Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In doing so, we should design assessments as an engaging, ongoing process for students, helping them learn and achieve their learning outcomes rather than considering it as a one-shot test or quiz and focusing merely on the score. To this end, developing authentic assessment tasks might be the most effective approach for educators.

Authentic Assessment 111

Authentic Assessment Counselling Learning Outcomes Faculty Development 111

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 4, 2024

A lightboard is a large glass panel coupled with technology that allows an instructor to write or draw on a large surface (McCorkle & Whitener, 2020). Instructors who use a Lightboard to create instruction for asynchronous online learning can replicate what they would do in a traditional classroom when they draw or write on a whiteboard.

Online Learning 111

Online Learning Learning Tools Instructors Learning 111

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 24, 2023

They face pressures in their research, service, and increasingly in their teaching that the pandemic has made almost unbearable, and there seems to be no end in sight when it comes to the new tools, technologies, tips, and programs that faculty developers are rolling out to “support” their career advancement.

Teaching 122

Teaching Syllabus Instructors Disabilities 122

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 4, 2024

A lightboard is a large glass panel coupled with technology that allows an instructor to write or draw on a large surface (McCorkle & Whitener, 2020). Instructors who use a Lightboard to create instruction for asynchronous online learning can replicate what they would do in a traditional classroom when they draw or write on a whiteboard.

Online Learning 98

Online Learning Learning Tools Instructors Learning 98

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

a reflection, quiz, writing exercise, or note taking activity). You needn’t record and re-record until you achieve the perfectly polished presentation. Tolulope (Tolu) Noah, EdD, is the instructional learning spaces coordinator at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), where she facilitates faculty development.

Instructors 131

Instructors Lecturing Faculty Development Activities 131

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 24, 2023

They face pressures in their research, service, and increasingly in their teaching that the pandemic has made almost unbearable, and there seems to be no end in sight when it comes to the new tools, technologies, tips, and programs that faculty developers are rolling out to “support” their career advancement.

Teaching 98

Teaching Syllabus Instructors Disabilities 98

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Here, then, are 10 very basic, practical strategies for new faculty to consider during their early exploratory quests in the profession, based upon my experience of faculty development over the past 40 years. However, institutions vary in their commitment to faculty development. Is this enough?

Faculty Development 60

Faculty Development Peer Review Achievement Lecturing 60

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 22, 2024

Yes, many of us research and write on questions so advanced or abstract that covering them on the first day is impossible. What sort of puzzle or riddle or challenge might achieve this? I am happy to discuss in more detail—email me!—but Cover the syllabus later.

Syllabus 110

Syllabus Discussions Beliefs Questions 110

Faculty Focus

APRIL 24, 2025

I see the 80/20 rule has an on-going process in which the next time I teach the same course, my goal is to move towards achieving 90% of desired outcomes. As a matter of good practice, I wrote up a Faculty Focus article , sharing my experiences of reflective practice through beyond-action. what we actually do).

Lecturing 64

Lecturing Faculty Development Laboratory Knowledge 64

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 22, 2024

Yes, many of us research and write on questions so advanced or abstract that covering them on the first day is impossible. What sort of puzzle or riddle or challenge might achieve this? I am happy to discuss in more detail—email me!—but Cover the syllabus later.

Syllabus 105

Syllabus Discussions Beliefs Questions 105

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Here, then, are 10 very basic, practical strategies for new faculty to consider during their early exploratory quests in the profession, based upon my experience of faculty development over the past 40 years. However, institutions vary in their commitment to faculty development. Is this enough?

Faculty Development 53

Faculty Development Peer Review Achievement Lecturing 53

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

a reflection, quiz, writing exercise, or note taking activity). You needn’t record and re-record until you achieve the perfectly polished presentation. Tolulope (Tolu) Noah, EdD, is the instructional learning spaces coordinator at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), where she facilitates faculty development.

Instructors 98

Instructors Lecturing Faculty Development Activities 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 15, 2024

For example, having identified my three learning outcomes, I now need to figure out how to achieve them and how to assess my progress. She is also the author of The Counterintuitive Writer: A Writing Guide for Students. They’re not meant to be shared with anyone else. And they’re just the start of the process. References Tolle, E.

Learning Outcomes 64

Learning Outcomes Instructors Learning Teaching Philosophy 64

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 15, 2024

For example, having identified my three learning outcomes, I now need to figure out how to achieve them and how to assess my progress. She is also the author of The Counterintuitive Writer: A Writing Guide for Students. They’re not meant to be shared with anyone else. And they’re just the start of the process. References Tolle, E.

Learning Outcomes 59

Learning Outcomes Instructors Learning Teaching Philosophy 59

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Support is sometimes available from veteran professors, faculty development offices and workshops or training to assist professors in the challenging work of course and curriculum development and implementation. Questions to ask oneself include, were the goals of the course achieved and to what degree?

Course Design 60

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 60

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Support is sometimes available from veteran professors, faculty development offices and workshops or training to assist professors in the challenging work of course and curriculum development and implementation. Questions to ask oneself include, were the goals of the course achieved and to what degree?

Course Design 58

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 58

Faculty Focus

APRIL 6, 2025

After the session, the facilitator writes a brief report synthesizing feedback from the class. One way to achieve this more easily is to focus on those views that emerged as consensus points across the class. The Journal of Faculty Development 28 (2014), no. References Berk, Ronald A. Dangel, Harry and Lindsey, Peter.

Instructors 84

Instructors Feedback Evaluation Students 84

Faculty Focus

APRIL 6, 2025

After the session, the facilitator writes a brief report synthesizing feedback from the class. One way to achieve this more easily is to focus on those views that emerged as consensus points across the class. The Journal of Faculty Development 28 (2014), no. References Berk, Ronald A. Dangel, Harry and Lindsey, Peter.

Instructors 78

Instructors Feedback Evaluation Students 78

Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2025

Inspired by complete-the-story games in which players each write a line of a tale that builds off a previous persons idea, Gannon, director of the Center for the Advancement of Faculty Excellence at Queens University of Charlotte, North Carolina, uses a similar concept to facilitate silent discussions.

Discussions 206

Discussions Art Instructors Participation 206