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., 2014; Agarwal, 2019).

Plagiarism 121

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 121

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

I add the element of having them discuss their individual observations with a partner. Group Trivia: I end our first-class session with some trivia questions for students to answer in small groups of 4-to-5 students. Regular Group Work: I emphasis a lot of group work throughout the semester, both graded and ungraded.

Exams 116

Exams Syllabus Group work Assignments 116

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

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

I add the element of having them discuss their individual observations with a partner. Group Trivia: I end our first-class session with some trivia questions for students to answer in small groups of 4-to-5 students. Regular Group Work: I emphasis a lot of group work throughout the semester, both graded and ungraded.

Exams 111

Exams Syllabus Group work Assignments 111

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

If a student wants to discuss accommodations, try to do so during office hours or via email. For instance, when assigned to work in groups during class, students who may have trouble focusing or even hearing the discussion due to the noise level may ask the professor for permission to work in the library or outside.

Disabilities 144

Disabilities Exams Lecturing Education 144

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., 2014; Agarwal, 2019).

Plagiarism 98

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 98

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

If a student wants to discuss accommodations, try to do so during office hours or via email. For instance, when assigned to work in groups during class, students who may have trouble focusing or even hearing the discussion due to the noise level may ask the professor for permission to work in the library or outside.

Disabilities 98

Disabilities Exams Lecturing Education 98

Faculty Focus

MAY 29, 2025

Even though current generational students resist group work, I encouraged them to team up with a study partner (for experience) where they can help each other with content, application, and reporting (even though all submissions must be individual and not just copied from their partner).

Student Engagement 52

Student Engagement Syllabus Learning Students 52

EAB

MAY 23, 2023

EAB’s Tara Zirkel is joined by Center for Community College Student Engagement Executive Director Dr. Linda Garcia, as well as Associate Director of Publications, Dr. Courtney Adkins, to discuss new research on student engagement. Mentioned was focus group work. So we give voice to the data through our focus group work.

Student Engagement 52

Student Engagement Students Questions Syllabus 52

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

I’ll discuss many times throughout the term that we can demonstrate our positive bedside manner and how it may look in the various types of class formats. The videos are posted on our class LMS, and I work with my school’s Canvas administrator to open the class access about a week early so students can view the video and my welcome letter.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Teachers Discussions Questions 111

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

I’ll discuss many times throughout the term that we can demonstrate our positive bedside manner and how it may look in the various types of class formats. The videos are posted on our class LMS, and I work with my school’s Canvas administrator to open the class access about a week early so students can view the video and my welcome letter.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Teachers Discussions Questions 98