Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Entrepreneurship studies are not solely for business course students (Hall, 2021). The proposed cross-curricular enterprise study emphasizes developing practical skills and self-awareness for starting a business, rather than integrating abstract academic studies of entrepreneurship into different degree programs.

Education 102

Education Beliefs Study Essay 102

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2023

This observation led my colleagues and me to reflect on the importance of maximizing the LMS’s potential (a belief that we held prior to the pandemic). Clear labels and categories make navigation easy, and having everything accessible, especially the syllabus, lecture materials, and study guides, was a recurring preference. 

Syllabus 126

Syllabus Instructors Peer Review Lecturing 126

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

This piece will suggest a few simple ideas that teachers of introductory STEM classes may implement in their course design to turn their lectures into active learning experiences for a large student body, without needing to completely revisit and change their whole teaching style. How long should they last? References Bouchrika, I.

Lecturing 98

Lecturing Active Learning Activities STEM 98

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

This faculty member may give exams and may collect student artifacts, such as projects or papers, but the faculty really doesn’t connect student performance with the course design or classroom experience. Studies in Higher Education , 47 (7), 1343-1356. than the question, “Are students learning in the best possible way?”

Feedback 126

Feedback Course Design Assignments Evaluation 126

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2023

This observation led my colleagues and me to reflect on the importance of maximizing the LMS’s potential (a belief that we held prior to the pandemic). Clear labels and categories make navigation easy, and having everything accessible, especially the syllabus, lecture materials, and study guides, was a recurring preference. 

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Instructors Peer Review Lecturing 111

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 18, 2024

Connect to students Study after study shows that key to a student’s success is their connection to a faculty member. For example, here is the kind of feedback I recently gave to one of my students: “For this assignment, the connection between the set design and the theme needs to be very clear. Utilize the Wise feedback model.

Teaching 119

Teaching Syllabus Feedback Instructors 119

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Trusting students does not mean ignoring accountability; it means designing courses, policies, and practices that build their confidence and skills while treating them as equal partners in their education. Transparent policies: Clearly outline expectations while building flexibility.

Plagiarism 111

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 111

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

This faculty member may give exams and may collect student artifacts, such as projects or papers, but the faculty really doesn’t connect student performance with the course design or classroom experience. Studies in Higher Education , 47 (7), 1343-1356. than the question, “Are students learning in the best possible way?”

Feedback 111

Feedback Course Design Assignments Evaluation 111

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

Developing the whole student Maslow’s hierarchy of needs (1943) has long been instrumental in shaping educators’ beliefs about human behavior, motivation, and learning. This type of intellectual rigor is desirable in course design. I often embed study and time management strategies into the curriculum.

Syllabus 88

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 88

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 18, 2024

Connect to students Study after study shows that key to a student’s success is their connection to a faculty member. For example, here is the kind of feedback I recently gave to one of my students: “For this assignment, the connection between the set design and the theme needs to be very clear. Utilize the Wise feedback model.

Teaching 106

Teaching Syllabus Feedback Instructors 106

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Trusting students does not mean ignoring accountability; it means designing courses, policies, and practices that build their confidence and skills while treating them as equal partners in their education. Transparent policies: Clearly outline expectations while building flexibility.

Plagiarism 96

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 96

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Postsecondary education in America has historically been committed to inventing courses of study, educational programs, or even whole institutions dedicated to the needs and expectations of its society, peoples, and cultures (Community Colleges, n.d.). However, much of the emphasis has been placed on access rather than preparation.

Course Design 60

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 60

Faculty Focus

JULY 2, 2023

Based on these principles, we have developed step-by-step administrative procedures that are derived from the belief that engagement with our students is crucial as high engagement with faculty is a predictor of persistence and retention in our programs. How do online course design features influence student performance?

Online Learning 109

Online Learning Distance Learning Education Learning 109

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Postsecondary education in America has historically been committed to inventing courses of study, educational programs, or even whole institutions dedicated to the needs and expectations of its society, peoples, and cultures (Community Colleges, n.d.). However, much of the emphasis has been placed on access rather than preparation.

Course Design 56

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 56

Faculty Focus

JULY 2, 2023

Based on these principles, we have developed step-by-step administrative procedures that are derived from the belief that engagement with our students is crucial as high engagement with faculty is a predictor of persistence and retention in our programs. How do online course design features influence student performance?

Online Learning 93

Online Learning Distance Learning Education Learning 93

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Conocimiento through spiritual activism: A self-reflexive approach to challenging deficit beliefs and reimagining the value of teaching in higher education. I owa Journal of Cultural Studies , 12 (1). Deficit thinking and Hispanic student achievement: Scientific information resources. Cavazos, A. Texas Education Review , 12 (2), 82–95.

Teaching 98

Teaching Instructors English Language 98

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

There are widespread beliefs about the best way to teach and learn that have been proven wrong by science, yet they persist. If they are right, it would mean short-circuiting the famous “10,000-hour rule” based on studies by education researcher Anders Ericsson and popularized by bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell in his book “Outliers.”

Education 218

Education Learning Textbooks Instructors 218

Faculty Focus

JULY 25, 2023

In his studies on “race talk,” Sue (2013) argues that “participants in successful racial dialogues report less intimidation and fear of differences, an increased compassion for others, a broadening of their horizons, appreciation of people of all colors and cultures, and a greater sense of connectedness with all groups.”

Discussions 94

Discussions Instructors Critical Thinking Beliefs 94

Faculty Focus

JULY 25, 2023

In his studies on “race talk,” Sue (2013) argues that “participants in successful racial dialogues report less intimidation and fear of differences, an increased compassion for others, a broadening of their horizons, appreciation of people of all colors and cultures, and a greater sense of connectedness with all groups.”

Discussions 77

Discussions Instructors Critical Thinking Beliefs 77