Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 17, 2023

But I’m not talking about a list of chapters or exams and papers with their due dates. Briefly, there are five points I try to address each time I prepare to teach a course: List. While many of my colleagues administer tests immediately before break, I schedule the third exam three weeks later.

Exams 105

Exams Syllabus Course Outline Attention 105

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In higher education, both topics have received considerable attention in recent years with proponents linking assessment and feedback—and strategies for these—to educational, social, psychological, and employability benefits (Gaynor, 2020).

Fairness 122

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 122

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2024

You’re paying attention, responding to what’s happening in the moment. Think about changes directed at some aspect of the course: assignments, exams, in-class activities, the feedback you provide to students. It makes sense to target whatever’s making the course tough to teach. There’s a bit of uncertainty. Will it work?

Motivation 110

Motivation Exams Lecturing Questions 110

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2024

You’re paying attention, responding to what’s happening in the moment. Think about changes directed at some aspect of the course: assignments, exams, in-class activities, the feedback you provide to students. It makes sense to target whatever’s making the course tough to teach. There’s a bit of uncertainty. Will it work?

Motivation 108

Motivation Exams Lecturing Questions 108

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In higher education, both topics have received considerable attention in recent years with proponents linking assessment and feedback—and strategies for these—to educational, social, psychological, and employability benefits (Gaynor, 2020).

Fairness 110

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 110

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 15, 2023

Student exam performance then becomes a matter of cramming course content into short-term memory, without ever really mastering, considering, or owning the course material in a meaningful way. The task of embracing change can be daunting for both faculty and students.

Lecturing 122

Lecturing Instructors Active Learning Activities 122

Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

Plus, it sounded a lot like a MOOC (short for “massive open online courses”)—free courses designed for thousands of students that were all the rage a few years ago, but which today are seen as having fallen far short of the hype. The other half are like, ‘This isn’t on the exam so I’m not going to do this.’” he remembers.

Textbooks 162

Textbooks Teaching Assistants Instructors Exams 162

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

After four decades of such reflection, I am keenly aware that understanding effective teaching strategies, the students I serve, and how learning works requires my constant attention. This type of intellectual rigor is desirable in course design. These assessments must be valid and reliable.

Syllabus 96

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 96

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 15, 2023

Student exam performance then becomes a matter of cramming course content into short-term memory, without ever really mastering, considering, or owning the course material in a meaningful way. The task of embracing change can be daunting for both faculty and students.

Lecturing 98

Lecturing Instructors Active Learning Activities 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. The following lists provide an overview of strategies and some suggestions on how to incorporate these you’re your courses.

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. The following lists provide an overview of strategies and some suggestions on how to incorporate these you’re your courses.

Disabilities 98

Disabilities Learning Spaces Universal Design Learning Disabilities 98

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

In a paper Koedinger co-published in Science , he found that as instructors consider their course design and teaching options during a typical college course, they’re picking from trillions of possibilities. Newkirk calls his company Acuitus , in hopes of encouraging sharpness of thought.

Education 218

Education Learning Textbooks Instructors 218

Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2017

If you’re not entertaining students enough, they’re not going to pay attention to you. Otherwise 1) they’re not going to pay attention, and 2) they’re not going to learn. I can do 30 exams in 15 minutes, which used to take me three days. Resources to Inspire Your Course Design. What do you do that’s different?”

Education 133

Education Lecturing History Quizzes 133