Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Students will be able to ask Watson open-ended questions related to their course content, and the intelligent tutoring system will also provide instructors with insights about how well students are learning and where they might need extra help. It’s one thing to be ask students to write a document or take a test.

Instructors 158

Instructors Essay Science Teaching Assistants 158

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Importantly, building classes that contain these elements for both students and instructors can lead to benefits for all. Below, I outline details about the five components and ideas for both students and instructors. For instructors: Reflect on your decision latitude to design your course from start to finish.

Course Design 107

Course Design Teaching Instructors Motivation 107

Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2019

However, there are certainly those who employ methods that put this perspective to the test. When we teach large classes, what approaches can we employ that will have a greater opportunity to engage students and help students learn more? He offers a free set of resources for instructors who wish to use the ANTH 101 materials.

Learning 164

Learning Students Assignments Participation 164

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Importantly, building classes that contain these elements for both students and instructors can lead to benefits for all. Below, I outline details about the five components and ideas for both students and instructors. For instructors: Reflect on your decision latitude to design your course from start to finish.

Course Design 95

Course Design Teaching Instructors Motivation 95

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Teaching is a dynamic endeavor. As instructors, we are continually looking for ways to grow and improve. Instructors are encouraged to take small steps to start building HIPs in their curriculums, and there are some HIPs which are easy to incorporate into an existing course.

Assignments 109

Assignments Instructors Critical Thinking Activities 109

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. Was the faculty member or any teaching assistant involved or was that all student mediated?

Teaching 125

Teaching Course Evaluations Evaluation Students 125

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 94

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 94

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 89

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 89

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Teaching is a dynamic endeavor. As instructors, we are continually looking for ways to grow and improve. Instructors are encouraged to take small steps to start building HIPs in their curriculums, and there are some HIPs which are easy to incorporate into an existing course.

Assignments 93

Assignments Instructors Critical Thinking Activities 93

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

TPS is also a lower-stake activity than most group work, since the learning takes place in an environment that the teacher controls, where the students are encouraged to share their communal learning with the whole class under the direct supervision of the instructor. International Journal of Science Education , 45 (15), 1241–1261.

Lecturing 98

Lecturing Active Learning Activities STEM 98

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

Such technology allows instructors to teach in-person students normally – but any remote students can keep track of everything happening in the classroom. And our HR department has pivoted to conduct employee interviews, testing, onboarding, and new hire orientations virtually. — Keith Look, Ed.D.,

Learning 363

Learning Communication Hybrid Learning Languages 363

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Reflecting on my experiences as a student, I know how tough it is to pay attention during these longer lectures and wish instructors had a different way to deliver them. This tool is best utilized for generating thinking questions rather than testing for right or wrong answers, helping to minimize student anxiety.

Lecturing 105

Lecturing Attention Students Discussions 105

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Reflecting on my experiences as a student, I know how tough it is to pay attention during these longer lectures and wish instructors had a different way to deliver them. This tool is best utilized for generating thinking questions rather than testing for right or wrong answers, helping to minimize student anxiety.

Lecturing 97

Lecturing Attention Students Discussions 97

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Such technology allows instructors to teach in-person students normally – but any remote students can keep track of everything happening in the classroom. And our HR department has pivoted to conduct employee interviews, testing, onboarding, and new hire orientations virtually. — Keith Look, Ed.D.,

Hybrid Learning 294

Hybrid Learning Communication Accessibility Languages 294

Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2023

To use Sherpa, an instructor first uploads the reading they’ve assigned, or they can have the student upload a paper they’ve written. Then the tool asks a series of questions about the text (either questions input by the instructor or generated by the AI) to test the student’s grasp of key concepts. You’re on the spot,” he says.

Exams 215

Exams Essay Instructors Education 215

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. Perhaps students would learn more if they could query a robot themselves, instructors hypothesized.

Teachers 155

Teachers Education Instructors Intelligence 155

Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2024

At first, he stumbled and, his hands weak, relied entirely on teaching assistants to write equations on the board for him. Tracking Math Identities Snyder, Holifield’s former teaching assistant, says she identifies as a non-math person. Another former teacher’s assistant, Kreddow Feskens, went further in her math journey.

Math 190

Math Beliefs Teaching Assistants Culture 190

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 67

Interdisciplinary Instructors Students Motivation 67

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

Edsurge

JULY 23, 2020

At a company demonstration this week, students from around the globe gathered virtually to test the program’s tools. 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.

Instructors 139

Instructors Students Participation Distance Learning 139