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).

Plagiarism 98

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 98

Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2018

Previously, her syllabus relied on a series of pamphlets from the Water Education Foundation, a California-based non-profit. Anagnoson also holds a graduate degree from Harvard University, where she specialized in environmental ethics. Anagnoson says she considered using OER before her course was lumped into the Z-degree.

Textbooks 126

Textbooks Instructors History Syllabus 126

Faculty Focus

JUNE 22, 2023

It becomes the faculty’s responsibility to close the proximity and strongly engage students to pay close attention to assignments, read announcements, hold virtual office hours, and positively influence student outcomes of the course. Rubrics for all graded assignments should also be offered to students with clear details of expectations.

Learning 111

Learning Syllabus Assignments Communication 111

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

Should you redesign your academic integrity syllabus statement or does your current one suffice? Should you change the way you give exams and design assignments? Redesigning assignments can reduce the potential for cheating with AI. Redesigning assignments can reduce the potential for cheating with AI.

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Syllabus 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

Should you redesign your academic integrity syllabus statement or does your current one suffice? Should you change the way you give exams and design assignments? Redesigning assignments can reduce the potential for cheating with AI. Redesigning assignments can reduce the potential for cheating with AI.

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Syllabus 98

Faculty Focus

JUNE 22, 2023

It becomes the faculty’s responsibility to close the proximity and strongly engage students to pay close attention to assignments, read announcements, hold virtual office hours, and positively influence student outcomes of the course. Rubrics for all graded assignments should also be offered to students with clear details of expectations.

Learning 98

Learning Syllabus Assignments Communication 98

Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

Dr. Tony Zhang from Gies College of Business offered perspective on AI, ChatBot technology, and ethical academic support tools. Flexibility in format and modality such as recorded lectures, alternative assignments, or extended deadlinesmade students feel supported, capable, and seen. Textbook format and cost mattered.

Disabilities 64

Disabilities Course Design Lecturing Students 64

k12 Online Schools

MAY 12, 2025

These short lectures often introduce students to ideas theyd never encounter in a regular curriculum, ideas about identity, ethics, global issues, and personal growth. Classroom Integration: Many schools now assign TED Talks as homework or discussion starters. But what sets them apart is their emotional and intellectual impact.

Online Learning 52

Online Learning Lecturing Learning Textbooks 52

EAB

JUNE 8, 2023

Thinking we can distinguish between AI-generated and human-generated work Concerned about academic integrity, many academic colleges have turned to plagiarism detection services in student assignments. oral examinations to evaluate foundational skills) as well as use new kinds of assignments that can help students hone higher-order skills.

Plagiarism 52

Plagiarism Instructors Evaluation Academic Integrity 52

Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2019

And we also checked in with an administrator at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas who assigns the show in a first-year seminar she leads. But could a show like the Good Place actually belong on a college syllabus? For this week’s podcast, we talked first with Todd May, that professor helping to advise The Good Place.

Teaching Philosophy 167

Teaching Philosophy Teaching Ethics Syllabus 167