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.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

This article includes a free, open-access resource for educators: What Your Students Arent Telling You: Listening, Learning, and Leading with Empathy. The book, co-authored with students, offers actionable strategies and insights to help create more inclusive and humane learning environments.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 12, 2019

It’s clear to me that the course design–how I lay out the mix of resources, homework, classwork, and more–affects how students absorb and share knowledge. One of our Ask a Tech Teacher contributors knows a lot about how course design impacts learning. All of this starts with a good course design.

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Course Design Students Exams Feedback 90

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.

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Feedback Course Design Instructors Education 111

eSchool News

JUNE 11, 2015

Or, is there high-quality feedback that deepens and furthers learning – something arguably Google still does not do? The point is, of course, that you probably can Google every single concept you currently teach and your students know this well. Kitchen table pedagogy. area similar questions.

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Teaching Course Design Internet Instructors 280

Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2020

for all of her students. She’s in Tennessee—where she is an assistant professor at Vanderbilt University—but some of the students she’s teaching are now taking the class from California, where it’s only 8 a.m. And a couple of students are back home in China, where it’s midnight. When Elizabeth Self starts teaching her 11 a.m.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 6, 2024

As we prepared for the start of fall semester 2024, there was buzz around our campus about administration raising the caps in our condensed 8-week online courses to match the high enrollment caps for our 16 week in person courses. As an educator and instructional designer, I find this problematic.

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Instructors Course Design Students Authentic Assessment 116

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Connecting with students is a step towards increasing engagement in the classroom—whether face-to-face or online. Connecting with students shifts the obligation from the instructor working singularly to create an inclusive environment to one where the class works collectively to build the community.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Around the semester midpoint you may be noticing that some of your students are becoming overwhelmed, may lack motivation, or feel disconnected from the class. Below, let me share instructional strategies that I use in my courses (virtual, asynchronous, and in-person) to recover student engagement. Sound familiar?

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Student Engagement Lecturing Students Feedback 131

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2025

Student success is teacher success. When our students overcome obstacles in their learning due to our support and encouragement, or experience transformations from our well-constructed course design and subsequent instruction, we succeed in cultivating spaces where their success is made possible.

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Students Motivation Feedback Communication 122

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Creating a trust-based classroom begins with an essential mindset: students are doing their best. When we approach teaching from this perspective, we move away from punitive measures, fear-based management, and skepticism about students honesty. Instead, we foster an environment of learning, growth, and empowerment.

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Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 123

Faculty Focus

JUNE 2, 2024

My first and only fully online class taken as an undergraduate student was a complete disaster. The class was a required course in my field that I would go on to be responsible for teaching as a graduate student and, later, as a professor. Kind of wild that I never actually received instruction in the course, myself.)

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Syllabus Course Design Learning Students 131

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Connecting with students is a step towards increasing engagement in the classroom—whether face-to-face or online. Connecting with students shifts the obligation from the instructor working singularly to create an inclusive environment to one where the class works collectively to build the community.

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Instructors Students Minute Papers Course Design 105

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

The passing rate for gateway classes—those that all students need to take—wavered slightly and dropped by one point to 75 percent. The equity gap is pernicious and growing,” says Stephen Burke, dean of Arts and Humanities for the college, which serves about 6,800 students and is located about 30 miles north of New York City. “In

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Textbooks Testing Art Students 160

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2025

Student success is teacher success. When our students overcome obstacles in their learning due to our support and encouragement, or experience transformations from our well-constructed course design and subsequent instruction, we succeed in cultivating spaces where their success is made possible.

Students 111

Students Motivation Feedback Communication 111

Edsurge

MAY 6, 2020

Recent class discussions have focused on the difficulties of getting through to students without in-person contact, especially during a time of enormous stress. Some teachers report that their students lack interest and in the worst cases, that students are dropping from classes entirely.

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Motivation Education Learning Feedback 218

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 6, 2024

As we prepared for the start of fall semester 2024, there was buzz around our campus about administration raising the caps in our condensed 8-week online courses to match the high enrollment caps for our 16 week in person courses. As an educator and instructional designer, I find this problematic.

Instructors 98

Instructors Course Design Students Authentic Assessment 98

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Instead of thinking about the LMS as simply a repository for course essentials (syllabus, contact information, etc.), consider how it might be used as a tool for enhancing student learning and engagement. Students now expect the use of this tool by their professors for more than simply providing lecture slides or links to readings.

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Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 122

Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2024

A few weeks ago, Ferris State University made a splashy announcement that it planned to enroll two chatbot “students” in its classes, calling it a novel way for colleges to test their curricula. How can we fine-tune responses from AI so they reflect the diversity of our student body or reflect the needs of a first-year student?”

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Intelligence Syllabus Feedback Assignments 213

Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2017

From there, it was only natural to start applying some of the concepts we discussed using with students in our own professional development. Learner Profiles are tools that students can create to reflect on who they are as learners and subsequently use to take an active role in the personalization of their learning.

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Teachers Lecturing Blended Learning Students 164

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.

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Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 132

Faculty Focus

JUNE 2, 2024

My first and only fully online class taken as an undergraduate student was a complete disaster. The class was a required course in my field that I would go on to be responsible for teaching as a graduate student and, later, as a professor. Kind of wild that I never actually received instruction in the course, myself.)

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Syllabus Course Design Learning Students 110

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Around the semester midpoint you may be noticing that some of your students are becoming overwhelmed, may lack motivation, or feel disconnected from the class. Below, let me share instructional strategies that I use in my courses (virtual, asynchronous, and in-person) to recover student engagement. Sound familiar?

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Student Engagement Lecturing Students Feedback 98

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2023

We firmly believe that doing so not only meets the evolving needs of today’s students but also enhances the overall learning experience. Furthermore, it places both faculty and students in a better position to adapt, should the need for another rapid shift to remote learning arise. Avoid confusing instructions.

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Syllabus Instructors Peer Review Lecturing 126

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Creating a trust-based classroom begins with an essential mindset: students are doing their best. When we approach teaching from this perspective, we move away from punitive measures, fear-based management, and skepticism about students honesty. Instead, we foster an environment of learning, growth, and empowerment.

Plagiarism 98

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 98

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 12, 2025

Students need to demonstrate their competencies in areas beyond traditional classroom assessments. In an era of advanced technologies and artificial intelligence, the use of these tools in education raises concerns about its impact on student learning, particularly when it comes to assessments.

Learning 111

Learning Evaluation Students Course Design 111

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Instead of thinking about the LMS as simply a repository for course essentials (syllabus, contact information, etc.), consider how it might be used as a tool for enhancing student learning and engagement. Students now expect the use of this tool by their professors for more than simply providing lecture slides or links to readings.

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Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 105

eSchool News

JULY 20, 2016

But what does it take to improve learning for all student populations, support positive school environments, and ensure school leaders at all levels are equipped with the skills and tools they need to maintain successful learning environments? Approximately 70,000 of Arizona’s K-12 students are ELLs. Read more. Read more.

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Teaching Exams Disabilities Learning 183

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.

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Multiple Choice Questions Instructors Textbooks Feedback 135

Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2016

By giving faculty the right tools and inspiration to teach in online environments, universities will be better equipped to support the diverse needs of college and university students, while preparing them for success in a networked world. Ask for their input and feedback throughout the session. Engage remote attendees in the dialogue.

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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.

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Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 67

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 12, 2025

Students need to demonstrate their competencies in areas beyond traditional classroom assessments. In an era of advanced technologies and artificial intelligence, the use of these tools in education raises concerns about its impact on student learning, particularly when it comes to assessments.

Learning 104

Learning Evaluation Students Course Design 104

Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

This article includes a free, open-access resource for educators: What Your Students Arent Telling You: Listening, Learning, and Leading with Empathy. The book, co-authored with students, offers actionable strategies and insights to help create more inclusive and humane learning environments.

Disabilities 64

Disabilities Course Design Lecturing Students 64

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

But Chatterjee, an international student from India, did not feel confident about the assignment, and thought it was Western-centric and focused on physical powers associated with attractive males. Based on that feedback, the professor, Julia Parra, says she changed the assignment to make it broader, and more inclusive.

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Culture Teaching Syllabus English 153

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

Moore have organized the self-assessment tool into three sections: The context and design of your course. The text of your syllabus and course design. Part of being able to consider the students’ perspectives is knowing who is taking your classes. Authors Ed Brantmeier, Andreas Broscheid and Carl S.

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Syllabus Teaching Beliefs Instructors 155

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

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.

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Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 62