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Beyond Evaluation: Using Peer Observation to Strengthen Teaching Practices

Faculty Focus

Based on the focus, peer observations can be classified into two models: formative-developmental and summative-evaluative. Promote the haring of best practices : Faculty can observe, discuss, and integrate effective teaching strategies used by their peers.

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Beyond Evaluation: Using Peer Observation to Strengthen Teaching Practices

Faculty Focus

Based on the focus, peer observations can be classified into two models: formative-developmental and summative-evaluative. Promote the haring of best practices : Faculty can observe, discuss, and integrate effective teaching strategies used by their peers.

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New AI Tools Are Promoted As Study Aids for Students. Are They Doing More Harm Than Good?

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And he says new features are making it harder for teachers to encourage students to use AI in helpful ways — like teaching them how to craft prompts to change the writing level of something: “It removes that last level of desirable difficulty when they can just button mash and get a final draft and get feedback on the final draft, too.”

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AI-Powered Teaching: Practical Tools for Community College Faculty

Faculty Focus

Faculty developers and instructors can use this framework to harness AI’s potential, ensuring it supports rather than supplants their pedagogical roles. Davidson, 2021; Pritts, 2023) to position AI as a partner in faculty development. Faculty development can include HyFlex training to optimize this balance.

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Get Wild! Gamification Creates Immersive, On-Demand Faculty Development 

Scholarly Teacher

Keywords: Gamification, Immersion, Faculty Development Introduction The way we live and work has changed dramatically since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. We have re-evaluated priorities and found ways to be more efficient in our everyday lives. Based on the comments we received (see Fig.

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Using the LMS Effectively to Reduce Logistical Challenges for Students 

Faculty Focus

Many faculty don’t include due dates, which can lead to missed deadlines. Posting grades and feedback weeks or months after assignment submission is frustrating for students, especially for assignments that build on one another. A key theme here is the organization and consistent use of the LMS by faculty.

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AI-Powered Teaching: Practical Tools for Community College Faculty

Faculty Focus

Faculty developers and instructors can use this framework to harness AI’s potential, ensuring it supports rather than supplants their pedagogical roles. Davidson, 2021; Pritts, 2023) to position AI as a partner in faculty development. Faculty development can include HyFlex training to optimize this balance.