Questions tagged [teaching]
This tag is related to the role and duties of a teacher, an academic instructor, tutor or a teaching assistant.
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Free alternative to kahoot live quizzes?
Is there any free (ideally open-source) alternative to Kahoot for making live quizzes?
I used to like Kahoot for live classroom quizzes, but recently they've changed their pricing model to only allow ...
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is it normal to work as an university professor in engineering but have no real professional experience (in the industry)?
I work as a university assistant professor, I teach engineering-related subjects.
However, I have no real professional experience in engineering (in the industry), I've never worked as an engineer or ...
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Can I be a "Teaching Fellow" outside of the UK?
In the UK, a Teaching Fellow is a job position which has the same basic salary level of a postdoc, but allows permanent contracts and increases of salary because of seniority or important duties and ...
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Is it necessary to obtain NOC for completing in-service Ph.D in India?
I have a problem related to my in-service Ph.D.:
I completed my Ph. D course work in March 2017,
joined as an assistant Professor on 16 November 2017,
got my Ph.D registration on 14 December 2017 ...
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What is known about the evaluation behavior of students?
Much information can be found about what influences student evaluations of teaching. The evaluation results of an instructor depend on gender, race, attractiveness, personality traits, bringing ...
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Evidence for/against practical exams and their "added stress"
Numerous science course labs (especially anatomy labs) incorporate "practical exams" into their lab assessment. These exams involve having students visit multiple stations containing various visual ...
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Facilitating anonymous feedback with possibility of dialogue
I'd like to give students a platform to anonymously provide feedback on my course/teaching, but I'd like the platform to allow me to respond to individual students without revealing their identities. ...
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Can there be context rich problems in Biology?
Context-rich problems are short realistic scenarios giving students a plausible motivation for solving the problem.
As we search research literature, one can see lots of research in context rich ...
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Tablet/e-writer/pressure pad for writing with normal pen and paper, but electronic output
I would like to be able to create short 'video tutorials' or 'video lectures' where I draw on the screen and record my voice. I know that I can use OBS software to capture an application window and my ...
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Cheating tendencies for open- versus closed-book online exams
Like many faculty, I am forced to give online exams for the first time this semester. (See I need help adapting my academic workflow to the COVID-19/coronavirus crisis – where do I start? for ...
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Attributing Teaching Material Under GPL
I teach a course where my teaching materials are a combination of 1: original material, 2: material from colleagues, and 3: material provided by the textbook. My colleagues have given me permission to ...
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Tools for planning learning as a time-dependent activity?
I'm looking into planning tools for labs and lessons. I'm wondering if there is an established tool, similar to a storyboard, that lets me plan from the perspective of skills the student will gain as ...
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Effective way to handle open-ended student feedback?
I regularly use a short start/stop/continue-survey on my students to be able to improve my teaching skills. I get a lot of informative data that helps me, but there's a lot of work involved in digging ...
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Examples for non-math department students to be used for Calculus course
This semester I am a teaching assistant for Calculus. There are many students from different departments like International Relations, Economics and more taking the course. The course is comprehensive....
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Touch screen for projecting results and mentoring PhD students: a good solution for a computer lab?
I just got an assistant professor position in the USA. I am negotiating the startup package. I am mainly doing computational staff (engineering deparment) therefore I am asking for computing nodes in ...
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What strategies are there for defining learner profiles for an online course aimed at international students?
I am interested in developing a set of postgraduate level courses that will be taught entirely online aimed at a primarily international (non-UK) audience.
I am seeking strategies for defining a set ...
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Building community in a college classroom
I am a TA for a class designed to bring a group of about 25 students together as a cohort starting their freshman year of college. They are in the same department so they will be mostly taking similar ...
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Gradescope - posting grades
I have a class test graded, and want to publish\post the grades.
However, some students are expected to makeup the test, and I don't want them to see the test yet. Will a student with
This student ...
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Career impact of bad performance at visiting instructor position?
This is probably the last question I'm going to ask for a while. This can also be considered a follow up to this post I made two months ago: Could my visiting instructor position be terminated due to ...
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Points to focus on while making a video of an online teaching demonstration for a university teaching position application
I've applied for a mathematics teaching position at a university, and as part of the application process, I'm supposed to submit a video of my teaching. The exact guideline says:
"Select a small ...