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. Read your evaluations, and let them sit until you gain some objectivity. Years’ worth of courses lie ahead. They always did.

Course Evaluations 121

Course Evaluations Evaluation Gamification Lecturing 121

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. Read your evaluations, and let them sit until you gain some objectivity. Years’ worth of courses lie ahead. They always did.

Course Evaluations 109

Course Evaluations Evaluation Gamification Lecturing 109

Edsurge

MARCH 17, 2020

Like many others teaching college classes across the country, Sharyn Hardy spent the last few days figuring out how to translate her carefully crafted classroom lectures into lessons that her students can learn online. That’s a serious concern, Hardy explains, because "for many adjuncts, they are judged solely on student course evaluations.”

Instructors 173

Instructors Lecturing Course Evaluations Evaluation 173

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

Faculty Focus

APRIL 24, 2025

As scholar-teachers, we know that the habit of reflectioncan be a powerful tool for workplace learning and performance, which can separate high-performance professionals from mediocre ones. Write them down and have it with you as you start the lecture. During the lecture, focus on reflection-during-action.

Lecturing 54

Lecturing Faculty Development Laboratory Knowledge 54

Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2018

I wish there were better ways of sharing my concerns other than at the end of the semester when you fill out those [teacher evaluations]. Do students take those evaluations seriously or do faculty take those evaluations seriously? I don't think that students have enough input into it, and I do think that is a shame.

Teaching 121

Teaching Course Evaluations Evaluation Students 121

Faculty Focus

APRIL 24, 2025

As scholar-teachers, we know that the habit of reflectioncan be a powerful tool for workplace learning and performance, which can separate high-performance professionals from mediocre ones. Write them down and have it with you as you start the lecture. During the lecture, focus on reflection-during-action.

Lecturing 64

Lecturing Faculty Development Laboratory Knowledge 64