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 have found the following people and organizations essential to growing my research writing skills over the years.

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Syllabus Writing Schools Research Methods 142

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

The official corrected the mistake by writing down the time Ruiz had told him. 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.

Academic Integrity 88

Academic Integrity Learning Assignments Feedback 88

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. Sheza Shaikh centered mental health and belonging in her writing. From the beginning, students werent just research subjectsthey were research partners.

Disabilities 55

Disabilities Course Design Lecturing Students 55

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. What might it mean for their writing to explore how current competitors are now on equal footing with their former colonizers? they exclaimed. En classe?!”

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English Culture Syllabus Writing 200

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.

Online Learning 187

Online Learning Instructors Coaching Syllabus 187

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

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Discussions Beliefs Questions 111

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2024

It’s as simple as writing something and then asking generative AI to rewrite it for a more polished version. 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? Look no further.

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Syllabus Assignments Feedback Teaching Assistants 119

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. And nearly every day he writes.

Learning 166

Learning Syllabus Social Studies Students 166

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

Syllabus 105

Syllabus Discussions Beliefs Questions 105

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., 2014; Agarwal, 2019). References Agarwal, P. Ambrose, S.

Plagiarism 123

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 123

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2024

It’s as simple as writing something and then asking generative AI to rewrite it for a more polished version. 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? Look no further.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Assignments Feedback Teaching Assistants 111

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 151

Academic Integrity Exams Assignments Instructors 151

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.

Teaching 98

Teaching Instructors English Languages 98

Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2018

Coming from educational publishing, there was a strict division between writing and editing and graphic-design work,” says Anagnoson. Previously, her syllabus relied on a series of pamphlets from the Water Education Foundation, a California-based non-profit. Water was a great place to apply my knowledge,” she says.

Textbooks 126

Textbooks Instructors History Syllabus 126

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 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

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., 2014; Agarwal, 2019). References Agarwal, P. Ambrose, S.

Plagiarism 98

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 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 meant to help students organize existing knowledge, pull relevant information into working memory, and encourage reflection and metacognition.

Student Engagement 98

Student Engagement Syllabus Students Lecturing 98

Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

Can we learn lessons from the sci-fi canon and reframe the debate around AI technology and writing studies? Writing intensive disciplines still matter, and maybe some of our more technologically advanced colleagues can learn a few new tricks—like teaching “deep” thinking and voice in a project-based learning style—from us old dogs.

Plagiarism 116

Plagiarism Ethics Writing Learning 116

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

This tool can write as well as humans”) and fear (“Wow…this tool can write as well as humans”). Should you redesign your academic integrity syllabus statement or does your current one suffice? Politicians are using ChatGPT to write bills (e.g., “ AI wrote a bill to regulate AI. Ted Lieu wants Congress to pass it ”).

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Syllabus 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

This tool can write as well as humans”) and fear (“Wow…this tool can write as well as humans”). Should you redesign your academic integrity syllabus statement or does your current one suffice? Politicians are using ChatGPT to write bills (e.g., “ AI wrote a bill to regulate AI. Ted Lieu wants Congress to pass it ”).

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Syllabus 98

Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

Can we learn lessons from the sci-fi canon and reframe the debate around AI technology and writing studies? Writing intensive disciplines still matter, and maybe some of our more technologically advanced colleagues can learn a few new tricks—like teaching “deep” thinking and voice in a project-based learning style—from us old dogs.

Plagiarism 111

Plagiarism Ethics Writing Learning 111

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 29, 2023

A press conference : Ask students to collaboratively devise a set of interview questions, and interview you (or a guest speaker) to gain knowledge about an event or phenomena related to class. Then write a press release or design a news report video to inform others about what they learned. Provo, UT: EdTechBooks.org. link] Li, C.,

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Blended Learning Lecturing Education Learning 132

Edsurge

JULY 7, 2022

It teaches the basics of critical thinking, research and academic writing. They want to read and write and think. The syllabus is structured to inspire confidence and courage. As Ruth Cady sits down to write, she thinks about her professor’s advice: Write your draft like you’re talking to someone in a bar.

Students 176

Students Art Essay Interdisciplinary 176

Edsurge

MAY 15, 2019

Devon Price, a social psychologist, writes in an essay on Medium “if a student is struggling, they probably aren’t choosing to. Perry, writer and historian, writes in an article in Pacific Standard that while data does not exist regarding the rates of disability in the U.S., They probably want to do well. They probably are trying.

Disabilities 134

Disabilities Students Assignments Syllabus 134

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).

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Syllabus Students Essay Languages 107

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 29, 2023

A press conference : Ask students to collaboratively devise a set of interview questions, and interview you (or a guest speaker) to gain knowledge about an event or phenomena related to class. Then write a press release or design a news report video to inform others about what they learned. Provo, UT: EdTechBooks.org. link] Li, C.,

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Blended Learning Lecturing Education Learning 98

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 23, 2017

Teach Writing with Tech (closed–only open for groups of five). 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. Tech-infused Class. the Differentiated Teacher (college credit). You want personalized help.

Teachers 79

Teachers Syllabus Learning Instructors 79

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. Sheza Shaikh centered mental health and belonging in her writing. From the beginning, students werent just research subjectsthey were research partners.

Disabilities 64

Disabilities Course Design Lecturing Students 64

Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2019

An editorial team researched the materials needed in the lecture hall settings where physics, anatomy, sociology and biology are taught, then recruited professors to write and review relevant textbooks, paying them flat fees upfront rather than royalties based on sales. “In

Textbooks 119

Textbooks Instructors History Syllabus 119

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 67

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 67

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).

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Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 62

EAB

JUNE 8, 2023

Blogs 7 missteps university leaders must avoid in their AI approach Every historic innovation that has shaped the way people access and use knowledge, from the printing press to the internet, has brought transformative changes to universities.

Plagiarism 52

Plagiarism Instructors Evaluation Academic Integrity 52

k12 Online Schools

MAY 12, 2025

Today, students are absorbing knowledge everywhere, all the time, even when they dont realize it. Bite-Sized, Yet Effective: Micro-learning formats fit into students’ fast-paced lives, offering knowledge in seconds rather than hours. But in 2025, that idea is rapidly fading.

Online Learning 52

Online Learning Lecturing Learning Textbooks 52

Lab to Class

OCTOBER 1, 2023

This article will discuss the benefits of both extremes and suggest how teachers can utilize both approaches to give their students consistently good teaching but also prepare them to adapt that knowledge to a wider array of contexts. Humans like to know what to expect.

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Study Lecturing Learning Activities 52

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Decolonize my syllabus , decolonize my curriculum, decolonize my classroom—for some time now, the term “decolonization” has been the buzzword around campus, as students and certain faculty demand inclusion and diversity in education. [The Library of Trinity College Dublin. Photo by PhotoFra.]

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Lecturing Education Learning Knowledge 217

Edsurge

JULY 25, 2019

That's something that hasn't really been knowable, since no one's been able to collect every syllabus out there and analyze the reading lists on them to see what pops as the top ranked. It's called the Open Syllabus Project and it's run out of a public policy center at Columbia University. As a writer, I love this.

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Syllabus Textbooks Assignments Education 123