Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 7, 2023

During lectures, I prayed that no one would ask me a question that I couldn’t answer. I expected a reckoning on my course evaluations, but the results were way worse than I expected. Their words stung like YouTube comments as I read them over and over again. Then I close the book on that set of evaluations.

Course Evaluations 122

Course Evaluations Evaluation Gamification Lecturing 122

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 7, 2023

During lectures, I prayed that no one would ask me a question that I couldn’t answer. I expected a reckoning on my course evaluations, but the results were way worse than I expected. Their words stung like YouTube comments as I read them over and over again. Then I close the book on that set of evaluations.

Course Evaluations 111

Course Evaluations Evaluation Gamification Lecturing 111

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

But the assistant professor of history at California State University at East Bay wanted something less drastic than giving up on live lectures entirely. Looking through a collection of teaching portfolios by her colleagues helped reassure her that she could redesign her course while preserving what worked about the classroom experience.

Teaching Portfolio 167

Teaching Portfolio Teaching Syllabus Peer Review 167

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

And when she last offered it in 2019, it was the most popular class at the university that semester, with about 450 students sitting in the largest lecture hall on campus. The popularity of the course led her to assemble the lessons into a book, “ Thinking 101: How to Reason Better to Live Better. And that's called the negativity bias.

Course Evaluations 183

Course Evaluations Study Grades Lecturing 183

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

I use a daily quiz that has a two-fold purpose: first, it tests the students’ knowledge of the day’s reading material; and second, it provides a focus for the lecture and activities scheduled that day in class. I incorporate the day’s lecture materials into the review of answers.

Quizzes 108

Quizzes Lecturing Course Evaluations Exams 108

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

I use a daily quiz that has a two-fold purpose: first, it tests the students’ knowledge of the day’s reading material; and second, it provides a focus for the lecture and activities scheduled that day in class. I incorporate the day’s lecture materials into the review of answers.

Quizzes 97

Quizzes Lecturing Course Evaluations Exams 97

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Textbooks and course materials to review, syllabi to update, lessons to plan, lectures to prepare. Since the pandemic, which necessitated the use of Learning Management Systems (LMS) such as Canvas or Blackboard, there is now an additional component to consider in developing our courses.

Syllabus 122

Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 122