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. You cant learn without laboring (76).

Grades 68

Grades Evaluation Assignments Instructors 68

Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2017

The University of Michigan’s M-Write program is built on the idea that students learn best when they write about what they’re studying, rather than taking multiple-choice tests. Senior lecturer Brenda Gunderson teaches a statistics course that will be first to adopt the automated element of M-Write.

Essay 142

Essay Feedback Writing Assignments 142

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 23, 2021

Students join a Google Classroom-based class and meet weekly with instructor to discuss class activities and assignments. Students join a Google Classroom-based class and meet weekly with instructor to discuss class activities and assignments. Pre-requisite: the 21 st Century Tech-infused Teacher or permission of the instructor.

Instructors 31

Instructors Authentic Assessment Plagiarism Participation 31

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2017

What’s interesting to me is that students are more concerned about their writing being effective and well done, knowing their peers or people outside their school are going to read it versus just the teacher. Cotton has committed his own community to making sure its students learn how to write effectively; here too technology plays a role.

Writing 124

Writing Feedback Exams Middle School 124

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Cost and ease of use won’t matter much if students and instructors won’t be bothered to learn how to use a device. They can effectively serve three different roles: writing instrument, video output display, and multimedia player. Students will find it more fun and engaging to participate in their lessons.

Schools 277

Schools Instructors Internet Testing 277

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Everyone knows that outside of the school building, creative writing workshops aren’t graded. But if you’re teaching creative writing in a K–12 classroom or a community college, at the end of the day you’re most likely required to stamp a letter grade—or at least a percentage score—on your students’ work.

Writing 113

Writing Essay Feedback Instructors 113

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Through the two-and-a-half yearlong effort, nearly 2,000 instructors developed and taught 6,600 OER course sections that served 160,000 students. Eleven of those institutions participated in a study about the academic and financial implications this kind of widespread OER adoption has on students, faculty and colleges.

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Textbooks Instructors Education Participation 198

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Writing With Tech. Student joins a Google Classroom-based class and meets weekly with instructor to discuss class activities and assignments. Teach Writing with Tech. These can be adapted to any writing program be it 6+1 Traits, Common Core, or the basic who-what-when-where-why. Building Digital Citizens. Differentiation.

Instructors 158

Instructors Authentic Assessment Plagiarism Participation 158

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Once onboard, those instructors participated in three different professional learning dates, plus additional ones that were added during the school year. That way, students would be able to write on the tables with dry erase markers. Get teachers onboard and acclimated early. Pick a design partner that “gets” you.

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Learning Spaces Learning Elementary School Elementary School 267

Edsurge

JULY 9, 2021

Providing the Spark Jenessa Peterson, director of learning engineering at the Learning Agency, touched off the discussion in a Google Group run by her organization with the question: Is A/B testing between two benign conditions without participants' knowledge OK? software with or without encouraging messages, she writes. “If

Ethics 207

Ethics Knowledge Testing Learning 207

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

More positivity reported about participating in learning. Generally, in smaller classes, students can establish stronger relationships with their instructors. This means they will stick around longer, giving every school or university the benefit of expert instructors.

Achievement 257

Achievement Students Instructors Ethics 257

Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2020

Option 1: Paper-based teaching Point a camera at a piece of paper, write on it and lecture. Set video to “on” for both host and participant 2. Mute participants upon entry (otherwise there will be a lot of background noise). But now you can ask everyone to participate. Here’s what your setup might look like.

Teaching 209

Teaching Lecturing Instructors Disabilities 209

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

eSchool News

MAY 26, 2017

Since her older students like to share songs with each other through platforms like YouTube, she makes lessons out of song-sharing that involve writing and presentation skills, and how to appropriately comment on songs. She also uses instrument playing to teach elements of music like tempo, dynamics, pitch, tonality and mood.

Art 263

Art Counselling Students Disabilities 263

Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Across the participating schools, the bulk of the money went to developing the course materials. While it is popular to complain about the high sticker price of commercial textbooks, it does take time for professors to research and write or compile them.

Textbooks 161

Textbooks Study Participation Assignments 161

Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

Announced this week, the new offering was made possible because Lumen Learning purchased the higher education assets of a coaching company for instructors called Faculty Guild. The idea is that instructors participate in the coaching service while they are trying a new teaching approach in their courses.

Coaching 136

Coaching Textbooks Instructors Faculty Development 136

eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2022

“D&D saved my life, I’ve seen it save and change the lives of others, and I watch as it shapes the lives of the children who learn to play in my class,” said Kade Wells, Harrisburg North Middle School ELA Instructor in South Dakota and founder of Building Heroez.

Schools 258

Schools Middle School Middle School Art 258

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

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Participants will get objective, honest and useful information from admissions experts and learn what it takes to choose the right college and build the strongest college application possible. The School’s first Symposium, an intensive one-day event for students and parents preparing for the college admissions process, will take place on Oct.

Instructors 162

Instructors Culture History Art 162

Edsurge

JULY 2, 2024

After all, students quickly spread the word on TikTok and other social media platforms that with a few simple prompts, a chatbot could write an essay or answer a homework assignment in ways that would be hard for teachers to detect. The measure has stalled for now. People figured out very [quickly] that we cannot be replaced” with tech.

Teachers 217

Teachers Education Instructors Language 217

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 5, 2022

This includes topics like how to build your tech-infused classroom, using tech to differentiate for student needs, teaching reading and writing with tech (you can learn more about that in the class, Teaching Writing with Tech ), and favorite digital tools. Teach Writing with Tech. Certificate. Group enrollment. Certificate.

Coaching 158

Coaching Authentic Assessment Writing Participation 158

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

However, as of 2023, the effectiveness of high-dose tutoring has gradually declined due to low student participation rates and skepticism from education authorities regarding the actual educational impact of online high-dose tutoring. Some school districts have opted for in-person high-dose tutoring.

Instructors 166

Instructors Achievement Communication Attention 166

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2024

That vantage point gives her insight about what’s keeping students from feeling fully invested in showing up for class ready to truly participate in the learning process. Some schools do, but a lot of schools generally leave absence management up to individual instructors. And they immediately wanted to write those students off.

Students 203

Students Instructors Lecturing Participation 203

Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2022

Many instructors describe accommodations they’ve tried, like loosening homework deadlines or offering asynchronous alternatives to class conversations, but some now wonder whether this kind of leniency actually makes the situation worse. In their anecdotes, fewer students are showing up to class and turning work in on time (or at all).

Student Engagement 201

Student Engagement Instructors Hybrid Courses Exams 201

Edsurge

JUNE 28, 2023

Their studies take a look at how simple assignments that ask participants to read about how other older students have felt out-of-place at school — the first year of middle school and first year of college, to be precise — can build resistance to that sneaky inner voice that says, “I don’t belong here.”

Middle School 175

Middle School Middle School Schools Students 175

Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2023

Early on, Christian says, he was a little reserved and shy, but participating at the gym helped improve his communication skills. He’s writing a speech about gang violence for a youth public speaking competition called Project Soapbox and recently got elected to the gym program’s student council. Teenagers participate in a band class.

Schools 174

Schools Instructors Participation Accessibility 174

Faculty Focus

MAY 20, 2025

Without adequate reading, students will be reluctant, or unable, to participate in class discussions and conversations for lack of understanding and fear of not measuring-up to peers (Severe, E., Subsequently, instructor facilitated classroom conversations intended to enhance understanding of course content may stagnate and falter.

Instructors 93

Instructors Assignments Participation Students 93

eSchool News

JANUARY 29, 2024

The resources are available for students in grades three through eight who are participating in the ALL In Tutoring Reading Initiative and who are not proficient on the Virginia Standards of Learning. Lexia will help participating schools, divisions, and VDOE in effectively implementing Core5 Reading and PowerUp Literacy programs. “We

Reading 143

Reading Instructors Blended Learning Participation 143

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

It serves as a contract between instructors and students (Eberly, Newton, & Wiggins, 2001), outlining the entire semesters expectations, assignments, and deadlines. Yet, as instructors, we still rely on the syllabus to provide a clear roadmap for the semester. Yet, many students simply arent motivated to read it.

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Syllabus Students Activities Instructors 124

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

What do you think is important for an instructor to do when using classroom response systems (polling software or clickers)? Studies have suggested that these tools, which allow students to respond in real time to questions provided by an instructor, can improve student learning. Select all that apply. What’s the consequence?

Instructors 140

Instructors Multiple Choice Questions Course Design Discussions 140

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 24, 2020

Students join a Google Classroom-based class and meet weekly with instructor to discuss class activities and assignments. Students join a Google Classroom-based class and meet weekly with instructor to discuss class activities and assignments. Pre-requisite: the 21 st Century Tech-infused Teacher or permission of the instructor.

Authentic Assessment 107

Authentic Assessment Plagiarism Instructors Writing 107

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Yet the contract terms for these subscription arrangements—which some publishers call “inclusive access” programs—raise questions about whether publishers and colleges pressure students into participating. That’s the conclusion of a new report from U.S. Pearson has typically seen opt-out rates below 5 percent, according to Osborne. “At

Textbooks 168

Textbooks Accessibility Confidentiality Instructors 168

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

February 5th: Group Professional Development Pick a topic: Tech infused Teacher/Classroom Writing With Tech Building Digital Citizens 20 Webtools in 20 Days Differentiation There is limited availability so sign up fast! Student joins a Google Classroom-based class and meets weekly with instructor to discuss class activities and assignments.

Instructors 99

Instructors Authentic Assessment Plagiarism Participation 99

Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2024

It’s a game-changing shift,” says Marc Watkins, a lecturer of writing and rhetoric at the University of Mississippi and director of the university’s AI Summer Institute for Teachers of Writing. Try pausing your lecture and start having debates with your students — get into small group discussions,” he says.

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Lecturing Education Assignments Syllabus 216

Edsurge

JULY 18, 2017

Shelby Traditional Academy in Louisville, Kentucky’s Meriwether neighborhood are temporary students of Spencer’s—third through fifth graders participating in a summer camp focused on literacy. As part of the program’s community service component, camp participants spend a portion of the day tending to the school’s garden.

Students 153

Students Participation Activities Instructors 153

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

Someone who wants to live out my values in practice There is a key difference between an educator saying they want to meet the needs of diverse learners and that instructor actually taking the actions that would meet that goal. When you go back and revisit your writing on the subject, how well does it align with your beliefs now?

Syllabus 156

Syllabus Teaching Beliefs Instructors 156

Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2022

A lack of bilingual instructors and leadership buy-in, and the difficulty of developing a Spanish-only college-level curriculum, are some of the limiting factors that have stymied their growth, experts and university leaders say. Classes, many of which are asynchronous, are taught by instructors based in Mexico. Whose Spanish?

English 162

English Instructors Language Languages 162