eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Building skills and confidence As I had hoped, the class learned more efficiently and enthusiastically about STEAM topics through this hands-on learning approach than they would have from my standard PowerPoint presentations and lectures. This is a key consideration as I continue refining my courses for future educators.

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Teaching Teachers STEM Syllabus 275

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

But the assistant professor of history at California State University at East Bay wanted something less drastic than giving up on live lectures entirely. For her, that meant reducing the amount of lecture time and spending part of class sessions on team-based projects. “It

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Teaching Portfolio Teaching Syllabus Peer Review 167

Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2024

It’s a game-changing shift,” says Marc Watkins, a lecturer of writing and rhetoric at the University of Mississippi and director of the university’s AI Summer Institute for Teachers of Writing. New AI tools can make audio recordings of lectures and automatically create summaries and flashcards of the material.

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Lecturing Education Assignments Syllabus 216

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

For Rachel Davenport, a senior lecturer at Texas State University, one key area where she has thrown out old assumptions has been testing. As we get close to the end of the year, have any lessons emerged? Are there things that are working that they might continue doing after the health crisis ends? Why have I not done open-book exams?

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Exams Syllabus Lecturing Testing 177

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Successful syllabus While there are mandatory components of a standard syllabus, I also add welcoming elements. I always begin my syllabus with an inclusive and inspirational quote. Think-Pair-Share Students need opportunities to process information during lectures. I incorporate graphs and charts to clarify grading.

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Syllabus Lecturing Instructors Feedback 122

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

If you are a classroom educator, you might consider adding a note in your syllabus about the appropriate use of AI tools (example here ). We recognize the limitations of these tools while also acknowledging the reality that AI will continue to play a critical role in the lives of our students and their future careers.

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Ethics Essay Syllabus Feedback 337

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Successful syllabus While there are mandatory components of a standard syllabus, I also add welcoming elements. I always begin my syllabus with an inclusive and inspirational quote. Think-Pair-Share Students need opportunities to process information during lectures. I incorporate graphs and charts to clarify grading.

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Syllabus Lecturing Instructors Feedback 110

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2023

What’s it like going from one course that simply posts a syllabus in the LMS to another that makes more robust use of the tools and features? Clear labels and categories make navigation easy, and having everything accessible, especially the syllabus, lecture materials, and study guides, was a recurring preference. 

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Syllabus Instructors Peer Review Lecturing 126

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.

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Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 122

Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2019

When forced to redesign his course, Robertson saw an opportunity to move toward a curriculum that offered more flexibility than his linear syllabus ever could. In this system, students choose from a menu of content delivery options (textbook, downloadable study guides, lectures) and interaction options (in-person or online).

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Curriculum Hybrid Courses Lecturing Gamification 155

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. There’s good news for those who don’t know where to start or are weary of having to redo their entire syllabus or curriculum.

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Accessibility Disabilities Instructors Syllabus 158

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.

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Disabilities Exams Lecturing Education 144

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2023

What’s it like going from one course that simply posts a syllabus in the LMS to another that makes more robust use of the tools and features? Clear labels and categories make navigation easy, and having everything accessible, especially the syllabus, lecture materials, and study guides, was a recurring preference. 

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Instructors Peer Review Lecturing 111

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.

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Reading Teaching Lecturing Syllabus 162

Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2020

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. Start with your syllabus, make your syllabus accessible and then do one document per week. And the activity is just a content check. It's not like we're grading it for huge stakes.

Accessibility 218

Accessibility Disabilities Universal Design Syllabus 218

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.

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Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 105

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. 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. Cover the syllabus later.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Discussions Beliefs Questions 111

Edsurge

AUGUST 8, 2017

Robert Talbert would get the nagging, unsettling sense that the lectures he gave in his Calculus courses just weren’t sinking in. “I EdSurge: Like most professors, you’ve spent most of your career lecturing. You mention that in the traditional lecture model, students get addicted to professors teaching, and not in a good way.

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Failure Lecturing Syllabus Instructors 145

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. 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. Cover the syllabus later.

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Syllabus Discussions Beliefs Questions 105

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 20, 2024

We may not have a storefront window to attract attention, but we do have something that students see before the start of the semester that can grab their attention, set the tone, and get them excited about entering the class…your syllabus! Exhibit 2: Thompson’s Barbie themed class syllabus (Spring 2024). Let Them Play!

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Syllabus Attention Assignments Activities 111

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 20, 2024

We may not have a storefront window to attract attention, but we do have something that students see before the start of the semester that can grab their attention, set the tone, and get them excited about entering the class…your syllabus! Exhibit 2: Thompson’s Barbie themed class syllabus (Spring 2024). Let Them Play!

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Attention Assignments Activities 111

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. . It can be called the multimedia learning hypothesis (Mayer, 2005). There’s no doubt, it’s frustrating for anyone.

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Learning Textbooks Lecturing Syllabus 147

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. Students attend WGU entirely on screen, with instructors engaging with them virtually by email, phone, text and video.

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Teaching Instructors Syllabus Assignments 173

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 27, 2024

Websites like Khan Academy or Quizlet provide access to lectures, practice tests, and flashcards among other things. For example, with Quizlet, you can create digital flashcards and practice tests tailored to your syllabus.

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Exams Study Syllabus Testing 157

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). link] Vallée, A.,

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Blended Learning Lecturing Education Learning 132

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Is a ‘desk scan’ necessary for a syllabus quiz? That sentiment was taken further this week in a Twitter thread by Jesse Stommel, a senior lecturer in communications and digital studies at the University of Mary Washington and co-founder of the Digital Pedagogy Lab. “If That’s ridiculous,” he says. Hire better teachers instead.”

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Plagiarism Exams Confidentiality Testing 218

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 5, 2025

These adult learners thrive in multimodal contexts which can look like traditional lecture-based settings, hands-on experiential learning, or online coursework. Professional schools cater to a diverse student body with varying learning preferences, needs, and accrediting bodies to answer to (Coble, 2015).

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Schools Syllabus Authentic Assessment Evaluation 122

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

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. Also review situations and/or results in class that apply to all the groups efforts.

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Student Engagement Syllabus Learning Students 89

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2024

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. Whether it’s whipping up dazzling PowerPoint slides, rewording a syllabus, or designing a new and exciting lesson, AI has you covered.

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Syllabus Assignments Feedback Teaching Assistants 119

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2018

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. I am a faculty member at Loyola University Maryland in the Educational Technology Program for the School of Education.

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Teaching Education Learning Syllabus 162

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. From a Pokémon-themed syllabus to a ‘Squid Games’ escape room, she loves integrating pop culture into her assignments to make learning fun and memorable.

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Exams Syllabus Group work Assignments 116

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2024

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. Whether it’s whipping up dazzling PowerPoint slides, rewording a syllabus, or designing a new and exciting lesson, AI has you covered.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Assignments Feedback Teaching Assistants 111

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. Then, the instructor proceeds to conduct a short lecture where course materials such as the syllabus, slides, or videos might be shared with everyone through a QR code (see Figure 1).

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Student Engagement Syllabus Students Lecturing 98

Faculty Focus

JUNE 25, 2023

They made declarative statements via lectures throughout class sessions, expecting students to “take it all in” like sponges. 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?

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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. From a Pokémon-themed syllabus to a ‘Squid Games’ escape room, she loves integrating pop culture into her assignments to make learning fun and memorable.

Exams 111

Exams Syllabus Group work Assignments 111

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

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. Your model is small, not some project that hopes for mass scale through technology. There's nothing wrong with the actual teaching by an adjunct.

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Education Syllabus Faculty Development Communication 162