Faculty Focus

JULY 15, 2025

Aside from promoting positive interdependence and individual accountability, students participate equally through simultaneous interactions. Purposefully, I provide opportunities for students to connect and practice the social skills necessary to participate in rigorous critical thinking and problem-solving tasks.

Assignments 97

Assignments Art Critical Thinking Motivation 97

eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2025

For 60 years, SkillsUSA has provided these types of hands-on learning opportunities for students in the form of regional, state, and national competitions–and participants in these contests have gained valuable career experience. It helped me to have a feeling of worth.

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Skills Students Middle School Middle School 161

Faculty Focus

JULY 15, 2025

Aside from promoting positive interdependence and individual accountability, students participate equally through simultaneous interactions. Purposefully, I provide opportunities for students to connect and practice the social skills necessary to participate in rigorous critical thinking and problem-solving tasks.

Assignments 71

Assignments Art Critical Thinking Motivation 71

Faculty Focus

JUNE 1, 2025

At the same time, COVID-19 forced many seasoned instructors to grapple with assessing their students, making alternative assessment more mainstream. I came to alternative assessment alongside many other instructors as COVID-19 forced seasoned instructors to grapple with assessment policies.

Grades 70

Grades Evaluation Assignments Instructors 70

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Research indicates that active participation leads to higher retention rates, which can be upwards of 60% for students engaged in interactive learning. Without face-to-face communication, building relationships with peers and instructors becomes challenging, hindering collaboration and support.

Hybrid Learning 135

Hybrid Learning Learning Styles Study Critical Thinking 135

Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 27, 2025

In the 10 years since I chose a book called Make it Stick for a book study in the summer of 2015, I’ve been encouraging teachers to add more retrieval practice to their teaching. I have encouraged giving frequent quizzes , think-pair-shares , and teaching students to use flashcards , but there are a lot of other ways to do it.

Multiple Choice Questions 80

Multiple Choice Questions Teachers Writing Questions 80

eSchool News

MAY 14, 2025

During this process, the students practiced using complex sentence structures to explain their game, with the instructors using scaffolding techniques such as sentence frames to help them. The results Work ED assessed the participating students before starting the program and then again once they completed it.

Skills 255

Skills Students Instructors Reading 255

Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

After years of teaching, I noticed how often students carried academic, emotional, and personal burdens without sharing them. From Curiosity to Campuswide Inquiry The project began in two large general education courses I teach at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: FSHN 101: The Science of Food and FSHN 120: Contemporary Nutrition.

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Disabilities Course Design Students Lecturing 53

Faculty Focus

JUNE 24, 2025

Chickering and Gamson (1987) remind us about the importance of participation and engagement in the classroom: “Learning is not a spectator sport. Similarly, we think Chickering and Gamson’s approach to teaching applies to the modern day online classroom. Small teaching online: Applying learning science in online classes.

eLearning 66

eLearning Students Assignments Feedback 66

Faculty Focus

JUNE 24, 2025

Chickering and Gamson (1987) remind us about the importance of participation and engagement in the classroom: “Learning is not a spectator sport. Similarly, we think Chickering and Gamson’s approach to teaching applies to the modern day online classroom. Small teaching online: Applying learning science in online classes.

eLearning 64

eLearning Students Assignments Feedback 64

Faculty Focus

APRIL 27, 2025

To increase the likelihood of student participation, we first invited their input on what types of events they want to attend, and when. The post Building Connections and Shaping Futures by Fostering Cohort Success appeared first on Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning.

STEM 53

STEM Science Activities Student Engagement 53

k12

JULY 10, 2025

Active, engaged learners retain information better, participate more fully, and develop a deeper understanding of the material. Polls and Quizzes: Encourage your child to participate in polls or mini quizzes if their online platform offers them. Encourage your child to participate!

Online Learning 52

Online Learning Quizzes Learning Motivation 52

Faculty Focus

JUNE 29, 2025

Earlier in my teaching career, my first-day-of-class deck included a slide about my professional and personal history to build trust and transparency. I offered students a chance to ask about my education, experience in finance, the time I lived and studied in Paris, or how I ended up teaching at a community college.

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Teaching Motivation Learning Outcomes Instructors 67

Cal Matters

JUNE 25, 2025

That disengagement hindered attendance and participation during and after the pandemic, Davidson-Boyd said. “A And the university introduced a freshman course with tips on identifying their interests, participating in campus events and even asking instructors for help. “They remember being lonely. They’re just not showing up.

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Math English Lecturing High School 88

Faculty Focus

JUNE 29, 2025

Earlier in my teaching career, my first-day-of-class deck included a slide about my professional and personal history to build trust and transparency. I offered students a chance to ask about my education, experience in finance, the time I lived and studied in Paris, or how I ended up teaching at a community college.

Teaching 68

Teaching Motivation Learning Outcomes Instructors 68

k12

JULY 24, 2025

Students might attend live video sessions, participate in digital office hours, and even form virtual study groups with classmates. Parent availability and teaching comfort. Ask yourself how prepared you would be to fully direct your child’s academic journey, from crafting lesson plans to teaching all the class subjects.

Exams 52

Exams Schools Learning Styles Grades 52

eSchool News

JANUARY 21, 2021

In a landscape where online instruction has become more commonplace due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some educators face challenges associated with operating as an online instructor in a virtual environment. The following 5 tips can help you to be an innovative online instructor who engages students: 1.

Instructors 356

Instructors Discussions Participation Communication 356

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 1, 2020

As teachers embrace their new roles as designers, instructors, and facilitators of online learning, many are grappling the details associated with teaching remotely. Below are five lessons I learned as an online professor that helped me to adapt to and navigate the challenge of teaching online. #1

Teaching 545

Teaching Assignments Discussions Communication 545

Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2023

To see what teaching is like on campus these days, I visited Texas State University in October and sat in on three large lecture classes in different subjects. The class covers how humans change over different points in their lives, and it’s taught by Amy Meeks, a senior lecturer who has been teaching for 20 years.

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Instructors Lecturing Students Textbooks 213

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Since the earliest days of colleges experimenting with teaching over the internet, the goal has been to replicate as closely as possible the physical classroom experience. And now that campuses are back from pandemic restrictions, many instructors are trying to incorporate those remote practices into their in-person teaching.

Teaching 218

Teaching Lecturing Blended Courses Instructors 218

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Researchers tapped alternative models of calculus teaching that have shown evidence that they work, according to Kramer. Those active methods limited the amount of lecture time, instead focusing on small groups and using “learning assistants,” other undergraduates who were on the teaching team. Its conclusion?

Instructors 201

Instructors Lecturing STEM Study 201

Edsurge

OCTOBER 13, 2023

For instructors who have had the opportunity to participate in pedagogy learning groups, there may be a lot of overlap in what they already know about teaching and what changes AI might bring to the classroom. Instructors across the disciplines question how and where their students will use AI.

Teaching 208

Teaching Instructors Knowledge Writing 208

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

As an instructor, I have always considered myself to be friendly and approachable. Student perceptions of their instructors’ attitude toward them has been shown to be a predictor of student motivation (Wilson J. However, while I was teaching remotely, I found it difficult to keep my home life separated.

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Instructors Syllabus Attention Teaching Assistants 122

Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2020

Option 1: Paper-based teaching Point a camera at a piece of paper, write on it and lecture. And here’s what your student will see: Option 2: Whiteboard or easel teaching Point a camera at yourself while lecturing in front of a whiteboard or easel+paper pad. Set video to “on” for both host and participant 2.

Teaching 208

Teaching Lecturing Instructors Disabilities 208

Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2020

When Elizabeth Self starts teaching her 11 a.m. She’s in Tennessee—where she is an assistant professor at Vanderbilt University—but some of the students she’s teaching are now taking the class from California, where it’s only 8 a.m. At first, such synchronous teaching was expensive and cumbersome. for all of her students.

Teaching 218

Teaching Instructors Distance Learning Learning 218

Edsurge

MAY 5, 2021

As a longtime proponent of online higher education, I thought I’d take a stab at imagining a couple of effects digital education might have on teaching and learning in the college classroom. That has already started to happen during the pandemic, with so many faculty and staff working and teaching from home.

Online Learning 198

Online Learning Teaching Lecturing Instructors 198

eSchool News

JANUARY 14, 2022

The organization, which is also run by a team of students, offers free workshops that teach 3D printing, robotics, graphic design, and coding to students as well as programs to help bring 3D printing into schools. and have been teaching 3D printing for years.

Accessibility 287

Accessibility Instructors Students Participation 287

eSchool News

MARCH 10, 2021

Museum curators, historians, authors, researchers, and other expert instructors engage directly with students during the virtual expedition to create a rich, compelling learning environment. moment when they see how this tool can help teach any topic to any standard. And students love it.

Learning 294

Learning Instructors Culture Knowledge 294

eSchool News

MAY 10, 2023

To facilitate effective teaching and learning, modern schools must equip every classroom with interactive touchscreens and utilize gamification techniques. So, by adding gamification elements during teaching sessions, schools can significantly increase their participation and engagement levels. Finally, gamification is more fun.

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Gamification Interactive Learning Disabilities Learning 323

Edsurge

JANUARY 16, 2023

Based on conversations we had with teachers, ViewSonic developed a solution to address their concerns when teaching online. UNIVERSE helps teachers solve the engagement problem with a metaverse concept—students and teachers can feel more present and participate in natural conversation. Creating a Sense of Belonging with Virtual Worlds.

Teaching 213

Teaching Lecturing Education Learning 213

eSchool News

APRIL 14, 2021

Created to Address the “Middle School Gap” – Blackbird Teaches Real-world Computer Science Skills, Aligned to Educational Standards. Blackbird’s integrated LMS enables instructors to easily track student progress, review errors and make direct comments. Teaches JavaScript through game and animation creation. ?

Middle School 256

Middle School Middle School Instructors Education 256

Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2023

In the early days of online education, I imagined that virtual classrooms would follow the same basic model as in-person ones, with an instructor leading the same number of students typical in a campus class. Colleges found new ways of scaling, rethinking how teaching is done online. teach remote students.

Teaching 173

Teaching Instructors Syllabus Assignments 173

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Thousands of teachers every year take education classes to renew their license, move up to the next salary range at their school (I did that–often), or learn teaching skills they didn’t get in their degree program (like remote teaching or in-depth technology). I recently received an email from the folks at Model Teaching.

Teaching 179

Teaching Education Learning Assignments 179

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Participants could move from table to table, discussing the questions with other members of each group. Many even created special offices or programs in the hopes of teaching students how to talk with people they may disagree with. This may be tense, but that’s ok. Let’s be comfortable with the uncomfortable.

Teaching 207

Teaching Science Discussions Skills 207

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 7, 2024

However, the rapid expansion of online learning meant many institutions overlooked the campus safety procedures for faculty teaching online from remote locations.  This involves being attentive to changes in communication patterns, participation levels, or the quality of submitted work. Teaching Sociology, 50(2), 168-182.

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Instructors Counselling Confidentiality Communication 128

Teach Hub

MARCH 4, 2024

How do we break this silence and boost student participation in our classroom? Here we’ll dive into strategies to encourage more active participation and examine why participation matters to students and educators. By involving students in the process, active learning can boost participation and engagement.

Participation 105

Participation Students Discussions Quizzes 105

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

The following is the latest installment of the Toward Better Teaching advice column. However, how do I know how inclusive I am in my teaching? The first step in making this goal of reaching diverse learners is to reflect on what it means to be inclusive in teaching, and letting that guide our teaching.

Syllabus 155

Syllabus Teaching Beliefs Instructors 155