Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Ever wonder why students dont read the syllabus, despite the time and effort we put into creating it? Yet, many students simply arent motivated to read it. Simply standing in front of the room and reading through the syllabus page by page isnt the most engaging way to showcase what your class has to offer.

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Syllabus Students Activities Instructors 124

Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2016

Open Syllabus Project (OSP), a research project organizing data gathered from over a million syllabuses. By identifying the reading list on each document, the team can number and rank the most-taught books since the dawn of storing syllabuses online. Educational technologists create tools to facilitate teaching and learning.

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Syllabus History Assignments Reading 123

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 31, 2023

Recently, I attended a conference and was sharing my new visual syllabus with some colleagues. After several interactions, I noticed the most frequent comment was, “What a cool syllabus…but is it accessible?” A little background about myself; I love designing, redesigning, and getting creative with my syllabus.

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Syllabus Accessibility Quizzes Disabilities 116

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Ever wonder why students dont read the syllabus, despite the time and effort we put into creating it? Yet, many students simply arent motivated to read it. Simply standing in front of the room and reading through the syllabus page by page isnt the most engaging way to showcase what your class has to offer.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Students Activities Instructors 98

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Putting ChatGPT on trial I first became aware of ChatGPT last February when I began reading mind-blowing comments of several progressive educators. So the students began, first reading The Crucible , relying only on their human intelligence. Now create a syllabus, complete with readings.” What would be the implications?

English 335

English Syllabus Intelligence Assignments 335

Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2019

The course, titled “The Reading Experiment: The Power of the Book,” takes place every other Friday beginning at 9:30 a.m. Students put away their technology and read for four hours. It’s a rediscovery of uninterrupted reading,” Peña-Guzman said last Friday while pulling up slides about the assigned readings.

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Reading Teaching Lecturing Syllabus 162

eSchool News

AUGUST 29, 2024

Social annotation as an e-learning vehicle within UDL Social annotation tools can improve reading comprehension and student interaction. Teachers can use them to allow students to make annotations that are shared with their peers, making them consider reading as a social element instead of something that is maybe individual and dull.

Learning 303

Learning Syllabus Universal Design Quizzes 303

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 31, 2023

Recently, I attended a conference and was sharing my new visual syllabus with some colleagues. After several interactions, I noticed the most frequent comment was, “What a cool syllabus…but is it accessible?” A little background about myself; I love designing, redesigning, and getting creative with my syllabus.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Accessibility Quizzes Disabilities 98

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Looking through a collection of teaching portfolios by her colleagues helped reassure her that she could redesign her course while preserving what worked about the classroom experience. Thanks to that requirement, the Cal State system has built a library that has grown to more than 200 teaching portfolios.

Teaching Portfolio 167

Teaching Portfolio Teaching Syllabus Peer Review 167

Edsurge

JULY 31, 2024

Recently, I found myself in Barnes and Noble, captivated by a "Read with Pride" display in the Young Adult section. In those days, my reading experiences at school stalled my understanding of my emerging queer identity and limited my knowledge of others that might have shared my experiences. Who benefits from the stories?

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Syllabus English Learning Students 191

eSchool News

OCTOBER 7, 2015

With that in mind, certain strategies, tips, and guidelines have been proven to help instructors begin what can seem like an overwhelming task—teaching a course without ever even needing to physically see her students. Prepare syllabus and assignment due dates carefully and well in advance so that students know what to expect and when.

Education 279

Education Syllabus Instructors Feedback 279

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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Gamification Syllabus Education History 183

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 18, 2024

When I started as an adjunct faculty member, I had no teaching experience. I was handed a syllabus, a classroom, and students, and left to figure out the rest on my own. These are three essential things that adjunct faculty (and all faculty) need to know about teaching when getting started. Encourage student participation.

Teaching 119

Teaching Syllabus Feedback Instructors 119

eSchool News

AUGUST 12, 2024

Key points: With the right AI tools, teachers can enhance their classroom instruction Tracking AI in education Enhancing learning through AI and human educators For more on AI in education, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Teaching is an uphill battle that grows harder and more exacting as the years roll by.

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Quizzes Lecturing Ethics Exams 294

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 18, 2024

When I started as an adjunct faculty member, I had no teaching experience. I was handed a syllabus, a classroom, and students, and left to figure out the rest on my own. These are three essential things that adjunct faculty (and all faculty) need to know about teaching when getting started. Encourage student participation.

Teaching 111

Teaching Syllabus Feedback Instructors 111

Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2019

The following is the latest installment of the Toward Better Teaching advice column. Andrea Fuentes, Director of Online Learning, Doral College Cultivating an engaging environment can be a challenge when teaching online. This past semester, each student submitted reading notes as an assignment in the LMS. Hypothes.is

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Instructors Syllabus Peer Review Students 164

Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2020

On the latest installment of our monthly online discussion forum, EdSurge Live , we explored accessibility in this unusual era of emergency remote teaching. Listen to the conversation below, or read a partial transcript, lightly edited for clarity. Del Tufo: Reading is probably the most prevalent one that I see.

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Accessibility Disabilities Universal Design Syllabus 218

Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2024

Tech giants Google, Microsoft and OpenAI have unintentionally assigned educators around the world major homework for the summer: Adjusting their assignments and teaching methods to adapt to a fresh batch of AI features that students will enter classrooms with in the fall. The tools are coming fast, though.

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Lecturing Education Assignments Syllabus 216

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

But this year, with the arrival of the World Cup, I came prepared, and my students knew it when they saw our sports journalism unit built into the syllabus on the first day. All too often, the books on these reading centered traumatizing and marginalizing protagonists. Are these days blocked off for the World Cup?!” they exclaimed.

English 198

English Culture Syllabus Writing 198

Faculty Focus

JUNE 13, 2023

As a faculty member in a graduate program in educational leadership, I underestimated how the pandemic would impact my teaching—and change the way I approached pedagogy and implemented learner-centered practices. This lighthearted, quirky comedy became the basis for the four critical lessons I learned while teaching through the pandemic.

Teaching 119

Teaching Assignments Syllabus Counselling 119

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.

Textbooks 174

Textbooks Syllabus Instructors Peer Review 174

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Cavazos , The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Ryan McBride , The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Key Statement: Student-faculty partnerships can foster asset-based approaches in teaching and learning that challenge implicit linguistic bias and enhance students’ linguistically diverse resources. 2024; Cook-Sather, 2020).

Teaching 98

Teaching Instructors English Languages 98

Faculty Focus

MARCH 12, 2023

The first day or week of the semester is often referred to as what students call “syllabus week,” because professors typically spend the first day of class reviewing the syllabus—interject a big yawn here. At this point, I still have not reviewed the syllabus with them and instead begin a community building activity.

Student Engagement 116

Student Engagement Activities Syllabus Instructors 116

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Instead of thinking about the LMS as simply a repository for course essentials (syllabus, contact information, etc.), Students now expect the use of this tool by their professors for more than simply providing lecture slides or links to readings. consider how it might be used as a tool for enhancing student learning and engagement.

Syllabus 122

Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 122

Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2021

We’re about to start year 3 of teaching in the pandemic, and it seems like an appropriate time to think back to March 2020 to think about what new things I’ve started to adjust to COVID-19 disruptions, what I stopped doing and what I plan to continue for 2022. But have we made a similar commitment to this kind of communication with ourselves?

Education 183

Education Syllabus Instructors Intelligence 183

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Did teachers know that students were reading them? On the other hand, teachers and parents complained that the guides enabled students to skip reading the originals. I suppose the answer is somewhere in the messy middle: some students missed out on the joys of reading original work, and others used them to review what they read.

Syllabus 124

Syllabus Academic Integrity eLearning Assignments 124

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 15, 2024

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on January 4, 2018 Magna Publications. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! For some, planning revolves around syllabus revision, closing loopholes, and adjusting dates. Teaching Within the Rhythms of the Semester. All rights reserved. Wiggins, G. &

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Syllabus Exams Course Outline Attention 109

Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2020

For example, a philosophy professor at University of Notre Dame designed an introductory course that draws on “ interactive digital essays ” published on mobile-friendly web pages attached to the online syllabus, reports Inside Higher Ed. Of course, these programs may take significant time to develop. For example, from 9 a.m.

Distance Learning 212

Distance Learning Syllabus Internet Learning 212

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

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

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Did teachers know that students were reading them? On the other hand, teachers and parents complained that the guides enabled students to skip reading the originals. I suppose the answer is somewhere in the messy middle: some students missed out on the joys of reading original work, and others used them to review what they read.

Syllabus 119

Syllabus Academic Integrity eLearning Assignments 119

Edsurge

MAY 26, 2019

Limiting hires to applicants with prior teaching experience just wasn’t scalable. The class reads about Common Core and completes a few samples of Common Core assessment questions to understand the student and teacher experience using these materials. Read the updates too: parts one and two. Class Clowns ” by Jonathan A.

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Syllabus Education Failure Knowledge 156

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

This model has become more common in the past year as a result of the pandemic and as colleges look for different ways to reach their students while teaching remotely. They can check announcements during work breaks or read discussion posts while waiting for a flight at the airport.

Online Learning 183

Online Learning Instructors Coaching Mobile Devices 183

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.  2 (2019): 255–75.

Syllabus 126

Syllabus Instructors Peer Review Lecturing 126

Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2019

The following is the latest installment of the Toward Better Teaching advice column. I have created what I’m calling my “prep syllabus” and hope to set a solid foundation for myself. I would love to get your feedback on what should be in my "prep syllabus” and how to make that transition. Thanks so much!

Syllabus 137

Syllabus Writing Schools Research Methods 137

Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2024

As educators and students grapple with what is allowed when using generative AI (GenAI) tools, I have compiled five tips to help you design or redesign academic integrity statements for your syllabus, assignments, exams, and course activities. Write your own GenAI policy to include in your syllabus. Now, think about your students.

Academic Integrity 137

Academic Integrity Writing Syllabus Exams 137

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 15, 2024

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on January 4, 2018 Magna Publications. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! For some, planning revolves around syllabus revision, closing loopholes, and adjusting dates. Teaching Within the Rhythms of the Semester. All rights reserved. Wiggins, G. &

Syllabus 97

Syllabus Exams Course Outline Attention 97