One of the most robust backward design models developed for higher education is L. Dee Fink’s integrated course design. Fink outlines a streamlined process for designing academic courses, divided into ...

Online teaching and learning is a form of distance education. While distance education has been offered since the early 1700s, the first online courses were offered in the late 1960s. Original ...

Rachel C. Syrja, a teacher on special assignment for the office of instruction in the El Monte City, Calif., school district, has designed districtwide staff development in assessment for learning, ...

Lou Edward Matthews is founder of the InspireMath, and focuses on STEM learning, teaching, and leadership: Culturally ...

As a mathematics education researcher, I study how math instruction impacts students' learning, from following standard math procedures to understanding mathematical concepts. Focusing on the latter, ...

Learning outcomes and objectives are the fundamental elements of most well-designed courses. Well-conceived outcomes and objectives serve as guideposts to help instructors work through the design of a ...

Active learning puts students at the center of the learning process by encouraging them to engage, reflect, and apply what they’re learning in meaningful ways. Rather than passively receiving ...

When I began my teaching career two decades ago as an adjunct instructor, I cared a lot about my end-of-course student evaluations—but quite frankly—they mostly served as a means to job security. Over ...

Academic and Instructional Technology supports the teaching and learning process at UMass Lowell by offering a wide variety of services for students, faculty and staff, including the university’s ...

In our current information environment, artificially intelligent, algorithm-driven technologies mediate essentially all information and communication, and they demonstrably influence our ...

Arts education is often an afterthought in schools, but Erica Rosenfeld Halverson, Professor and Chair of the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, thinks ...

In the dynamic landscape of learning in the digital age, K-12 educators are increasingly leveraging technology tools to enhance teaching and learning experiences. These tools, ranging from interactive ...