Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Importantly, building classes that contain these elements for both students and instructors can lead to benefits for all. Below, I outline details about the five components and ideas for both students and instructors. For instructors: Reflect on your decision latitude to design your course from start to finish.

Course Design 105

Course Design Teaching Instructors Motivation 105

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Importantly, building classes that contain these elements for both students and instructors can lead to benefits for all. Below, I outline details about the five components and ideas for both students and instructors. For instructors: Reflect on your decision latitude to design your course from start to finish.

Course Design 94

Course Design Teaching Instructors Motivation 94

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

But the two faculty unions, the university’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors, and the EMU Federation of Teachers, which represents adjuncts, say that the company is involved in many aspects of course design and could bring in outside online coaches for students without faculty oversight.

Teaching Assistants 117

Teaching Assistants Instructors Coaching Counselling 117

Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

Plus, it sounded a lot like a MOOC (short for “massive open online courses”)—free courses designed for thousands of students that were all the rage a few years ago, but which today are seen as having fallen far short of the hype. He also used some of the money to send his teaching assistants to cities around the globe.

Textbooks 164

Textbooks Teaching Assistants Instructors Exams 164

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

This piece will suggest a few simple ideas that teachers of introductory STEM classes may implement in their course design to turn their lectures into active learning experiences for a large student body, without needing to completely revisit and change their whole teaching style. How long should they last? research.com.

Lecturing 98

Lecturing Active Learning Activities STEM 98

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Teaching is a dynamic endeavor. As instructors, we are continually looking for ways to grow and improve. HIPs like internships, learning communities, undergraduate research projects, and even capstone projects can be difficult to fit into the confines of a semester-long course without a great deal of development and design.

Assignments 108

Assignments Instructors Critical Thinking Activities 108

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

Teaching in a large-size classroom differs significantly from teaching in a small-size classroom in terms of engagement, interaction, and instructional methods (Wang & Calvano, 2022). To address the disparity between in-person and remote students, instructors can implement strategies that ensure both groups feel equally engaged.

Teaching 91

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 91