Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Scaffolded assignments: Break significant projects into smaller, more manageable parts, such as proposals, annotated bibliographies, and rough drafts, to reduce student anxiety and provide opportunities for meaningful feedback at each step, improving learning outcomes (Ambrose, 2010). Mindset: The new psychology of success. Random House.

Plagiarism 122

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 122

Faculty Focus

MARCH 12, 2023

The first day or week of the semester is often referred to as what students call “syllabus week,” because professors typically spend the first day of class reviewing the syllabus—interject a big yawn here. At this point, I still have not reviewed the syllabus with them and instead begin a community building activity.

Student Engagement 98

Student Engagement Activities Syllabus Instructors 98

Faculty Focus

MAY 29, 2025

After 13 years of testing higher-order active learning modalities in the classroom, collecting data, building a database, and analyzing student learning results in bi-annual principles of marketing classes, my colleague and I saw two important results emerge.

Student Engagement 78

Student Engagement Syllabus Learning Students 78

Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2024

Now that such tools are out there, Watkins suggests that professors look for more ways to do active learning in their classes, and to put more of what he called “intentional friction” in student learning so that students are forced to stop and participate or to reflect on what is being said.

Lecturing 216

Lecturing Education Assignments Syllabus 216

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Scaffolded assignments: Break significant projects into smaller, more manageable parts, such as proposals, annotated bibliographies, and rough drafts, to reduce student anxiety and provide opportunities for meaningful feedback at each step, improving learning outcomes (Ambrose, 2010). Mindset: The new psychology of success. Random House.

Plagiarism 98

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2024

Whether it’s whipping up dazzling PowerPoint slides, rewording a syllabus, or designing a new and exciting lesson, AI has you covered. It’s as simple as writing something and then asking generative AI to rewrite it for a more polished version. As you gear up for the new semester, why not let AI do some of the heavy lifting?

Syllabus 119

Syllabus Assignments Feedback Teaching Assistants 119

Faculty Focus

MARCH 14, 2023

The following includes a few strategies and examples to ensure clarity: A clear, inclusive syllabus with a course calendar of class activities, routines, materials, links to rubrics, etc. About universal design for learning. Active learning. Learning science principles for instructors. CEI (2022).

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Exams Instructors Assignments 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2024

Whether it’s whipping up dazzling PowerPoint slides, rewording a syllabus, or designing a new and exciting lesson, AI has you covered. It’s as simple as writing something and then asking generative AI to rewrite it for a more polished version. As you gear up for the new semester, why not let AI do some of the heavy lifting?

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Assignments Feedback Teaching Assistants 111

Faculty Focus

MAY 13, 2025

The instructor typically arrives, distributes a syllabus outlining course policies and expectations, explains assignments and grading criteria, and may include a brief activity or icebreaker. It reframes the syllabus not as a fixed legal document, but as a living agreement shaped by both instructor expertise and student input.

Syllabus 105

Syllabus Instructors Learning Discussions 105

Faculty Focus

MAY 13, 2025

The instructor typically arrives, distributes a syllabus outlining course policies and expectations, explains assignments and grading criteria, and may include a brief activity or icebreaker. It reframes the syllabus not as a fixed legal document, but as a living agreement shaped by both instructor expertise and student input.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Instructors Learning Discussions 98

Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2016

The platform’s algorithm is able to match the relevant available content to an individual faculty’s particular learning objectives by a simple upload of the course syllabus. Many universities are looking to incentivization models that reward faculty members for learning about OER and encouraging them to explore.

Textbooks 126

Textbooks Syllabus Course Design Communication 126

Faculty Focus

JULY 27, 2023

QR codes can be used to share materials with students and to engage students in active learning activities. They provide a quick way to access a webpage that could be the syllabus, a poll, a list of resources, or a shared online space for a brainstorming activity. The exercise could involve recall practice.

Student Engagement 98

Student Engagement Syllabus Students Lecturing 98

Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2019

When forced to redesign his course, Robertson saw an opportunity to move toward a curriculum that offered more flexibility than his linear syllabus ever could. His choice: modular learning. Robertson notes that redesigning a curriculum using modules allows educators to build a cache of materials a little at a time.

Curriculum 157

Curriculum Hybrid Courses Lecturing Gamification 157

Faculty Focus

JUNE 22, 2023

Faculty should be able to provide an exceptional active learning environment for our students that helps students achieve success of the desired course and/or program outcomes (Camacho & Conceicao, 2020). In an asynchronous program, faculty can cover the benefit of discussing problems, concerns, or assignments in a virtual meeting.

Learning 111

Learning Syllabus Assignments Communication 111

Faculty Focus

JUNE 22, 2023

Faculty should be able to provide an exceptional active learning environment for our students that helps students achieve success of the desired course and/or program outcomes (Camacho & Conceicao, 2020). In an asynchronous program, faculty can cover the benefit of discussing problems, concerns, or assignments in a virtual meeting.

Learning 98

Learning Syllabus Assignments Communication 98

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Step four in Finks guide consists of the teaching and learning activities, which in order to create significant learning opportunities, must incorporate active learning. Active learning thus includes the act of students doing things which requires experiential opportunities and reflective dialogue.

Course Design 62

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 62

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Step four in Finks guide consists of the teaching and learning activities, which in order to create significant learning opportunities, must incorporate active learning. Active learning thus includes the act of students doing things which requires experiential opportunities and reflective dialogue.

Course Design 61

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 61

k12 Online Schools

MAY 12, 2025

Lets unpack how algorithms and influencers are reshaping learning behind the scenes. How Algorithms Create Learning Paths (Without a Syllabus) At their core, social media algorithms aim to keep users engaged. What are they learning, and how can adults help them learn better? But thats only part of the picture.

Online Learning 52

Online Learning Lecturing Learning Textbooks 52

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 9, 2022

I use a standard weekly structure using learning modules. Each has an introduction video with closed captioning, written text, and a variety of engaging activities for the week. This helps my face-to-face and virtual students focus on their learning process using various modes of presentation. Harris, B. McCarthy, P. Wright, A.

Universal Design 116

Universal Design Course Design Learning Syllabus 116