Faculty Focus

JULY 4, 2023

Classic online course standards emphasize the value of three types of interactions: student-instructor interaction, student-content interaction, and student-student interaction. Especially today in an age where students are fully bathed in other online communities of choice through TikTok, Twitch, and Reddit.

Exams 115

Exams Students Instructors Evaluation 115

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

After four decades of such reflection, I am keenly aware that understanding effective teaching strategies, the students I serve, and how learning works requires my constant attention. When it comes to increasing rates of student achievement, satisfaction, and graduation, what really makes the difference? This is critical work.

Syllabus 130

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 130

Faculty Focus

JULY 4, 2023

Classic online course standards emphasize the value of three types of interactions: student-instructor interaction, student-content interaction, and student-student interaction. Especially today in an age where students are fully bathed in other online communities of choice through TikTok, Twitch, and Reddit.

Exams 94

Exams Students Instructors Evaluation 94

Faculty Focus

APRIL 16, 2024

Ensuring a successful educational experience for our students is akin to the art of culinary development, where thoughtful preparation is fundamental. This parallels the concept of pre-courses, which serve as innovative ingredients and preparatory tools in the educational kitchen.

Exams 111

Exams Quizzes Students Course Design 111

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2018

Do exams still serve a purpose? On Tuesday, April 24 the #DLNchat community got together to discuss and debate: How Can Alternative Assignments Effectively Assess Student Learning? But why, then, do so many courses still rely on exams? In other words, exams do serve a purpose. Yes exactly.

Assignments 91

Assignments Exams Instructors Learning 91

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Students cheating on assignments is hardly a new or surprising problem. Communicate Expectations Early and Often Millet stressed that it’s imperative for faculty to set definitions and guidelines early about academic honesty, and regularly communicate those expectations to students. But faculty must be mindful of their messaging.

Academic Integrity 140

Academic Integrity Exams Assignments Instructors 140

Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2022

In the survey, chief online officers predicted that by 2025, programs and courses that mix on-campus and online learning experiences will become the norm for undergraduate students, graduate students and adult learners. It may also mean doing more to truly prepare students for online learning.

Hybrid Learning 192

Hybrid Learning Hybrid Courses Learning Exams 192

Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2020

Colleges have long had offices designed to support students who have learning disabilities and to encourage broader accessibility in the classroom and beyond. They also addressed audience questions about how to get faculty motivated to adjust their courses to improve accessibility. Do the students have computers?

Accessibility 217

Accessibility Disabilities Universal Design Syllabus 217

Faculty Focus

APRIL 18, 2023

Part 1 reviews the challenges associated with various course delivery modes and is available to read here. Bi-modal flexible course delivery offers students the ability to control how they learn by selecting the delivery mode that best suits their needs for each session. Don’t compare synchronous and asynchronous modalities.

Course Design 111

Course Design Exams Assignments Learning 111

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

After four decades of such reflection, I am keenly aware that understanding effective teaching strategies, the students I serve, and how learning works requires my constant attention. When it comes to increasing rates of student achievement, satisfaction, and graduation, what really makes the difference? This is critical work.

Syllabus 88

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 88

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

A) Choose questions that most students will be able to answer correctly. C) Ask students “Please discuss your answer with a neighbor.” D) Stress that students answer questions independent of their peers. It is important that CRS questions mirror questions that might appear on an exam. Select all that apply.

Instructors 135

Instructors Multiple Choice Questions Course Design Discussions 135

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Experiential learning in its many forms is widely recognized as a high-impact educational practice, one that has been thoroughly tested and shown to be beneficial to a wide spectrum of college students. However, most faculty members–and students–think of it as something that occurs outside the classroom.

Learning 122

Learning Problem-Based Learning Students Lecturing 122

Edsurge

JANUARY 13, 2017

Online courses are “smart,” one might assume, because they use technology to improve educational outcomes or, at least, create new efficiencies or extend the abilities of faculty and students. Yet, while technology exists in the world of higher education, it’s not clear that technology is actually making courses smarter.

Multiple Choice Questions 124

Multiple Choice Questions Instructors Textbooks Feedback 124

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Do you have a system or standard process for prepping a course youve taught before? Early in my career, one chapter per week described my course outline. Poor planning left my students and me burnt out at the end of most terms. But Im not talking about a list of chapters or exams and papers with their due dates.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Exams Course Outline Attention 98

Faculty Focus

APRIL 18, 2023

Part 1 reviews the challenges associated with various course delivery modes and is available to read here. Bi-modal flexible course delivery offers students the ability to control how they learn by selecting the delivery mode that best suits their needs for each session. Don’t compare synchronous and asynchronous modalities.

Course Design 93

Course Design Exams Assignments Learning 93

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Efforts to expand access to higher education have resulted in higher enrollment rates and degree attainment rates making higher education an option that is open to more students than ever before. Two Forms of Curriculum in Higher Education There are two forms of curriculum in higher education.

Course Design 60

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 60

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Do you have a system or standard process for prepping a course you’ve taught before? Early in my career, “one chapter per week” described my course outline. Poor planning left my students and me burnt out at the end of most terms. But I’m not talking about a list of chapters or exams and papers with their due dates.

Exams 104

Exams Syllabus Course Outline Attention 104

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Do you have a system or standard process for prepping a course you’ve taught before? Early in my career, “one chapter per week” described my course outline. Poor planning left my students and me burnt out at the end of most terms. But I’m not talking about a list of chapters or exams and papers with their due dates.

Exams 103

Exams Syllabus Course Outline Attention 103

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In order to provide useful information to instructors and students about student achievement, it must be understood that student assessment is more than just a grade because it should link student performance to specific learning objectives. Diagram 2 below describes the distinction.

Fairness 121

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 121

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2023

.” In the current learning environment, students with disabilities encounter significant challenges due to the lack of inclusivity and accessibility in the education system. ii] Contrary to common belief, neurodiverse students represent a significant proportion of the higher education population. For instance, in 2019, 6.2%

Disabilities 98

Disabilities Learning Spaces Universal Design Learning Disabilities 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2023

.” In the current learning environment, students with disabilities encounter significant challenges due to the lack of inclusivity and accessibility in the education system. ii] Contrary to common belief, neurodiverse students represent a significant proportion of the higher education population. For instance, in 2019, 6.2%

Disabilities 98

Disabilities Learning Spaces Universal Design Learning Disabilities 98

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Do you have a system or standard process for prepping a course youve taught before? Early in my career, one chapter per week described my course outline. Poor planning left my students and me burnt out at the end of most terms. But Im not talking about a list of chapters or exams and papers with their due dates.

Syllabus 86

Syllabus Exams Course Outline Attention 86

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Experiential learning in its many forms is widely recognized as a high-impact educational practice, one that has been thoroughly tested and shown to be beneficial to a wide spectrum of college students. However, most faculty members–and students–think of it as something that occurs outside the classroom.

Learning 98

Learning Problem-Based Learning Students Lecturing 98

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Efforts to expand access to higher education have resulted in higher enrollment rates and degree attainment rates making higher education an option that is open to more students than ever before. Two Forms of Curriculum in Higher Education There are two forms of curriculum in higher education.

Course Design 56

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 56

Faculty Focus

APRIL 16, 2024

Ensuring a successful educational experience for our students is akin to the art of culinary development, where thoughtful preparation is fundamental. This parallels the concept of pre-courses, which serve as innovative ingredients and preparatory tools in the educational kitchen.

Exams 68

Exams Quizzes Students Course Design 68

Faculty Focus

MARCH 19, 2023

Early studies of design thinking in business education focused on how the process could be used to solve management problems (Lee & Evans, 2012; Liedtka, 2014; Martin & Martin, 2009). The Business Education Design Thinking Instructional Model (Wickam et al.,

Course Design 115

Course Design Testing Feedback Assignments 115

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

This faculty member may give exams and may collect student artifacts, such as projects or papers, but the faculty really doesn’t connect student performance with the course design or classroom experience. than the question, “Are students learning in the best possible way?” For us, assessment is so much more.

Feedback 126

Feedback Course Design Assignments Evaluation 126

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In order to provide useful information to instructors and students about student achievement, it must be understood that student assessment is more than just a grade because it should link student performance to specific learning objectives. Diagram 2 below describes the distinction.

Fairness 107

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 107

Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Online program management providers, also known as online enablers and online service providers, help colleges and universities bring their courses and degree programs online. The number of undergraduate and graduate students taking one or more online courses grew by 4 percent last year, according to a. Babson survey.

Curriculum Design 125

Curriculum Design Failure Exams Course Design 125

Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

His latest teaching experiment continues his attempt to reach students in new ways. But it also emerged from what he calls a “dark time” at his university, when budget cuts seemed certain to reduce the number of professors in his department, thus restricting the courses it could offer. he remembers.

Textbooks 158

Textbooks Teaching Assistants Instructors Exams 158

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

This faculty member may give exams and may collect student artifacts, such as projects or papers, but the faculty really doesn’t connect student performance with the course design or classroom experience. than the question, “Are students learning in the best possible way?” For us, assessment is so much more.

Feedback 111

Feedback Course Design Assignments Evaluation 111

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2024

So much of the content in beginning courses and even some upper-division ones stays the same. Yes, you update, but students need to learn a lot of bedrock basics, and you end up teaching those time and again. Students may not read the text, but those nonverbal cues? Ask yourself what’s most enervating about the course.

Motivation 105

Motivation Exams Lecturing Questions 105

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2024

So much of the content in beginning courses and even some upper-division ones stays the same. Yes, you update, but students need to learn a lot of bedrock basics, and you end up teaching those time and again. Students may not read the text, but those nonverbal cues? Ask yourself what’s most enervating about the course.

Motivation 101

Motivation Exams Lecturing Questions 101

Faculty Focus

MARCH 19, 2023

Early studies of design thinking in business education focused on how the process could be used to solve management problems (Lee & Evans, 2012; Liedtka, 2014; Martin & Martin, 2009). The Business Education Design Thinking Instructional Model (Wickam et al.,

Course Design 91

Course Design Testing Feedback Assignments 91

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 31, 2023

I know that this may be the first interaction a student has with me and my course, so I grant myself the time to go a little overboard with the syllabus. A few semesters ago, I had a student share with me that she dreaded taking accounting, but after receiving my syllabus, she knew she had made the right choice.

Syllabus 114

Syllabus Accessibility Quizzes Disabilities 114

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 14, 2024

This article highlights strategies employed across varied disciplines, and at various levels, at the University of Arizona and demonstrates that a “career everywhere” approach is effective in meeting the complementary but unique needs of students and educators related to career readiness in higher education.

Interdisciplinary 124

Interdisciplinary Assignments Participation Exams 124

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 15, 2023

Two decades of detailed slide presentations have resulted in students who multitask during class. During a two-hour lecture, the average student spends 37 minutes doing non-class related activities on their devices (Ravizza et. The goal of teaching for active learning focuses on re-engaging students for better outcomes.

Lecturing 122

Lecturing Instructors Active Learning Activities 122