Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2018

Steph YoungGonzaga credits online learning with enriching her education and helping establish herself as an IT thought leader. Instructors can focus on teaching–and not on technical issues. Our instructors were spending a lot of time being first-level tech support, and didn't have enough time to teach the material.

Skills 134

Skills Teaching Exams Instructors 134

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

In a large classroom, instructors often face challenges in creating personal connections with students, maintaining attention, and ensuring active participation (Wang & Calvano, 2022). Students in smaller classes often feel more comfortable asking questions and engaging in discussions, fostering a collaborative learning environment.

Teaching 82

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 82

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 5, 2025

Professional schools cater to a diverse student body with varying learning preferences, needs, and accrediting bodies to answer to (Coble, 2015). These adult learners thrive in multimodal contexts which can look like traditional lecture-based settings, hands-on experiential learning, or online coursework. & Chen, Y.

Schools 122

Schools Authentic Assessment Syllabus Evaluation 122

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

In a large classroom, instructors often face challenges in creating personal connections with students, maintaining attention, and ensuring active participation (Wang & Calvano, 2022). Students in smaller classes often feel more comfortable asking questions and engaging in discussions, fostering a collaborative learning environment.

Teaching 79

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 79

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

One notable piece of K-12 tech innovation news is the integration of interactive devices and digital learning tools, transforming static learning spaces into dynamic, multimedia-rich environments. Software applications support different aspects of learning, including subject-specific programs, simulations, and educational games.

Learning Styles 282

Learning Styles Intelligence Blended Learning Gamification 282

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 5, 2025

Professional schools cater to a diverse student body with varying learning preferences, needs, and accrediting bodies to answer to (Coble, 2015). These adult learners thrive in multimodal contexts which can look like traditional lecture-based settings, hands-on experiential learning, or online coursework. & Chen, Y.

Schools 104

Schools Authentic Assessment Syllabus Evaluation 104

Faculty Focus

APRIL 16, 2023

“Educator” is used throughout this paper to represent professor, instructor, teacher, or any person or team that leads learning sessions. The learning must be equivalent for all students, guaranteeing that no student is at a disadvantage due to the learning pathway chosen. References Educause Learning Initiative (ELI).

Learning 105

Learning Assignments Course Design Instructors 105

Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Because digital devices and online environments can simultaneously be transformatively empowering and maddeningly disruptive, the work of integrating digital learning tools into schools is usually difficult and complex. Fears about digital learning tools are especially tricky because they’re primarily emotional, not logical.

Schools 112

Schools Internet Lecturing Mobile Devices 112

Faculty Focus

APRIL 16, 2023

“Educator” is used throughout this paper to represent professor, instructor, teacher, or any person or team that leads learning sessions. The learning must be equivalent for all students, guaranteeing that no student is at a disadvantage due to the learning pathway chosen. References Educause Learning Initiative (ELI).

Learning 98

Learning Assignments Course Design Instructors 98

Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2019

That’s when we really started getting calls from frustrated instructors at community colleges who said, ‘I have a big problem. Commercial texts and tools make it too easy for some faculty to outsource their teaching and course design, Smith says, although he’s empathetic to part-time instructors whose workloads outweigh their resources.

Textbooks 119

Textbooks Instructors History Syllabus 119

Scholarly Teacher

DECEMBER 11, 2024

In learner-centered pedagogical practices, the focus and attention is on learning what and how the student is learning (Weimer, 2013). Instead the spaces are collaborative environments where instructors must use multiple pedagogical techniques to facilitate learning (Boss & Linder, 2016). Jossey-Bass.

Teaching 52

Teaching Syllabus Instructors Problem-Based Learning 52

EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Utilization and modeling of these effective, participatory learning activities among faculty groups are also a way to build community among faculty as they are “trained” to be effective trauma-informed instructors. Connected faculty will build connected students who will become connected alumni and that is good for the bottom line.

Education 52

Education STEM Active Learning Peer Review 52

EAB

APRIL 11, 2023

So one area of particular interest in those new technologies and innovations is the use of virtual reality, so virtual reality is a learning tool, and also as a way that perspective students can use to explore institutions before they ever arrive in-person. Where do you think this is going?

Reading 52

Reading Questions Learning Outcomes Internet 52

Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2021

In a wide-ranging survey of about a thousand students and instructors, merely eight percent of those online during the crisis say their experience was very effective. To avoid feelings of alienation online, skilled digital instructors encourage active student participation. It was a lost opportunity.”. It was a lost opportunity.”

Online Learning 215

Online Learning Grades Lecturing Instructors 215

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

There are widespread beliefs about the best way to teach and learn that have been proven wrong by science, yet they persist. Mathematics lecture at the Helsinki University of Technology. The Acuitus strategy that has evolved over 20 years involves mixing a digital tutor with in-person instructors.

Education 218

Education Learning Textbooks Instructors 218

Edsurge

JULY 8, 2022

Why did so many faculty at NYU’s School of Professional Studies’ Division of Programs in Business embrace active learning, while professors elsewhere often resist or ignore it. Working in small groups, faculty share their experiences and best practices with each other.

Ethics 168

Ethics Lecturing Motivation Instructors 168