Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2017

Is that a real A, or an A based on turning in the syllabus? The average high school textbook costs $70 and weighs about a million pounds. Filled to the brim with textbooks, binders, notebooks, and a computer, it’s no wonder so many teens suffer from early back pain. We spend the entire semester wondering what our grade is.

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Quizzes Textbooks Syllabus Students 137

Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2016

.—$20,000 dollars of student debt, 14 months, one thesis, two internships, $1,500 dollars worth of textbooks, and countless sleepless nights later and I finally earned those two little letters following my name. Open Textbooks. Educate our librarians, faculty members and students about textbook alternatives such as open.

Textbooks 119

Textbooks Syllabus Course Design Communication 119

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Back in 2018, I decided to take the plunge and move to an OER textbook. At the time I made my OER commitment, there were limited open textbook options available. After bouncing around a few, I finally settled on OpenStax , a free online textbook platform through Rice University.

Textbooks 116

Textbooks Syllabus Instructors Peer Review 116

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Textbooks and course materials to review, syllabi to update, lessons to plan, lectures to prepare. Instead of thinking about the LMS as simply a repository for course essentials (syllabus, contact information, etc.), Instead of thinking about the LMS as simply a repository for course essentials (syllabus, contact information, etc.),

Syllabus 122

Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 122

Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

Textbook format and cost mattered. A reworded syllabus, an anonymous feedback survey, or a mid-semester check-in can shift a students entire trajectory. Flexibility in format and modality such as recorded lectures, alternative assignments, or extended deadlinesmade students feel supported, capable, and seen.

Disabilities 54

Disabilities Course Design Lecturing Students 54

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 15, 2024

For some, planning revolves around syllabus revision, closing loopholes, and adjusting dates. This may not sound particularly innovative, especially since many teachers provide a calendar in the syllabus. Note that some chapters are omitted from the exam and some textbook pages are skipped entirely. It wasnt an effective system.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Exams Course Outline Attention 111

Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2016

For students of color in both urban and suburban settings, the content currently being fed to them in the digital age is no different than the eurocentric curriculum of the textbook era. Christopher Emdin’s book, “ For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood.

Culture 167

Culture Education Syllabus Attention 167

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Consequently, the syllabus can be enlarged when classes take advantage of multimedia means -as it happened. The same problems that hinder learning when using textbooks occur when using videos. In textbooks, for instance, elements to facilitate memorization are frequent.

Learning 156

Learning Textbooks Lecturing Syllabus 156

Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Khan Academy) also fall within the category of instructional technology, as do digital textbooks and “open educational resources,” materials that are available online for free or at a low cost. Course management technology organizes and presents course structure and materials on an electronic platform.

Technology 154

Technology Education Syllabus Counselling 154

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Back in 2018, I decided to take the plunge and move to an OER textbook. At the time I made my OER commitment, there were limited open textbook options available. After bouncing around a few, I finally settled on OpenStax , a free online textbook platform through Rice University.

Textbooks 103

Textbooks Syllabus Instructors Peer Review 103

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 15, 2024

For some, planning revolves around syllabus revision, closing loopholes, and adjusting dates. This may not sound particularly innovative, especially since many teachers provide a calendar in the syllabus. Note that some chapters are omitted from the exam and some textbook pages are skipped entirely. It wasnt an effective system.

Syllabus 100

Syllabus Exams Course Outline Attention 100

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

On their syllabus: networking and identifying the latest market trends in the education industry that can drive a company’s growth—and, of course, financial returns. If ASU+GSV Summit is the edtech industry’s playground for dealmaking, this is the VIP club for its financiers. Is It Supplemental? Does This Matter?)

Education 142

Education Textbooks Syllabus Schools 142

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Textbooks and course materials to review, syllabi to update, lessons to plan, lectures to prepare. Instead of thinking about the LMS as simply a repository for course essentials (syllabus, contact information, etc.), Instead of thinking about the LMS as simply a repository for course essentials (syllabus, contact information, etc.),

Syllabus 105

Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 105

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 24, 2018

Clutch Prep calls themselves “the video version of textbooks” but really, that doesn’t give you the full flavor of what they offer. Their academic how-to videos are textbook-specific so you pick the ones used in your classes, even by your teacher. Videos cover each chapter and can be used as a preview or review.

Textbooks 95

Textbooks Exams Syllabus Essay 95

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Bean backpack along with my textbooks and kelly green Trapper Keeper. For example, at the beginning of a tutoring session, the tutor could ask students to review the assignment directions and the instructor’s syllabus. Remember CliffsNotes, the predecessor of Course Hero and similar web-based study resources?

Syllabus 124

Syllabus Academic Integrity eLearning Assignments 124

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. 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

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

And Proctorio has inked deals with McGraw-Hill and other textbook publishers to bundle its proctoring tool into courseware, meaning even doing homework may now involved being watched and tracked for suspicious behavior. Is a ‘desk scan’ necessary for a syllabus quiz? That’s ridiculous,” he says.

Plagiarism 218

Plagiarism Exams Confidentiality Testing 218

Edsurge

JUNE 10, 2021

Subjects were willing to offer feedback via the bot, and also expressed support for further relying on chatbots to achieve some of the course improvements they desired, such as getting help answering basic questions about textbooks, office hours and due dates.

Feedback 187

Feedback Instructors Students Syllabus 187

Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2019

When forced to redesign his course, Robertson saw an opportunity to move toward a curriculum that offered more flexibility than his linear syllabus ever could. In this system, students choose from a menu of content delivery options (textbook, downloadable study guides, lectures) and interaction options (in-person or online).

Curriculum 151

Curriculum Hybrid Courses Lecturing Gamification 151

Edsurge

APRIL 13, 2018

IBM Watson Education is building its own chatbot that it has added to some commercial textbooks as part of a pilot project. One might be designed to explain the syllabus, another to answer course content, and another to welcome students (and perhaps other micro-roles). Georgia Tech is not alone in developing teaching bots.

Teaching 137

Teaching Syllabus Teaching Assistants Textbooks 137

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. Furthermore, instructor-librarian discussion may also lead to ways to reduce textbook costs through Open Educational Resources and related cooperative agreements. This could be quite a revealing discussion.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Instructors Learning Assignments 98

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Bean backpack along with my textbooks and kelly green Trapper Keeper. For example, at the beginning of a tutoring session, the tutor could ask students to review the assignment directions and the instructor’s syllabus. Remember CliffsNotes, the predecessor of Course Hero and similar web-based study resources?

Syllabus 119

Syllabus Academic Integrity eLearning Assignments 119

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2024

As the lazy days of summer start to dwindle, it’s time to trade in beach reads for textbooks and flip-flops for sensible shoes. Whether it’s whipping up dazzling PowerPoint slides, rewording a syllabus, or designing a new and exciting lesson, AI has you covered. But fear not!

Syllabus 119

Syllabus Assignments Feedback Teaching Assistants 119

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2024

As the lazy days of summer start to dwindle, it’s time to trade in beach reads for textbooks and flip-flops for sensible shoes. Whether it’s whipping up dazzling PowerPoint slides, rewording a syllabus, or designing a new and exciting lesson, AI has you covered. But fear not!

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Assignments Feedback Teaching Assistants 111

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 17, 2023

For some, planning revolves around syllabus revision, closing loopholes, and adjusting dates. This may not sound particularly innovative, especially since many teachers provide a calendar in the syllabus. Note that some chapters are omitted from the exam and some textbook pages are skipped entirely.

Exams 111

Exams Syllabus Course Outline Attention 111

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 17, 2023

For some, planning revolves around syllabus revision, closing loopholes, and adjusting dates. This may not sound particularly innovative, especially since many teachers provide a calendar in the syllabus. Note that some chapters are omitted from the exam and some textbook pages are skipped entirely.

Exams 105

Exams Syllabus Course Outline Attention 105

Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2018

To do so, he claimed, faculty need to move away from the usual mindset of taking a textbook, identifying modules and organizing lectures designed around a cookie cutter curriculum. Heath also called upon college and university instructors to think about ways their lessons can leave a lasting memory on students. Or they still find value in __.

Instructors 99

Instructors Syllabus Textbooks Lecturing 99

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. 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

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 1, 2018

Study.com (formerly called Education-Portal) is a distance learning portal that provides over 70,000 lessons in fifteen subjects (including algebra, calculus, physics, chemistry, macro- and microeconomics, and more) aligned with popular textbooks. Here’s more information on that option.

Exams 83

Exams Quizzes Textbooks Syllabus 83

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

Give students examples of proper citation formatting including for AI tools and textbooks and expect students to use them throughout the school year. However, students are often told to include specific information from assigned texts in their daily work, but they are rarely asked to acknowledge those texts as sources.

Academic Integrity 88

Academic Integrity Learning Assignments Feedback 88

Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Open” textbooks. Below is just a small sample of the range of activities and conversations they engaged in, as described by Andrew Rikard , an undergraduate at Davidson College and the facilitator of the inaugural cohort: “We built our own syllabus, decided what topics interested us and recruited experts to talk to us about those topics.

Syllabus 99

Syllabus Students Essay Languages 99

Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

Textbook format and cost mattered. A reworded syllabus, an anonymous feedback survey, or a mid-semester check-in can shift a students entire trajectory. Flexibility in format and modality such as recorded lectures, alternative assignments, or extended deadlinesmade students feel supported, capable, and seen.

Disabilities 64

Disabilities Course Design Lecturing Students 64

k12 Online Schools

MAY 12, 2025

The catchy format, music, and visual effects activate episodic memory, helping information stick better than a dry textbook paragraph. The traditional answer might have been a teacher, a curriculum board, or a textbook publisher. And guess what? Students actually remember this stuff. Lets teach them to own that informal learning.

Online Learning 52

Online Learning Lecturing Learning Textbooks 52

Lab to Class

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Education, especially formalized education in schools, has long held that in order for students to learn effectively, they must have solid study routines, consistent teachers, and unified textbooks. Some teachers may be thinking that this is something they already do and that’s great!

Study 52

Study Lecturing Learning Activities 52

EAB

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Heather joins EAB's Tara Zirkel to talk about how faculty advisors and administrators came together to address what appeared to be a double-digit enrollment deficit as they headed into the fall semester, what this team accomplished provides a textbook example of how to leverage people, technology and process improvements to maximum effect.

Coaching 97

Coaching Communication Instructors Questions 97

Edsurge

JULY 25, 2019

That's something that hasn't really been knowable, since no one's been able to collect every syllabus out there and analyze the reading lists on them to see what pops as the top ranked. It's called the Open Syllabus Project and it's run out of a public policy center at Columbia University.

Syllabus 117

Syllabus Textbooks Assignments Education 117

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Attach your class syllabus (if ready) Encourage students to reach out to you if they have any questions and identify the best method for them to do this—email, phone, Learning Management System, etc. The syllabus is great way to show your positive and encouraging bedside manner to the class.

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Syllabus Teachers Discussions Questions 111