Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

Morrow was surprised to read that Ruiz had finished in 11th place in the New York Marathon. Integrity is often talked about as a coin that reads cheated on one side and didnt cheat on the other. Integrity describes a commitment to ensure ones completion of a task accurately represents the knowledge and skills one actually possesses.

Academic Integrity 88

Academic Integrity Learning Assignments Feedback 88

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Advisors can help students establish healthy work habits by sending helpful advice for meeting deadlines before classes begin such as: Plan ahead: Get a “lay of the land” of the course by reading the syllabus. They can check announcements during work breaks or read discussion posts while waiting for a flight at the airport.

Online Learning 178

Online Learning Instructors Coaching Syllabus 178

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

But this year, with the arrival of the World Cup, I came prepared, and my students knew it when they saw our sports journalism unit built into the syllabus on the first day. All too often, the books on these reading centered traumatizing and marginalizing protagonists. Are these days blocked off for the World Cup?!” they exclaimed.

English 194

English Culture Syllabus Writing 194

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 27, 2024

Maybe even a rewarding one (yes, you read that right). For example, with Quizlet, you can create digital flashcards and practice tests tailored to your syllabus. Here are some of the best digital study techniques that can make your study sessions more effective and help you ace all your exams.

Exams 158

Exams Study Syllabus Essay 158

Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2017

Is that a real A, or an A based on turning in the syllabus? And even when we do poorly on our Socrative quizzes, we can take solace in knowing, as does Socrates, that “true knowledge exists in knowing that we know nothing.”. You walk into class without a care in the world, and casually look up on whiteboard to read the agenda.

Quizzes 137

Quizzes Textbooks Syllabus Students 137

Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2019

I have created what I’m calling my “prep syllabus” and hope to set a solid foundation for myself. I would love to get your feedback on what should be in my "prep syllabus” and how to make that transition. I came into my doctoral program thinking I was going to read every word that was assigned (I didn’t). Thanks so much!

Syllabus 134

Syllabus Writing Schools Research Methods 134

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 18, 2024

I was handed a syllabus, a classroom, and students, and left to figure out the rest on my own. In preparing that first course, I focused on what I thought were the essentials of teaching: finalizing the syllabus, picking the readings, and writing the assignments. Encourage student participation.

Teaching 119

Teaching Syllabus Feedback Instructors 119

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2024

As the lazy days of summer start to dwindle, it’s time to trade in beach reads for textbooks and flip-flops for sensible shoes. Whether it’s whipping up dazzling PowerPoint slides, rewording a syllabus, or designing a new and exciting lesson, AI has you covered. Looking to add some flair or whip up Depth of Knowledge questions?

Syllabus 119

Syllabus Assignments Feedback Teaching Assistants 119

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Historically, I start the semester by walking through the syllabus, our canvas site, and previewing the course topics. I landed on an assignment that would give these graduating seniors experience applying accounting knowledge to financial information. As I listened, I thought about my first day of class routine.

Activities 110

Activities Syllabus Learning Knowledge 110

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Differentiated instruction speaks to equity in learning, such as providing audio books for dyslexic students so that they are able to read and think at their cognitive ability rather than having to fight words on a page. What separates the three, to me, are nuanced practices all based in what each human needs to learn.

Learning 165

Learning Syllabus Social Studies Students 165

Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2024

As educators and students grapple with what is allowed when using generative AI (GenAI) tools, I have compiled five tips to help you design or redesign academic integrity statements for your syllabus, assignments, exams, and course activities. Write your own GenAI policy to include in your syllabus. Now, think about your students.

Academic Integrity 137

Academic Integrity Writing Syllabus Exams 137

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 18, 2024

I was handed a syllabus, a classroom, and students, and left to figure out the rest on my own. In preparing that first course, I focused on what I thought were the essentials of teaching: finalizing the syllabus, picking the readings, and writing the assignments. Encourage student participation.

Teaching 111

Teaching Syllabus Feedback Instructors 111

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2024

As the lazy days of summer start to dwindle, it’s time to trade in beach reads for textbooks and flip-flops for sensible shoes. Whether it’s whipping up dazzling PowerPoint slides, rewording a syllabus, or designing a new and exciting lesson, AI has you covered. Looking to add some flair or whip up Depth of Knowledge questions?

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Assignments Feedback Teaching Assistants 111

Faculty Focus

JUNE 25, 2023

Their aim in teaching was to instill knowledge as if the students were empty vessels into which the professor simply poured content. One-page syllabus On the first day of class, we reviewed their answers to the appreciative inquiry and discussed how we could be colleagues in this course. for “Students are.”

Coaching 105

Coaching Syllabus Confidentiality Assignments 105

Faculty Focus

MAY 13, 2025

The instructor typically arrives, distributes a syllabus outlining course policies and expectations, explains assignments and grading criteria, and may include a brief activity or icebreaker. It reframes the syllabus not as a fixed legal document, but as a living agreement shaped by both instructor expertise and student input.

Syllabus 105

Syllabus Instructors Learning Confidentiality 105

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Cover pages add just the right amount of professionalism for reports, poetry collections, ebooks, a magazine, or any other project that shares curated knowledge. Trifold brochures are popular for assessing learning on any inquiry topic that expects students to acquire and share knowledge. Click to view slideshow. Infographics.

Knowledge 122

Knowledge Syllabus History Achievement 122

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Historically, I start the semester by walking through the syllabus, our canvas site, and previewing the course topics. I landed on an assignment that would give these graduating seniors experience applying accounting knowledge to financial information. As I listened, I thought about my first day of class routine.

Activities 98

Activities Syllabus Learning Knowledge 98

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Modeled after the program at Bryn Mawr College, the student-faculty partnership program at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (URTGV), one of the largest Hispanic-Serving Institutions in the nation, aims to create educational spaces in direct response to students’ experiences, knowledge, and insights. Image courtesy of Unsplash.

Teaching 98

Teaching Instructors English Languages 98

Faculty Focus

JUNE 25, 2023

Their aim in teaching was to instill knowledge as if the students were empty vessels into which the professor simply poured content. One-page syllabus On the first day of class, we reviewed their answers to the appreciative inquiry and discussed how we could be colleagues in this course. for “Students are.”

Coaching 98

Coaching Syllabus Confidentiality Assignments 98

Faculty Focus

MAY 13, 2025

The instructor typically arrives, distributes a syllabus outlining course policies and expectations, explains assignments and grading criteria, and may include a brief activity or icebreaker. It reframes the syllabus not as a fixed legal document, but as a living agreement shaped by both instructor expertise and student input.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Instructors Learning Confidentiality 98

Faculty Focus

JULY 27, 2023

They provide a quick way to access a webpage that could be the syllabus, a poll, a list of resources, or a shared online space for a brainstorming activity. They are posted on a shared digital board such as Padlet, a Google doc, or Jamboard that everyone can contribute to and read. The entry ticket asks students to answer a question.

Student Engagement 98

Student Engagement Syllabus Students Lecturing 98

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 24, 2018

Clutch Prep was founded on the idea that students would prefer to re-learn a concept from scratch rather than patch the holes in their knowledge. I had no problem getting started with Clutch Prep even though I purposefully didn’t read instructions on how to sign up or use the website. How to get started. Great stuff.

Textbooks 95

Textbooks Exams Syllabus Essay 95

Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2018

Previously, her syllabus relied on a series of pamphlets from the Water Education Foundation, a California-based non-profit. Some, Anagnoson says, did “not read at a deep level for students,” and others “assumed a lot of prior knowledge.” Water was a great place to apply my knowledge,” she says.

Textbooks 119

Textbooks Instructors History Syllabus 119

Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2024

As educators and students grapple with what is allowed when using generative AI (GenAI) tools, I have compiled five tips to help you design or redesign academic integrity statements for your syllabus, assignments, exams, and course activities. Write your own GenAI policy to include in your syllabus. Now, think about your students.

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Writing Syllabus Exams 98

Edsurge

JULY 7, 2022

They want to read and write and think. The syllabus is structured to inspire confidence and courage. During the semester, students read “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass,” “The Secret Life of Bees” and “They Say/I Say.” You don’t want to read 30 articles,” the professor says, “you want to read seven.”

Students 168

Students Art Essay Interdisciplinary 168

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2018

I often think of standard assessments as ‘show me what you know’ and alternative assessments as ‘demonstrate what you can do with that knowledge.’” I'm excited to read more! Bethany Bovard defined the difference in her own words. “I DLNchat — Bethany Bovard (@bethanybovard) April 24, 2018. The short answer: they’re easy.

Assignments 96

Assignments Exams Instructors Learning 96

Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Below is just a small sample of the range of activities and conversations they engaged in, as described by Andrew Rikard , an undergraduate at Davidson College and the facilitator of the inaugural cohort: “We built our own syllabus, decided what topics interested us and recruited experts to talk to us about those topics. Personal blog).

Syllabus 99

Syllabus Students Essay Languages 99

Faculty Focus

MAY 29, 2025

We started with guidance from Jean Piaget’s Constructivist Learning Theory, “a process of constructing knowledge based on experience which embraced activelearning modalities as viable examples of the theory.In What are the Necessary Steps to Specifically Help SES Students? In management, it might be a company.

Student Engagement 52

Student Engagement Syllabus Learning Students 52

Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

How far are we from a Westworld style academy with android professors delivering content formerly-known-as-knowledge in a cheap and easily digestible format, perhaps even neurotechnology? It won’t have to reach for relatable pop culture analogies to edutain the masses when it’s seen every movie and read every book, we humans fed it.

Plagiarism 116

Plagiarism Ethics Writing Learning 116

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

Should you redesign your academic integrity syllabus statement or does your current one suffice? AI chatbots can also provide on-demand explanations, personalized learning experiences, critical and creative thinking support, reading and writing support, continuous learning opportunities, and reinforcement of core knowledge (Nguyen et al.,

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Syllabus 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

Should you redesign your academic integrity syllabus statement or does your current one suffice? AI chatbots can also provide on-demand explanations, personalized learning experiences, critical and creative thinking support, reading and writing support, continuous learning opportunities, and reinforcement of core knowledge (Nguyen et al.,

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Syllabus 98

Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

How far are we from a Westworld style academy with android professors delivering content formerly-known-as-knowledge in a cheap and easily digestible format, perhaps even neurotechnology? It won’t have to reach for relatable pop culture analogies to edutain the masses when it’s seen every movie and read every book, we humans fed it.

Plagiarism 111

Plagiarism Ethics Writing Learning 111

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 23, 2017

With all AATT Summer Learning classes, you get as much time as you need with the instructor to mentor and coach–even on topics not included in the syllabus. Read Jacqui’s tech thriller series, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days. You want personalized help. Technology in education is the greatest show on earth.

Teachers 79

Teachers Syllabus Learning Instructors 79

Scholarly Teacher

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Tips Tip 1: Define and describe in your syllabus. Be clear and concise with your syllabus language to communicate the definition of ungrading and how it will be used in your course. Encourage students to be present in each moment to reflect and consider their mindset, current knowledge, and goals for new perspectives and information.

Syllabus 52

Syllabus Instructors Feedback Assignments 52

Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Drawing on Baraniuk’s interest in personalized learning, the tool incorporates cognitive psychology research and machine learning tools to guide students through reading and studying, aiming not only to assess their learning, but also improve it. What copyright law has done is choke off the transformative power of knowledge sharing.

Textbooks 117

Textbooks Instructors History Syllabus 117

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

The Role of Student Interest and Prior Knowledge Student interest and prior knowledge are valuable to consider because of the considerable impact they have on the student learning experience. Course design must address the basic proposition that knowledge cannot be divorced from human interest (Macdonald, 1975).

Course Design 64

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 64

Scholarly Teacher

DECEMBER 11, 2024

In these spaces, the teacher is not the only one with knowledge. Implementation and Strategies The first year I utilized cogen, I integrated these dialogues into my syllabus. This can be done through discussion, readings about cogenerative dialogues in the college or graduate school setting, or both.

Teaching 52

Teaching Syllabus Instructors Problem-Based Learning 52