Faculty Focus

MARCH 18, 2025

While many of our conversations have focused on what generative AI means for student assignments and learning outcomes, there’s another question faculty are askingoften individually and quietly: How can we leverage AI in our own academic and administrative work? And more importantly, should we?

Assignments 66

Assignments Testing Course Design Writing 66

Faculty Focus

APRIL 18, 2023

All sections of bi-modal courses receive a copy over of the asynchronous LMS master course. The faculty team could be consulted as to what materials should be placed in the master course. Every educator has the same course design and materials. Flexible (UDL) assignment design. Flexible proctored test dates.

Exams 111

Exams Course Design Assignments Learning 111

Faculty Focus

APRIL 18, 2023

All sections of bi-modal courses receive a copy over of the asynchronous LMS master course. The faculty team could be consulted as to what materials should be placed in the master course. Every educator has the same course design and materials. Flexible (UDL) assignment design. Flexible proctored test dates.

Exams 98

Exams Course Design Assignments Learning 98

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

We can pre-expose students to new information before starting a course or a class with: a welcome letter or email of the course description. a video about a course or topic. pre-test quizzes. The content of the questions is aligned to the learning outcomes and is linked to the subsequent assignments.

Knowledge 126

Knowledge Quizzes Students Learning 126

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 12, 2025

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. When completing assignments or preparing for tests, there is a concern that they might be “faking it until they make it.”

Learning 107

Learning Evaluation Students Course Design 107

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 12, 2025

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. When completing assignments or preparing for tests, there is a concern that they might be “faking it until they make it.”

Learning 101

Learning Evaluation Students Course Design 101

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. Experiential learning is a process through which a learner constructs knowledge, skill, and value from direct experience.

Learning 122

Learning Problem-Based Learning Students Lecturing 122

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

We can pre-expose students to new information before starting a course or a class with: a welcome letter or email of the course description. a video about a course or topic. pre-test quizzes. The content of the questions is aligned to the learning outcomes and is linked to the subsequent assignments.

Knowledge 98

Knowledge Quizzes Students Learning 98

Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2019

OpenStax and Rice scientists and developers collaborate with external researchers to test and publish papers about, for example, the effects that personalized question selection has on learning outcomes and whether natural language processing algorithms can nudge students to improve their responses to short-answer questions.

Textbooks 118

Textbooks Instructors History Syllabus 118

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. Experiential learning is a process through which a learner constructs knowledge, skill, and value from direct experience.

Learning 98

Learning Problem-Based Learning Students Lecturing 98

Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2017

But the challenges and constraints of practical educational settings mean laboratory-based findings don’t readily translate into the kinds of practices, resources and tools that can meaningfully improve teaching and learning. Education research needs a bit more of that kind of hands-on approach.

Laboratory 94

Laboratory Failure Education Study 94