Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2024

The rise of generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude, Gemini, DALL-E, and Meta AI has created a pressing new challenge for educators: defining academic integrity in the age of AI. Banning GenAI tools is not the solution Many students use GenAI tools to aid their learning. Or, for one class activity (e.g.,

Academic Integrity 137

Academic Integrity Writing Syllabus Exams 137

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

If you are like most of those with whom I work, you spend hours identifying the desired learning outcomes, essential understandings and skills, and appropriate materials. This then leads to countless hours of designing assessments and learning experiences. This is critical work. food, water, warmth, rest, and security).

Syllabus 132

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 132

Faculty Focus

JUNE 25, 2023

Later in life, after nearly three decades of teaching in higher education and serving my division as chair, which included professor evaluations, I came to believe that there were essentially two types of professors: ones who taught their discipline to students and ones who taught students their discipline. The students and I began to thrive!

Coaching 105

Coaching Syllabus Confidentiality Assignments 105

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. Collaborative syllabus design: During the first class, engage students in setting community and classroom norms and goals.

Plagiarism 122

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 122

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

The ACCCE model is a framework for applying culturally responsive teaching practices for meaningful learning outcomes (Plotts, 2022). These components are necessary to create a thriving educational environment encouraging learners’ growth and accomplishments. She is also the founder of Neuroculture. References Byrd, C.

Culture 130

Culture Syllabus Critical Thinking Intelligence 130

Faculty Focus

JUNE 25, 2023

Later in life, after nearly three decades of teaching in higher education and serving my division as chair, which included professor evaluations, I came to believe that there were essentially two types of professors: ones who taught their discipline to students and ones who taught students their discipline. The students and I began to thrive!

Coaching 98

Coaching Syllabus Confidentiality Assignments 98

EdTech Magazine

APRIL 30, 2020

The real shift occurs when everyone in the educational community starts to change what they talk about and how they respond to conversational outcomes. In practice, data-driven education can be challenging — but it’s worth the effort, say educators who have done it.

Culture 86

Culture Syllabus Schools Elementary School 86

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

The ACCCE model is a framework for applying culturally responsive teaching practices for meaningful learning outcomes (Plotts, 2022). These components are necessary to create a thriving educational environment encouraging learners’ growth and accomplishments. She is also the founder of Neuroculture. References Byrd, C.

Culture 110

Culture Syllabus Critical Thinking Intelligence 110

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

If you are like most of those with whom I work, you spend hours identifying the desired learning outcomes, essential understandings and skills, and appropriate materials. This then leads to countless hours of designing assessments and learning experiences. This is critical work. food, water, warmth, rest, and security).

Syllabus 101

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 101

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. Collaborative syllabus design: During the first class, engage students in setting community and classroom norms and goals.

Plagiarism 98

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 98

EdTech Magazine

APRIL 30, 2020

The real shift occurs when everyone in the educational community starts to change what they talk about and how they respond to conversational outcomes. In practice, data-driven education can be challenging — but it’s worth the effort, say educators who have done it.

Culture 78

Culture Syllabus Schools Elementary School 78

EdTech Magazine

APRIL 30, 2020

The real shift occurs when everyone in the educational community starts to change what they talk about and how they respond to conversational outcomes. In practice, data-driven education can be challenging — but it’s worth the effort, say educators who have done it.

Culture 78

Culture Syllabus Schools Elementary School 78

Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2024

The rise of generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude, Gemini, DALL-E, and Meta AI has created a pressing new challenge for educators: defining academic integrity in the age of AI. Banning GenAI tools is not the solution Many students use GenAI tools to aid their learning. Or, for one class activity (e.g.,

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Writing Syllabus Exams 98

Faculty Focus

APRIL 18, 2023

To provide students with truly flexible learning options, educators must design bi-modal content and students must have the choice for each session to attend in-person, with the educator (online or on campus), or work through the course materials asynchronously. Every educator has the same course design and materials.

Exams 111

Exams Course Design Assignments Learning 111

Faculty Focus

JUNE 13, 2023

As a faculty member in a graduate program in educational leadership, I underestimated how the pandemic would impact my teaching—and change the way I approached pedagogy and implemented learner-centered practices. This lighthearted, quirky comedy became the basis for the four critical lessons I learned while teaching through the pandemic.

Teaching 119

Teaching Assignments Syllabus Counselling 119

Faculty Focus

APRIL 18, 2023

To provide students with truly flexible learning options, educators must design bi-modal content and students must have the choice for each session to attend in-person, with the educator (online or on campus), or work through the course materials asynchronously. Every educator has the same course design and materials.

Exams 98

Exams Course Design Assignments Learning 98

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Cavazos , The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Ryan McBride , The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Key Statement: Student-faculty partnerships can foster asset-based approaches in teaching and learning that challenge implicit linguistic bias and enhance students’ linguistically diverse resources. 2024; Cook-Sather, 2020).

Teaching 98

Teaching Instructors English Languages 98

EdTech Magazine

MAY 12, 2020

The real shift occurs when everyone in the educational community starts to change what they talk about and how they respond to conversational outcomes. In practice, data-driven education can be challenging — but it’s worth the effort, say educators who have done it.

Culture 60

Culture Syllabus Schools Elementary School 60

EdTech Magazine

MAY 7, 2020

The real shift occurs when everyone in the educational community starts to change what they talk about and how they respond to conversational outcomes. In practice, data-driven education can be challenging — but it’s worth the effort, say educators who have done it.

Culture 60

Culture Syllabus Schools Elementary School 60

EdTech Magazine

MAY 6, 2020

The real shift occurs when everyone in the educational community starts to change what they talk about and how they respond to conversational outcomes. In practice, data-driven education can be challenging — but it’s worth the effort, say educators who have done it.

Culture 60

Culture Syllabus Schools Elementary School 60

EdTech Magazine

MAY 6, 2020

The real shift occurs when everyone in the educational community starts to change what they talk about and how they respond to conversational outcomes. In practice, data-driven education can be challenging — but it’s worth the effort, say educators who have done it.

Culture 60

Culture Syllabus Schools Elementary School 60

Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2019

HOUSTON — On the third floor of a bank building near Rice University, the future of higher education is being written. And some credit it for helping kick-start a trend—now known as open educational resources, or OER—that has sent shockwaves through the traditional publishing industry. Or at least, edited. colleges use at least one.

Textbooks 119

Textbooks Instructors History Syllabus 119

Scholarly Teacher

DECEMBER 11, 2024

For me, it was a pivotal moment in my teaching where I began looking for additional pedagogical tools to not only better help my students understand the material but also better keep a pulse on the class and their learning and development. International Journal of Teaching and Learning, 28 (3), 326 334. Image courtesy of Wix.

Teaching 52

Teaching Syllabus Instructors Problem-Based Learning 52

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Online courses are associated with increased retention and graduation rates, they improve access to education for disadvantaged students. Offering digital courses improves student learning outcomes by helping students earn their degree faster (NECC, 2021). Offer online courses. References: Hale, M. 2018, June 11).

Syllabus 52

Syllabus Study Learning Outcomes Curriculum 52

k12 Online Schools

MAY 12, 2025

This is the hidden curriculum of the internet, which aids online learning. And while it may not look like education, it’s influencing the way students think, behave, and understand the world. This is informal learning. Platforms suggest content that educates even when the user didnt intend to learn.

Online Learning 52

Online Learning Lecturing Learning Textbooks 52

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 25, 2024

The first day of class should be much more than “syllabus day” – the first day of class is hugely important in setting the tone for the entire semester in many ways. The first day of class is a day on which we can nurture our students’ voices and promote their engagement and intrinsic motivation for learning (Saucier, 2020).

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Instructors Activities Assignments 111

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 25, 2024

The first day of class should be much more than “syllabus day” – the first day of class is hugely important in setting the tone for the entire semester in many ways. The first day of class is a day on which we can nurture our students’ voices and promote their engagement and intrinsic motivation for learning (Saucier, 2020).

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Instructors Activities Assignments 98

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 9, 2022

2016); however, the model should be accompanied by a course design that applies the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework to augment accessibility. When all academic communities changed to virtual (synchronous) education, it was a shift to an alternative educational format from traditional face-to-face to virtual.

Universal Design 116

Universal Design Course Design Learning Syllabus 116

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

In higher education, a content disclosure (also referred to as a content notice or trigger warning) is an “explicit statement that alerts a group of learners that certain content explored or discussed in a learning environment may contain potentially distressing material” (see Bryce et al., What is a content disclosure? Prokopakis, K.

Syllabus 119

Syllabus Course Design Instructors Teaching Philosophy 119

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

In higher education, a content disclosure (also referred to as a content notice or trigger warning) is an “explicit statement that alerts a group of learners that certain content explored or discussed in a learning environment may contain potentially distressing material” (see Bryce et al., What is a content disclosure? Prokopakis, K.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Course Design Instructors Teaching Philosophy 111