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. that comprise of a lot of traditional lecturing. Saucier, Ph.D.

Instructors 115

Instructors Motivation Critical Thinking Students 115

Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2024

The template features an intuitive layout and essential components such as a syllabus, clear assignment guidelines, feedback and grading policies, detailed discussion forums, and links to student support services. These efforts culminated a meticulously designed course template that is the backbone of the program’s online offerings.

Feedback 111

Feedback Course Design Instructors Education 111

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. Carless, D., & Winstone, N.

Fairness 122

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 122

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

OER have the potential to offer more equitable and accessible learning experiences because they can be tailored to meet the needs of the students, including learning outcome alignment, accessible formatting, diverse learning materials, and diverse assessments.

Accessibility 98

Accessibility Exams Learning Peer Review 98

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

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

OER have the potential to offer more equitable and accessible learning experiences because they can be tailored to meet the needs of the students, including learning outcome alignment, accessible formatting, diverse learning materials, and diverse assessments.

Accessibility 96

Accessibility Exams Learning Peer Review 96

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 23, 2025

It is crucial that these direct measures, which include course assignments (for example, papers, demonstrations, worksheets, presentations, virtual simulations, live simulations), examinations, capstone projects, student portfolios, and internship evaluations (Bugeja & Garrett, 2019), align with learning outcomes.

Evaluation 68

Evaluation Education Learning Outcomes Students 68

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. Carless, D., & Winstone, N.

Fairness 111

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 111

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

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

This ranges from our syllabi to our course structures and policies, to our assignments and assessments. Use engaging and efficient activities and assignments. Building on our previous suggestion, we also intentionally schedule engaging and compelling activities and assignments during the grumpy time of the semester. Saucier, D.

Course Design 98

Course Design Assignments Teaching Philosophy Instructors 98

Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2023

An instructor would produce a 35-minute podcast developed to support an assigned reading centering on immune cell activation in a bout of acute inflammation. Once students completed their assigned textbook readings, the instructor would publish the inflammation episode for students to engage. He completed an eight-year Ph.D.

Instructors 111

Instructors Lecturing Learning Textbooks 111

Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2023

An instructor would produce a 35-minute podcast developed to support an assigned reading centering on immune cell activation in a bout of acute inflammation. Once students completed their assigned textbook readings, the instructor would publish the inflammation episode for students to engage. He completed an eight-year Ph.D.

Instructors 96

Instructors Lecturing Learning Textbooks 96

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., Saucier, Ph.D. Applied Economics Teaching Resources, 4 (4), 101-111.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Instructors Activities Teaching Philosophy 111

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., Saucier, Ph.D. Applied Economics Teaching Resources, 4 (4), 101-111.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Instructors Activities Teaching Philosophy 98

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 9, 2022

The course structure overview video, syllabus, and course map are provided in the “Start Here” module to give clear information about the objectives, assignments, assessments, and materials for student learning. This helps my face-to-face and virtual students focus on their learning process using various modes of presentation.

Universal Design 116

Universal Design Course Design Learning Syllabus 116

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

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. These topics include, but are not limited to, [insert topics].

Syllabus 119

Syllabus Course Design Instructors Teaching Philosophy 119

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

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. These topics include, but are not limited to, [insert topics].

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Course Design Instructors Teaching Philosophy 111