Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 27, 2025

” Another advantage is the fact that they require every student to participate “something in social psychology we call the diffusion of responsibility. You can do completion or participation, but I would avoid assigning points you don’t want to create anxiety around making mistakes.” It’s crickets.

Multiple Choice Questions 77

Multiple Choice Questions Teachers Writing Questions 77

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

What do you think is important for an instructor to do when using classroom response systems (polling software or clickers)? A) Choose questions that most students will be able to answer correctly. B) Vary the types of poll questions beyond multiple choice. Select all that apply. Play with the polls.

Instructors 140

Instructors Multiple Choice Questions Course Design Discussions 140

Edsurge

JANUARY 13, 2017

In the early days of "course cartridges”—an LMS feature that allowed instructors to plug published content right into their courses—online courses were essentially digitized versions of static (textbook) content. Yet, while technology exists in the world of higher education, it’s not clear that technology is actually making courses smarter.

Multiple Choice Questions 131

Multiple Choice Questions Instructors Textbooks Feedback 131

Faculty Focus

JULY 27, 2023

Then, the instructor proceeds to conduct a short lecture where course materials such as the syllabus, slides, or videos might be shared with everyone through a QR code (see Figure 1). To address equity and accessibility, professors could read the questions out loud and allow multiple ways of participation.

Student Engagement 98

Student Engagement Syllabus Students Lecturing 98

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Learners will have the autonomy to guide their own learning experiences, marking a departure from instructor-mediated programs. Rather than traditional, multiple-choice questions, technology will interact with students at a greater clip.

Gamification 360

Gamification Intelligence Reading Ethics 360

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

A professor or educator can spend a lecture or semester teaching the curriculum, but if you ask ChatGPT what the biggest takeaways from the war are, it’s possible and likely a learner is provided with even more context and historical facts via the chatbot than what is possible for an instructor to cover from a set curriculum.

Plagiarism 130

Plagiarism Education Intelligence Textbooks 130

Scholarly Teacher

OCTOBER 2, 2024

In the fall of 2022, students in three sections of a required 200-level business writing course at a large, Midwestern university (N=72) participated in seven collaborative quizzes and three independent quizzes taken throughout the fall semester.

Quizzes 52

Quizzes Education Multiple Choice Questions Feedback 52