Faculty Focus

JANUARY 5, 2025

ID Benefits While traditionally associated with K-12, higher ed, and the corporate world, IDs can bring transformative benefits to professional schools (programs offering terminal degrees for a specific profession) and support faculty in their endeavors to innovate and engage students. Pedagogy for Professional Schools and Students.

Schools 104

Schools Authentic Assessment Syllabus Evaluation 104

Edsurge

APRIL 27, 2018

But because she is legally blind, she had an added challenge of not being able to see the diagrams and notes projected in the lecture hall or assigned for homework. student at the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education at the University of California Santa Barbara. But WCAG isn't nearly as scary as people make it out to be.”

Accessibility 159

Accessibility Disabilities Instructors Syllabus 159

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Additional recommendations for faculty during in-person lectures involve small group interactions and calling upon students to create an atmosphere of engagement and dialogue. Faculty should consider implementing these strategies during the design phase of their curriculum and syllabus. Small groups. 2020, April 26). ??A

Disabilities 144

Disabilities Exams Lecturing Education 144

Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2020

We heard from Albat and Stephanie Del Tufo, assistant professor in the School of Education at the University of Delaware, who studies individual differences in learning, language and literacy. So instead of having a three-hour class, we've tried to break our lectures down into 10 minutes, followed by an interactive short activity.

Accessibility 218

Accessibility Disabilities Universal Design Syllabus 218

Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2019

David Peña-Guzman starts off his Friday class at San Francisco State University like any other professor might: students file in and pull out their note-taking materials, and he opens his laptop to begin lecture. For most of the course, there’s no lecture happening at all. For starters, it’s long. and wraps up at 2:30 p.m.

Reading 163

Reading Teaching Lecturing Syllabus 163

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Textbooks and course materials to review, syllabi to update, lessons to plan, lectures to prepare. Instead of thinking about the LMS as simply a repository for course essentials (syllabus, contact information, etc.), consider how it might be used as a tool for enhancing student learning and engagement. across the course.

Syllabus 105

Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 105

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 22, 2024

Takayama continues, noting that by and large our students also occupy a liminal space, transitioning between stages, whether that’s from high school to career or one career phase to another. I know, I know, there are a whole slew of objections we can raise against this approach: I can’t do this in a big lecture.

Syllabus 110

Syllabus Discussions Beliefs Questions 110

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Consequently, the syllabus can be enlarged when classes take advantage of multimedia means -as it happened. Lack of variety -not related to the content but the format: video, text, website, lecture, and so on. . The Cognitive Psychology of School Learning. It can be called the multimedia learning hypothesis (Mayer, 2005).

Learning 155

Learning Textbooks Lecturing Syllabus 155

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 22, 2024

Takayama continues, noting that by and large our students also occupy a liminal space, transitioning between stages, whether that’s from high school to career or one career phase to another. I know, I know, there are a whole slew of objections we can raise against this approach: I can’t do this in a big lecture.

Syllabus 105

Syllabus Discussions Beliefs Questions 105

Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2023

Classes aren’t led by a lone professor lecturing at the front of the classroom, but by teams of educators, with at least three virtual instructors and as many as ten to fifteen assigned to larger classes. Over their working lives, on average, college graduates earn twice what high school grads make. To give students wide choice, U.S.

Teaching 177

Teaching Instructors Syllabus Assignments 177

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 29, 2023

If you are simply going to lecture at students, they do not need to be in the same physical space as you. In fact, a recent study showed that in a HyFlex class, online students were more engaged and felt it was easier to ask questions during lectures compared to in-person students (University of Copenhagen, 2021). Prestridge, S.

Blended Learning 132

Blended Learning Lecturing Education Learning 132

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2018

I am a faculty member at Loyola University Maryland in the Educational Technology Program for the School of Education. My official title is “lecturer,” but that is a far cry from how I teach. It’s easier to provide a syllabus with structured projects and assignments that have assigned due dates and clear grading parameters.

Teaching 163

Teaching Education Learning Syllabus 163

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2024

This year, you have a secret tool in your back-to-school arsenal: AI. Some faculty expressed that using AI tools has significantly reduced the time spent on creating lecture materials, allowing them more time to focus on creating engaging and exciting student activities. Magic School AI has a rubric generator that is magic!

Syllabus 119

Syllabus Assignments Feedback Teaching Assistants 119

Faculty Focus

JUNE 18, 2023

To offset students’ feelings of being “the only one” and to help develop feelings of connection, instructors in online courses may make use of strategies such as personal online introductions by faculty and students, discussion assignments, group projects, occasional video lectures, and Zoom office hours. Who is my instructor?”

Instructors 105

Instructors Syllabus Assignments Feedback 105

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2024

This year, you have a secret tool in your back-to-school arsenal: AI. Some faculty expressed that using AI tools has significantly reduced the time spent on creating lecture materials, allowing them more time to focus on creating engaging and exciting student activities. Magic School AI has a rubric generator that is magic!

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Assignments Feedback Teaching Assistants 111

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

But these days she’s getting schooled in just how hard it is to start a college from scratch. I would get rid of all lecture halls that are beyond 40 people. I was literally handed a syllabus the week before I taught, and no one in five years ever saw me teach a class. Minerva, many people know, is an example of that.

Education 161

Education Syllabus Faculty Development Communication 161

Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2018

According to Heath, psychologists have found that people are more likely to recall memories happening near major transitions in their lives, such as the beginning of a new school year rather than from the middle of an academic term. He gave an example of two teachers from Hillsdale High School in San Mateo, Calif.

Instructors 105

Instructors Syllabus Textbooks Lecturing 105

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

So, for those of us that cannot add one more thing to our already packed class schedules, look for ways to bring teamwork to your existing lecture topics. Students continue to keep in touch with one another, leaning on each other for tips on which classes/instructors to take next, which schools to transfer to, etc.

Exams 116

Exams Syllabus Group work Assignments 116

Faculty Focus

JUNE 25, 2023

I reflected on my favorite teachers from kindergarten through graduate school. They made declarative statements via lectures throughout class sessions, expecting students to “take it all in” like sponges. “I came to teaching late” (Roger Rueff, The Hospitality Suite ). No one ever taught me how to teach. I learned by osmosis.

Coaching 105

Coaching Syllabus Confidentiality Assignments 105

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

So, for those of us that cannot add one more thing to our already packed class schedules, look for ways to bring teamwork to your existing lecture topics. Students continue to keep in touch with one another, leaning on each other for tips on which classes/instructors to take next, which schools to transfer to, etc.

Exams 111

Exams Syllabus Group work Assignments 111

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Additional recommendations for faculty during in-person lectures involve small group interactions and calling upon students to create an atmosphere of engagement and dialogue. Faculty should consider implementing these strategies during the design phase of their curriculum and syllabus. Small groups. 2020, April 26). ??A

Disabilities 98

Disabilities Exams Lecturing Education 98

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

So are most of the students taking the cultural competency quiz Professor John Branch gives out near the beginning of his MBA-level International Marketing class at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. In high school, I played sports, but another important part of my life was band and musical theatre.

Quizzes 167

Quizzes Failure Culture Students 167

Faculty Focus

JUNE 25, 2023

I reflected on my favorite teachers from kindergarten through graduate school. They made declarative statements via lectures throughout class sessions, expecting students to “take it all in” like sponges. “I came to teaching late” (Roger Rueff, The Hospitality Suite ). No one ever taught me how to teach. I learned by osmosis.

Coaching 98

Coaching Syllabus Confidentiality Assignments 98

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 29, 2023

If you are simply going to lecture at students, they do not need to be in the same physical space as you. In fact, a recent study showed that in a HyFlex class, online students were more engaged and felt it was easier to ask questions during lectures compared to in-person students (University of Copenhagen, 2021). Prestridge, S.

Blended Learning 98

Blended Learning Lecturing Education Learning 98

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 24, 2018

Geared for college-level classes, this also works well for high school AP classes. pick the school you attend (if available) so the program can match you to their textbook. If your school isn’t listed, you can select by the textbook you’re using. You can sign up for free to watch a limited number of videos.

Textbooks 94

Textbooks Exams Syllabus Essay 94

Faculty Focus

JUNE 18, 2024

I’m ‘old-school,’ and I need to see my students on campus.” Are you working while also attending college/school? For instance, at the bare minimum, we expect our students to read our course syllabus, listen to our lectures, engage with us and their peers, and complete and submit all assignments on time.

Instructors 108

Instructors Disabilities Culture Syllabus 108

Faculty Focus

JUNE 18, 2024

I’m ‘old-school,’ and I need to see my students on campus.” Are you working while also attending college/school? For instance, at the bare minimum, we expect our students to read our course syllabus, listen to our lectures, engage with us and their peers, and complete and submit all assignments on time.

Instructors 105

Instructors Disabilities Culture Syllabus 105

Faculty Focus

MAY 29, 2025

First, all students, regardless of their SES (socio-economic status) standing, showed significantly higher levels of retained learning than the control group which used the time-honored lectures, basic active learning techniques, and case approaches. See also von Freymann and Cuffe (2020) for six reasons to choose community service projects.

Student Engagement 52

Student Engagement Syllabus Learning Students 52

Edsurge

JULY 7, 2022

The syllabus is structured to inspire confidence and courage. At the all-girls boarding high school that Ruth Cady attended in a small Virginia town, she recalls being a middling student. By March 2000, during her senior year of high school, Ruth Cady was chatting with her assigned freshman roommate.

Students 178

Students Art Essay Interdisciplinary 178

k12 Online Schools

MAY 12, 2025

Welcome to the Hidden Curriculum of the Internet We often imagine learning as something that happens within school walls, books opened, teachers talking, students taking notes. Think of it as the difference between taking a psychology class in school and stumbling across a viral video on attachment theory.

Online Learning 52

Online Learning Lecturing Learning Textbooks 52

Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Some economists say OpenStax and other OER producers helped to halt the decades-long rise of textbook prices , which now set the average undergraduate back between $1,200 and $1,440 each school year, according to the College Board. Our goal,” says Baraniuk, “is positive world domination.”

Textbooks 119

Textbooks Instructors History Syllabus 119

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Active learning, as defined by Bonwell and Eison (1991), is learning that goes beyond just listening to a lecture and includes engagement on the part of the student through reading, writing, discussion and problem solving. Alana Sejdic, EdD is a special education administrator with East Hartford public schools. LoPresto, M.

Course Design 60

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 60

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Active learning, as defined by Bonwell and Eison (1991), is learning that goes beyond just listening to a lecture and includes engagement on the part of the student through reading, writing, discussion and problem solving. Alana Sejdic, EdD is a special education administrator with East Hartford public schools. LoPresto, M.

Course Design 59

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 59

Scholarly Teacher

DECEMBER 11, 2024

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. Introducing the idea of cogen dialogues is an important part of conducting the dialogues.

Teaching 52

Teaching Syllabus Instructors Problem-Based Learning 52

Lab to Class

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Education, especially formalized education in schools, has long held that in order for students to learn effectively, they must have solid study routines, consistent teachers, and unified textbooks. This is why the first day of a new school year can be a bit nerve wracking. Humans like to know what to expect. Absolutely not.

Study 52

Study Lecturing Learning Activities 52

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Attach your class syllabus (if ready) Encourage students to reach out to you if they have any questions and identify the best method for them to do this—email, phone, Learning Management System, etc. I send them to the emails the school has on record and I also post the email to our Learning Management System (LMS).

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Teachers Discussions Questions 111

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Attach your class syllabus (if ready) Encourage students to reach out to you if they have any questions and identify the best method for them to do this—email, phone, Learning Management System, etc. I send them to the emails the school has on record and I also post the email to our Learning Management System (LMS).

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Teachers Discussions Questions 98