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 is critical work. Analyze your course policies (i.e.,

Syllabus 103

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 103

Faculty Focus

APRIL 18, 2023

Using and copying a master course will support new educators, retain course quality across sections, and help meet course learning outcomes (CLOs) and program learning outcomes (PLOs) as it will guide educators on what they need to teach and do each session. Flexible (UDL) assignment design.

Exams 111

Exams Course Design Assignments Learning 111

Faculty Focus

JUNE 13, 2023

These lessons include: Integrating self-care and self-awareness Demonstrating a heartfelt, compassionate, and generous approach Developing perspective Ensuring relevance and application to assignments Self-care and self-awareness “Your body is like day-old rice. If the assignment did not align, I deleted it.

Teaching 119

Teaching Assignments Syllabus Counselling 119

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

However, ethnic culture goes beyond identity and significantly shapes the learning process. The ACCCE model is a framework for applying culturally responsive teaching practices for meaningful learning outcomes (Plotts, 2022). A Model for Strategic Thinking and Learning. link] Commander, N. About Campus, 8 (2), 23-25.

Culture 111

Culture Syllabus Critical Thinking Intelligence 111

Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2024

As educators and students grapple with what is allowed when using generative AI (GenAI) tools, I have compiled five tips to help you design or redesign academic integrity statements for your syllabus, assignments, exams, and course activities. Banning GenAI tools is not the solution Many students use GenAI tools to aid their learning.

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Writing Syllabus Exams 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

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.

Feedback 121

Feedback Course Design Instructors Education 121

Faculty Focus

APRIL 18, 2023

Using and copying a master course will support new educators, retain course quality across sections, and help meet course learning outcomes (CLOs) and program learning outcomes (PLOs) as it will guide educators on what they need to teach and do each session. Flexible (UDL) assignment design.

Exams 98

Exams Course Design Assignments Learning 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 Language 98

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.

Feedback 111

Feedback Course Design Instructors Education 111

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 History textbook, was disappointed with the final product.

Textbooks 117

Textbooks Instructors History Syllabus 117

Scholarly Teacher

DECEMBER 11, 2024

These dialogues are a teaching and learning tool designed to help students explore their understanding while also allowing teachers to better adapt to the learning needs of students. Implementation and Strategies The first year I utilized cogen, I integrated these dialogues into my syllabus. Meyers, & D. Holttzman (Eds.),

Teaching 52

Teaching Syllabus Instructors Problem-Based Learning 52

k12 Online Schools

MAY 12, 2025

Classroom Integration: Many schools now assign TED Talks as homework or discussion starters. Lets unpack how algorithms and influencers are reshaping learning behind the scenes. How Algorithms Create Learning Paths (Without a Syllabus) At their core, social media algorithms aim to keep users engaged. The smarter approach?

Online Learning 52

Online Learning Lecturing Learning Textbooks 52

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 25, 2024

The first day of class should be much more than “syllabus day” – the first day of class is hugely important in setting the tone for the entire semester in many ways. The first day of class is a day on which we can nurture our students’ voices and promote their engagement and intrinsic motivation for learning (Saucier, 2020).

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Instructors Activities Teaching Philosophy 111

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 25, 2024

The first day of class should be much more than “syllabus day” – the first day of class is hugely important in setting the tone for the entire semester in many ways. The first day of class is a day on which we can nurture our students’ voices and promote their engagement and intrinsic motivation for learning (Saucier, 2020).

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

Practical ways to provide content disclosures When there is content in your course that may be potentially distressing, this should be clear to your students in the course syllabus. Consider including a specific “topic list” in your syllabus so that students know what to expect.

Syllabus 119

Syllabus Course Design Instructors Teaching Philosophy 119

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Practical ways to provide content disclosures When there is content in your course that may be potentially distressing, this should be clear to your students in the course syllabus. Consider including a specific “topic list” in your syllabus so that students know what to expect.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Course Design Instructors Teaching Philosophy 111