Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

As the director of a Center for Teaching and Learning, I have a window into how many faculty think about teaching, learning, and preparing for a new course/term. If you are like most of those with whom I work, you spend hours identifying the desired learning outcomes, essential understandings and skills, and appropriate materials.

Syllabus 132

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 132

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.

Feedback 111

Feedback Course Design Instructors Education 111

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Photo Credit: Tina Nazerian Consider Pedagogy and Course Design Safeguarding a course from cheating can come down to the very design of the course itself. For example, a course that has two big tests worth 80 percent of a student’s grade can create anxiety because the stakes are so high.

Academic Integrity 144

Academic Integrity Exams Assignments Instructors 144

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 119

Teaching Syllabus Feedback Instructors 119

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 27, 2024

In addition to having these services available in your syllabus and throughout your course, a warm handoff to connect students with these services will likely build trust. Provide Inclusive Content Consider students’ experiences and interests when selecting course content and resources. Benner, G. J., & Sanders, S.

Instructors 116

Instructors Students Minute Papers Course Design 116

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

After a handful of meetings, we identified a great opportunity to pursue a SoTL project in our classes that tasks students with using specific skills, taking ownership of their content, learning and growing together, and most of all seeing how an event in the past can influence community health in the future.

Syllabus 105

Syllabus Science History Communication 105

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 122

Schools Syllabus Authentic Assessment Evaluation 122

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

OCTOBER 27, 2024

In addition to having these services available in your syllabus and throughout your course, a warm handoff to connect students with these services will likely build trust. Provide Inclusive Content Consider students’ experiences and interests when selecting course content and resources. Benner, G. J., & Sanders, S.

Instructors 105

Instructors Students Minute Papers Course Design 105

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

After a handful of meetings, we identified a great opportunity to pursue a SoTL project in our classes that tasks students with using specific skills, taking ownership of their content, learning and growing together, and most of all seeing how an event in the past can influence community health in the future.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Science History Communication 98

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

JUNE 25, 2023

Next, I drafted a one-page syllabus (Figure 1) that included my contact information, a course description, student learning outcomes, those same discovery questions (above), recommended texts, a preliminary course schedule, and an abbreviated outline of the course content. What could they contribute to their own success?

Coaching 105

Coaching Syllabus Confidentiality Assignments 105

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

As the director of a Center for Teaching and Learning, I have a window into how many faculty think about teaching, learning, and preparing for a new course/term. If you are like most of those with whom I work, you spend hours identifying the desired learning outcomes, essential understandings and skills, and appropriate materials.

Syllabus 104

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 104

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 Syllabus Authentic Assessment Evaluation 105

Faculty Focus

JUNE 25, 2023

Next, I drafted a one-page syllabus (Figure 1) that included my contact information, a course description, student learning outcomes, those same discovery questions (above), recommended texts, a preliminary course schedule, and an abbreviated outline of the course content. What could they contribute to their own success?

Coaching 98

Coaching Syllabus Confidentiality Assignments 98

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

What does the language in the syllabus/assignment assume about students (e.g., Although assessments may focus on students' ability to recall course content in Standard English, their professional environments might require proficiency in multiple languages and dialects. language choices for turning in assignments?

Teaching 98

Teaching Instructors English Language 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 65

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 65

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2018

There was some discussion about how to use social media to bring learning into the wider virtual world as described in How a Flipped Syllabus, Twitter and YouTube Made This Professor Teacher of the Year. Emma Zone shared this succinct opinion: “I like to think about interactive rubrics or outputs that focus on skills.

Assignments 95

Assignments Exams Instructors Learning 95

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 62

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 62

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

But sometimes, these skills are just as important as a doctor’s attention to a patient’s needs. 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.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Teachers Discussions Questions 111

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

But sometimes, these skills are just as important as a doctor’s attention to a patient’s needs. 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.

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. important and/or intriguing content and skills) and engaging activities and assignments. The empathetic course design perspective. Saucier, D.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Instructors Activities Assignments 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. important and/or intriguing content and skills) and engaging activities and assignments. The empathetic course design perspective. Saucier, D.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Instructors Activities Assignments 98