Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

AI empowers educators to provide students with tailored learning paths, immersive experiences, and real-time feedback—elements that boost engagement and facilitate deeper learning. AI can even provide feedback on open-text answers, guiding students towards more comprehensive and thoughtful responses.

Student Engagement 111

Student Engagement eLearning Authentic Assessment Instructors 111

eSchool News

AUGUST 30, 2021

VHS Learning has a distinguished 25-year history of supplementing face-to-face education with quality online learning that provides high school students expanded curriculum offerings. VHS Learning is a nonprofit organization with 25 years of experience providing world-class online programs to students and schools everywhere.

Schools 246

Schools Learning Instructors Students 246

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

INDIANAPOLIS — Certell, the creator behind the Poptential family of free social studies course packages, announced a significant update to its digital curriculum and platform designed to help students better understand the principles that have shaped American history while giving teachers tools to better manage their classroom and improve learning.

Social Studies 130

Social Studies Study History Critical Thinking 130

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The app empowers students and teachers to create, share, and even inhabit virtual environments. Within Sandbox AR, users can create virtual worlds and populate them with some of the hundreds of unique objects from history, the built world, science and nature, and more. ELMO demonstrated the ELMO Ecosystem of Classroom Solutions.

STEM 338

STEM Math Internet Mobile Devices 338

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

In undergraduate classrooms, instructors encounter a variety of students with diverse backgrounds and different personalities. Since discussion-based learning, both in-person and virtual, remains important, teachers should find ways to encourage student engagement in classroom activities and discussions.

Instructors 105

Instructors Feedback Discussions Participation 105

eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2023

“It’s never too early for teachers to engage students in discussions about the history of the stock market, its impact on economic growth or decline, and how it can potentially empower students to invest in their own futures,” said Julie Smitherman, a former social studies teacher and director of content at Certell, Inc.,

High School 130

High School High School Curriculum History 130

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

Someone who wants to live out my values in practice There is a key difference between an educator saying they want to meet the needs of diverse learners and that instructor actually taking the actions that would meet that goal. Part of being able to consider the students’ perspectives is knowing who is taking your classes.

Syllabus 155

Syllabus Teaching Beliefs Instructors 155

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 7, 2025

Experiential learning is on the rise (Roberts & Welton 2022), perhaps because it can be a pathway to increased student engagement. To alleviate some confusion, my goal here is to explain the hallmarks of both applied humanities and experiential learning approaches, as well as what each mode of learning can offer to students.

Instructors 111

Instructors Learning Teaching Philosophy Knowledge 111

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

In undergraduate classrooms, instructors encounter a variety of students with diverse backgrounds and different personalities. Since discussion-based learning, both in-person and virtual, remains important, teachers should find ways to encourage student engagement in classroom activities and discussions.

Instructors 98

Instructors Feedback Discussions Participation 98

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2024

To find out, EdSurge interviewed Terri Hasseler, a professor in the Department of History, Literature, and the Arts at Bryant University in Rhode Island. Some schools do, but a lot of schools generally leave absence management up to individual instructors. If so, what’s driving the trend? But I can't put exact numbers on that.

Students 202

Students Instructors Lecturing Participation 202

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

To effectively conduct high-dose education, teachers need not only to explain and repeat but also to find novel ways to help students understand difficult concepts, including encouraging students to take a central role, solve various examples themselves and explain their understanding to the instructor to be educationally effective.

Instructors 166

Instructors Communication Achievement Attention 166

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 7, 2025

Experiential learning is on the rise (Roberts & Welton 2022), perhaps because it can be a pathway to increased student engagement. To alleviate some confusion, my goal here is to explain the hallmarks of both applied humanities and experiential learning approaches, as well as what each mode of learning can offer to students.

Instructors 105

Instructors Learning Teaching Philosophy Knowledge 105

Edsurge

JANUARY 16, 2024

When teachers think their students aren’t paying attention in class, they’re probably right. And that’s true even when instructors force students to put away their smartphones. What are some things that institutions and instructors can do? Let's talk about solutions. I need to persuade you about something.

Attention 217

Attention Students Instructors Communication 217

eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Key points: Traditional classroom learning is now modernizing Debates remain about online vs. classroom learning Stay up to date on the latest in classroom learning trends Classroom learning remains a cornerstone of education, fostering a dynamic environment where students engage with peers and instructors in real-time.

Learning 130

Learning eLearning Instructors Learning Styles 130

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

With features including auto-citation, note-taking, library integration, AI usage management, and copy-paste detection, PowerNotes is now used by writers and researchers of all ages, from elementary schoolers to PhD students and working professionals. Learn more at PowerNotes.com.

Writing 161

Writing Ethics Plagiarism Academic Integrity 161

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 4, 2024

A lightboard is a large glass panel coupled with technology that allows an instructor to write or draw on a large surface (McCorkle & Whitener, 2020). Lightboards require minimal instructor training. Some lightboards can be setup to be one button studios controlled exclusively by the instructor.

Online Learning 111

Online Learning Learning Tools Instructors Learning 111

eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2019

School and school district websites are increasingly becoming marketing tools for attracting students and setting the tone for all potential incoming students. This highly competitive environment means that school and school district websites need to attract more students, engage with parents, and even recruit high-level staffing.

Mobile Devices 177

Mobile Devices Schools Disabilities Instructors 177

eSchool News

JUNE 3, 2022

As a result, teachers are looking for educational tools that engage students and help them compete with summer distractions. Summer school teachers have to work extra hard to keep students engaged,” said Julie Smitherman, who taught high school social studies for eight years and is now director of content management for Certell, Inc.’s

Social Studies 109

Social Studies Quizzes Schools History 109

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. Keeping students engaged in that sort of setting is going to be a really challenging thing that we're going to have to work through day after day this semester.

Lecturing 176

Lecturing Instructors Communication Questions 176

Faculty Focus

MAY 14, 2023

The effectiveness of online learning heavily depends on the level of interaction between instructors and students within virtual classrooms. When students are actively engaged, they have a tendency to perform better and retain information more efficiently.

Instructors 116

Instructors Quizzes Students Assignments 116

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

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

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 29, 2023

In spring 2021, inspired by feedback from students, I redesigned my two undergraduate education courses as blended learning courses. flexibility, increased student engagement, improved academic achievement), what I didn’t realize was how essential this model was for teaching in the wake of a global pandemic.

Blended Learning 132

Blended Learning Lecturing Education Learning 132

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 4, 2024

A lightboard is a large glass panel coupled with technology that allows an instructor to write or draw on a large surface (McCorkle & Whitener, 2020). Lightboards require minimal instructor training. Some lightboards can be setup to be one button studios controlled exclusively by the instructor.

Online Learning 98

Online Learning Learning Tools Instructors Learning 98

Edsurge

JANUARY 16, 2019

Meet some of the members of my Digital Literacy class, an elective course for students in grades nine through twelve. I’m usually a library media specialist, but with only a few days notice, I had inherited this course from another instructor and was given the added challenge of updating the curriculum.

Students 167

Students Languages Language Testing 167

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Interfaith friendships seem to form when students engage with peers of other worldviews both formally and informally, such as while socializing or using a shared interfaith space on campus. In short, students make interfaith friendships through collegiate interactions, but can these friendship connections be made and sustained online?

Students 135

Students Instructors Study Exams 135

Faculty Focus

MAY 14, 2023

The effectiveness of online learning heavily depends on the level of interaction between instructors and students within virtual classrooms. When students are actively engaged, they have a tendency to perform better and retain information more efficiently.

Instructors 98

Instructors Quizzes Students Assignments 98

Edsurge

JANUARY 18, 2018

Much of that poor history comes from for-profit providers, since they were among the first to go online in a big way, attracting wads of Wall Street cash that let them quickly expand to enroll millions of students. “Online education has a troubled past,” recalled Phil Hill, edtech consultant at MindWires. “In

Achievement 300

Achievement Instructors Online Learning History 300

eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

These solutions will prioritize the relationship between teacher and student, enabling teachers to serve as motivators and facilitators of student learning, which is critical to student engagement and success. This reflective process is essential for driving meaningful improvements. .

Schools 337

Schools Coaching STEM Evaluation 337

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Survey data from Best Colleges reveals that as of March this year, 22 percent of students admitted using ChatGPT to complete an assignment or exam, with 57 percent indicating they intend to use AI tools for future coursework. You might ask what skills or knowledge students believe are critical in the age of AI?

Minute Papers 134

Minute Papers Instructors Students Assignments 134

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

Faculty developers and instructors can use this framework to harness AI’s potential, ensuring it supports rather than supplants their pedagogical roles. A century later, AI is no longer fiction but a dynamic force in community college education, reshaping how faculty teach, and students learn. What are its merits and limitations?

Faculty Development 92

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 92

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

Faculty developers and instructors can use this framework to harness AI’s potential, ensuring it supports rather than supplants their pedagogical roles. A century later, AI is no longer fiction but a dynamic force in community college education, reshaping how faculty teach, and students learn. What are its merits and limitations?

Faculty Development 89

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 89

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Survey data from Best Colleges reveals that as of March this year, 22 percent of students admitted using ChatGPT to complete an assignment or exam, with 57 percent indicating they intend to use AI tools for future coursework. You might ask what skills or knowledge students believe are critical in the age of AI?

Minute Papers 119

Minute Papers Instructors Students Assignments 119

Scholarly Teacher

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

This is a theoretical exercise without one right answer, but your response reveals key foci as an instructor. It is important to explain to students that they will need to possess certain skills in their future careers, particularly when requiring students to complete tasks without AI. For students? 2021; Yang et al.,

Ethics 102

Ethics Multidisciplinary Course Design Confidentiality 102

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 29, 2023

In spring 2021, inspired by feedback from students, I redesigned my two undergraduate education courses as blended learning courses. flexibility, increased student engagement, improved academic achievement), what I didn’t realize was how essential this model was for teaching in the wake of a global pandemic.

Blended Learning 98

Blended Learning Lecturing Education Learning 98

Faculty Focus

MAY 23, 2024

Home laboratory In a home laboratory, students experiment with a theory and report their findings to the instructor or to the class. Laboratory” tends to sound science-based, but there are many experiments students can do that are not necessarily science-related. It creates a sense of caring.

Laboratory 107

Laboratory Failure Assignments Instructors 107

Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2017

When Jenny Billings piloted a digital textbook class and saw an immediate increase in engagement and retention after just one semester, she thought it must be a fluke. In many cases, the use of digital tools, platforms, and applications has helped to boost student engagement, grow pass rates, and increase retention.

Textbooks 120

Textbooks Lecturing English Internet 120