Faculty Focus

JANUARY 18, 2024

I was handed a syllabus, a classroom, and students, and left to figure out the rest on my own. 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.

Teaching 111

Teaching Syllabus Feedback Instructors 111

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 5, 2025

Instructional designers are experts who use their flexibility, knowledge, and skills in theory and practice to help faculty adapt to new ways of educating students (Pollard & Kumar, 2022). They help faculty use a data-driven lens when making decisions about teaching and learning in their course.

Schools 105

Schools Authentic Assessment Syllabus Evaluation 105

Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2016

What I find truly innovative about these platforms is their ability to bring together all of your library’s content, in addition to the OERs, to not only save money, but help faculty become more creative with their course design.

Textbooks 119

Textbooks Syllabus Course Design Communication 119

Faculty Focus

JUNE 25, 2023

Their aim in teaching was to instill knowledge as if the students were empty vessels into which the professor simply poured content. One-page syllabus On the first day of class, we reviewed their answers to the appreciative inquiry and discussed how we could be colleagues in this course.

Coaching 105

Coaching Syllabus Confidentiality Assignments 105

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Trusting students does not mean ignoring accountability; it means designing courses, policies, and practices that build their confidence and skills while treating them as equal partners in their education. Collaborative syllabus design: During the first class, engage students in setting community and classroom norms and goals.

Plagiarism 98

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 98

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 1, 2024

One thing I love about the book is the idea of changing one small thing instead of reinventing your entire course. Historically, I start the semester by walking through the syllabus, our canvas site, and previewing the course topics. As I listened, I thought about my first day of class routine.

Activities 98

Activities Syllabus Learning Knowledge 98

Faculty Focus

JUNE 25, 2023

Their aim in teaching was to instill knowledge as if the students were empty vessels into which the professor simply poured content. One-page syllabus On the first day of class, we reviewed their answers to the appreciative inquiry and discussed how we could be colleagues in this course.

Coaching 98

Coaching Syllabus Confidentiality Assignments 98

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Modeled after the program at Bryn Mawr College, the student-faculty partnership program at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (URTGV), one of the largest Hispanic-Serving Institutions in the nation, aims to create educational spaces in direct response to students’ experiences, knowledge, and insights.

Teaching 98

Teaching Instructors English Languages 98

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Many professors may not be familiar with, A self-directed guide to designing courses for significant learning , a resource designed to do just what it says. From this, Fink developed a model known as integrated course design which consists of three phases: the initial, intermediate and final design phases.

Course Design 64

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 64

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Many professors may not be familiar with, A self-directed guide to designing courses for significant learning , a resource designed to do just what it says. From this, Fink developed a model known as integrated course design which consists of three phases: the initial, intermediate and final design phases.

Course Design 61

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 61

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2018

I often think of standard assessments as ‘show me what you know’ and alternative assessments as ‘demonstrate what you can do with that knowledge.’” But why, then, do so many courses still rely on exams? Bethany Bovard defined the difference in her own words. “I I'm excited to read more! The short answer: they’re easy.

Assignments 96

Assignments Exams Instructors Learning 96

Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

Dr. Emily Tarconish, a teaching professor in the College of Education, contributed her deep knowledge of Universal Design for Learning and accessible course design. Tessa Wolf strengthened our commitment to inclusive course design. Sheza Shaikh centered mental health and belonging in her writing.

Disabilities 64

Disabilities Course Design Lecturing Students 64

Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Commercial texts and tools make it too easy for some faculty to outsource their teaching and course design, Smith says, although he’s empathetic to part-time instructors whose workloads outweigh their resources. What copyright law has done is choke off the transformative power of knowledge sharing.

Textbooks 117

Textbooks Instructors History Syllabus 117

Scholarly Teacher

DECEMBER 11, 2024

2020; Lang 2021; McRee 2012), results are often self-reported assessments and focus on the characteristics of the instruction such as good course design or expert presentation; less typically does the research focus solely on the learner (Gore et al., In these spaces, the teacher is not the only one with knowledge.

Teaching 52

Teaching Syllabus Instructors Problem-Based Learning 52

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

A physician attends to a patient with their medical knowledge, training, and experience. Attach your class syllabus (if ready) Encourage students to reach out to you if they have any questions and identify the best method for them to do this—email, phone, Learning Management System, etc. If you haven’t already, try a “visual syllabus.”

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Teachers Discussions Questions 111

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 25, 2024

The first day of class of any given course is something that happens only once and can be over so quickly – perhaps too quickly to optimize the value and impact of that first day. Throughout these activities, instructors should model their authentic engagement in the course, intrigue their students with the content (e.g., Schiffer, A.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Instructors Activities Teaching Philosophy 111

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

A physician attends to a patient with their medical knowledge, training, and experience. Attach your class syllabus (if ready) Encourage students to reach out to you if they have any questions and identify the best method for them to do this—email, phone, Learning Management System, etc. If you haven’t already, try a “visual syllabus.”

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Teachers Discussions Questions 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 25, 2024

The first day of class of any given course is something that happens only once and can be over so quickly – perhaps too quickly to optimize the value and impact of that first day. Throughout these activities, instructors should model their authentic engagement in the course, intrigue their students with the content (e.g., Schiffer, A.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Instructors Activities Teaching Philosophy 98

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

For a typical course that goes through the process, 25 to 35 beta testers spend a week sampling lectures and quizzes and giving feedback and suggestions. Engers says he only participates every so often, but when he does sign up to test a course, he spends about four to six hours trying out fragments of it.

Testing 166

Testing Lecturing Quizzes Textbooks 166

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 9, 2022

2016); however, the model should be accompanied by a course design that applies the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework to augment accessibility. The Hyflex model becomes more effective when accompanied by a course design that uses the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Framework. Representation.

Universal Design 116

Universal Design Course Design Learning Syllabus 116

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

2022 for discussion of empathetic course design). Practical ways to provide content disclosures When there is content in your course that may be potentially distressing, this should be clear to your students in the course syllabus. The empathic course design perspective. What is a content disclosure?

Syllabus 119

Syllabus Course Design Instructors Teaching Philosophy 119

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

2022 for discussion of empathetic course design). Practical ways to provide content disclosures When there is content in your course that may be potentially distressing, this should be clear to your students in the course syllabus. The empathic course design perspective. What is a content disclosure?

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Course Design Instructors Teaching Philosophy 111

Edsurge

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Boyer uses a “flipped syllabus” in which students' final grades are based on the points they've earned—not lost—throughout the semester. Now the course is offered each semester and a whopping 3,000 students take it in any given school year. You can also watch this Course Hero video on Vimeo. The great thing about geography is.

Syllabus 139

Syllabus Quizzes Lecturing Assignments 139