Faculty Focus

MARCH 14, 2023

These pedagogies provide instructors a powerful opportunity to create learning environments that effectively support all students, minimize student stress, and support overall student mental health, without sacrificing academic rigor. Described below are three ways that instructors support student well-being and mental health.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

The food choice helps me understand a bit about their cultural background, while knowledge of their career dreams enables me to tailor class topics to their interests. Successful syllabus While there are mandatory components of a standard syllabus, I also add welcoming elements. Reference Addy, T. Mitchell, K. SoRelle, M.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Lecturing Instructors Feedback 111

Faculty Focus

MARCH 12, 2023

The first day or week of the semester is often referred to as what students call “syllabus week,” because professors typically spend the first day of class reviewing the syllabus—interject a big yawn here. So, I moved onto showing them the “About Your Instructor” icon in our LMS.

Student Engagement 116

Student Engagement Activities Syllabus Instructors 116

Faculty Focus

MAY 13, 2025

Increasingly, instructors report difficulty maintaining students attention, citing ever-present distractions like smartphones, laptops, and a relentless stream of digital notifications. Rather than dictating course policies and classroom norms, instructors can instead ask: What do you think about this plan? Often, class ends early.

Syllabus 105

Syllabus Instructors Learning Confidentiality 105

Faculty Focus

JUNE 18, 2024

Today, many of my colleagues who remain wedded to the traditional face-to-face teaching modality share some of the same fears I experienced as a beginning online asynchronous instructor. As college professors and instructors, we are the content experts and instructional leaders of our courses.

Instructors 111

Instructors Disabilities Culture Syllabus 111

Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2024

As educators and students grapple with what is allowed when using generative AI (GenAI) tools, I have compiled five tips to help you design or redesign academic integrity statements for your syllabus, assignments, exams, and course activities. Write your own GenAI policy to include in your syllabus.

Academic Integrity 137

Academic Integrity Writing Syllabus Exams 137

Faculty Focus

MAY 13, 2025

Increasingly, instructors report difficulty maintaining students attention, citing ever-present distractions like smartphones, laptops, and a relentless stream of digital notifications. Rather than dictating course policies and classroom norms, instructors can instead ask: What do you think about this plan? Often, class ends early.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Instructors Learning Confidentiality 98

Faculty Focus

JUNE 18, 2024

Today, many of my colleagues who remain wedded to the traditional face-to-face teaching modality share some of the same fears I experienced as a beginning online asynchronous instructor. As college professors and instructors, we are the content experts and instructional leaders of our courses.

Instructors 105

Instructors Disabilities Culture Syllabus 105

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 27, 2024

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 lead by example, sharing information about themselves, their backgrounds, and their interests, and encourage students to do the same.

Instructors 116

Instructors Students Minute Papers Course Design 116

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

So are most of the students taking the cultural competency quiz Professor John Branch gives out near the beginning of his MBA-level International Marketing class at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. Instead, I ask them to try to explore cultural differences while sitting in their armchairs at home. Why did it fail?

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Quizzes Failure Culture Students 167

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Collaborative syllabus design: During the first class, engage students in setting community and classroom norms and goals. A co-created syllabus session fosters accountability and trust, as students feel ownership of the course structure (Cook-Sather et al., Culturally responsive teaching: Theory, research, and practice (3rd ed.).

Plagiarism 123

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 123

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Students as Learners and Teachers (SaLT) is an innovative teaching approach where students and instructors collaborate to improve educational experiences ( Cavazos et al., Relevant and meaningful feedback on writing may vary between cultures, as language is also inextricably tied to culture. 2024; Cook-Sather, 2020).

Teaching 98

Teaching Instructors English Languages 98

Faculty Focus

MARCH 12, 2023

The first day or week of the semester is often referred to as what students call “syllabus week,” because professors typically spend the first day of class reviewing the syllabus—interject a big yawn here. So, I moved onto showing them the “About Your Instructor” icon in our LMS.

Student Engagement 98

Student Engagement Activities Syllabus Instructors 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 20, 2024

We may not have a storefront window to attract attention, but we do have something that students see before the start of the semester that can grab their attention, set the tone, and get them excited about entering the class…your syllabus! Exhibit 2: Thompson’s Barbie themed class syllabus (Spring 2024). Let Them Play!

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Attention Assignments Activities 111

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 20, 2024

We may not have a storefront window to attract attention, but we do have something that students see before the start of the semester that can grab their attention, set the tone, and get them excited about entering the class…your syllabus! Exhibit 2: Thompson’s Barbie themed class syllabus (Spring 2024). Let Them Play!

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Attention Assignments Activities 111

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 27, 2024

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 lead by example, sharing information about themselves, their backgrounds, and their interests, and encourage students to do the same.

Instructors 105

Instructors Students Minute Papers Course Design 105

Faculty Focus

MARCH 14, 2023

These pedagogies provide instructors a powerful opportunity to create learning environments that effectively support all students, minimize student stress, and support overall student mental health, without sacrificing academic rigor. Described below are three ways that instructors support student well-being and mental health.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Exams Instructors Assignments 98

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Collaborative syllabus design: During the first class, engage students in setting community and classroom norms and goals. A co-created syllabus session fosters accountability and trust, as students feel ownership of the course structure (Cook-Sather et al., Culturally responsive teaching: Theory, research, and practice (3rd ed.).

Plagiarism 98

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 98

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

I selected OpenStax because of the many resources they provided, such as PowerPoint lecture slides, instructor solution files, and even LMS cartridges for online classes. Yes, I’m one who subscribes to the notion that we college instructors are not just teaching our students a subject, but we’re also preparing them for real-world experiences.

Textbooks 116

Textbooks Syllabus Instructors Peer Review 116

Edsurge

APRIL 20, 2018

But how should instructors foster rich, inclusive dialogues with diverse students—and do so online where everyone might be anonymous? Steele suggested that online instructors should look for additional channels through which students can participate in conversations and demonstrate learning. she posed. “If

Instructors 97

Instructors Syllabus Learning Discussions 97

Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2024

As educators and students grapple with what is allowed when using generative AI (GenAI) tools, I have compiled five tips to help you design or redesign academic integrity statements for your syllabus, assignments, exams, and course activities. Write your own GenAI policy to include in your syllabus.

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Writing Syllabus Exams 98

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

I selected OpenStax because of the many resources they provided, such as PowerPoint lecture slides, instructor solution files, and even LMS cartridges for online classes. Yes, I’m one who subscribes to the notion that we college instructors are not just teaching our students a subject, but we’re also preparing them for real-world experiences.

Textbooks 104

Textbooks Syllabus Instructors Peer Review 104

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

These questions draw from information on the syllabus (which they are provided with the week before we meet) as well as general trivia like what’s Netflix’s most watched series, what is the most desired corporate stock, etc. It is a nice balance of learning and pop-culture.

Exams 116

Exams Syllabus Group work Assignments 116

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

These questions draw from information on the syllabus (which they are provided with the week before we meet) as well as general trivia like what’s Netflix’s most watched series, what is the most desired corporate stock, etc. It is a nice balance of learning and pop-culture.

Exams 111

Exams Syllabus Group work Assignments 111

Faculty Focus

JUNE 13, 2023

To do this, review your late assignment plan, your syllabus, and other policies for ways to increase your compassion and trust in students. ” Ted Lasso I’ve grown and evolved as an instructor in the three years since the pandemic began. ” Ted Lasso Putting things into perspective has been a constructive endeavor.

Teaching 119

Teaching Assignments Syllabus Counselling 119

Scholarly Teacher

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Instead the spaces are collaborative environments where instructors must use multiple pedagogical techniques to facilitate learning (Boss & Linder, 2016). Implementation and Strategies The first year I utilized cogen, I integrated these dialogues into my syllabus. In these spaces, the teacher is not the only one with knowledge.

Teaching 52

Teaching Syllabus Instructors Problem-Based Learning 52

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Postsecondary education in America has historically been committed to inventing courses of study, educational programs, or even whole institutions dedicated to the needs and expectations of its society, peoples, and cultures (Community Colleges, n.d.). How effective was the instructors ability to interact with students?

Course Design 67

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 67

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Postsecondary education in America has historically been committed to inventing courses of study, educational programs, or even whole institutions dedicated to the needs and expectations of its society, peoples, and cultures (Community Colleges, n.d.). How effective was the instructors ability to interact with students?

Course Design 62

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 62

EAB

MAY 23, 2023

And he's sympathetic to community college leaders in terms of the challenges they face, but he sort of, I would say, doesn't pull any punches in terms of outlining some of the cultural and process improvements he says are needed. So advisors will say, "Well, we're creating a syllabus with all this information. So data help with that.

Student Engagement 52

Student Engagement Students Questions Syllabus 52

Edsurge

MAY 7, 2020

Below, you’ll find a syllabus intended to help you advance from emergency remote instruction toward more substantive practices and philosophies. But no matter what modes your teaching takes in the future, hopefully this syllabus will be a good way for you to start digging deeper into online education. Key Concepts.

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Syllabus Lecturing Education Course Design 218

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 25, 2024

With classes about to begin for a new semester at colleges and universities across the world, instructors and students are preparing for the common experience of the first day of class. As instructors, we should prepare to rock the first day of class every semester as we introduce ourselves and our content to a new cohort of students.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Instructors Activities Teaching Philosophy 111

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 25, 2024

With classes about to begin for a new semester at colleges and universities across the world, instructors and students are preparing for the common experience of the first day of class. As instructors, we should prepare to rock the first day of class every semester as we introduce ourselves and our content to a new cohort of students.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Instructors Activities Teaching Philosophy 98

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Stanley-McAulay says Yale is working to create a culture of mutual respect among its staff by eliminating unconscious bias in its recruiting practices and hosting conversations where faculty and staff can ask each other “risky” questions about their backgrounds. A guiding principle behind the company’s approach to data is “prose, not graphs.”

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Syllabus Instructors Internet Languages 146

Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Which raises the question: how much should colleges use pop culture in their courses? But could a show like the Good Place actually belong on a college syllabus? For this week’s podcast, we talked first with Todd May, that professor helping to advise The Good Place. I have not.

Teaching Philosophy 167

Teaching Philosophy Teaching Ethics Syllabus 167

Edsurge

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Boyer uses a “flipped syllabus” in which students' final grades are based on the points they've earned—not lost—throughout the semester. Boyer is now a senior instructor and researcher at Virginia Tech. We sat down with Boyer to learn more about his flipped syllabus, unique assessments, and the hard work that goes into an easy A.

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Syllabus Quizzes Lecturing Assignments 147