Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2018

Students may feel relief as they hand in an exam, but the moment marks the beginning of stress and anxiety for instructors and teaching assistants, who may need to grade hundreds of tests in a short time. Second, the tool is not designed to fully-automate grading, meaning instructors aren’t out of the process completely.

Grades 92

Grades Exams Instructors Feedback 92

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

Teaching in a large-size classroom differs significantly from teaching in a small-size classroom in terms of engagement, interaction, and instructional methods (Wang & Calvano, 2022). To address the disparity between in-person and remote students, instructors can implement strategies that ensure both groups feel equally engaged.

Teaching 91

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 91

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2024

We also asked faculty who were using AI to share how it impacted their teaching and learning. Some faculty expressed that using AI tools has significantly reduced the time spent on creating lecture materials, allowing them more time to focus on creating engaging and exciting student activities. Look no further.

Syllabus 119

Syllabus Assignments Feedback Teaching Assistants 119

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

Teaching in a large-size classroom differs significantly from teaching in a small-size classroom in terms of engagement, interaction, and instructional methods (Wang & Calvano, 2022). To address the disparity between in-person and remote students, instructors can implement strategies that ensure both groups feel equally engaged.

Teaching 87

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 87

Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2018

Even the best instructors may not be able to reach every student. And often that’s because there is a disconnect between what students expect from college teaching and what actually ends up happening in the classroom. So, what are some examples of college teaching that have really stood out?

Teaching 118

Teaching Course Evaluations Evaluation Students 118

Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2019

His teaching assistants have engaged with students in the class from places such as Ethiopia, Northern Ireland, Guatemala, Samoa and Vietnam. He offers a free set of resources for instructors who wish to use the ANTH 101 materials. These answers are curated on the main ANTH 101 website.

Learning 163

Learning Students Assignments Participation 163

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2024

We also asked faculty who were using AI to share how it impacted their teaching and learning. Some faculty expressed that using AI tools has significantly reduced the time spent on creating lecture materials, allowing them more time to focus on creating engaging and exciting student activities. Look no further.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Assignments Feedback Teaching Assistants 111

Faculty Focus

APRIL 20, 2023

Thus, it’s pressing for instructors to collaborate on concrete ways to create a welcoming tone and build rapport in digital spaces. As Michelle Pacansky-Brock (2023) notes, “connecting with you [the instructor] before they connect with course content will establish a supportive and welcoming course climate that will also cultivate community.”

Culture 122

Culture Communication Writing Languages 122

Faculty Focus

APRIL 20, 2023

Thus, it’s pressing for instructors to collaborate on concrete ways to create a welcoming tone and build rapport in digital spaces. As Michelle Pacansky-Brock (2023) notes, “connecting with you [the instructor] before they connect with course content will establish a supportive and welcoming course climate that will also cultivate community.”

Culture 98

Culture Communication Writing Languages 98

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Classroom support staff arrange for a permanent or temporary multimedia setup in the room with a camera, a microphone for the instructor, and a means to show your slides or computer screen to both the in-person and online students. Some online students might view the lecture on a tablet or phone where these details are lost.

Feedback 105

Feedback Minute Papers Mobile Devices Discussions 105

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

Additionally, the tablet has Bluetooth, so I am able to carry on a lecture while walking around the classroom monitoring students as they take notes or work through problems. Such technology allows instructors to teach in-person students normally – but any remote students can keep track of everything happening in the classroom.

Learning 363

Learning Communication Hybrid Learning Languages 363

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Additionally, the tablet has Bluetooth, so I am able to carry on a lecture while walking around the classroom monitoring students as they take notes or work through problems. Such technology allows instructors to teach in-person students normally – but any remote students can keep track of everything happening in the classroom.

Hybrid Learning 294

Hybrid Learning Communication Accessibility Languages 294

Edsurge

MAY 20, 2020

As this COVID-disrupted semester comes to a close, we wanted to know how well the emergency online teaching experiment went at colleges, and what it felt like from instructors’ point of view. We were particularly interested in how well large lecture classes translated into a remote format. Was it as good?

Lecturing 178

Lecturing History Teaching Assistants Learning 178

Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2020

I'm the world's first android teaching assistant. So she relies on support from William Barry, the philosophy instructor who records her delivering brief lectures for his undergraduate class on the ethics of emerging technology. Student Lauren Lopez with Maria Bot and instructor William Barry. I am, yes, thank you.

Teachers 152

Teachers Education Instructors Intelligence 152

Faculty Focus

MARCH 11, 2025

By creating a learning environment tailored to various majors, addressing barriers, and demonstrating real-world applications, instructors can make the classroom “YOUnique.” This innovative teaching environment blends engaged lectures with hands-on, collaborative activities, with the instructor as a facilitator.

Interdisciplinary 64

Interdisciplinary Instructors Students Motivation 64

Faculty Focus

MARCH 11, 2025

By creating a learning environment tailored to various majors, addressing barriers, and demonstrating real-world applications, instructors can make the classroom “YOUnique.” This innovative teaching environment blends engaged lectures with hands-on, collaborative activities, with the instructor as a facilitator.

Interdisciplinary 62

Interdisciplinary Instructors Students Motivation 62

Edsurge

JULY 23, 2020

After turning their webcams on, which the program requires, they hit the “join lecture” button to enter a Zoom call with a cheerful instructor who appeared in high-definition, and who said he was calling in from Florida. It’s really conveying a dense interactive classroom experience for the instructor and the students.

Instructors 132

Instructors Students Participation Distance Learning 132

Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2018

Even allowing for the famously low completion rates of MOOCs, it still means that hundreds of thousands of people have sat through lecture videos by Ng. In other words, Andrew Ng probably teaches more people than anyone else on the planet, putting him in a position to have an unprecedented impact on an emerging field. (The

Teaching 132

Teaching Laboratory Textbooks Intelligence 132