There is no shortage of professorial eye rolling when it comes to the subject of students and syllabi. Students might read the syllabus, but they typically
In preparation for the coming semester, a faculty member recently asked me how to change deadlines on the LMS to midnight on a given day.
Instructors often experience problems between the directions given for an assignment and the work submitted by a student. Students miss important parts of questions; they
Declining numbers of traditional-age high school graduates, changing student demographics, pandemic unpredictability, and struggles with student retention are creating what can be termed a “perfect
Have you ever struggled to get students to do required readings? Do your students treat them as optional? Perhaps they do the readings, but when
I said to myself in spring of 2019, after reading through the final papers for a class, “I cannot read another history research paper.” I
Many years after graduating with our undergraduate degrees, we can still remember the stress of being a student. One lesson that stands out from those
On Friday, March 13th, I received the email. In response to the rising coronavirus pandemic, we were moving to one week of online instruction. Five
In response to the worldwide spread of COVID-19, most erstwhile face-to-face and hybrid courses have now transitioned into remotely delivered ones. In these new educational
One of the most basic principles in education is backward curriculum design. This approach involves beginning with the end in mind. Moore (2015) stated that
