eSchool News

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

But lessons on social-emotional learning aren’t typically found in a classroom syllabus. SEL skills can be implemented into any content area; it just takes a little intentionality and planning. By including aspects of SEL in hands-on, inquiry-based activities, we can help students develop these skills organically.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Equally, because many students with dyslexia grapple with executive function skills, it’s helpful to offer tools that support organization. Planners that break down assignments, scaffolded note-taking templates, or even a syllabus can make all the difference in setting clear expectations.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 17, 2022

The next social-emotional skill is responsible decision-making. What strategies might help students develop their critical thinking and problem-solving skills? Research suggests that when students are better able to make thoughtful and constructive decisions, this skill positively impacts: A student’s academic success.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

To build up the students’ confidence and skills, I started by having them program and design the KIBO robots on their own. Through their work with KIBO, the pre-service teachers discovered they already had more STEAM skills than they had initially realized. As the lessons progressed, we explored various uses of KIBO in the classroom.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 29, 2024

There have been various studies looking into the benefits of an e-learning method like social annotation, and a meta-analysis from the journal of The Internet and Higher Education found that social annotation contributes to “improved critical thinking, meta-cognitive skills, and reading comprehension.”

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

Verify that your syllabus contains statements that reflect your values in this area. The Inclusion By Design syllabus survey can help you analyze a specific syllabus to “get a broader perspective on inclusion in your actual teaching practices.” The text of your syllabus and course design. And the subtext of your syllabus.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Help students develop time management and organizational skills. Prepare syllabus and assignment due dates carefully and well in advance so that students know what to expect and when. Teachers should address students by name and sign all posts. This models what we’d like students to do.

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Education Syllabus Instructors Feedback 279

Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2021

We are learning new skills, finding creative ways to reach all students, and leveraging online learning in ways that allow us to meet the individual needs of our scholars. If we know how to create anytime, anywhere learning opportunities for students, we essentially have the skills to clone ourselves in our future classrooms.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Developing Engaged Global Citizens of the Future : Swarthmore College President Valerie Smith explores how educators can equip students with the skills needed to support inclusive, diverse communities and prepare them to be proactive participants in the democracy and fight for a just future. Monday, March 4 12:00 p.m.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

I think the phenomena of the infographic syllabus has been an effort by many teachers to make that document more accessible, more real,” she explains. “We We can solve a lot of problems as educators if we can just get people to read the syllabus upfront.”. Teachers are using them with remotes to turn them off when not in use.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Since he has been forced to teach online during COVID, to students who are struggling with job losses and disruptions, he has realized that most students want to learn, even if they may not meet the strict requirements on the syllabus. “I But these silver linings come inside a dark cloud. This is a short sampling of the EdSurge Podcast.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Speedier Solutions to Answering Student Questions Creating the kind of AI tutoring tool that complements or even replaces the work of a human tutor can take skilled computer programmers hundreds or thousands of hours. That puts such tools out of reach for most teachers looking for new ways to provide their students with personalized support.

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Edsurge

JULY 21, 2025

In my current summer Composition II course, I started with an experiment: students uploaded our syllabus to ChatGPT, introduced themselves using a custom prompt about their background, goals and past experiences with writing, and asked the AI to identify what they might enjoy, what could challenge them and how the course might help them grow. “I

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Life design and career educators can train ChatGPT to provide personalized tutoring or career advice based on that person’s skill sets and interests. If you are a classroom educator, you might consider adding a note in your syllabus about the appropriate use of AI tools (example here ).

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

But bringing it into an online setting adds that extra layer of technology challenge and collaboration-skill challenge.” In the end she builds the final syllabus based on their suggestions. “Group work in face-to-face classes can be challenging as it is,” Parra said.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Many of our faculty, all experienced and skilled instructors, were not just overwhelmed but on the brink. If I said what the things were that I cut from my syllabus or my department chair duties, I would probably get in trouble. But so far, nobody has even noticed.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Advisors can help students establish healthy work habits by sending helpful advice for meeting deadlines before classes begin such as: Plan ahead: Get a “lay of the land” of the course by reading the syllabus. This can be addressed by setting expectations for engagement and developing students' inquiry skills.

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Online Learning Instructors Coaching Mobile Devices 189

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 23, 2024

That meant MS Publisher skills learned at school were rarely transferrable to a home environment. Greeting cards I use greeting cards as formative assessments of student tech skills. Canva’s huge collection of templates and images enables students to focus on skills rather than the search. Canva changes that.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Our communities are being deprived of engaged citizens equipped with the skills required to be productive and compassionate, and who have ownership of their learning journey. Our main thought with this program was finding a way to align students’ intrinsic motivation with the core skills required to succeed in education and in life.

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Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2019

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. I have found the following people and organizations essential to growing my research writing skills over the years.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

If you are like most of those with whom I work, you spend hours identifying the desired learning outcomes, essential understandings and skills, and appropriate materials. 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).

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Trusting students does not mean ignoring accountability; it means designing courses, policies, and practices that build their confidence and skills while treating them as equal partners in their education. Collaborative syllabus design: During the first class, engage students in setting community and classroom norms and goals.

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Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 122

Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2016

These charged conversations are often avoided in board rooms and businesses around the country, and it seems disingenuous to assume that teachers should naturally possess the skills and composure needed to facilitate conversations around these horrific events. Christopher Emdin’s book, “ For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Include in the conversation a copy of a draft syllabus, required assignments, and any concerns you have about academic integrity. For example, one librarian mentioned that students are more likely to contact library professionals if the instructor includes points in the syllabus for outreach to the librarian.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

After a handful of meetings, we identified a great opportunity to pursue a SoTL project in our classes that tasks students with using specific skills, taking ownership of their content, learning and growing together, and most of all seeing how an event in the past can influence community health in the future.

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Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2024

At the college level, Bowen sees potential wins for faculty in the near future, if, say, tools like learning management systems add AI features that can do tasks like build a course website after the instructor feeds it a syllabus. That’s going to be a real time saver for faculty,” he predicts.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 18, 2024

I was handed a syllabus, a classroom, and students, and left to figure out the rest on my own. In preparing that first course, I focused on what I thought were the essentials of teaching: finalizing the syllabus, picking the readings, and writing the assignments.

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Teaching Syllabus Feedback Instructors 119

Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2023

The university argues that its unusual teaching model makes its scale work for students, and that its focus on proving competency helps returning adult students who come to the virtual classroom with skills that should be recognized. Sessions are divided into week-long modules, opening Monday mornings and ending Sunday evenings.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

After a handful of meetings, we identified a great opportunity to pursue a SoTL project in our classes that tasks students with using specific skills, taking ownership of their content, learning and growing together, and most of all seeing how an event in the past can influence community health in the future.

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Syllabus Science History Communication 98

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 5, 2025

Instructional designers are experts who use their flexibility, knowledge, and skills in theory and practice to help faculty adapt to new ways of educating students (Pollard & Kumar, 2022). Most importantly, adults need consistency, organization, transparency, and a community (Sockalingam, 2012 & Binder, 2023).

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Gaggle Speaks

APRIL 20, 2015

Today’s classroom is filled with learners with different skill sets , requiring varying levels of attention. Structuring your syllabus or lesson plans for differentiated instruction takes a bit of effort, but when you make your LMS work for you, the task can be simplified.

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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.

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Academic Integrity Writing Syllabus Exams 137

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. Still, by and large, I’m an extreme disappointment to my student-athletes and sports fans alike. Are these days blocked off for the World Cup?!” they exclaimed.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 10, 2021

Along the way, teach the curriculum, collect evidence of learning, and tick off learned skills. Go over the syllabus at the start of class so they know what must be covered and then don’t get off topic during class time. Be comfortable stretching outside the box — it’s summer, after all. Start and end classes on time.

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Motivation Schools Syllabus Students 153

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 18, 2024

I was handed a syllabus, a classroom, and students, and left to figure out the rest on my own. In preparing that first course, I focused on what I thought were the essentials of teaching: finalizing the syllabus, picking the readings, and writing the assignments.

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Teaching Syllabus Feedback Instructors 111

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Faculty can add more tests or assignments to the syllabus, or split large assignments into smaller sections so that students have more opportunities to build points throughout the semester, and more opportunities to see where their skills or knowledge stand as the course progresses.

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Academic Integrity Exams Assignments Instructors 144

Edsurge

JULY 30, 2018

Redesigning the Syllabus to Reflect the Learning Journey - Mark Engstrom, head of middle and upper school at Allen Academy in Bryan, Texas, shares an encouraging story about rethinking curriculum to encourage “students to make decisions and take a more active role as learners.”.

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