Faculty Focus

APRIL 15, 2025

With the growing demand for contemporary online education, it is crucial to analyze instructional design – a systematic process that applies psychological principles of human learning to develop effective instructional solutions. Applying Andragogy to Online Course Design to Increase Student Engagement and Success.

Student Engagement 110

Student Engagement Instructors Lecturing Students 110

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

If you are like most of those with whom I work, you spend hours identifying the desired learning outcomes, essential understandings and skills, and appropriate materials. This then leads to countless hours of designing assessments and learning experiences. This type of intellectual rigor is desirable in course design.

Syllabus 103

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 103

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Experiential learning assists students to master complex subjects and to gain a deep understanding of fundamental principles that need to be applied later. Implementation steps There are five basic steps to designing and implementing a course that engages students in experiential learning. What was difficult for you?

Learning 98

Learning Problem-Based Learning Students Lecturing 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 29, 2024

Interdisciplinary education has positively impacted students’ academic and career outcomes. Research suggests that high school and university students who employ interdisciplinary approaches tend to achieve as well or better academically (Campbell & Henning, 2010). Measuring learning outcomes. Caspersen, J.,

Interdisciplinary 111

Interdisciplinary Study Multidisciplinary Metacognitive Skills 111

Faculty Focus

JUNE 25, 2023

Next, I drafted a one-page syllabus (Figure 1) that included my contact information, a course description, student learning outcomes, those same discovery questions (above), recommended texts, a preliminary course schedule, and an abbreviated outline of the course content. table of contents) in the text(s).

Coaching 105

Coaching Syllabus Confidentiality Assignments 105

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2023

.” In the current learning environment, students with disabilities encounter significant challenges due to the lack of inclusivity and accessibility in the education system. We also list a few simple suggestions for improving learning spaces.

Disabilities 98

Disabilities Learning Spaces Universal Design Learning Disabilities 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2023

.” In the current learning environment, students with disabilities encounter significant challenges due to the lack of inclusivity and accessibility in the education system. We also list a few simple suggestions for improving learning spaces.

Disabilities 98

Disabilities Learning Spaces Universal Design Learning Disabilities 98

Faculty Focus

JUNE 25, 2023

Next, I drafted a one-page syllabus (Figure 1) that included my contact information, a course description, student learning outcomes, those same discovery questions (above), recommended texts, a preliminary course schedule, and an abbreviated outline of the course content. table of contents) in the text(s).

Coaching 98

Coaching Syllabus Confidentiality Assignments 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 29, 2024

Interdisciplinary education has positively impacted students’ academic and career outcomes. Research suggests that high school and university students who employ interdisciplinary approaches tend to achieve as well or better academically (Campbell & Henning, 2010). Measuring learning outcomes. Caspersen, J.,

Interdisciplinary 98

Interdisciplinary Study Multidisciplinary Metacognitive Skills 98

Faculty Focus

APRIL 15, 2025

With the growing demand for contemporary online education, it is crucial to analyze instructional design – a systematic process that applies psychological principles of human learning to develop effective instructional solutions. Applying Andragogy to Online Course Design to Increase Student Engagement and Success.

Student Engagement 86

Student Engagement Instructors Lecturing Students 86

Faculty Focus

MARCH 16, 2025

The Delivery Next comes the delivery of new learning, which can be achieved through various methods such as assigned readings, live or pre-recorded lectures, class discussions, flipped classroom activities, or small group work. Summary Statement Finally, an effective class concludes with a strategy to summarize key points.

Counselling 92

Counselling Learning Lecturing Knowledge 92

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 13, 2022

in the UK’s Framework for Higher Education Qualifications, QAA, 2014) and for specific course design (e.g. in the language of learning outcomes for the later stage modules of programs). It is a key element in the higher levels of cognitive taxonomy and is reflected as such for sector quality (e,g.

Teaching 98

Teaching Learning Critical Thinking Evaluation 98

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 13, 2022

in the UK’s Framework for Higher Education Qualifications, QAA, 2014) and for specific course design (e.g. in the language of learning outcomes for the later stage modules of programs). It is a key element in the higher levels of cognitive taxonomy and is reflected as such for sector quality (e,g.

Teaching 98

Teaching Learning Critical Thinking Evaluation 98

Faculty Focus

APRIL 23, 2023

Asking faculty thought-provoking questions will help them to achieve a better understanding of any subject matter in discourse. Faculty professional development should revolve around two sets of principles to make teaching and learning more effective and to create conditions to support student learning.

Evaluation 111

Evaluation Participation Knowledge Learning Styles 111

Scholarly Teacher

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Rachel Thelen , The University of Minnesota School of Dentistry Noelle Haight , Occupational Therapist and Educator Julia VanderMolen , University of the Pacific Key Statement: Four helpful tips, including backwards design, for the new instructor looking to (re)design their course.

Instructors 52

Instructors Curriculum Quizzes Lecturing 52

Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2019

OpenStax and Rice scientists and developers collaborate with external researchers to test and publish papers about, for example, the effects that personalized question selection has on learning outcomes and whether natural language processing algorithms can nudge students to improve their responses to short-answer questions.

Textbooks 117

Textbooks Instructors History Syllabus 117

Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2017

For example, research in educational psychology often is characterized by efforts to investigate isolated interventions, in carefully controlled laboratory conditions, under short time frames, using motivated participants and focusing on learning outcomes like retention.

Laboratory 97

Laboratory Failure Education Study 97

Faculty Focus

APRIL 23, 2023

Asking faculty thought-provoking questions will help them to achieve a better understanding of any subject matter in discourse. Faculty professional development should revolve around two sets of principles to make teaching and learning more effective and to create conditions to support student learning.

Evaluation 94

Evaluation Participation Knowledge Learning Styles 94

Faculty Focus

MARCH 16, 2025

The Delivery Next comes the delivery of new learning, which can be achieved through various methods such as assigned readings, live or pre-recorded lectures, class discussions, flipped classroom activities, or small group work. Summary Statement Finally, an effective class concludes with a strategy to summarize key points.

Counselling 71

Counselling Learning Lecturing Knowledge 71

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Deficit thinking and Hispanic student achievement: Scientific information resources. University of Illinois and Indiana University, National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA). Baker-Bell, A. Linguistic justice: Black language, literacy, identity, and pedagogy. Bruton, A., & Robles-Piña, R. Cavazos, A.

Teaching 98

Teaching Instructors English Languages 98

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Universities must collect data on program effectiveness, student achievement, and resource allocation to address low student retention rates. Online courses are associated with increased retention and graduation rates, they improve access to education for disadvantaged students.

Syllabus 52

Syllabus Study Learning Outcomes Curriculum 52

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 9, 2022

2016); however, the model should be accompanied by a course design that applies the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework to augment accessibility. In turn, student attendance increases learning (Abdelmalak & Parra, 2016). Expanding learning opportunities for graduate students with HyFlex course design.

Universal Design 116

Universal Design Course Design Learning Syllabus 116

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 25, 2024

We want to describe our course and its content in a way that informs our students about what we will learn together and inspires our students to come back on the second day to learn that with us. We may achieve that goal by designing a first day that will make memories for our students. Schiffer, A. Saucier, D.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Instructors Activities Teaching Philosophy 111

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 25, 2024

We want to describe our course and its content in a way that informs our students about what we will learn together and inspires our students to come back on the second day to learn that with us. We may achieve that goal by designing a first day that will make memories for our students. Schiffer, A. Saucier, D.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Instructors Activities Teaching Philosophy 98

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

2022 for discussion of empathetic course design). Please understand that the inclusion of such content in this course is not meant to cause distress on your behalf, but rather to expand your knowledge of these topics and how they manifest in the world around us. The empathic course design perspective. Saucier, D.

Syllabus 119

Syllabus Course Design Instructors Teaching Philosophy 119

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

2022 for discussion of empathetic course design). Please understand that the inclusion of such content in this course is not meant to cause distress on your behalf, but rather to expand your knowledge of these topics and how they manifest in the world around us. The empathic course design perspective. Saucier, D.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Course Design Instructors Teaching Philosophy 111