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 118

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 118

Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2024

In the dynamic landscape of online education, the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications online graduate programs (UF CJC Online) stands at the forefront of innovation and quality. The state mandate established the goal of quality but allowed institutions to develop their own strategies.

Feedback 109

Feedback Course Design Instructors Education 109

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

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Now, for those who aren’t familiar, OER, or Open Educational Resources, are course materials under an open license which allows others to access and reuse them at no cost. There’s been a movement lately in institutions, particularly community colleges, to incorporate more OER materials as a way to curb the rising costs of higher education.

Textbooks 115

Textbooks Syllabus Instructors Peer Review 115

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

JUNE 18, 2024

Having taught students in brick-and-mortar classrooms for most of my 23-year tenure in education, I had grown accustomed to witnessing the positive impact human connection can have on the life trajectory of my community college students. She teaches aspiring educators pursuing their Associates of Arts in Teaching (AAT) degree.

Instructors 108

Instructors Disabilities Culture Syllabus 108

Faculty Focus

JUNE 18, 2024

Having taught students in brick-and-mortar classrooms for most of my 23-year tenure in education, I had grown accustomed to witnessing the positive impact human connection can have on the life trajectory of my community college students. She teaches aspiring educators pursuing their Associates of Arts in Teaching (AAT) degree.

Instructors 105

Instructors Disabilities Culture Syllabus 105

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Now, for those who aren’t familiar, OER, or Open Educational Resources, are course materials under an open license which allows others to access and reuse them at no cost. There’s been a movement lately in institutions, particularly community colleges, to incorporate more OER materials as a way to curb the rising costs of higher education.

Textbooks 95

Textbooks Syllabus Instructors Peer Review 95

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Keywords: Student partnerships, Asset-Based Mindset, Language Resources Introduction In educational contexts, English is often privileged as the language of communication and instruction. What does the language in the syllabus/assignment assume about students (e.g., 2024; Cook-Sather, 2020). language choices for turning in assignments?

Teaching 98

Teaching Instructors English Language 98

EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Interested in the Rising Higher Education Leaders Fellowship? Participants will select a partner to act as both their accountability and peer review partner. Participants are also asked to bring a current syllabus from a class they teach. Learn more about the program and future cohorts.

Peer Review 52

Peer Review Syllabus Assignments Participation 52

Faculty Focus

JUNE 11, 2023

My recent opportunity to teach a First-Year Seminar was educational for both me and my students. As an instructor of teacher education, I pitched a FYS related to teaching, but also hoping to engage students who weren’t necessarily interested in becoming a certified teacher.

Critical Thinking 79

Critical Thinking Interdisciplinary History Syllabus 79

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. These activities require intentional design but will make the first day more memorable than a typical “syllabus day.” Saucier, Ph.D. L., & Jones, T.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Instructors Activities Teaching Philosophy 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. These activities require intentional design but will make the first day more memorable than a typical “syllabus day.” Saucier, Ph.D. L., & Jones, T.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Instructors Activities Teaching Philosophy 98

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 9, 2022

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. This shift allowed the academic community and students to better understand virtual education. Integrating UDL within a HyFlex model. Representation.

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., 2022 for a review). References Beverly, E.

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., 2022 for a review). References Beverly, E.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Course Design Instructors Teaching Philosophy 111