Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Instead of thinking about the LMS as simply a repository for course essentials (syllabus, contact information, etc.), consider how it might be used as a tool for enhancing student learning and engagement. Students now expect the use of this tool by their professors for more than simply providing lecture slides or links to readings.

Syllabus 122

Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 122

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Connecting with students is a step towards increasing engagement in the classroom—whether face-to-face or online. Connecting with students shifts the obligation from the instructor working singularly to create an inclusive environment to one where the class works collectively to build the community.

Instructors 105

Instructors Students Minute Papers Course Design 105

Faculty Focus

MARCH 13, 2025

When students evaluations are viewed by instructors as a type of formative assessment to be used as a tool for instructional improvement, mid-semester feedback surveys allow instructors to immediately respond to their students needs (Chapman & Joines, 2017; Diamond, 2004). 2002; Spencer & Schmelkin, 2002). Sojka et al.

Feedback 107

Feedback Questions Course Evaluations Evaluation 107

Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2020

COVID-19 has not only shaken up the way we deliver instruction, but the pandemic also threatens the bonds that connect students to each other and their campuses. We have always been one piece of the community-building process on our campuses, but now we serve as an even more important bridge between students and institutions.

Instructors 209

Instructors Lecturing Course Evaluations Feedback 209

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Instead of thinking about the LMS as simply a repository for course essentials (syllabus, contact information, etc.), consider how it might be used as a tool for enhancing student learning and engagement. Students now expect the use of this tool by their professors for more than simply providing lecture slides or links to readings.

Syllabus 105

Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 105

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

I have had the honor and privilege to teach community college students for the past 14 years and have learned so much about their strengths and challenges during this time. In general, this is a student population with amazing resiliency and competing priorities that must be recognized and understood by administration and faculty.

Feedback 119

Feedback Motivation Learning Course Evaluations 119

Faculty Focus

MARCH 13, 2025

When students evaluations are viewed by instructors as a type of formative assessment to be used as a tool for instructional improvement, mid-semester feedback surveys allow instructors to immediately respond to their students needs (Chapman & Joines, 2017; Diamond, 2004). 2002; Spencer & Schmelkin, 2002). Sojka et al.

Feedback 95

Feedback Questions Course Evaluations Evaluation 95

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

I have had the honor and privilege to teach community college students for the past 14 years and have learned so much about their strengths and challenges during this time. In general, this is a student population with amazing resiliency and competing priorities that must be recognized and understood by administration and faculty.

Feedback 110

Feedback Motivation Learning Course Evaluations 110

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. We accept transfer credit for students, why don’t we accept transfer courses for adjuncts?” Andersen says. “I

Instructors 173

Instructors Lecturing Course Evaluations Evaluation 173

Faculty Focus

APRIL 16, 2024

Ensuring a successful educational experience for our students is akin to the art of culinary development, where thoughtful preparation is fundamental. This parallels the concept of pre-courses, which serve as innovative ingredients and preparatory tools in the educational kitchen.

Exams 115

Exams Quizzes Students Course Design 115

Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Colleges and universities in the United States are increasingly integrating technology into developmental education programs, which are designed to bring underprepared students up to college level. Our interviewees described numerous examples of technology use in developmental education instruction and student support.

Technology 153

Technology Education Syllabus Counselling 153

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. For instance, in course evaluations I seek out negative reviews. We made up fictitious transcripts of two students. But the average grade is like a B.

Course Evaluations 184

Course Evaluations Study Grades Lecturing 184

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

It’s the largest portfolio initiative for teaching eportfolios in higher education that’s focused on what am I doing to improve student learning,” says Gerry Hanley, assistant vice chancellor at California State University’s chancellor's office. Ford says her redesigned course also worked for students.

Teaching Portfolio 167

Teaching Portfolio Teaching Syllabus Peer Review 167

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Reader Question: Dear Bonni, Do you have tips on how to spark curiosity for students who are in classes not in their major when I am female and most of my students are male engineers? Jett spoke in the interview about the ways in which course evaluations contained biases and were not always helpful in informing her teaching approaches.

Teaching 163

Teaching Attention Course Evaluations Writing 163

Edsurge

AUGUST 25, 2021

In one focus group I attended, faculty members recommended that online courses include real-time sessions, that the school stream on-campus lectures and events to remote students, and that faculty establish a uniform and consistent online course evaluation rubric following industry best practices.

Lecturing 207

Lecturing eLearning Instructors Course Evaluations 207

Edsurge

MARCH 17, 2017

For many students, participating in online class discussions feels like a chore—a box to check off for participation points rather than a lively dialogue. “I He’s taking three online courses this semester, all of which require him to participate in online discussion forums as part of his grade.

Instructors 149

Instructors Discussions Course Evaluations Writing 149

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. My students do the quiz as a group activity. My students do the quiz as a group activity.

Quizzes 105

Quizzes Lecturing Course Evaluations Exams 105

Edsurge

JUNE 10, 2019

Dear Bonni, Various times I get feedback from students that they find me too unsure when in front of the class. As I began my first night of teaching in a university setting, I asked the students to take out their textbooks for the class and turn to a particular page. You can pose a question for a future column here.

Teaching 167

Teaching Peer Review Course Evaluations Culture 167

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. My students do the quiz as a group activity. My students do the quiz as a group activity.

Quizzes 96

Quizzes Lecturing Course Evaluations Exams 96

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 8, 2022

You could integrate things for your students, but it’s better if they do it themselves. Then turn it over to the class and have students (individually or in groups) create a mind map that lays out the content terrain. If the course has several learning objectives, let each one be mapped by a different group. Bookend activities.

Feedback 111

Feedback Course Evaluations Assignments Study 111

Faculty Focus

APRIL 16, 2024

Ensuring a successful educational experience for our students is akin to the art of culinary development, where thoughtful preparation is fundamental. This parallels the concept of pre-courses, which serve as innovative ingredients and preparatory tools in the educational kitchen.

Exams 73

Exams Quizzes Students Course Design 73

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 8, 2022

You could integrate things for your students, but it’s better if they do it themselves. Then turn it over to the class and have students (individually or in groups) create a mind map that lays out the content terrain. If the course has several learning objectives, let each one be mapped by a different group. Bookend activities.

Feedback 98

Feedback Course Evaluations Assignments Study 98

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The intriguing idea that can link learning over a weekend (as well as demonstrate how much student comments can matter): “After our last class I was thinking about Jake’s comment on the emotional power of words. Student afterthoughts fit—less tidily—under these same examples.

Ethics 98

Ethics Minute Papers Syllabus Course Evaluations 98

Faculty Focus

MAY 23, 2023

Students often enter undergraduate research-based courses feeling academically underprepared and/or intimidated by the task of understanding and presenting research to their peers and professionals. The courses that focus on research are foundational for social sciences majors.

Evaluation 105

Evaluation Counselling Assignments Critical Thinking 105

Faculty Focus

JUNE 6, 2024

When not all that many students are paying attention. Cultivating accurate self-assessment is a challenge whether you’re a student or the teacher. Part of the needed perceptive analysis comes with maturity, which is why so many of our younger students don’t have it. All rights reserved. When a discussion didn’t go anywhere.

Course Evaluations 59

Course Evaluations Attention Textbooks Discussions 59

Faculty Focus

JUNE 6, 2024

When not all that many students are paying attention. Cultivating accurate self-assessment is a challenge whether you’re a student or the teacher. Part of the needed perceptive analysis comes with maturity, which is why so many of our younger students don’t have it. All rights reserved. When a discussion didn’t go anywhere.

Course Evaluations 49

Course Evaluations Attention Textbooks Discussions 49

Faculty Focus

APRIL 24, 2025

In particular, I have utilized this model when I teach a new course for the first time, improving an existing course, and/or experimenting with new teaching practices. During the Covid-19 pandemic, I set a before-action directive in my international business for students to engage in a virtual consulting-based learning.

Lecturing 64

Lecturing Faculty Development Knowledge Laboratory 64

Teachers Pay Teachers

MAY 9, 2025

It’s the perfect time to celebrate all your elementary students have learned and how much theyve grown. Develop silly class awards: Have students create silly class awards for things they’ve used around the classroom, like their textbooks and pencils. They can then share their awards for a big laugh.

Activities 69

Activities Schools Middle School Middle School 69

Faculty Focus

APRIL 6, 2025

In general, educators recognize the value of student feedback: it can help us better understand the classroom experience, modify learning activities, or adjust our policies and practices to improve student outcomes. It rarely asks questions focused on student learning. 2016; Kahn, 1993; Medina, 2011; Nilson, 2016).

Instructors 91

Instructors Feedback Evaluation Students 91

Faculty Focus

APRIL 6, 2025

In general, educators recognize the value of student feedback: it can help us better understand the classroom experience, modify learning activities, or adjust our policies and practices to improve student outcomes. It rarely asks questions focused on student learning. 2016; Kahn, 1993; Medina, 2011; Nilson, 2016).

Instructors 85

Instructors Feedback Evaluation Students 85