Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2024

With a commitment to ensuring educational excellence and student success, in 2020, UF CJC Online developed a comprehensive course design strategy to elevate its online courses, a mission mandated by the State University System of Florida’s 2025 Strategic Plan for Online Education.

Feedback 110

Feedback Course Design Instructors Education 110

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 24, 2023

Language for the disability statement in their syllabus. A new author they can add to their course to make it more diverse and inclusive. A new way to write their course policy on academic integrity or late assignments. Effect of syllabus tone: Students’ perceptions ofinstructor & course. Start strong.

Teaching 122

Teaching Syllabus Instructors Disabilities 122

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 5, 2025

In essence, an instructional designer leverages technology by marrying pedagogy and practice with selective and useful innovations. Technology is not always the answer, and the ID must evaluate each innovation thoroughly before implementation. The word selective is important. Is an ID a Consultant or Admin?

Schools 122

Schools Authentic Assessment Syllabus Evaluation 122

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 27, 2024

In addition to having these services available in your syllabus and throughout your course, a warm handoff to connect students with these services will likely build trust. Provide Inclusive Content Consider students’ experiences and interests when selecting course content and resources.

Instructors 116

Instructors Students Minute Papers Course Design 116

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

Five strategies to foster sense of belonging Be caring and authentic: Syllabus policies and language, as well as introductory comments on the first day of class, set the tone for an entire term. This type of intellectual rigor is desirable in course design. Analyze your course policies (i.e.,

Syllabus 132

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 132

Faculty Focus

JUNE 25, 2023

Later in life, after nearly three decades of teaching in higher education and serving my division as chair, which included professor evaluations, I came to believe that there were essentially two types of professors: ones who taught their discipline to students and ones who taught students their discipline.

Coaching 105

Coaching Syllabus Confidentiality Assignments 105

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 27, 2024

In addition to having these services available in your syllabus and throughout your course, a warm handoff to connect students with these services will likely build trust. Provide Inclusive Content Consider students’ experiences and interests when selecting course content and resources.

Instructors 105

Instructors Students Minute Papers Course Design 105

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 5, 2025

In essence, an instructional designer leverages technology by marrying pedagogy and practice with selective and useful innovations. Technology is not always the answer, and the ID must evaluate each innovation thoroughly before implementation. The word selective is important. Is an ID a Consultant or Admin?

Schools 105

Schools Authentic Assessment Syllabus Evaluation 105

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 24, 2023

Language for the disability statement in their syllabus. A new author they can add to their course to make it more diverse and inclusive. A new way to write their course policy on academic integrity or late assignments. Effect of syllabus tone: Students’ perceptions ofinstructor & course. Start strong.

Teaching 98

Teaching Syllabus Instructors Disabilities 98

Faculty Focus

JUNE 25, 2023

Later in life, after nearly three decades of teaching in higher education and serving my division as chair, which included professor evaluations, I came to believe that there were essentially two types of professors: ones who taught their discipline to students and ones who taught students their discipline.

Coaching 98

Coaching Syllabus Confidentiality Assignments 98

Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

These courses enroll a diverse cross-section of the student body, creating the perfect environment to listen broadly and learn deeply. These were not standard end-of-semester evaluations. Together, we weren’t just evaluating survey results. Tessa Wolf strengthened our commitment to inclusive course design.

Disabilities 64

Disabilities Course Design Lecturing Students 64

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

Five strategies to foster sense of belonging Be caring and authentic: Syllabus policies and language, as well as introductory comments on the first day of class, set the tone for an entire term. This type of intellectual rigor is desirable in course design. Analyze your course policies (i.e.,

Syllabus 100

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 100

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

The second type of curriculum consists of the set of plans made for guiding learning, which includes the learning experiences and interactions that students have with the content, materials, resources and the process for evaluating mastery of the objectives (Glatthorn, Boschee, Whitehead & Boschee, 2019).

Course Design 61

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 61

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

The second type of curriculum consists of the set of plans made for guiding learning, which includes the learning experiences and interactions that students have with the content, materials, resources and the process for evaluating mastery of the objectives (Glatthorn, Boschee, Whitehead & Boschee, 2019).

Course Design 61

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 61