Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2024

We also asked faculty who were using AI to share how it impacted their teaching and learning. 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. Look no further.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Assignments Feedback Teaching Assistants 111

Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2018

Students may feel relief as they hand in an exam, but the moment marks the beginning of stress and anxiety for instructors and teaching assistants, who may need to grade hundreds of tests in a short time. Arjun Singh knows the feeling well. You save time in applying the feedback.”

Grades 100

Grades Exams Instructors Teaching Assistants 100

Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2018

Then actively pick sometime within their lecture to say, "Here's a summary of the collection of the feedback I've received, here's what I would do based on this feedback." So, what are some examples of college teaching that have really stood out? They’re creating their own surveys and say, "How do you feel about this?"

Teaching 125

Teaching Course Evaluations Evaluation Students 125

Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2022

This can be a real challenge for procrastinators, multitaskers, responsibility jugglers and anyone tempted to half-listen to a lecture while scrolling through social media—in other words, many people. Meanwhile, a human teaching assistant monitored any replies that students sent back to the chatbot.

Student Engagement 200

Student Engagement Instructors Hybrid Courses Exams 200

Faculty Focus

APRIL 20, 2023

With the advent of AI, the limitations of ChatGPT are a good reminder that effective writing is human writing. How we write to our classes—even more so than what we write—is more important than ever. Conveying our “humanity” through writing, especially in digital spaces, is also something we need to model for learners.

Culture 98

Culture Communication Writing Languages 98

Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2023

Laura Howard is a senior lecturer in English at Kennesaw State University, where she also coordinates the graduate teaching assistant program and supports faculty by offering coaching and online teaching support.

Faculty Development 111

Faculty Development Coaching Essay Ethics 111

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Some online students might view the lecture on a tablet or phone where these details are lost. You may have to experiment and adjust how you write or put together slides so that they’re accessible by both your in-person and online students.

Feedback 105

Feedback Minute Papers Mobile Devices Discussions 105

Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2023

Laura Howard is a senior lecturer in English at Kennesaw State University, where she also coordinates the graduate teaching assistant program and supports faculty by offering coaching and online teaching support.

Faculty Development 97

Faculty Development Coaching Essay Ethics 97

Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2020

I'm the world's first android teaching assistant. So she relies on support from William Barry, the philosophy instructor who records her delivering brief lectures for his undergraduate class on the ethics of emerging technology. Such circumstances, he writes, will require that “education be considered a lifelong activity.”

Teachers 155

Teachers Education Instructors Intelligence 155

Edsurge

JULY 23, 2020

After turning their webcams on, which the program requires, they hit the “join lecture” button to enter a Zoom call with a cheerful instructor who appeared in high-definition, and who said he was calling in from Florida. Additionally, Shorelight hired local, bilingual teaching assistants to staff its student studios.

Instructors 139

Instructors Students Participation Distance Learning 139