Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 15, 2022

This is not the kind of refresh that comes from revising a syllabus, choosing a new textbook, or working out the details of a group project. Loving the field can motivate teaching. This needs to be about you and what will enable you to stand excitedly before students the next time you teach.

Syllabus 126

Syllabus Quizzes Textbooks Motivation 126

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

Developing the whole student Maslow’s hierarchy of needs (1943) has long been instrumental in shaping educators’ beliefs about human behavior, motivation, and learning. syllabus) to identify any logistical rigor that may distract students from what is most important about the learning process and outcomes for the course (Supiano, 2022).

Syllabus 103

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 103

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 1, 2018

These web-based classes offer motivated students a self-paced, self-directed path to achieving their college dreams in an affordable, flexible, quality ecosystem that prepares them for future careers in fields they love. Take quizzes and proctored exams available in your subscription. Work through the videos, PDFs, and other materials.

Exams 83

Exams Quizzes Textbooks Syllabus 83

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

These questions draw from information on the syllabus (which they are provided with the week before we meet) as well as general trivia like what’s Netflix’s most watched series, what is the most desired corporate stock, etc. It is a nice balance of learning and pop-culture.

Exams 116

Exams Syllabus Group work Assignments 116

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 15, 2022

This is not the kind of refresh that comes from revising a syllabus, choosing a new textbook, or working out the details of a group project. Loving the field can motivate teaching. This needs to be about you and what will enable you to stand excitedly before students the next time you teach.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Quizzes Textbooks Motivation 98

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

These questions draw from information on the syllabus (which they are provided with the week before we meet) as well as general trivia like what’s Netflix’s most watched series, what is the most desired corporate stock, etc. It is a nice balance of learning and pop-culture.

Exams 111

Exams Syllabus Group work Assignments 111

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2018

Where there’s an alternative there must be a standard, so we started our chat creating a list of what those standard assignment are: exams, quizzes, essays, reports, lab manuals and the like. On Tuesday, April 24 the #DLNchat community got together to discuss and debate: How Can Alternative Assignments Effectively Assess Student Learning?

Assignments 96

Assignments Exams Instructors Learning 96

Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2019

When updates or corrections are needed, it’s easy to change the files, and there’s little profit motive to do so unnecessarily. Tutor pushes beyond simple multiple-choice quizzes. (Print copies cost between $25 and $65, though only eight percent of students using OpenStax for class purchase a print version.)

Textbooks 117

Textbooks Instructors History Syllabus 117

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

He doesn’t get paid, but he helps improve the quality of courses by catching mistakes in quizzes and pointing out befuddling bits of video lectures, which can then be clarified before professors release the course to students. “I Wesley Engers has an unusual hobby: beta testing online courses from well-known colleges and universities.

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Testing Lecturing Quizzes Textbooks 166

Edsurge

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Boyer uses a “flipped syllabus” in which students' final grades are based on the points they've earned—not lost—throughout the semester. Boyer uses a “flipped syllabus” in which students' final grades are based on the points they've earned—not lost—throughout the semester. He loved the scope and implications of his subject.

Syllabus 139

Syllabus Quizzes Lecturing Assignments 139