Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2025

Enacting equity pedagogy as an essential component of multicultural education (Banks & Banks, 1995) requires instructors to become change agents. Assume that students are capable and possess knowledge and skills. Provide Closed Captioning on posted videos (lectures, resources, etc.). Support colleagues with disabilities.

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Accessibility Disabilities Learning Disabilities Special Education 96

Faculty Focus

JULY 20, 2025

She is being asked to use the knowledge and skills she has developed at work to scaffold new information related to the field of psychology. Notice that for Tara and Tim, completing any of these tasks without any other coursework, reading, video lectures, tutorials, or information would be a challenge.

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Syllabus Education Ethics Instructors 95

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Without face-to-face communication, building relationships with peers and instructors becomes challenging, hindering collaboration and support. Today’s students demand more than just traditional lectures and textbooks; they’re looking for an engaging, flexible, and personalized learning experience.

Hybrid Learning 135

Hybrid Learning Learning Styles Study Critical Thinking 135

Faculty Focus

JULY 15, 2025

A costly misconception is that pedagogical approaches in higher education must be lecture-based and teacher-led. These actionable, collaborative strategies help educators navigate their role as facilitators, guiding and responding rather than lecturing and directing. Reflection reinforces academic content and collaboration skills.

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Assignments Art Critical Thinking Motivation 62

Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 27, 2025

rapid retrieval: During a lecture, stop every 10 minutes or so to ask a question about a topic you’ve covered. ’ and then applying it to new knowledge.” “Multiple choice is great because you can assess students’ knowledge quickly and equitably. They’re retrieving ‘what is extroverted?’

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Multiple Choice Questions Teachers Writing Questions 80

Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

Dr. Emily Tarconish, a teaching professor in the College of Education, contributed her deep knowledge of Universal Design for Learning and accessible course design. Flexibility in format and modality such as recorded lectures, alternative assignments, or extended deadlinesmade students feel supported, capable, and seen.

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Disabilities Course Design Lecturing Students 54

Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2018

I had a very knowledgeable teacher, but lecture slides were available online, and they covered almost all of the material for the course. It seems an hour can be better spent reading slides and doing a practice problem than sitting through a lecture.

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Study Lecturing Education Internet 214

Edsurge

MAY 25, 2020

What’s the Use of Lectures? Let’s start with one of education’s most hallowed traditions: the lecture. In his 1971 book “ What’s the Use of Lectures? The author’s work did not discount the fact that there are inspirational teachers whose lectures are so compelling they can hold student attention for hours.

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Lecturing Questions Learning Attention 208

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The study, which occurred over three semesters, randomly assigned students to either learning through lectures, the old-school way, or through “active” calculus instruction that emphasizes student engagement. That the traditional lecture method of teaching calculus isn’t as effective as active models. Its conclusion?

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Instructors Lecturing STEM Study 202

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

At times, however, that stone may feel like a boulder, especially to research faculty who are used to delivering lectures and to whom the switch to activity-based learning may seem like a daunting and demanding venture into unfamiliar territory. Image courtesy of This Is Engineering, Unsplash. Why Start With Think-Pair-Share?

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Lecturing Active Learning Activities STEM 98

eSchool News

JULY 27, 2023

Gone are the days of teachers lecturing in front of students who are taking furious notes. Students can be too easily distracted to hang on most instructors’ every word. This allowed teachers to complete a module of lecture-based learning, generally a week of class, and imprint the knowledge into long-term memory via these tools.

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Gamification Lecturing Internet Instructors 246

Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2021

Yet as instructors in the new world of online education, we have access to ever-increasing amounts of data—from recorded lecture videos, electronically submitted homework, discussion forums, and online quizzes and assessments—that may give us insights into individual student learning.

Teaching 210

Teaching Instructors Quizzes Intelligence 210

eSchool News

MAY 26, 2016

A growing number of today’s instructors also fall into this group. Turn lectures into a 2-way conversation. Students who are used to highly interactive communication often have difficulty adjusting to traditional classroom lectures, where they are expected to silently take notes while the instructor speaks.

Gamification 197

Gamification Lecturing Instructors Communication 197

Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 23, 2017

Annie Murphy Paul said: a growing body of evidence suggests that the lecture is not generic or neutral, but a specific cultural form that favors some people while discriminating against others, including women, minorities and low-income and first-generation college students. Related Posts.

Lecturing 81

Lecturing Active Learning Activities Learning 81

Faculty Focus

MAY 11, 2025

As the capacity of AI grows to complete increasingly complex tasks, we (as college instructors) may wonder what we can offer our students in the age of AI. Why College Instructors Matter: A Student’s Perspective I had a conversation with one of my students recently about this exact question. Schoeder, 2024).

Instructors 114

Instructors Motivation Critical Thinking Students 114

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

School administrators should be continually on the lookout for emerging technologies that can increase student engagement, retain knowledge, and make learning more accessible. Active learning Lectures and memorization are taking a back seat to active learning. Better engagement means they’ll learn more and retain the knowledge longer.

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Learning Styles Participation Hybrid Learning Attention 320

Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2022

In the pandemic many higher ed faculty, forced onto Zoom and other videoconferencing platforms, have continued teaching online just as they always did face to face, delivering lectures over streaming video as they did in person. In fact, many college instructors have been downright grumpy about having been thrown into a new teaching format.

Teaching 186

Teaching Lecturing Instructors Learning 186

eSchool News

JULY 21, 2016

Flipping your class by having students watch lecture videos for their homework can lead to richer discussions about the content, but only if students come to class prepared. It also makes sure teachers are prepared to address students’ key questions and areas of confusion—without creating more work for the instructor.

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Lecturing Textbooks Instructors Discussions 189

Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2020

The instructor can lecture and students can ask questions, or the instructor can lead a live discussion. For instance, instructors can ask students to post a one-sentence summary or brief reflection after going through an assigned reading or watching a short video lecture.

Teaching 218

Teaching Instructors Distance Learning Lecturing 218

Edsurge

MAY 5, 2021

It’s common today for colleges to invite professors from other institutions to deliver distinguished lectures on campus. On their own and in their own time, students watch pre-recorded video lectures and demonstrations, enter discussion boards and work together in groups employing collaborative software tools day and night.

Online Learning 199

Online Learning Teaching Lecturing Instructors 199

eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The courses feature cinematically produced lectures by top-rated instructors and professors from renowned institutions, such as NASA, MIT, Harvard, and Yale. Since Outlier courses are offered asynchronously, students — no matter where they live — can try on the rigor of college-level courses that easily fit their school schedule.

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Exams Learning Science Lecturing 270

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Middle school students in grades 6-8 flex their civics knowledge for a chance to win recognition and cash prizes. “We are sounding the alarm on the declining civic knowledge among our nation’s youth,” said Carolyn Cawley president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation.

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Math Middle School Middle School Essay 261

Edsurge

APRIL 19, 2017

Since the early days of online instruction, the response of many new instructors has been to figure out how to transfer elements of their face-to-face class into the online format. Some examples include learning management systems, lecture capture tools, and early online meeting systems.

Exams 165

Exams Lecturing Authentic Assessment Blended Courses 165

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Most of us know what to expect in a face-to-face classroom: Students sitting in rows, facing instructors and listening to lectures, watching videos displayed on screens up front, or, in smaller classes, participating in lively discussion. For years, it’s been a struggle for many college faculty to adapt to online instruction.

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Mobile Devices Lecturing Quizzes Participation 212

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2023

He argues that the traditional lecture method for teaching physics and other STEM fields has been proven ineffective, and that shifts to more active methods can greatly improve learning outcomes to make sure the next generation of researchers can make the next Nobel-worthy breakthroughs. You’ve famously compared lecturing to bloodletting.

Teaching 203

Teaching Lecturing Evaluation Teaching Evaluations 203

Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2018

And those lists offer a telling snapshot of how MOOCs are evolving and what their impact is on the instructors and institutions offering them. They’re essentially self-help courses grounded in some serious body of knowledge, and their topics are similar to self-help books that dominate print best-seller lists.

Teaching 167

Teaching Lecturing Instructors Quizzes 167

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 25, 2025

” –Albert Einstein Peer-to-peer learning–acquiring knowledge from a peer group–has become a popular strategy as teachers move from a teacher-lecturer education model to teacher-guide. Teaching forces you to clarify your thoughts, often revealing gaps in your knowledge.

Feedback 153

Feedback Instructors Learning Critical Thinking 153

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Key points : Today’s students will undoubtedly encounter generative AI in their careers Two higher-ed instructors have designed a guide for using generative AI in life design and career education See related article: A scholar’s embrace of ChatGPT-4 Innovations that have transformed education have often been met with skepticism.

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Ethics Essay Syllabus Feedback 335

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 151

Online Learning Lecturing Learning Instructors 151

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Each factor plays a role in shaping various academic achievements: Prior knowledge of the subject matter Motivation and engagement Learning goals Learning strategies Prioritization of the course Outside responsibilities College students take a course for various reasons, for example, to meet a major or minor requirement or for personal interest.

Motivation 126

Motivation Instructors Lecturing Feedback 126

eSchool News

JUNE 10, 2015

Modern education is quickly shifting away from the traditional lecture format to a culture of collaboration and knowledge sharing between students, gently guided by instructors. But this new movement comes with its own sets of challenges that require creative solutions to enable seamless coordination in the learning community.

Lecturing 126

Lecturing Education Instructors Culture 126

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

The day after each lecture, students in the course would receive a text message with a one-question multiple-choice quiz about a fact presented during that lecture. We want to weave the kinds of conversations you can have at a center into the daily fabric of instructors’ lives.”

Teaching 166

Teaching Lecturing Instructors Ethics 166

Edsurge

APRIL 7, 2019

While it’s great for instructor workflows, it has always been a course management tool, not a learning tool. Learning is the product of inputs from students and instructors. Instead, my classmates and I faced an endless loop of lectures, notes and tests. The LMS was originally the CMS—Course Management System.

Mobile Devices 165

Mobile Devices Instructors Students Attention 165

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 15, 2023

During a two-hour lecture, the average student spends 37 minutes doing non-class related activities on their devices (Ravizza et. This same study identifies one student-based reason for instructor reluctance—though students in an active classroom learn more, they feel like they learn less.

Lecturing 122

Lecturing Instructors Active Learning Activities 122

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2024

Some schools do, but a lot of schools generally leave absence management up to individual instructors. I mean, from the pandemic we've learned, ‘Oh, I can get lecture notes, I can get slides, I can get a video of the classroom, I can get all of the content that I need outside of the classroom, so why do I go to class?’

Students 203

Students Instructors Lecturing Participation 203

Edsurge

MAY 17, 2022

Meanwhile, institutions and instructors have been pushed to try new strategies—some of which seem promising. Flipping the Classroom Professors who recorded video lectures for online learning during the pandemic are realizing they have a new resource at their disposal. And college enrollments are down overall. Smith University.

Lecturing 214

Lecturing Knowledge Instructors Activities 214

Edsurge

MARCH 29, 2017

This is because students bring their own prior knowledge and misconceptions to educational media. “If Relate” videos get the student to feel connected to the instructor. They seek to establish instructor presence. I also have the instructors share a bit about their own background and why they decided to create the course.

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Instructors Education Lecturing Knowledge 144