Beliefs and Faculty Development

How ‘Dialogue’ Can Create Empathy in a Divided Classroom

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Our social media feeds often are reinforcing the beliefs that we already have. I think that there's some understanding among some people that a call to dialogue can sometimes be associated with this idea of maintaining civility, which may feel like an attempt to silence urgency around political beliefs or lived situations.

Instructors

Instructors Beliefs Confidentiality Discussions

Beyond Evaluation: Using Peer Observation to Strengthen Teaching Practices

Faculty Focus

APRIL 1, 2025

Siham Al Amoush is an experienced educator specializing in teacher education and higher education professional development, she obtained her PhD in Chemistry Education from Bremen University, where she researched and compared teacher beliefs in Jordan, Turkey, and Germany.

Evaluation

Evaluation Teaching Teaching Methods Faculty Development

The Power of Authentic Assessment in the Age of AI

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Although faculty development programs and curriculum designers have been calling for such (assessment practice) forms of assessment, today, we are more in need of it than ever before. Siham Al Amoush is an experienced educator who specializes in teacher education and higher education professional development.

Authentic Assessment

Authentic Assessment Counselling Learning Outcomes Faculty Development

Beyond Evaluation: Using Peer Observation to Strengthen Teaching Practices

Faculty Focus

APRIL 1, 2025

Siham Al Amoush is an experienced educator specializing in teacher education and higher education professional development, she obtained her PhD in Chemistry Education from Bremen University, where she researched and compared teacher beliefs in Jordan, Turkey, and Germany.

Evaluation

Evaluation Teaching Teaching Methods Faculty Development

Teaching is Both Art and Science. How to Work Toward Improving Your Instructional Practice

Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2018

There’s always something new I discover to help me better live out my beliefs about teaching. Provide guidance from my experience as a teacher and faculty developer and reach out to others when my expertise is lacking. (You can read more about my background and university role here.)

Art

Art Science Teaching Mobile Devices

The Power of Authentic Assessment in the Age of AI

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Although faculty development programs and curriculum designers have been calling for such (assessment practice) forms of assessment, today, we are more in need of it than ever before. Siham Al Amoush is an experienced educator who specializes in teacher education and higher education professional development.

Authentic Assessment

Authentic Assessment Counselling Learning Outcomes Faculty Development

Introducing EdSurge's Digital Learning Network for Higher Ed

Edsurge

JULY 12, 2016

At EdSurge we’ve heard inspiring stories of faculty developing digital learning environments that take students to virtual medical labs and outer space and into the inner workings of cells. All stories, opinions, beliefs and findings published in this guide were generated independently by EdSurge.

Learning

Learning Beliefs Faculty Development Feedback

Coping with the Curse of Knowledge (and Yes, You May Have It Too)

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

But I also held fast to the belief that if they simply did the work, it would be easy for them as well. In my nonexpert world, when concepts seemed easy to me, I assumed they were easy for everyone. I freely admitted and reminded my students that I had “done this many times.”

Knowledge

Knowledge Beliefs Communication Feedback

On the First Day of Class, Begin with Intrigue

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 22, 2024

I want them to understand that confusion is a necessary step, less toward an absolute answer than toward a next wonderful, engaging, beautiful confusion that is thrilling beyond belief.

Syllabus

Syllabus Discussions Beliefs Questions

On the First Day of Class, Begin with Intrigue

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 22, 2024

I want them to understand that confusion is a necessary step, less toward an absolute answer than toward a next wonderful, engaging, beautiful confusion that is thrilling beyond belief.

Syllabus

Syllabus Discussions Beliefs Questions

The Administration of a Higher Education Faculty Online Learning Community

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. Faculty development for online instruction in higher education.

Online Learning

Online Learning Distance Learning Education Learning

The Administration of a Higher Education Faculty Online Learning Community

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. Faculty development for online instruction in higher education.

Online Learning

Online Learning Distance Learning Education Learning

Learning Outcomes for Instructors, Not Just Students

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 15, 2024

These are humbling admissions that strip away some unspoken beliefs I had been carrying around and deliver me back to the starting place: I am a learner in the classroom. Perhaps my learning outcomes will help me know the value of that place for the first time in my teaching career (with apologies to T.

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes Instructors Learning Teaching Philosophy

Learning Outcomes for Instructors, Not Just Students

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 15, 2024

These are humbling admissions that strip away some unspoken beliefs I had been carrying around and deliver me back to the starting place: I am a learner in the classroom. Perhaps my learning outcomes will help me know the value of that place for the first time in my teaching career (with apologies to T.

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes Instructors Learning Teaching Philosophy

Designing College Curricula for Student Success

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Support is sometimes available from veteran professors, faculty development offices and workshops or training to assist professors in the challenging work of course and curriculum development and implementation. In fact, teaching is where professors receive the least training, if any at all (Fertig, 2012).

Course Design

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities

Designing College Curricula for Student Success

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Support is sometimes available from veteran professors, faculty development offices and workshops or training to assist professors in the challenging work of course and curriculum development and implementation. In fact, teaching is where professors receive the least training, if any at all (Fertig, 2012).

Course Design

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities

Is Classroom Discussion a Dying Art?

Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2025

Research and news coverage in recent years suggest that students dont participate in class conversations for fear of being canceled or outed for their political beliefs. So, how can students develop the capacity and the resilience to engage with them and share their viewpoints so that people understand where theyre coming from?

Discussions

Discussions Art Instructors Participation

Teaching Vanguard

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Beyond Evaluation: Using Peer Observation to Strengthen Teaching Practices

Teaching is Both Art and Science. How to Work Toward Improving Your Instructional Practice

The Power of Authentic Assessment in the Age of AI

Introducing EdSurge's Digital Learning Network for Higher Ed

Coping with the Curse of Knowledge (and Yes, You May Have It Too)

On the First Day of Class, Begin with Intrigue

On the First Day of Class, Begin with Intrigue

The Administration of a Higher Education Faculty Online Learning Community

The Administration of a Higher Education Faculty Online Learning Community

Learning Outcomes for Instructors, Not Just Students

Learning Outcomes for Instructors, Not Just Students

Designing College Curricula for Student Success

Designing College Curricula for Student Success

Is Classroom Discussion a Dying Art?

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