eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

ChatGPT does have major limitations: its limited knowledge base only pulls from data prior to September 2021; it has no personal experiences or emotions to draw from; it may generate inaccurate information; and it does not have the ability to critically think and/or analyze information.

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Ethics Essay Syllabus Feedback 339

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

EdSurge’s managing editor, Tony Wan, will pose these questions to Bill Fitzgerald (New Knowledge), Doug Levin (EdTech Strategies), Courtney Goodsell (Impero Software) and Stephanie Cerda (administrator at Austin Independent School District). But how much surveillance is acceptable, and what are the implications for students’ privacy rights?

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Syllabus Science Learning Styles Testing 113

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 23, 2024

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

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Syllabus Knowledge Achievement Math 172

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

In fact, there have been bigger attempts to build central libraries of them in the past, such as a 2001 project by the the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching called the Knowledge Media Laboratory (which is now defunct). A few repositories like the Open Syllabus Project collect syllabi from around the world.

Teaching Portfolio 167

Teaching Portfolio Teaching Syllabus Peer Review 167

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

The food choice helps me understand a bit about their cultural background, while knowledge of their career dreams enables me to tailor class topics to their interests. Successful syllabus While there are mandatory components of a standard syllabus, I also add welcoming elements.

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Syllabus Lecturing Instructors Feedback 122

Edsurge

MAY 26, 2019

The program is designed for our employees to build knowledge of what actually happens in classrooms, as well as an understanding of the deep tensions and issues with our educational system. Engage Edtech Employees in Extended Learning We call the program Freshman Seminar.

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Syllabus Education Failure Knowledge 153

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

The food choice helps me understand a bit about their cultural background, while knowledge of their career dreams enables me to tailor class topics to their interests. Successful syllabus While there are mandatory components of a standard syllabus, I also add welcoming elements.

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Syllabus Lecturing Instructors Feedback 110

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 22, 2024

We begin not with the syllabus, not with the table of contents, not with the attendance policy, not with lame jokes but with the real questions that delight us in our own work. But we have a legal obligation to cover the syllabus. Cover the syllabus later. I am happy to discuss in more detail—email me!—but

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Syllabus Discussions Beliefs Questions 111

Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2020

They dug into the principles of universal design for learning, how instructions can use rubrics to empower students to demonstrate knowledge in many different ways, and how to break up class sessions to make it easier for everyone to participate fully. Start with your syllabus, make your syllabus accessible and then do one document per week.

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Accessibility Disabilities Universal Design Syllabus 218

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 22, 2024

We begin not with the syllabus, not with the table of contents, not with the attendance policy, not with lame jokes but with the real questions that delight us in our own work. But we have a legal obligation to cover the syllabus. Cover the syllabus later. I am happy to discuss in more detail—email me!—but

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Syllabus Discussions Beliefs Questions 105

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 27, 2024

For example, with Quizlet, you can create digital flashcards and practice tests tailored to your syllabus. Websites like Khan Academy or Quizlet provide access to lectures, practice tests, and flashcards among other things. Take advantage of them if you prefer this style of learning.

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Exams Study Syllabus Essay 158

Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

Dr. Emily Tarconish, a teaching professor in the College of Education, contributed her deep knowledge of Universal Design for Learning and accessible course design. A reworded syllabus, an anonymous feedback survey, or a mid-semester check-in can shift a students entire trajectory. These findings dont argue against academic rigor.

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Disabilities Course Design Lecturing Students 53

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. Use a planner to indicate major course deadlines, review it regularly and implement steps to meet those deadlines.

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Online Learning Instructors Coaching Syllabus 178

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.”. We all have that one teacher who seems to take months to grade even a single test. It happens to every student.

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Quizzes Textbooks Syllabus Students 136

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2024

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? As you gear up for the new semester, why not let AI do some of the heavy lifting? Look no further.

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Syllabus Assignments Feedback Teaching Assistants 119

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 5, 2025

Instructional designers are experts who use their flexibility, knowledge, and skills in theory and practice to help faculty adapt to new ways of educating students (Pollard & Kumar, 2022). Most importantly, adults need consistency, organization, transparency, and a community (Sockalingam, 2012 & Binder, 2023).

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Schools Authentic Assessment Syllabus Evaluation 122

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 am entering a doctorate in Leadership in Higher Ed program in the fall and am working hard at preparing myself. Thanks so much!

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Syllabus Writing Schools Research Methods 132

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

Consider these definitions that I share in my book, AI with Intention: Principles and Action Steps for Teachers and School Leaders : Cheating is using a tool or resource to misrepresent ones knowledge and skills to receive undue credit for a task. However, it is evidence that you havent internalized that knowledge or those skills yet.

Academic Integrity 88

Academic Integrity Learning Assignments Feedback 88

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.

Teaching 119

Teaching Syllabus Feedback Instructors 119

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Collaborative syllabus design: During the first class, engage students in setting community and classroom norms and goals. A co-created syllabus session fosters accountability and trust, as students feel ownership of the course structure (Cook-Sather et al., References Agarwal, P. Journal of Educational Psychology, 111 (2), 189.

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Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 121

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.

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Activities Syllabus Learning Knowledge 109

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2024

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? As you gear up for the new semester, why not let AI do some of the heavy lifting? Look no further.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Assignments Feedback Teaching Assistants 111

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

The curriculum planning process begins with students identifying various areas of passion, interest and curiosity as well as strengths and challenges in their academic endeavors and then together we amalgamate those components in order to develop a syllabus and curriculum that would most benefit their learning.

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Learning Syllabus Social Studies Students 165

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.

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Syllabus Instructors Learning Confidentiality 105

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Faculty can add more tests or assignments to the syllabus, or split large assignments into smaller sections so that students have more opportunities to build points throughout the semester, and more opportunities to see where their skills or knowledge stand as the course progresses.

Academic Integrity 144

Academic Integrity Exams Assignments Instructors 144

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. Still, by and large, I’m an extreme disappointment to my student-athletes and sports fans alike. Are these days blocked off for the World Cup?!” they exclaimed.

English 194

English Culture Syllabus Writing 194

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. oral exam)?

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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.

Teaching 111

Teaching Syllabus Feedback Instructors 111

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

JANUARY 5, 2025

Instructional designers are experts who use their flexibility, knowledge, and skills in theory and practice to help faculty adapt to new ways of educating students (Pollard & Kumar, 2022). Most importantly, adults need consistency, organization, transparency, and a community (Sockalingam, 2012 & Binder, 2023).

Schools 105

Schools Authentic Assessment Syllabus Evaluation 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.

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Syllabus Instructors Learning Confidentiality 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. What could they contribute to their own success?

Coaching 105

Coaching Syllabus Confidentiality Assignments 105

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 97

Activities Syllabus Learning Knowledge 97

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2018

It’s easier to provide a syllabus with structured projects and assignments that have assigned due dates and clear grading parameters. Each student is focused on different pieces of the content, learning through various means at unique paces, and has different experiences and prior knowledge to draw upon.

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Teaching Education Learning Syllabus 161

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.

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Teaching Instructors English Language 98

Faculty Focus

JULY 16, 2023

The benefits of dialogue-based learning Comprehension: Unveiling the gaps Have you ever thought you understood something perfectly, only to realize you had gaps in your knowledge when asked to explain it? While convenient, this constant access to knowledge has led to a decline in memory recall. It happens to the best of us.

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Instructors Lecturing Syllabus Knowledge 98

Faculty Focus

JULY 16, 2023

The benefits of dialogue-based learning Comprehension: Unveiling the gaps Have you ever thought you understood something perfectly, only to realize you had gaps in your knowledge when asked to explain it? While convenient, this constant access to knowledge has led to a decline in memory recall. It happens to the best of us.

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Instructors Lecturing Syllabus Knowledge 98