Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Trusting students does not mean ignoring accountability; it means designing courses, policies, and practices that build their confidence and skills while treating them as equal partners in their education. Such practices can lead to mistrust between students and faculty, harming the educational relationship. References Agarwal, P.

Plagiarism 98

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 98

Faculty Focus

MAY 11, 2025

Generative AI is changing the landscape of higher education, in both good and bad ways (Balch, 2023). Balch & Blanck, 2025; Butulis, 2023; Parks & Oslick, 2024) and to provide their students with instruction and practice in using AI in productive and ethical ways (e.g., Chronicles of Higher Education. Schoeder, 2024).

Instructors 111

Instructors Motivation Critical Thinking Students 111

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

It’s a pivotal time for artificial intelligence in higher education. And the infusion of algorithms is leading to questions—ethical questions and practical questions and philosophical questions—about how far higher education should go in bringing in artificial intelligence, and who decides what the algorithms should look like.

Peer Review 106

Peer Review Ethics Science Intelligence 106

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 24, 2023

The paper passed three peer reviewers who reported that they believed the paper was written by a person. 1) noted that ChatGPT wrote academic abstracts that passed through the peer review process 32% of the time even after reviewers had been told that some of the abstracts were fake. A report by Paul (2023, p.1)

Intelligence 98

Intelligence Critical Thinking Academic Integrity Peer Review 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 24, 2023

The paper passed three peer reviewers who reported that they believed the paper was written by a person. 1) noted that ChatGPT wrote academic abstracts that passed through the peer review process 32% of the time even after reviewers had been told that some of the abstracts were fake. A report by Paul (2023, p.1)

Intelligence 96

Intelligence Critical Thinking Academic Integrity Peer Review 96

Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2018

But it wasn’t until her current gig, serving as an instructor for a course on water supply and demand in California, that she got her feet wet with open educational resources. Coming from educational publishing, there was a strict division between writing and editing and graphic-design work,” says Anagnoson. Now it’s my job.”

Textbooks 122

Textbooks Instructors History Syllabus 122

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) has transitioned from a speculative concept to a transformative tool in higher education, particularly within community colleges. Drawing on the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), it argues that AI can enhance accessibility and efficiency while preserving the human essence of education.

Faculty Development 88

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 88

Faculty Focus

JUNE 16, 2024

Empathy, in course development, refers to an educator’s ability to understand the problems, needs, and desires a group of learners faces through research and inquisition. The first domain is associated with taking a team approach to maintain shared values, engage in ethical conduct, and engage in respect for each other.

Learning 110

Learning Universal Design Course Design Fairness 110

Faculty Focus

JUNE 16, 2024

Empathy, in course development, refers to an educator’s ability to understand the problems, needs, and desires a group of learners faces through research and inquisition. The first domain is associated with taking a team approach to maintain shared values, engage in ethical conduct, and engage in respect for each other.

Learning 109

Learning Universal Design Course Design Fairness 109

Faculty Focus

JULY 7, 2024

Empathy, in course development, refers to an educator’s ability to understand the problems, needs, and desires a group of learners faces through research and inquisition. The first domain is associated with taking a team approach to maintain shared values, engage in ethical conduct, and engage in respect for each other.

Learning 108

Learning Universal Design Fairness Course Design 108

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

What ethical issues does this situation present? Dr. Terra Gargano teaches in the School of International Service at American University in Washington, DC, and has worked in international higher education for over 25 years. Harvard Education Press, , Cop. Hawker Brownlow Education. What are alternative solutions?

Questions 105

Questions Study Skills Evaluation 105

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) has transitioned from a speculative concept to a transformative tool in higher education, particularly within community colleges. Drawing on the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), it argues that AI can enhance accessibility and efficiency while preserving the human essence of education.

Faculty Development 75

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 75

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

What ethical issues does this situation present? Dr. Terra Gargano teaches in the School of International Service at American University in Washington, DC, and has worked in international higher education for over 25 years. Harvard Education Press, , Cop. Hawker Brownlow Education. What are alternative solutions?

Questions 97

Questions Study Skills Evaluation 97

Faculty Focus

JULY 7, 2024

Empathy, in course development, refers to an educator’s ability to understand the problems, needs, and desires a group of learners faces through research and inquisition. The first domain is associated with taking a team approach to maintain shared values, engage in ethical conduct, and engage in respect for each other.

Learning 91

Learning Universal Design Fairness Course Design 91

Dangerously Irrelevant

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Here is a quote from Kentucky Education Commissioner, Dr. Wayne Lewis (who is a friend of mine). The context is a statewide conversation about higher education standards for Kentucky high school graduates. As a researcher and former university educational leadership faculty member, Wayne should know better than this.

Skills 107

Skills Peer Review Secondary Education English 107

Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 24, 2016

John Hattie, Professor of Education at the University of Auckland, spent 15 years synthesizing the vast body of peer-reviewed, meta-analytical research pertaining to student achievement. Hattie went on to state: It would be difficult to find another educational practice on which the evidence is so unequivocally negative. (p.

Peer Review 0

Peer Review Achievement Motivation Students 0

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 6, 2024

Some common forms of predatory publishing practices include falsely claiming to provide peer review, hiding information about Article Processing Charges (APCs), misrepresenting members of the journal’s editorial board, and other violations of copyright or scholarly ethics (p. References Elmore S.A., & Weston E.

Learning 64

Learning Peer Review Ethics Evaluation 64

Dangerously Irrelevant

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Today the Iowa Department of Education issued its first-ever school report cards. Here are the number of Iowa schools in each of the six possible report card categories: For this first year, the Department of Education distributed schools along a normal curve. That bonus you didn’t get at work (aka Iowa education reform in 2015).

Peer Review 37

Peer Review Schools High School High School 37

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 6, 2024

Some common forms of predatory publishing practices include falsely claiming to provide peer review, hiding information about Article Processing Charges (APCs), misrepresenting members of the journal’s editorial board, and other violations of copyright or scholarly ethics (p. References Elmore S.A., & Weston E.

Learning 52

Learning Peer Review Ethics Evaluation 52

Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2017

A handful of other universities (and even preschools ) now accept Bitcoin for tuition, but that’s hardly the extent of how blockchains and tokens are weaving their way into education: Educators and edtech entrepreneurs are now testing out everything from issuing degrees on blockchains to paying people in cryptocurrency for their teaching.

Learning 144

Learning Participation History Peer Review 144

Teach Your Kids

MARCH 8, 2025

To celebrate, I want to highlight extraordinary women in education, leaders I’ve had the privilege of interviewing on my podcast. My team has 20 years of experience in tech, and 40 in education. Instead of competing for a limited number of opportunities, women are increasingly supporting and uplifting one another.

Education 52

Education Ethics Culture Study 52

eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2025

When it comes to education trends, AI certainly has staying power. As generative AI technologies evolve, educators are moving away from fears about AI-enabled cheating and are embracing the idea that AI can open new doors for teaching and learning. So: Whats next for AI in education ?

Ethics 350

Ethics Writing Feedback Knowledge 350