Faculty Focus

JANUARY 28, 2025

These brief moments set the stage for active learning, focus, trust, and shaping the atmosphere of the entire session. These crucial minutes set the tone, influencing how students perceive the class, their peers, and their role within the learning environment. Consider the First Five Minutes from the students perspective.

Interdisciplinary 97

Interdisciplinary Activities Active Learning Participation 97

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

In a large classroom, instructors often face challenges in creating personal connections with students, maintaining attention, and ensuring active participation (Wang & Calvano, 2022). Oppositely, small classrooms allow for more intimate interactions, personalized feedback, and flexible teaching methods (Wang & Calvano, 2022).

Teaching 78

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 78

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

In a large classroom, instructors often face challenges in creating personal connections with students, maintaining attention, and ensuring active participation (Wang & Calvano, 2022). Oppositely, small classrooms allow for more intimate interactions, personalized feedback, and flexible teaching methods (Wang & Calvano, 2022).

Teaching 75

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 75

k12 Online Schools

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

K12 Schools In order to improve student engagement during online classes, educators can implement a variety of interactive teaching techniques. Incorporating live polls, quizzes, and breakout sessions encourages active participation and helps maintain student attentiveness. How will you overcome this?

Quizzes 52

Quizzes Attention Internet Education 52

Edsurge

JULY 8, 2022

But these days more professors take a more caring approach to teaching—a compassionate response to the collective trauma driven by the COVID pandemic and other challenges facing today’s college students That became clear to me a few months ago when I gave a talk on the benefits of active learning to more than 75 New York University faculty.

Ethics 167

Ethics Lecturing Motivation Instructors 167

Faculty Focus

MARCH 11, 2025

Fostering Engagement in Non-Major Biology Students through a Studio Environment Engaging students not inherently drawn to biology requires innovative teaching methods. Active learning strategies, where students actively engage in the learning process, promote participation and retention (Freeman et al.

Interdisciplinary 57

Interdisciplinary Instructors Students Motivation 57

Faculty Focus

MARCH 11, 2025

Fostering Engagement in Non-Major Biology Students through a Studio Environment Engaging students not inherently drawn to biology requires innovative teaching methods. Active learning strategies, where students actively engage in the learning process, promote participation and retention (Freeman et al.

Interdisciplinary 56

Interdisciplinary Instructors Students Motivation 56