Faculty Focus

AUGUST 20, 2024

But, just then, one of the shop windows caught our attention…this window was not like the others as four stuffed animals sat playing poker. Exhibit 2: Thompson’s Barbie themed class syllabus (Spring 2024). After all, change is the spice of life that can help bring new experiences and new attention to make life more enjoyable.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Attention Assignments Activities 111

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 20, 2024

But, just then, one of the shop windows caught our attention…this window was not like the others as four stuffed animals sat playing poker. Exhibit 2: Thompson’s Barbie themed class syllabus (Spring 2024). After all, change is the spice of life that can help bring new experiences and new attention to make life more enjoyable.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Attention Assignments Activities 111

Faculty Focus

MAY 13, 2025

Increasingly, instructors report difficulty maintaining students attention, citing ever-present distractions like smartphones, laptops, and a relentless stream of digital notifications. Rather than dictating course policies and classroom norms, instructors can instead ask: What do you think about this plan?

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Instructors Learning Confidentiality 98

Faculty Focus

MARCH 12, 2023

The first day or week of the semester is often referred to as what students call “syllabus week,” because professors typically spend the first day of class reviewing the syllabus—interject a big yawn here. So, I moved onto showing them the “About Your Instructor” icon in our LMS.

Student Engagement 98

Student Engagement Activities Syllabus Instructors 98

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. The tyranny of the urgent for many instructors seems to be determining course policies, content, materials, assessments, and planned learning experiences.

Syllabus 132

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 132

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

I selected OpenStax because of the many resources they provided, such as PowerPoint lecture slides, instructor solution files, and even LMS cartridges for online classes. and they pay special attention as I detail each step. Submit a correction to OpenStax. Forward the OpenStax confirmation to me. Receive extra credit!

Textbooks 116

Textbooks Syllabus Instructors Peer Review 116

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2018

As many #DLNchat -ters pointed out, they are efficient and thus attractive assessment tools for instructors of large courses. Erin Crisp put it this way, “Exams can be great formative tools to help me as a learner understand what I should be paying attention to from the learning resources and instruction.” Yes exactly.

Assignments 101

Assignments Exams Instructors Learning 101

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 29, 2023

In-person instruction In-person instruction is the teaching and learning that happens when the students and instructor are together in a physical space. It also offers students more time to engage deeply with the class content because they are not required to respond in real time to the instructors’ prompts.

Blended Learning 132

Blended Learning Lecturing Education Learning 132

Edsurge

AUGUST 8, 2017

But I think primarily what really separates successful flipped classes from unsuccessful flipped classes is the level of support and communication that instructors have with their students. I wasn’t really paying attention to their answers. There can be an unhealthy dependency of students upon instructors. It was a waste.

Failure 147

Failure Lecturing Syllabus Instructors 147

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. The tyranny of the urgent for many instructors seems to be determining course policies, content, materials, assessments, and planned learning experiences.

Syllabus 105

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 105

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

I selected OpenStax because of the many resources they provided, such as PowerPoint lecture slides, instructor solution files, and even LMS cartridges for online classes. and they pay special attention as I detail each step. Submit a correction to OpenStax. Forward the OpenStax confirmation to me. Receive extra credit!

Textbooks 104

Textbooks Syllabus Instructors Peer Review 104

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

At Course Hero, we’ve interviewed hundreds of instructors from around the country to share their best lessons. There is a theory in pedagogy that suggests that human beings cannot focus their attention on a single activity for more than 12 minutes. Browse lessons, explore new teaching approaches, and find classroom resources now.

Quizzes 167

Quizzes Failure Culture Students 167

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

Should you redesign your academic integrity syllabus statement or does your current one suffice? Or, a neurodiverse student who struggles with verbal communication and is not able to show their true understanding of the course content when the instructor cold calls them as a form of assessment.

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? Or, a neurodiverse student who struggles with verbal communication and is not able to show their true understanding of the course content when the instructor cold calls them as a form of assessment.

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Syllabus 98

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 29, 2023

In-person instruction In-person instruction is the teaching and learning that happens when the students and instructor are together in a physical space. It also offers students more time to engage deeply with the class content because they are not required to respond in real time to the instructors’ prompts.

Blended Learning 98

Blended Learning Lecturing Education Learning 98

Faculty Focus

JUNE 13, 2023

Quickly, I learned to prioritize projects and say no to initiatives not able to be given the attention needed. To do this, review your late assignment plan, your syllabus, and other policies for ways to increase your compassion and trust in students. With multiple doctor visits each week, I needed to rest, exercise, and meditate.

Teaching 119

Teaching Assignments Syllabus Counselling 119

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. But when you begin teaching in an online platform this proximity can be lost.

Learning 111

Learning Syllabus Assignments Communication 111

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. But when you begin teaching in an online platform this proximity can be lost.

Learning 98

Learning Syllabus Assignments Communication 98

Scholarly Teacher

DECEMBER 11, 2024

In learner-centered pedagogical practices, the focus and attention is on learning what and how the student is learning (Weimer, 2013). Instead the spaces are collaborative environments where instructors must use multiple pedagogical techniques to facilitate learning (Boss & Linder, 2016).

Teaching 52

Teaching Syllabus Instructors Problem-Based Learning 52

EAB

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

They were waiting for financial aid, they were waiting to see what instructor was available because the way we have ours, we don't list the instructors 'cause we have a lot of part-time. So if an instructor said that and said, "How did Heather get into this course?" DS: We don't know exactly who's teaching what.

Coaching 97

Coaching Communication Instructors Questions 97

EAB

JUNE 8, 2023

AI is the latest and one of the most revolutionary among these breakthroughs , making it a strategic concern that requires leadership attention. Realizing this potential, however, will require instructors to rethink learning objectives and understand what AI can and cannot do.

Plagiarism 52

Plagiarism Instructors Evaluation Academic Integrity 52

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Decolonize my syllabus , decolonize my curriculum, decolonize my classroom—for some time now, the term “decolonization” has been the buzzword around campus, as students and certain faculty demand inclusion and diversity in education. If we pay attention, there are insights here that can guide us to radical pedagogical intervention.

Lecturing 217

Lecturing Education Learning Knowledge 217

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

But sometimes, these skills are just as important as a doctor’s attention to a patient’s needs. His attitude and attention helped snap my grandmother out of her detached state and engaged her in a conversation. The syllabus is great way to show your positive and encouraging bedside manner to the class.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Teachers Discussions Questions 111

Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2021

Decolonize my syllabus , decolonize my curriculum, decolonize my classroom—for some time now, the term “decolonization” has been the buzzword around campus, as students and certain faculty demand inclusion and diversity in education. If we pay attention, there are insights here that can guide us to radical pedagogical intervention.

Lecturing 202

Lecturing Education Learning Knowledge 202

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

But sometimes, these skills are just as important as a doctor’s attention to a patient’s needs. His attitude and attention helped snap my grandmother out of her detached state and engaged her in a conversation. The syllabus is great way to show your positive and encouraging bedside manner to the class.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Teachers Discussions Questions 98

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Each tester isn’t expected to complete the entire course, but to go through at least a week’s worth of the four- to six-week syllabus (with different testers trying different parts of the course). Other campuses have experimented with giving release time to their own instructors in exchange for reviewing courses.

Testing 166

Testing Lecturing Quizzes Textbooks 166

Scholarly Teacher

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The discontinuation reasons included that Zoom was no longer needed; a fear that students wouldn't attend class if Zoom participation was an option or if online; and concerns that students would not pay attention or be engaged (Wong et al., Many classrooms were fitted with cameras and microphones during the pandemic.

Disabilities 52

Disabilities Exams Instructors Syllabus 52

Edsurge

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Boyer uses a “flipped syllabus” in which students' final grades are based on the points they've earned—not lost—throughout the semester. Boyer is now a senior instructor and researcher at Virginia Tech. We sat down with Boyer to learn more about his flipped syllabus, unique assessments, and the hard work that goes into an easy A.

Syllabus 146

Syllabus Quizzes Lecturing Assignments 146