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5 Steps to Update Assignments to Foster Critical Thinking and Authentic Learning in an AI Age

Faculty Focus

We recognize we need to update assignments to promote academic integrity in an AI age, yet many of us feel unprepared to do so. We can provide the guidance students want, embed analysis and evaluation into our assignments to get at that all-important critical thinking, and nudge students toward integrity. By embracing transparency.

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5 Steps to Update Assignments to Foster Critical Thinking and Authentic Learning in an AI Age

Faculty Focus

We recognize we need to update assignments to promote academic integrity in an AI age, yet many of us feel unprepared to do so. We can provide the guidance students want, embed analysis and evaluation into our assignments to get at that all-important critical thinking, and nudge students toward integrity. By embracing transparency.

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How to Significantly Improve Student Engagement and Retained Learning in Higher Education

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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.

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Why I Stopped Starting Class with Content—and What Happened Instead

Faculty Focus

They don’t just activate the intellect—they ignite curiosity. I still assign readings. Try This in Your Class Tomorrow If you want to test this out without overhauling your syllabus, here’s a quick plug-and-play format: Choose a paradox related to your next topic. It turns out, paradoxes are rocket fuel for learning.

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Why I Stopped Starting Class with Content—and What Happened Instead

Faculty Focus

They don’t just activate the intellect—they ignite curiosity. I still assign readings. Try This in Your Class Tomorrow If you want to test this out without overhauling your syllabus, here’s a quick plug-and-play format: Choose a paradox related to your next topic. It turns out, paradoxes are rocket fuel for learning.

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What Your Students Aren’t Telling You: Listening, Learning, and Leading with Empathy 

Faculty Focus

Many were enrolled in leadership-focused sections of FSHN 101 and 120 and took on active roles in the analysis, writing, and design of the final open-access book: What Your Students Arent Telling You. A reworded syllabus, an anonymous feedback survey, or a mid-semester check-in can shift a students entire trajectory.

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Don’t Waste the First Day of School

Catlin Tucker

Unfortunately, many teachers spend the first day of school reading their syllabus to their students and explaining all of the classroom norms and rules. They move right from the 10 questions activity to an online quiz titled “What’s Your Learning Style?” Will the class be teacher centered or student centered?

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