Faculty Focus

JUNE 18, 2024

Today, many of my colleagues who remain wedded to the traditional face-to-face teaching modality share some of the same fears I experienced as a beginning online asynchronous instructor. As college professors and instructors, we are the content experts and instructional leaders of our courses.

Instructors 111

Instructors Disabilities Culture Syllabus 111

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

As one writing instructor posted to an e-mail list in 2005: “Am I being a stick-in-the-mud for for being horrified by students’ use of this source?”. There’s even a new peer-reviewed academic journal about using Wikipedia in higher education. These are questions Wikipedia has been struggling with since it was created.

Peer Review 147

Peer Review Textbooks Education Writing 147

Faculty Focus

JUNE 18, 2024

Today, many of my colleagues who remain wedded to the traditional face-to-face teaching modality share some of the same fears I experienced as a beginning online asynchronous instructor. As college professors and instructors, we are the content experts and instructional leaders of our courses.

Instructors 105

Instructors Disabilities Culture Syllabus 105

Faculty Focus

MARCH 20, 2025

Students who opt for e-learning likely prefer it for the flexibility it affords, but that doesnt mean they want to miss out on engaging with their classmates or instructor in a meaningful way. Students were able to ask questions and get immediate answers or feedback, which was particularly satisfying and gave them confidence to move forward.

Student Engagement 96

Student Engagement Instructors Students Feedback 96

Edsurge

JULY 15, 2016

Instructor video feedback has also been shown to improve social presence, which is correlated with the development of an instructor-student relationship. In online the instructor-student relationship has been shown to play a role in student engagement and persistence, particularly with Latino students.

Accessibility 132

Accessibility Disabilities Instructors Learning 132

Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2018

Students can do a self-reflection upon finishing the draft, and also engage in anonymous peer-reviews of each other’s work. The system guides pupils through how to offer constructive feedback to their peers. Teachers can select how the feedback process will unfold.

Writing 113

Writing Feedback Peer Review Plagiarism 113

Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2023

Professors in the department of kinesiology at Cal Poly Tech Humboldt have observed growth in student performance and comprehension by designing content-specific episodes that begin by considering the basic building block of an instructor-generated podcast. The principal focus of the second body is to convey new information.

Instructors 111

Instructors Lecturing Learning Textbooks 111

Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2023

Professors in the department of kinesiology at Cal Poly Tech Humboldt have observed growth in student performance and comprehension by designing content-specific episodes that begin by considering the basic building block of an instructor-generated podcast. The principal focus of the second body is to convey new information.

Instructors 96

Instructors Lecturing Learning Textbooks 96

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Students as Learners and Teachers (SaLT) is an innovative teaching approach where students and instructors collaborate to improve educational experiences ( Cavazos et al., 2024; Cook-Sather, 2020). Image courtesy of Unsplash. 2024; Montenegro & Jankowski, 2017; Tinto, 2017; Winklemes, 2016).

Teaching 98

Teaching Instructors English Languages 98

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

I selected OpenStax because of the many resources they provided, such as PowerPoint lecture slides, instructor solution files, and even LMS cartridges for online classes. Many OER providers trust in a peer review system to help eliminate publishing costs. I’m here to tell you that concern is valid.

Textbooks 116

Textbooks Syllabus Instructors Peer Review 116

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 94

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 94

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2017

These are the questions James wants to get to the bottom of: How invested are students in making their work better? Are they responding to criticism from their peers and instructor, even if they don’t accept the changes? Questions in a self- or class-created rubric might be: I’m trying to be funny: did it make you laugh?

Writing 115

Writing Essay Feedback Instructors 115

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 English professors and educational developers, we think this question is essential when creating a sense of belonging for all students. Certainly, videos are one means of doing this, as is audio.

Culture 122

Culture Communication Writing Languages 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 89

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 89

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

Faculty developers and instructors can use this framework to harness AI’s potential, ensuring it supports rather than supplants their pedagogical roles. For instructors serving diverse, often underserved populations, AI raises critical questions: How has it evolved into a pedagogical tool?

Faculty Development 92

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 92

Faculty Focus

MARCH 20, 2025

Students who opt for e-learning likely prefer it for the flexibility it affords, but that doesnt mean they want to miss out on engaging with their classmates or instructor in a meaningful way. Students were able to ask questions and get immediate answers or feedback, which was particularly satisfying and gave them confidence to move forward.

Student Engagement 68

Student Engagement Instructors Students Feedback 68

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

I selected OpenStax because of the many resources they provided, such as PowerPoint lecture slides, instructor solution files, and even LMS cartridges for online classes. Many OER providers trust in a peer review system to help eliminate publishing costs. I’m here to tell you that concern is valid.

Textbooks 104

Textbooks Syllabus Instructors Peer Review 104

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

Faculty developers and instructors can use this framework to harness AI’s potential, ensuring it supports rather than supplants their pedagogical roles. For instructors serving diverse, often underserved populations, AI raises critical questions: How has it evolved into a pedagogical tool?

Faculty Development 89

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 89

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

More instructors are experimenting with adaptive-learning systems in their classrooms. They must be peer-reviewable. And then publishing in peer-review journals, so the rest of the people can see the math. I'm excited that I got in, but I'm kind of questioning my fit here." They must be transparent.

Peer Review 110

Peer Review Ethics Science Intelligence 110

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 English professors and educational developers, we think this question is essential when creating a sense of belonging for all students. Certainly, videos are one means of doing this, as is audio.

Culture 98

Culture Communication Writing Languages 98

Faculty Focus

JUNE 11, 2023

As an instructor of teacher education, I pitched a FYS related to teaching, but also hoping to engage students who weren’t necessarily interested in becoming a certified teacher. Students consistently asked hard, and oftentimes, unanswerable questions: Are teachers going to risk their jobs to teach a well-rounded curriculum?

Critical Thinking 89

Critical Thinking Interdisciplinary History Syllabus 89

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 22, 2023

After some reflection, I have come to believe that, in the long run, worrying about how students might use AI to cheat is not the most productive question to focus on. The better question is, even in the era of AI, how can we best teach our students? Many instructors already rely on plagiarism checkers.

Assignments 122

Assignments Writing Plagiarism Instructors 122

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 25, 2024

With classes about to begin for a new semester at colleges and universities across the world, instructors and students are preparing for the common experience of the first day of class. As instructors, we should prepare to rock the first day of class every semester as we introduce ourselves and our content to a new cohort of students.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Instructors Activities Teaching Philosophy 111

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 22, 2023

After some reflection, I have come to believe that, in the long run, worrying about how students might use AI to cheat is not the most productive question to focus on. The better question is, even in the era of AI, how can we best teach our students? Many instructors already rely on plagiarism checkers.

Assignments 98

Assignments Writing Plagiarism Instructors 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 25, 2024

With classes about to begin for a new semester at colleges and universities across the world, instructors and students are preparing for the common experience of the first day of class. As instructors, we should prepare to rock the first day of class every semester as we introduce ourselves and our content to a new cohort of students.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Instructors Activities Teaching Philosophy 98

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2017

EdSurge: Open Educational Resources seem to be having a moment as far as broader interest among instructors. We do peer-reviewed research. Well I think the question is actually answerable for community colleges—it seems like five to seven years is realistic. But you’ve been doing this since the early days of the idea.

Textbooks 159

Textbooks Peer Review Writing Instructors 159

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Students met with instructors online via web conference platforms such as Webex or Zoom, working towards preset schedules, mandatory participation , and attendance according to required structures. According to the UDL core principle of engagement, instructors should provide different means of participation.

Universal Design 116

Universal Design Course Design Learning Syllabus 116

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

While we should challenge students to think about topics outside their comfort zones, this challenge should be met with appropriate support on behalf of the instructor (see Saucier et al., Ultimately, content disclosures serve as an explicit demonstration of instructors’ regard for their students’ well-being. Boysen, 2017).

Syllabus 119

Syllabus Course Design Instructors Teaching Philosophy 119

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

While we should challenge students to think about topics outside their comfort zones, this challenge should be met with appropriate support on behalf of the instructor (see Saucier et al., Ultimately, content disclosures serve as an explicit demonstration of instructors’ regard for their students’ well-being. Boysen, 2017).

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Course Design Instructors Teaching Philosophy 111

eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2025

–Tiago Costa, Cloud & AI Architect, Microsoft; Pearson Video Lesson Instructor In the two years since GenAI was unleashed, K-12 leaders have ridden the wave of experimentation and uncertainty about the role this transformative technology should have in classrooms and districts.

Ethics 350

Ethics Writing Feedback Knowledge 350