Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

This piece will suggest a few simple ideas that teachers of introductory STEM classes may implement in their course design to turn their lectures into active learning experiences for a large student body, without needing to completely revisit and change their whole teaching style.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 18, 2024

Provide meaningful feedback Another way to achieve both of the above goals, and support student learning, is to provide students with clear, supportive feedback on their work. This recommendation might sound daunting at first, so here are some tips to make providing feedback easier for you and more meaningful for students.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2023

This article aims to share ideas and strategies that can help reduce barriers to learning, ensuring equal access to education and the opportunity for all students to achieve their full potential, regardless of ability. ii] Contrary to common belief, neurodiverse students represent a significant proportion of the higher education population.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2023

This article aims to share ideas and strategies that can help reduce barriers to learning, ensuring equal access to education and the opportunity for all students to achieve their full potential, regardless of ability. ii] Contrary to common belief, neurodiverse students represent a significant proportion of the higher education population.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 18, 2024

Provide meaningful feedback Another way to achieve both of the above goals, and support student learning, is to provide students with clear, supportive feedback on their work. This recommendation might sound daunting at first, so here are some tips to make providing feedback easier for you and more meaningful for students.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 2, 2023

Sustaining high quality online teaching and learning is best achieved through professional development derived from collegial relationships among online teaching faculty and high touch faculty support provided through an online mentoring model, the Online Learning Community (Pearson & Kirby, 2018). link] Blitz, C. REL 2013–003).

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Many professors may not be familiar with, A self-directed guide to designing courses for significant learning , a resource designed to do just what it says. From this, Fink developed a model known as integrated course design which consists of three phases: the initial, intermediate and final design phases.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Many professors may not be familiar with, A self-directed guide to designing courses for significant learning , a resource designed to do just what it says. From this, Fink developed a model known as integrated course design which consists of three phases: the initial, intermediate and final design phases.

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Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 61

Faculty Focus

JULY 2, 2023

Sustaining high quality online teaching and learning is best achieved through professional development derived from collegial relationships among online teaching faculty and high touch faculty support provided through an online mentoring model, the Online Learning Community (Pearson & Kirby, 2018). link] Blitz, C. REL 2013–003).

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Online Learning Distance Learning Education Learning 98

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Deficit thinking and Hispanic student achievement: Scientific information resources. Conocimiento through spiritual activism: A self-reflexive approach to challenging deficit beliefs and reimagining the value of teaching in higher education. Bruton, A., & Robles-Piña, R. Problems of Education in the 21st Century , 15 , 41–48.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

There are widespread beliefs about the best way to teach and learn that have been proven wrong by science, yet they persist. The rule—and that number—has many detractors , but the underlying principle is that it requires deep and focused work to achieve mastery. It’s a refrain among many working in learning engineering.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 25, 2023

However, they are expected to dig into why they hold these beliefs and should reflect on current research in their field of study. Inclusivity should also extend to course materials, incorporating scholars who may have previously been marginalized. Course design should reflect the diversity of the student body.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 25, 2023

However, they are expected to dig into why they hold these beliefs and should reflect on current research in their field of study. Inclusivity should also extend to course materials, incorporating scholars who may have previously been marginalized. Course design should reflect the diversity of the student body.

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