Faculty Focus

APRIL 24, 2025

However, we are often unaware of tacit knowledge that underlies our activities and actions, especially when things do not go as planned. Ideally, faculty development programs could promote and illustrate that reflection during the action can be learned. Interestingly, Schon would probably agree with the above.

Lecturing 54

Lecturing Faculty Development Laboratory Knowledge 54

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

Faculty developers and instructors can use this framework to harness AI’s potential, ensuring it supports rather than supplants their pedagogical roles. Davidson, 2021; Pritts, 2023) to position AI as a partner in faculty development. Ethical Considerations: Equity and Agency Ethical dilemmas loom large.

Faculty Development 75

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 75

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Make sure all links and media in the course are active and work when students need to access them. This appreciation is often mentioned in end-of-term evaluations. For those using Canvas, a Course Evaluation Checklist is available to use as a guide for designing effective and accessible courses. Melissa Samaniego, Ed.D.

Syllabus 105

Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 105

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Although faculty development programs and curriculum designers have been calling for such (assessment practice) forms of assessment, today, we are more in need of it than ever before. This requires that they perform tasks intended for a real audience and the student has an active role that simulates their role in life.

Authentic Assessment 111

Authentic Assessment Counselling Learning Outcomes Faculty Development 111

Faculty Focus

APRIL 29, 2025

The hierarchical structure of academia places tenure-track faculty at particular risk, as they are vulnerable to unfair evaluation practices, disproportionate workloads, and a lack of mentorship from senior faculty. Institutions must not only implement policies but also actively enforce them. Levecque et al.

Education 124

Education Culture Counselling Ethics 124

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Collaborative learning allows students to be engaged and active participants in their own learning by sharing ideas, analyzing problems, and finding solutions to them. Professors should be careful in the formation of groups, implement individual accountability criteria, and use peer evaluation to abate this problem.

Collaborative Learning 115

Collaborative Learning Education Learning Students 115

Faculty Focus

MAY 30, 2023

Traditionally, the one-size-fits-all approach to assessment has been dominant, with all students completing the same activities throughout the course. Additionally, this approach balanced the need for high-levels of faculty-student interaction as well as personalized feedback within a growing class size, a previously challenging task.

Student Engagement 96

Student Engagement Assignments Instructors Students 96

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Collaborative learning allows students to be engaged and active participants in their own learning by sharing ideas, analyzing problems, and finding solutions to them. Professors should be careful in the formation of groups, implement individual accountability criteria, and use peer evaluation to abate this problem.

Collaborative Learning 104

Collaborative Learning Education Learning Students 104

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 27, 2023

As we re-evaluated our teaching, we sought new ways to teach culture, and above all, ways to develop our students’ ability to make cultural connections, a skill that is part of the learning goals of the American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL).

Group work 98

Group work Culture Instructors Language 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 27, 2023

As we re-evaluated our teaching, we sought new ways to teach culture, and above all, ways to develop our students’ ability to make cultural connections, a skill that is part of the learning goals of the American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL).

Group work 97

Group work Culture Instructors Language 97

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

The second type of curriculum consists of the set of plans made for guiding learning, which includes the learning experiences and interactions that students have with the content, materials, resources and the process for evaluating mastery of the objectives (Glatthorn, Boschee, Whitehead & Boschee, 2019).

Course Design 60

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 60

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

The second type of curriculum consists of the set of plans made for guiding learning, which includes the learning experiences and interactions that students have with the content, materials, resources and the process for evaluating mastery of the objectives (Glatthorn, Boschee, Whitehead & Boschee, 2019).

Course Design 58

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 58

Faculty Focus

APRIL 24, 2025

However, we are often unaware of tacit knowledge that underlies our activities and actions, especially when things do not go as planned. Ideally, faculty development programs could promote and illustrate that reflection during the action can be learned. Interestingly, Schon would probably agree with the above.

Lecturing 64

Lecturing Faculty Development Laboratory Knowledge 64

EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Scholastica Student Success Improving success for pre-health students Joe Fritsch, Ph.D., Assistant Vice President, Institutional Strategy & Effectiveness, Mississippi State University University Research Supporting undergraduate research and challenging assumptions R.

Interdisciplinary 52

Interdisciplinary Science Participation Art 52

Faculty Focus

APRIL 6, 2025

In general, educators recognize the value of student feedback: it can help us better understand the classroom experience, modify learning activities, or adjust our policies and practices to improve student outcomes. Before the evaluation, the facilitator and the instructor identify three or four open-ended questions to structure the MSF.

Instructors 84

Instructors Feedback Evaluation Students 84

Faculty Focus

APRIL 6, 2025

In general, educators recognize the value of student feedback: it can help us better understand the classroom experience, modify learning activities, or adjust our policies and practices to improve student outcomes. Before the evaluation, the facilitator and the instructor identify three or four open-ended questions to structure the MSF.

Instructors 78

Instructors Feedback Evaluation Students 78