Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 27, 2024

In higher education, “building rapport” is often cited (e.g., The Center for Digital Education at Washington University in St. Louis’ Olin Business School encourages instructors to select a few questions to create an authentic course introduction video. muddiest point, exit/minute papers, or “How are you doing?”

Instructors 115

Instructors Students Minute Papers Course Design 115

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 27, 2024

In higher education, “building rapport” is often cited (e.g., The Center for Digital Education at Washington University in St. Louis’ Olin Business School encourages instructors to select a few questions to create an authentic course introduction video. muddiest point, exit/minute papers, or “How are you doing?”

Instructors 105

Instructors Students Minute Papers Course Design 105

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In higher education, there has been an over-reliance on administering summative assessments and simply assigning student grades, often with minimal to no feedback provided prior to the conclusion of the course. As both formative and summative assessments have a distinct purpose, they are used simultaneously in educational settings.

Fairness 122

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 122

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In higher education, there has been an over-reliance on administering summative assessments and simply assigning student grades, often with minimal to no feedback provided prior to the conclusion of the course. As both formative and summative assessments have a distinct purpose, they are used simultaneously in educational settings.

Fairness 110

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 110

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 18, 2024

In preparing that first course, I focused on what I thought were the essentials of teaching: finalizing the syllabus, picking the readings, and writing the assignments. At the end of class, ask students to share their muddiest point or summarize the big ideas from that class period in a minute paper. How might this work?

Teaching 119

Teaching Syllabus Feedback Instructors 119

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 18, 2024

In preparing that first course, I focused on what I thought were the essentials of teaching: finalizing the syllabus, picking the readings, and writing the assignments. At the end of class, ask students to share their muddiest point or summarize the big ideas from that class period in a minute paper. How might this work?

Teaching 110

Teaching Syllabus Feedback Instructors 110

Scholarly Teacher

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Rachel Thelen , The University of Minnesota School of Dentistry Noelle Haight , Occupational Therapist and Educator Julia VanderMolen , University of the Pacific Key Statement: Four helpful tips, including backwards design, for the new instructor looking to (re)design their course. Team teaching in nursing education.

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Instructors Curriculum Quizzes Lecturing 52