Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Before any work on the course concepts starts, the focus should be on developing communication and trust in the classroom space. We may not all have the luxury in our class schedules to take an entire week for this, but we must integrate more community building in our existing activities and schedules, especially on the first day.

Exams 116

Exams Syllabus Group work Assignments 116

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Collaborative syllabus design: During the first class, engage students in setting community and classroom norms and goals. A co-created syllabus session fosters accountability and trust, as students feel ownership of the course structure (Cook-Sather et al., 2014; Agarwal, 2019).

Plagiarism 122

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 122

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Successful syllabus While there are mandatory components of a standard syllabus, I also add welcoming elements. I always begin my syllabus with an inclusive and inspirational quote. During a gallery walk, each group answers a prompt, posting their findings on large poster papers that are then placed around the classroom.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Lecturing Instructors Feedback 111

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Before any work on the course concepts starts, the focus should be on developing communication and trust in the classroom space. We may not all have the luxury in our class schedules to take an entire week for this, but we must integrate more community building in our existing activities and schedules, especially on the first day.

Exams 111

Exams Syllabus Group work Assignments 111

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Collaborative syllabus design: During the first class, engage students in setting community and classroom norms and goals. A co-created syllabus session fosters accountability and trust, as students feel ownership of the course structure (Cook-Sather et al., 2014; Agarwal, 2019).

Plagiarism 98

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 98

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Acrobat) to apply built-in page layouts Tables do not work well with screen readers, so consider alternative organizational elements Use descriptive wording for hyperlink text rather than “click here” Post most instructor-created content within LMS content pages (i.e.,

Disabilities 144

Disabilities Exams Lecturing Education 144

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

The topics our classes worked on included the Women’s Health Movement of the 1970s, environmental crises such as water pollution in Michigan, urban growth and injustice experienced in Boston’s Chinatown, and the Civil Rights Movement’s health activism. We then built the infrastructure for the project through a detailed “Project Guide”.

Syllabus 105

Syllabus Science History Communication 105

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

The topics our classes worked on included the Women’s Health Movement of the 1970s, environmental crises such as water pollution in Michigan, urban growth and injustice experienced in Boston’s Chinatown, and the Civil Rights Movement’s health activism. We then built the infrastructure for the project through a detailed “Project Guide”.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Science History Communication 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 52

Student Engagement Syllabus Learning Students 52

Edsurge

AUGUST 8, 2017

And class time is used for more interactive activities that encourage students to apply what they’re learning while the professor is there to step in and help if necessary. It’s just an unfortunate artifact of the kind of educational system they grow up with, that students go to class expecting the teacher to do work for them.

Failure 140

Failure Lecturing Syllabus Instructors 140

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Acrobat) to apply built-in page layouts Tables do not work well with screen readers, so consider alternative organizational elements Use descriptive wording for hyperlink text rather than “click here” Post most instructor-created content within LMS content pages (i.e.,

Disabilities 98

Disabilities Exams Lecturing Education 98

EAB

MAY 23, 2023

We do it through data, we do it through focus group work, we do it through storytelling through our publications, and we do it through resources and tools and through our presentation, keynotes, workshops, and institutes. Mentioned was focus group work. So we give voice to the data through our focus group work.

Student Engagement 52

Student Engagement Students Questions Syllabus 52

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Attach your class syllabus (if ready) Encourage students to reach out to you if they have any questions and identify the best method for them to do this—email, phone, Learning Management System, etc. The syllabus is great way to show your positive and encouraging bedside manner to the class. This activity definitely works as intended.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Teachers Discussions Questions 111

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Attach your class syllabus (if ready) Encourage students to reach out to you if they have any questions and identify the best method for them to do this—email, phone, Learning Management System, etc. The syllabus is great way to show your positive and encouraging bedside manner to the class. This activity definitely works as intended.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Teachers Discussions Questions 98