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. One underutilized but powerful strategy for fostering classroom connection and motivation begins on the very first day of class.

Syllabus 100

Syllabus Instructors Learning Confidentiality 100

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. One underutilized but powerful strategy for fostering classroom connection and motivation begins on the very first day of class.

Syllabus 93

Syllabus Instructors Learning Confidentiality 93

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2024

To implement the first piece of CAKE, care, we suggest an instructor take some time to implement this strategy. Instructors can provide sheets with an outline of a blank hand/palm or ask students to use the drawing function on their device as an option. Higher loneliness may motivate students to reach out to others more empathically.

Confidentiality 81

Confidentiality Instructors Motivation Writing 81

Scholarly Teacher

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

This is a theoretical exercise without one right answer, but your response reveals key foci as an instructor. What are your institution’s policies about generative AI use for instructors? Achievement motivation and academic dishonesty: A meta analytic investigation. How can you support access for those without it? For students?

Ethics 102

Ethics Multidisciplinary Course Design Confidentiality 102