Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Who Does Online Education Really Serve? Online education was supposed to provide access to quality education for those who can’t attend or afford traditional college. And how are educators supposed to prepare to teach media literacy lessons? 3:30 p.m.

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Syllabus Science Learning Styles Testing 114

Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2019

The following is the latest installment of the Toward Better Teaching advice column. Dear Bonni: How can we make student-to-student interaction more personable and engaging in online learning? Andrea Fuentes, Director of Online Learning, Doral College Cultivating an engaging environment can be a challenge when teaching online.

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Instructors Syllabus Peer Review Students 161

Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Co-founder Micheal Feldstein believes that creating a common, open-source platform to distribute courseware can help make the materials cheaper for students and help professors continually refine their teaching. The system will also pull in some OER textbook material developed by OpenStax , a low-cost publisher at Rice University.

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Textbooks Syllabus Instructors Peer Review 176

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 26, 2017

If you’re looking for help specifically with using technology to add creativity and zing to your writing lessons, take Teach Writing with Tech. She’s been teaching K-8 technology for 15 years and K-16 for 35 years. For example, it’s 5 weeks instead of 3 and it’s graded–read the syllabus first.

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Questions Online Learning Learning Syllabus 68

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 22, 2016

If you’re looking for help specifically with using technology to add creativity and zing to your writing lessons, take Teach Writing with Tech. She’s been teaching K-8 technology for 15 years and K-16 for 35 years. For example, it’s 5 weeks instead of 3 and it’s graded–read the syllabus first.

Questions 68

Questions Online Learning Learning Syllabus 68

Edsurge

APRIL 27, 2018

This article is part of a series on innovative teaching methods in higher education. Time, staffing, and training on how, exactly, to make course materials compliant were some of the top barriers a group of faculty listed at a session on online learning accessibility last week at the Online Learning Consortium Innovate conference.

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Accessibility Disabilities Instructors Syllabus 158

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Consequently, when my colleague David Schejbal invited me to explore library services for today’s online students, I was eager to do so. Be open to a discussion of the course you teach or plan to teach. Another instructor mentioned that the library must be “easy to find…with a link to the library” from within the syllabus.

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Syllabus Instructors Learning Assignments 98

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 5, 2025

IDs specialize in integrating and managing learning tools and systems, creating multimedia content, designing interactive simulations, building e-learning courses, and eliminating technology shortcomings of professors (Kenny, Zhang, Schwier, & Campbell, 2005). Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching. 13(1), 63-76.

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Schools Syllabus Authentic Assessment Evaluation 121

Faculty Focus

JUNE 18, 2023

Social presence Loneliness can be countered by feelings of social presence, broadly defined as the “’realness’ of other persons” in online interactions (Gordon, 2017, 100; Kreijns, Xu and Weidlich, 2021, 139-170). Currently, Vinton is teaching an asynchronous online independent study course that is part of the continuing education programs.

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Instructors Syllabus Assignments Feedback 105

Faculty Focus

JUNE 2, 2024

My first and only fully online class taken as an undergraduate student was a complete disaster. Aside from a bare-bones syllabus, the professor never showed up. The class was a required course in my field that I would go on to be responsible for teaching as a graduate student and, later, as a professor.

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Syllabus Course Design Learning Students 130

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 29, 2023

While I was familiar with the benefits of blended learning (e.g., flexibility, increased student engagement, improved academic achievement), what I didn’t realize was how essential this model was for teaching in the wake of a global pandemic. The key thing here is having people together in the same physical space.

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Blended Learning Lecturing Education Learning 132

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 27, 2024

When we teach, there is an unspoken power differential, and real connections have the potential to change that power dynamic. In addition to having these services available in your syllabus and throughout your course, a warm handoff to connect students with these services will likely build trust. 2023), but that practice is not enough.

Instructors 115

Instructors Students Minute Papers Course Design 115

Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2019

Bruce Robertson to completely redesign a classroom course to fit an online/in-class hybrid format—in just two weeks. Robertson has long believed that the linear approach to teaching may not be right for everyone. Different students have different approaches to learning, he says. His choice: modular learning.

Curriculum 154

Curriculum Hybrid Courses Lecturing Gamification 154

k12 Online Schools

MAY 12, 2025

Whether its a 60-second TikTok on the French Revolution, a deep-dive YouTube documentary on climate change, or a TED Talk about emotional intelligence, young minds are tuning in and learning, often more effectively than traditional methods ever allowed. This is the hidden curriculum of the internet, which aids online learning.

Online Learning 52

Online Learning Lecturing Learning Textbooks 52

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 5, 2025

IDs specialize in integrating and managing learning tools and systems, creating multimedia content, designing interactive simulations, building e-learning courses, and eliminating technology shortcomings of professors (Kenny, Zhang, Schwier, & Campbell, 2005). Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching. 13(1), 63-76.

Schools 103

Schools Syllabus Authentic Assessment Evaluation 103

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

These, in turn, have earned him a raft of teaching honors, including the Sherwin-Williams Distinguished Teaching Award. EdSurge caught up with Branch to learn more about his innovative teaching techniques, the 12-minute rule, and why designing a course is a lot like restoring a 1963 Porsche 356. And then I build it up.

Quizzes 167

Quizzes Failure Culture Students 167

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 27, 2024

When we teach, there is an unspoken power differential, and real connections have the potential to change that power dynamic. In addition to having these services available in your syllabus and throughout your course, a warm handoff to connect students with these services will likely build trust. 2023), but that practice is not enough.

Instructors 105

Instructors Students Minute Papers Course Design 105

Faculty Focus

APRIL 18, 2023

For example, I have a class of 20 students, and I teach synchronously online. Surprisingly, this simple “posting a session summary” practice has become a best practice for me in every course I teach, and after several of my colleagues saw what I was doing, it has become a best practice for them as well. 2020, July 7).

Exams 111

Exams Course Design Assignments Learning 111

Faculty Focus

JUNE 22, 2023

The asynchronous learning environment allows students to view materials, and self-schedule the review and implementation of course instructions. Teaching in the online asynchronous format can be great for the unconventional student but can pose challenges in experiential learning, and ultimately, lead to a lack of confidence for faculty.

Learning 111

Learning Syllabus Assignments Communication 111

Faculty Focus

JUNE 2, 2024

My first and only fully online class taken as an undergraduate student was a complete disaster. Aside from a bare-bones syllabus, the professor never showed up. The class was a required course in my field that I would go on to be responsible for teaching as a graduate student and, later, as a professor.

Syllabus 104

Syllabus Course Design Learning Students 104

Faculty Focus

JULY 27, 2023

In my work supporting faculty, I have learned that professors always appreciate strategies to make their teaching more efficient. Many times, learning a new educational technology tool is time-consuming. QR codes can be used to share materials with students and to engage students in active learning activities.

Student Engagement 98

Student Engagement Syllabus Students Lecturing 98

Faculty Focus

JUNE 18, 2024

The best way I can describe my very first semester of teaching online asynchronously is “emotionally agonizing.” I worried incessantly about how well I was fostering personal connections with my online learners or if I was meeting their socio-academic needs to the best of my ability.

Instructors 107

Instructors Disabilities Culture Syllabus 107

Faculty Focus

JUNE 18, 2024

The best way I can describe my very first semester of teaching online asynchronously is “emotionally agonizing.” I worried incessantly about how well I was fostering personal connections with my online learners or if I was meeting their socio-academic needs to the best of my ability.

Instructors 105

Instructors Disabilities Culture Syllabus 105

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 29, 2023

While I was familiar with the benefits of blended learning (e.g., flexibility, increased student engagement, improved academic achievement), what I didn’t realize was how essential this model was for teaching in the wake of a global pandemic. The key thing here is having people together in the same physical space.

Blended Learning 98

Blended Learning Lecturing Education Learning 98

Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

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. I embrace progress; I do not want to teach in elbow patches from a dusty syllabus.

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Plagiarism Ethics Writing Learning 116

Faculty Focus

APRIL 18, 2023

For example, I have a class of 20 students, and I teach synchronously online. Surprisingly, this simple “posting a session summary” practice has become a best practice for me in every course I teach, and after several of my colleagues saw what I was doing, it has become a best practice for them as well. 2020, July 7).

Exams 96

Exams Course Design Assignments Learning 96

Faculty Focus

JUNE 22, 2023

The asynchronous learning environment allows students to view materials, and self-schedule the review and implementation of course instructions. Teaching in the online asynchronous format can be great for the unconventional student but can pose challenges in experiential learning, and ultimately, lead to a lack of confidence for faculty.

Learning 98

Learning Syllabus Assignments Communication 98

Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

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. I embrace progress; I do not want to teach in elbow patches from a dusty syllabus.

Plagiarism 110

Plagiarism Ethics Writing Learning 110

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on September 30, 2019 © Magna Publications. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! Timing One feature of online education is that its relationship to time differs fundamentally from that of face-to-face learning. All rights reserved.

Instructors 98

Instructors Communication Syllabus Discussions 98

Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2024

These efforts culminated a meticulously designed course template that is the backbone of the program’s online offerings. The template features an intuitive layout and essential components such as a syllabus, clear assignment guidelines, feedback and grading policies, detailed discussion forums, and links to student support services.

Feedback 118

Feedback Course Design Instructors Education 118

Edsurge

APRIL 20, 2018

But how should instructors foster rich, inclusive dialogues with diverse students—and do so online where everyone might be anonymous? At the Online Learning Consortium’s Innovate conference this week, a panel of digital learning specialists shared how they are working to address some of these challenges at their own institutions and beyond.

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Instructors Syllabus Learning Discussions 89

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2018

So then, how to best assess learning and what digital tools can improve assessment? There was some discussion about how to use social media to bring learning into the wider virtual world as described in How a Flipped Syllabus, Twitter and YouTube Made This Professor Teacher of the Year. DLNchat -ters had a lot of ideas.

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Assignments Exams Learning Instructors 93

Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2024

These efforts culminated a meticulously designed course template that is the backbone of the program’s online offerings. The template features an intuitive layout and essential components such as a syllabus, clear assignment guidelines, feedback and grading policies, detailed discussion forums, and links to student support services.

Feedback 108

Feedback Course Design Instructors Education 108

Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2016

We built our own syllabus, decided what topics interested us and recruited experts to talk to us about those topics. We argued about adaptive-learning technologies or interviewed senior advisors in the Department of Education, and wrote essays asking, “ Do virtual environments hinder democratic participation? I hated it.

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Students Syllabus Essay Ethics 83

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on September 30, 2019 © Magna Publications. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! Timing One feature of online education is that its relationship to time differs fundamentally from that of face-to-face learning. All rights reserved.

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Instructors Communication Syllabus Discussions 82

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 1, 2018

Study.com includes standards alignment in the Collection Details that can be found under the Syllabus tab. This is online learning and as such, without the social engagement (good or bad) that comes hand-in-hand with traditional universities and colleges. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 25 years.

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Exams Quizzes Textbooks Mobile Devices 74

Edsurge

MAY 7, 2020

You learned how to Zoom, or Hangout, or Team up. You read all the quick tips about emergency remote teaching. You pivoted, shifted and, let’s be real, maybe stumbled into a makeshift version of online education. So this summer might be the right time to learn a little more about online pedagogy. Key Concepts.

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