Faculty Focus

MARCH 9, 2023

Experiential learning, service-learning, and discussion-based interactive instruction are three methods that are grounded in student experiences which encourage them to become further engaged within their discipline while increasing their focus on the application of knowledge over recalling information.

Active Learning 138

Active Learning Activities Learning Students 138

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 25, 2025

What is Peer-to-peer Learning Peer-to-peer learning is where individuals learn from and with each other rather than relying on a traditional teacher or instructor. Discussion Circles : Analyze material together. Lack of Expert Guidance : Without a qualified instructor, misinformation can spread if no one catches errors.

Feedback 157

Feedback Instructors Learning Critical Thinking 157

Faculty Focus

MAY 13, 2025

However, the classroom is not immune to the challenges of the wider world. Increasingly, instructors report difficulty maintaining students attention, citing ever-present distractions like smartphones, laptops, and a relentless stream of digital notifications. Yet these are not the only factors at play.

Syllabus 105

Syllabus Instructors Learning Confidentiality 105

Faculty Focus

MAY 13, 2025

However, the classroom is not immune to the challenges of the wider world. Increasingly, instructors report difficulty maintaining students attention, citing ever-present distractions like smartphones, laptops, and a relentless stream of digital notifications. Yet these are not the only factors at play.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Instructors Learning Confidentiality 98

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 17, 2023

An instructor can ask students to take out their mobile phones and check for the answers. Active participation from the instructor during a class activity holds equal significance. Discuss practical applications. Instructors can engage students when they establish a practical connection between theory and practice.

Attention 122

Attention Teaching Instructors Minute Papers 122

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 5, 2023

According to the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) , today’s universities lean on strong teaching skills from their instructors, including adjunct instructors, and research shows a direct correlation between classroom management skills and higher retention rates and increased on-time graduation rates.

Instructors 116

Instructors Culture Students Skills 116

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Students are often reluctant to seek academic help from their instructors, despite the fact that many of them could benefit from the help. The probability of student help-seeking behavior is a function of several independent and interacting factors that include qualities of the student, instructor, and environment.

Instructors 111

Instructors Questions Discussions Motivation 111

Faculty Focus

MAY 4, 2023

Many instructors have observed variability in students’ motivation to learn and grow. How can we, as educators, enable engagement, persistence, and improved performance in the classroom? As instructors, it is crucial to recognize that individual mindsets are not fixed— they are malleable and can be changed.

Beliefs 116

Beliefs Motivation Instructors Students 116

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 5, 2023

According to the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) , today’s universities lean on strong teaching skills from their instructors, including adjunct instructors, and research shows a direct correlation between classroom management skills and higher retention rates and increased on-time graduation rates.

Instructors 111

Instructors Culture Students Skills 111

Faculty Focus

JULY 30, 2024

In the first part, I introduced you to the translation process, the instructor-translator relationship, and the before, during, and after elements of the process. If you want translators to play a role in leading the discussion, you should make public to the students that you are giving them this right.

Teaching 110

Teaching Lecturing Language Languages 110

Faculty Focus

JULY 30, 2024

In the first part, I introduced you to the translation process, the instructor-translator relationship, and the before, during, and after elements of the process. If you want translators to play a role in leading the discussion, you should make public to the students that you are giving them this right.

Teaching 110

Teaching Lecturing Language Languages 110

Faculty Focus

MARCH 9, 2023

Experiential learning, service-learning, and discussion-based interactive instruction are three methods that are grounded in student experiences which encourage them to become further engaged within their discipline while increasing their focus on the application of knowledge over recalling information.

Active Learning 98

Active Learning Activities Learning Students 98

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

While many colleges and universities make use of an embedded instructor model—in which a qualified high school faculty member uses a rigorous college curriculum to teach students—other models send faculty to high schools or enroll dual credit students directly on-campus in non-dual credit courses. They may not.

Instructors 122

Instructors Peer Review High School High School 122

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2024

These small group projects and discussions differ from breakout sessions, however, in that students are typically assigned to the same task. Moreover, when individuals can engage in dialog around a topic, they are likelier to engage with and retain the material being discussed and take greater responsibility for their learning.

Motivation 109

Motivation Instructors Discussions Lecturing 109

Faculty Focus

APRIL 25, 2024

Given suspicions that a student has cheated in a course, one of the most common recommendations is that an instructor meets with the student to discuss those suspicions. For the instructor, leveling accusations, even in the presence of stone-cold certainty, is almost equally unpleasant. No one wants this meeting.

Instructors 111

Instructors Academic Integrity Students Ethics 111

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Students are often reluctant to seek academic help from their instructors, despite the fact that many of them could benefit from the help. The probability of student help-seeking behavior is a function of several independent and interacting factors that include qualities of the student, instructor, and environment.

Instructors 98

Instructors Questions Discussions Motivation 98

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2024

The use of click-on-target questions, where individuals click on an image (think emoticons or weather symbols) and capture a heatmap is an effective way to show patterns and identify trends, providing opportunities to comment and discuss outliers with the class. Great instructors go a step further by asking more of their students.

Course Design 128

Course Design Feedback Instructors Students 128

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 17, 2023

An instructor can ask students to take out their mobile phones and check for the answers. Active participation from the instructor during a class activity holds equal significance. Discuss practical applications. Instructors can engage students when they establish a practical connection between theory and practice.

Attention 103

Attention Teaching Instructors Minute Papers 103

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

While many colleges and universities make use of an embedded instructor model—in which a qualified high school faculty member uses a rigorous college curriculum to teach students—other models send faculty to high schools or enroll dual credit students directly on-campus in non-dual credit courses. They may not.

Instructors 111

Instructors Peer Review High School High School 111

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Meditation : Instructors ask students to move slowly through positions while being mindful of their breathing and various body parts. SMART goals: Instructors ask students to create one or more goal statements that fit the specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, timely criteria.

Instructors 122

Instructors Intelligence Motivation Writing 122

Faculty Focus

APRIL 25, 2024

Given suspicions that a student has cheated in a course, one of the most common recommendations is that an instructor meets with the student to discuss those suspicions. For the instructor, leveling accusations, even in the presence of stone-cold certainty, is almost equally unpleasant. No one wants this meeting.

Instructors 105

Instructors Academic Integrity Students Ethics 105

Faculty Focus

MAY 4, 2023

Many instructors have observed variability in students’ motivation to learn and grow. How can we, as educators, enable engagement, persistence, and improved performance in the classroom? As instructors, it is crucial to recognize that individual mindsets are not fixed— they are malleable and can be changed.

Beliefs 98

Beliefs Motivation Instructors Students 98

Faculty Focus

JUNE 15, 2023

Set boundaries for instructor interaction with the creation of interaction plans. Advance expectations for the course : include anticipated challenges, and discussion of assessment deadlines and features. Another important discussion is time management for the assessments—how and when to start thinking about assessment prep.

Lecturing 105

Lecturing Instructors Assignments Failure 105

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

These resources do not just teach how to create lesson plans; they help with things I had not even considered, such as fostering inclusive classroom discussions or aligning assignments with learning goals. Growth Does Not Happen Overnight One of the most important lessons I have learned is that growth as an instructor is gradual.

Teachers 84

Teachers Instructors Students Assignments 84

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

To add ineffective notetaking to lower content knowledge, fewer opportunities to practice skills in writing and speaking, and, for some, a return to in-person learning after lengthy time spent in online classrooms, presents an even greater hindrance to student learning and success. Some professors already ban phones from their classrooms.

Instructors 111

Instructors Lecturing Writing Critical Thinking 111

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

To add ineffective notetaking to lower content knowledge, fewer opportunities to practice skills in writing and speaking, and, for some, a return to in-person learning after lengthy time spent in online classrooms, presents an even greater hindrance to student learning and success. Some professors already ban phones from their classrooms.

Instructors 111

Instructors Lecturing Writing Critical Thinking 111

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2024

These small group projects and discussions differ from breakout sessions, however, in that students are typically assigned to the same task. Moreover, when individuals can engage in dialog around a topic, they are likelier to engage with and retain the material being discussed and take greater responsibility for their learning.

Motivation 91

Motivation Instructors Discussions Lecturing 91

Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2018

That spurred GitHub to launch earlier this year a teacher-training program, Campus Advisors , to support instructors in their courses. Just this week it bought Flipgrid , a video-discussion platform. Earlier this year it acquired the team behind Chalkup , a classroom management software.

Education 123

Education Students Science Instructors 123

Faculty Focus

APRIL 11, 2023

I post the recordings, including transcripts in announcements, assignment directions, discussions, and in personal communications. When recording I always include a video of the screen and myself as this dual approach has a more positive effect on learner outcomes than a static picture of the instructor (Zhang and Yang, 2022).

Instructors 111

Instructors English Lecturing Motivation 111

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2024

The use of click-on-target questions, where individuals click on an image (think emoticons or weather symbols) and capture a heatmap is an effective way to show patterns and identify trends, providing opportunities to comment and discuss outliers with the class. Great instructors go a step further by asking more of their students.

Course Design 111

Course Design Feedback Instructors Students 111

Faculty Focus

JULY 16, 2023

At some point, most instructors were once students, so it’s easy to relate to sitting in a classroom, listening to a lecture, and perhaps feeling your mind wander. By integrating dialogue into the classroom, instructors can help students connect academic content to real-life experiences and current events.

Instructors 98

Instructors Lecturing Syllabus Knowledge 98

Faculty Focus

JULY 16, 2023

At some point, most instructors were once students, so it’s easy to relate to sitting in a classroom, listening to a lecture, and perhaps feeling your mind wander. By integrating dialogue into the classroom, instructors can help students connect academic content to real-life experiences and current events.

Instructors 98

Instructors Lecturing Syllabus Knowledge 98

Teach Hub

MARCH 4, 2024

Strategies for Boosting Student Participation Creating an environment where students feel comfortable and confident enough to participate in classroom activities and discussions requires intentional strategies. Student-directed Discussions This approach has students taking the lead to drive the classroom discussion.

Participation 104

Participation Students Discussions Quizzes 104

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Discussions on social media encompass a range of topics, from teaching styles and content comprehension to spaces for students to express themselves and share course insights. Instructors can broaden community and connection, going beyond traditional classroom boundaries while retaining academic standards by leveraging social media.

Culture 128

Culture Learning Instructors Discussions 128

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

2022 for a discussion of the empathetic course design perspective). In line with this reasoning is our notion of “Trickle-Down Engagement,” which states that as our engagement increases as instructors, our students’ engagement will consequently increase, as will their learning in the course (Saucier et al.,

Course Design 142

Course Design Assignments Teaching Philosophy Instructors 142

Faculty Focus

MARCH 12, 2023

Oftentimes, students form judgements about their courses and their instructors within the opening minutes of class (Roberto, 2021), so I wanted to “wow” them and encourage them to feel connected to me by sharing some personal information. So, I moved onto showing them the “About Your Instructor” icon in our LMS.

Student Engagement 116

Student Engagement Activities Syllabus Instructors 116

Faculty Focus

APRIL 11, 2023

I post the recordings, including transcripts in announcements, assignment directions, discussions, and in personal communications. When recording I always include a video of the screen and myself as this dual approach has a more positive effect on learner outcomes than a static picture of the instructor (Zhang and Yang, 2022).

Instructors 98

Instructors English Lecturing Motivation 98