Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2025

When our students overcome obstacles in their learning due to our support and encouragement, or experience transformations from our well-constructed course design and subsequent instruction, we succeed in cultivating spaces where their success is made possible. Student success is teacher success.

Students 122

Students Motivation Feedback Communication 122

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

2011) into all parts of our courses (see Saucier et al., 2022 for a discussion of the empathetic course design perspective). This ranges from our syllabi to our course structures and policies, to our assignments and assessments. This empathetic course design perspective is important to us. Miller, S.

Course Design 142

Course Design Assignments Teaching Philosophy Instructors 142

Faculty Focus

APRIL 18, 2023

All sections of bi-modal courses receive a copy over of the asynchronous LMS master course. The faculty team could be consulted as to what materials should be placed in the master course. Every educator has the same course design and materials. Flexible (UDL) assignment design.

Exams 98

Exams Course Design Assignments Learning 98

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2025

When our students overcome obstacles in their learning due to our support and encouragement, or experience transformations from our well-constructed course design and subsequent instruction, we succeed in cultivating spaces where their success is made possible. Student success is teacher success.

Students 111

Students Motivation Feedback Communication 111

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

If you are like most of those with whom I work, you spend hours identifying the desired learning outcomes, essential understandings and skills, and appropriate materials. This then leads to countless hours of designing assessments and learning experiences. This type of intellectual rigor is desirable in course design.

Syllabus 132

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 132

Faculty Focus

MAY 30, 2023

This method, however, often leads to a lack of student engagement and, consequently, less effective learning. To counter this, I offer an alternative approach: integrating student choice into course assignments. The target course was a completely asynchronous and was redesigned into three blocks, each containing five modules.

Student Engagement 98

Student Engagement Assignments Instructors Students 98

Faculty Focus

JUNE 25, 2023

Next, I drafted a one-page syllabus (Figure 1) that included my contact information, a course description, student learning outcomes, those same discovery questions (above), recommended texts, a preliminary course schedule, and an abbreviated outline of the course content. table of contents) in the text(s).

Coaching 105

Coaching Syllabus Confidentiality Assignments 105

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Trusting students does not mean ignoring accountability; it means designing courses, policies, and practices that build their confidence and skills while treating them as equal partners in their education. Collaborative syllabus design: During the first class, engage students in setting community and classroom norms and goals.

Plagiarism 122

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 122

Faculty Focus

JUNE 25, 2023

Next, I drafted a one-page syllabus (Figure 1) that included my contact information, a course description, student learning outcomes, those same discovery questions (above), recommended texts, a preliminary course schedule, and an abbreviated outline of the course content. table of contents) in the text(s).

Coaching 98

Coaching Syllabus Confidentiality Assignments 98

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 12, 2025

In an era of advanced technologies and artificial intelligence, the use of these tools in education raises concerns about its impact on student learning, particularly when it comes to assessments. When completing assignments or preparing for tests, there is a concern that they might be “faking it until they make it.”

Learning 109

Learning Evaluation Students Course Design 109

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

If you are like most of those with whom I work, you spend hours identifying the desired learning outcomes, essential understandings and skills, and appropriate materials. This then leads to countless hours of designing assessments and learning experiences. This type of intellectual rigor is desirable in course design.

Syllabus 103

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 103

Faculty Focus

MAY 11, 2025

In higher education, we see our students use AI in many ways, to provide both authorized and unauthorized aid in their completion of assignments. He said that students could read much of the content off our PowerPoint slides and in the assigned readings without AI. The empathetic course design perspective. Schiffer, A.

Instructors 115

Instructors Motivation Critical Thinking Students 115

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

2011) into all parts of our courses (see Saucier et al., 2022 for a discussion of the empathetic course design perspective). This ranges from our syllabi to our course structures and policies, to our assignments and assessments. This empathetic course design perspective is important to us. Miller, S.

Course Design 98

Course Design Assignments Teaching Philosophy Instructors 98

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 12, 2025

In an era of advanced technologies and artificial intelligence, the use of these tools in education raises concerns about its impact on student learning, particularly when it comes to assessments. When completing assignments or preparing for tests, there is a concern that they might be “faking it until they make it.”

Learning 103

Learning Evaluation Students Course Design 103

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In higher education, there has been an over-reliance on administering summative assessments and simply assigning student grades, often with minimal to no feedback provided prior to the conclusion of the course. Providing student feedback on an assessment, or any assignment, provides extensive value.

Fairness 122

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 122

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Trusting students does not mean ignoring accountability; it means designing courses, policies, and practices that build their confidence and skills while treating them as equal partners in their education. Collaborative syllabus design: During the first class, engage students in setting community and classroom norms and goals.

Plagiarism 98

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 98

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

One theme on building critical consciousness explored in our program is the presence of implicit linguistic biases in course syllabi and assignment designs. What does the language in the syllabus/assignment assume about students (e.g., language choices for turning in assignments? would be in serious trouble.

Teaching 98

Teaching Instructors English Languages 98

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Experiential learning assists students to master complex subjects and to gain a deep understanding of fundamental principles that need to be applied later. Assess the extent to which the students achieved the desired learning outcomes. Some of the questions to address here are: What products will demonstrate learning?

Learning 122

Learning Problem-Based Learning Students Lecturing 122

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In higher education, there has been an over-reliance on administering summative assessments and simply assigning student grades, often with minimal to no feedback provided prior to the conclusion of the course. Providing student feedback on an assessment, or any assignment, provides extensive value.

Fairness 111

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 111

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

For example , an undergraduate history course provides an ungraded, self-test quiz at the start of every online unit that allows students multiple attempts at answering a question and provides prescriptive feedback for each attempt. The content of the questions is aligned to the learning outcomes and is linked to the subsequent assignments.

Knowledge 126

Knowledge Quizzes Students Learning 126

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2023

To facilitate implementation, we have categorized the strategies from the perspectives of course designers, content creators, and those delivering the content or workshops. We also list a few simple suggestions for improving learning spaces.

Disabilities 98

Disabilities Learning Spaces Universal Design Learning Disabilities 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2023

To facilitate implementation, we have categorized the strategies from the perspectives of course designers, content creators, and those delivering the content or workshops. We also list a few simple suggestions for improving learning spaces.

Disabilities 98

Disabilities Learning Spaces Universal Design Learning Disabilities 98

Faculty Focus

MARCH 16, 2025

The Delivery Next comes the delivery of new learning, which can be achieved through various methods such as assigned readings, live or pre-recorded lectures, class discussions, flipped classroom activities, or small group work. Summary Statement Finally, an effective class concludes with a strategy to summarize key points.

Counselling 92

Counselling Learning Lecturing Knowledge 92

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Experiential learning assists students to master complex subjects and to gain a deep understanding of fundamental principles that need to be applied later. Assess the extent to which the students achieved the desired learning outcomes. Some of the questions to address here are: What products will demonstrate learning?

Learning 98

Learning Problem-Based Learning Students Lecturing 98

Scholarly Teacher

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Rachel Thelen , The University of Minnesota School of Dentistry Noelle Haight , Occupational Therapist and Educator Julia VanderMolen , University of the Pacific Key Statement: Four helpful tips, including backwards design, for the new instructor looking to (re)design their course.

Instructors 52

Instructors Curriculum Quizzes Lecturing 52

Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Since professors typically require use of these tools to participate in class, students complain that they are essentially being charged to turn in their assignments. So he doesn’t assign it to his students. “I So far, OpenStax Tutor is available for beta testing in physics, biology and sociology courses.

Textbooks 117

Textbooks Instructors History Syllabus 117

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

But it’s increasingly unclear if online learning is living up to its promise for students, even as digital learning makes its way into more institutions’ offerings. The quality of online courses still varies drastically, and research shows there are major racial disparities in digital-learning outcomes.

Instructors 133

Instructors Distance Learning Students Online Learning 133

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

For example , an undergraduate history course provides an ungraded, self-test quiz at the start of every online unit that allows students multiple attempts at answering a question and provides prescriptive feedback for each attempt. The content of the questions is aligned to the learning outcomes and is linked to the subsequent assignments.

Knowledge 98

Knowledge Quizzes Students Learning 98

Faculty Focus

MARCH 16, 2025

The Delivery Next comes the delivery of new learning, which can be achieved through various methods such as assigned readings, live or pre-recorded lectures, class discussions, flipped classroom activities, or small group work. Summary Statement Finally, an effective class concludes with a strategy to summarize key points.

Counselling 71

Counselling Learning Lecturing Knowledge 71

Scholarly Teacher

DECEMBER 11, 2024

2020; Lang 2021; McRee 2012), results are often self-reported assessments and focus on the characteristics of the instruction such as good course design or expert presentation; less typically does the research focus solely on the learner (Gore et al., Toward learning-centered education in colleges and universities.

Teaching 52

Teaching Syllabus Instructors Problem-Based Learning 52

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 25, 2024

It was fulfilling to read about how they connected to the content we learned together, the activities we engaged in, and the missions and assignments they completed. Instructors can and should provide teasers for the upcoming big learning moments (e.g., The empathetic course design perspective. Schiffer, A.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Instructors Activities Teaching Philosophy 111

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 9, 2022

2016); however, the model should be accompanied by a course design that applies the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework to augment accessibility. In turn, student attendance increases learning (Abdelmalak & Parra, 2016). Integrating UDL within a HyFlex model. Engagement.

Universal Design 116

Universal Design Course Design Learning Syllabus 116

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 25, 2024

It was fulfilling to read about how they connected to the content we learned together, the activities we engaged in, and the missions and assignments they completed. Instructors can and should provide teasers for the upcoming big learning moments (e.g., The empathetic course design perspective. Schiffer, A.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Instructors Activities Teaching Philosophy 98

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

2022 for discussion of empathetic course design). See below for an example: Upon reviewing the course syllabus, you will see that our course covers content that may be emotionally difficult. Your engagement with these topics may take the form of assigned readings and/or videos, class discussions, and/or assignments.

Syllabus 119

Syllabus Course Design Instructors Teaching Philosophy 119

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

2022 for discussion of empathetic course design). See below for an example: Upon reviewing the course syllabus, you will see that our course covers content that may be emotionally difficult. Your engagement with these topics may take the form of assigned readings and/or videos, class discussions, and/or assignments.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Course Design Instructors Teaching Philosophy 111