Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

To fill immediate gaps, smaller academic programs, such as Critical Thinking Initiatives and Centers for Teaching and Learning, can help campus communities begin engaging with generative AI thoughtfully while fostering student success and workplace readiness.

Learning 116

Learning Ethics Writing Critical Thinking 116

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

To fill immediate gaps, smaller academic programs, such as Critical Thinking Initiatives and Centers for Teaching and Learning, can help campus communities begin engaging with generative AI thoughtfully while fostering student success and workplace readiness.

Learning 111

Learning Ethics Writing Critical Thinking 111

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 28, 2025

Classrooms using effective teaching methods that create engaging activities and promote active learning and critical thinking are more likely to result in deeper learning (Fink, 2013). Allowing students to share epiphanies they had encourages them to share and can sometimes lead to interdisciplinary connectivity.

Activities 111

Activities Interdisciplinary Active Learning Participation 111

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 28, 2025

Classrooms using effective teaching methods that create engaging activities and promote active learning and critical thinking are more likely to result in deeper learning (Fink, 2013). Allowing students to share epiphanies they had encourages them to share and can sometimes lead to interdisciplinary connectivity.

Activities 98

Activities Interdisciplinary Active Learning Participation 98

Edsurge

JULY 7, 2022

It teaches the basics of critical thinking, research and academic writing. They’re all adults enrolled in the university’s online Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies program. I’m not 18 and going into a big lecture hall. The course is called Transformations. I’m not going to a physical campus.

Students 172

Students Art Essay Interdisciplinary 172

Faculty Focus

MARCH 6, 2025

Prioritize Information : Before students can write effectively, they must learn to identify and rank key ideas from their readings, lectures, or discussions. Post-Class Applications : After a lecture, students might be tasked with writing a brief analogy connecting the days topic to a real-world issue.

Writing 122

Writing Reading Assignments Disciplinary Thinking 122

Faculty Focus

MARCH 6, 2025

Prioritize Information : Before students can write effectively, they must learn to identify and rank key ideas from their readings, lectures, or discussions. Post-Class Applications : After a lecture, students might be tasked with writing a brief analogy connecting the days topic to a real-world issue.

Writing 105

Writing Reading Assignments Disciplinary Thinking 105

Faculty Focus

MARCH 25, 2025

When we can show students that the extraordinary has a place in their online academic journey, educators can ignite a sense of awe, thus leading to elevated learning, collaboration, critical thinking, and ideas exchange.

Interdisciplinary 94

Interdisciplinary Education Instructors Communication 94

Faculty Focus

MARCH 25, 2025

When we can show students that the extraordinary has a place in their online academic journey, educators can ignite a sense of awe, thus leading to elevated learning, collaboration, critical thinking, and ideas exchange.

Interdisciplinary 94

Interdisciplinary Education Instructors Communication 94

Faculty Focus

MARCH 11, 2025

These include group discussions, hands-on experiments, problem-solving activities, and creative assessments that encourage critical thinking and peer collaboration. This innovative teaching environment blends engaged lectures with hands-on, collaborative activities, with the instructor as a facilitator. 2 (2009): 20-27.

Interdisciplinary 61

Interdisciplinary Instructors Students Motivation 61

Faculty Focus

MARCH 11, 2025

These include group discussions, hands-on experiments, problem-solving activities, and creative assessments that encourage critical thinking and peer collaboration. This innovative teaching environment blends engaged lectures with hands-on, collaborative activities, with the instructor as a facilitator. 2 (2009): 20-27.

Interdisciplinary 59

Interdisciplinary Instructors Students Motivation 59