textbooks Lecturing Social Studies 143

Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2017

After all, the original promise of teaching on the internet was to reach remote students who couldn’t easily get to a campus. He’s currently leading another evolution in online teaching, as the institution moves into adaptive learning. One thing University of Central Florida has become known for is large lecture classes.

Lecturing 126

Lecturing Students Faculty Development Collaborative Learning 126

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

For instance, when assigned to work in groups during class, students who may have trouble focusing or even hearing the discussion due to the noise level may ask the professor for permission to work in the library or outside. Small groups.

Disabilities 144

Disabilities Exams Lecturing Education 144

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Most of us have the experience of registering for a workshop only to discover that it is a lecture or (worse) an advertisement for the presenter. Principle 2: A workshop is not a lecture. The word workshop implies that work will be done by the participants. Principle 3: Small group work is ideal.

Lecturing 97

Lecturing Participation Discussions Group work 97

Edsurge

JULY 9, 2018

Yet most of our energy has been focused on designing physical learning spaces, even as more teaching and learning shifts online. Unfortunately, most massive open online course (MOOC) platforms still feel like drafty lecture halls instead of intimate seminar rooms.

Online Learning 159

Online Learning Instructors Learning Quizzes 159

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Most of us have the experience of registering for a workshop only to discover that it is a lecture or (worse) an advertisement for the presenter. Principle 2: A workshop is not a lecture. The word workshop implies that work will be done by the participants. Principle 3: Small group work is ideal.

Lecturing 95

Lecturing Participation Discussions Group work 95

Faculty Focus

JUNE 8, 2023

The shift to emergency remote teaching in 2020 was a challenging time for students and instructors. However, with the transition back to in-person teaching, some of these accommodating shifts must come to terms with changes in the higher education landscape, such as heightened disengagement by students ( McMurtrie, 2022 ).

Student Engagement 102

Student Engagement Lecturing Students Exams 102

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The social environment of the group can be enjoyable and exciting for several students compared to independent study or traditional classroom or online lecturing. As a result, the professor can assume a facilitator’s role, guide, and observe rather than lecture and direct learning. Form groups strategically.

Collaborative Learning 116

Collaborative Learning Education Learning Students 116

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Observation Activity: This activity comes from James Peter Newbury, director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of British Columbia Okanagan, who shares an image on the overhead during class and then asks students, “What do you notice? What do you wonder (Newbery, 2023)?”

Exams 111

Exams Syllabus Group work Assignments 111

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The answer is: through course planning and by adopting teaching approaches and assessments conducive to student motivation and engagement. For example, pause for one or two of the above activities after lecturing for eight to 10 minutes. Straight traditional lecturing for the entire class period can be a challenge for them.

Motivation 126

Motivation Instructors Lecturing Feedback 126

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Reflecting on my first year as a full-time clinical assistant professor, I feel that I have experienced significant growth in my teaching. I am also grateful for the kind and seasoned colleagues who have taken the time to share their favorite, creative, and engaging teaching techniques with me.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Lecturing Instructors Feedback 111

Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2019

The following is the latest installment of the Toward Better Teaching advice column. However, I am dubious that the approaches you describe work with large classes. When we teach large classes, what approaches can we employ that will have a greater opportunity to engage students and help students learn more?

Learning 162

Learning Students Assignments Participation 162

Faculty Focus

MARCH 16, 2025

As you think about this task, I hope this exercise offers a stimulating intellectual endeavor: a chance to reflect and improve ones teaching. This convergence of theory and teaching practice offers one perspective for creating an optimal learning experience.

Counselling 90

Counselling Learning Lecturing Knowledge 90

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The social environment of the group can be enjoyable and exciting for several students compared to independent study or traditional classroom or online lecturing. As a result, the professor can assume a facilitator’s role, guide, and observe rather than lecture and direct learning. Form groups strategically.

Collaborative Learning 105

Collaborative Learning Education Learning Students 105

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The answer is: through course planning and by adopting teaching approaches and assessments conducive to student motivation and engagement. For example, pause for one or two of the above activities after lecturing for eight to 10 minutes. Straight traditional lecturing for the entire class period can be a challenge for them.

Motivation 111

Motivation Instructors Lecturing Feedback 111

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 30, 2024

In fact, several of my colleagues who have been invited to my class as a teaching effectiveness peer-evaluator have commented on how quickly students get to work when they have a task and that they sense a strong understanding of the course expectations.

Syllabus 124

Syllabus Lecturing Discussions Science 124

Edsurge

MARCH 17, 2018

Rather than having teachers manage a whole group of 30+ students at once, PBL frees them to break classes into small groups and connect and talk in depth with each group. Increasing Scores and Building Excitement Very rarely does a student understand something on the first try.

Grades 145

Grades Lecturing Assignments Study 145

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 30, 2024

In fact, several of my colleagues who have been invited to my class as a teaching effectiveness peer-evaluator have commented on how quickly students get to work when they have a task and that they sense a strong understanding of the course expectations.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Lecturing Discussions Science 111

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Teaching the Lucan Parables (Shaw). In May 2018, I experimented with a course entitled Teaching the Lucan Parables. The 16 students had all previously taken my introductory “Art of Teaching” course, which included elements such as lesson planning and creative instructional methodology.

Assignments 131

Assignments Motivation Science Study 131

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

For instance, when assigned to work in groups during class, students who may have trouble focusing or even hearing the discussion due to the noise level may ask the professor for permission to work in the library or outside. Small groups.

Disabilities 98

Disabilities Exams Lecturing Education 98

Faculty Focus

MARCH 16, 2025

As you think about this task, I hope this exercise offers a stimulating intellectual endeavor: a chance to reflect and improve ones teaching. This convergence of theory and teaching practice offers one perspective for creating an optimal learning experience.

Counselling 68

Counselling Learning Lecturing Knowledge 68

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2024

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on August 26, 2019 © Magna Publications. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! Breakout sessions allow for students to choose not only a topic they’d like to explore further, but also how they would like to explore it with a small group of their peers.

Motivation 107

Motivation Instructors Discussions Lecturing 107

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 20, 2024

Each time I’ve done this, I adjust the questions (and sometimes throw in some classic, silly pub-trivia style questions amid the lecture topics). This is one of my favorite forms of play, as it incorporates group work, competition, and we have a lot of fun! I also give out little prizes. Invisible Learning. Distracted.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Attention Assignments Activities 111

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 20, 2024

Each time I’ve done this, I adjust the questions (and sometimes throw in some classic, silly pub-trivia style questions amid the lecture topics). This is one of my favorite forms of play, as it incorporates group work, competition, and we have a lot of fun! I also give out little prizes. Invisible Learning. Distracted.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Attention Assignments Activities 111

eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Within this setting, instructors deliver curriculum content through lectures, presentations, demonstrations, and other instructional methods tailored to meet the diverse needs of learners. Additionally, collaborative tools like Google Docs or Padlet can facilitate group work and encourage peer collaboration.

Learning 130

Learning eLearning Instructors Learning Styles 130