Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

Faculty developers and instructors can use this framework to harness AI’s potential, ensuring it supports rather than supplants their pedagogical roles. A century later, AI is no longer fiction but a dynamic force in community college education, reshaping how faculty teach, and students learn. Spitale et al.

Faculty Development 86

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 86

Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2020

They also addressed audience questions about how to get faculty motivated to adjust their courses to improve accessibility. Then we also have continued our webinars series with our Center for Faculty Development and Innovation. Audience question]: So I had a question about students with ADHD.

Accessibility 218

Accessibility Disabilities Universal Design Syllabus 218

Edsurge

JULY 21, 2022

From Brian Plummer, adjunct history professor at Vanguard University Dear Brian, You have posed such vital questions. In the conversation, Bain encouraged professors to “ask engaging questions that spark people’s curiosity and fascination… questions that people find intriguing.” What do I do? How would it be different if…?

Assignments 187

Assignments Grades History Ethics 187

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

That’s not a new finding, and it’s something most instructors already know, but it’s the size of the difference that’s often underestimated. The team used the data pool to answer two questions: (1) What do students value in their interactions with instructors? Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor!

Teachers 97

Teachers Instructors Faculty Development Feedback 97

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

To help answer that question, we recently brought two online learning experts to EdSurge Live, a monthly video-based town hall event, to talk about their work and research in online education, and what’s needed to better serve students in the digital space. Then we tried to answer the question, why this is happening?

Instructors 133

Instructors Distance Learning Students Online Learning 133

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

In creating a course shell, regardless of the course modality (face-to-face, hybrid, or online), it can be helpful to understand the things that students find most frustrating (and most helpful) about faculty use of the LMS. Many faculty don’t include due dates, which can lead to missed deadlines. Melissa Samaniego, Ed.D.

Syllabus 105

Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 105

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 24, 2023

They face pressures in their research, service, and increasingly in their teaching that the pandemic has made almost unbearable, and there seems to be no end in sight when it comes to the new tools, technologies, tips, and programs that faculty developers are rolling out to “support” their career advancement. This is the humdinger.

Teaching 122

Teaching Syllabus Instructors Disabilities 122

Faculty Focus

MARCH 14, 2023

Integral to these efforts, the Center for Educational Innovation (CEI) designed and delivered several faculty development opportunities focusing on research-based teaching and learning strategies that support student mental health and well-being. References and Resources Almog, N.

Syllabus 131

Syllabus Exams Instructors Assignments 131

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 4, 2024

A lightboard is a large glass panel coupled with technology that allows an instructor to write or draw on a large surface (McCorkle & Whitener, 2020). Lightboards require minimal instructor training. Some lightboards can be setup to be one button studios controlled exclusively by the instructor.

Online Learning 111

Online Learning Learning Tools Instructors Learning 111

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Zheng (2022) defines a microlecture as “a short video, usually produced by the instructor, that explains a single key concept or a specific skill.” Second, microlectures are personal (that is, they convey a sense of “instructor presence”). Finally, microlectures allow faculty to create a library of reusable content (Scagnoli, 2012).

Instructors 131

Instructors Lecturing Faculty Development Activities 131

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 4, 2024

A lightboard is a large glass panel coupled with technology that allows an instructor to write or draw on a large surface (McCorkle & Whitener, 2020). Lightboards require minimal instructor training. Some lightboards can be setup to be one button studios controlled exclusively by the instructor.

Online Learning 98

Online Learning Learning Tools Instructors Learning 98

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

A harsh debate can leave students (and instructors) feeling upset, or make them discouraged about participating in future conversations. Considering these high stakes, students and instructors may be tempted to avoid tough subjects altogether, or only discuss them with like-minded folks. But there’s another option.

Instructors 170

Instructors Beliefs Confidentiality Discussions 170

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

You can pose a question for a future column here. Kerry Moore, assistant professor of social work at Vanguard University of Southern California Let me start by saying that I hear this question frequently. The fact that you are inquiring means that you care about supporting your students in developing these vital skills.

Writing 155

Writing Skills Teaching Essay 155

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 24, 2023

They face pressures in their research, service, and increasingly in their teaching that the pandemic has made almost unbearable, and there seems to be no end in sight when it comes to the new tools, technologies, tips, and programs that faculty developers are rolling out to “support” their career advancement. This is the humdinger.

Teaching 98

Teaching Syllabus Instructors Disabilities 98

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

There are multiple teaching tools such as journals, surveys, reflective assignments, anonymous polls, discussions, small-group reflections, and others that instructors can utilize in order to obtain student feedback. Anna Conway, EdD is a professor and faculty developer at Des Moines Area Community College.

Student Engagement 131

Student Engagement Lecturing Students Feedback 131

Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2018

As conversations began about how I might make the greatest contribution, I quickly identified the sense of meaning and purpose I get out of addressing questions that people have about teaching through my Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Do you have a question about teaching in a higher education context?

Art 113

Art Science Teaching Mobile Devices 113

Faculty Focus

APRIL 1, 2025

Lesson Observation : This includes observing a teaching session with all its happenings such as teaching strategies, students engagement, modes of interaction, indicators of learning, assessment tasks, questioning techniques, and learning activities.

Evaluation 103

Evaluation Teaching Teaching Methods Faculty Development 103

Faculty Focus

MARCH 14, 2023

Integral to these efforts, the Center for Educational Innovation (CEI) designed and delivered several faculty development opportunities focusing on research-based teaching and learning strategies that support student mental health and well-being. References and Resources Almog, N.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Exams Instructors Assignments 98

Edsurge

MAY 18, 2020

You can pose a question for a future column here. Additionally, I am responsible for leading our faculty development team and teaching classes of my own. The learning management system (LMS) I use allows the instructor to see the course from a student’s view.

Teaching 194

Teaching Assignments Ethics Grades 194

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Zheng (2022) defines a microlecture as “a short video, usually produced by the instructor, that explains a single key concept or a specific skill.” Second, microlectures are personal (that is, they convey a sense of “instructor presence”). Finally, microlectures allow faculty to create a library of reusable content (Scagnoli, 2012).

Instructors 98

Instructors Lecturing Faculty Development Activities 98

Faculty Focus

APRIL 1, 2025

Lesson Observation : This includes observing a teaching session with all its happenings such as teaching strategies, students engagement, modes of interaction, indicators of learning, assessment tasks, questioning techniques, and learning activities.

Evaluation 97

Evaluation Teaching Teaching Methods Faculty Development 97

Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The discussion tackled plenty of thorny issues facing K-12 and college instructors these days, including how to respond to pressures to ban books in schools, how to make classrooms a welcoming place for debate as schools and colleges grow more diverse, and how to respond to misinformation that students bring to classroom conversations.

History 170

History Culture Discussions High School 170

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

There are multiple teaching tools such as journals, surveys, reflective assignments, anonymous polls, discussions, small-group reflections, and others that instructors can utilize in order to obtain student feedback. Anna Conway, EdD is a professor and faculty developer at Des Moines Area Community College.

Student Engagement 98

Student Engagement Lecturing Students Feedback 98

Faculty Focus

APRIL 2, 2024

Case studies consist of a short narrative followed by guiding questions that help learners think through the steps of solving a real-world problem. In other words, if you ask the GenAI a question, it will likely give you a different response every time you use it. I am an instructor teaching [biology] in [first year of university].

Study 124

Study Writing Evaluation Instructors 124

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 27, 2023

However, we have often been frustrated by the lessons proposed in our language textbooks for learning about culture; these lessons usually come in the form of disconnected short readings with comprehension questions. The instructor can then adjust the course as needed. This tipped the instructor to spend more time on these issues.

Group work 98

Group work Culture Instructors Languages 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 27, 2023

However, we have often been frustrated by the lessons proposed in our language textbooks for learning about culture; these lessons usually come in the form of disconnected short readings with comprehension questions. The instructor can then adjust the course as needed. This tipped the instructor to spend more time on these issues.

Group work 98

Group work Culture Instructors Languages 98

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 24, 2024

While students tend to think of papers as merely a means of regurgitating what they read and “giving the instructor what they want,” asking students to create BookSnaps recasts the entire exercise as an opportunity for personal expression. In history courses, students can take a picture of a timeline and identify turning points or key events.

Learning 111

Learning Students Textbooks Reading 111

Faculty Focus

APRIL 2, 2024

Case studies consist of a short narrative followed by guiding questions that help learners think through the steps of solving a real-world problem. In other words, if you ask the GenAI a question, it will likely give you a different response every time you use it. I am an instructor teaching [biology] in [first year of university].

Study 114

Study Writing Evaluation Instructors 114

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 24, 2024

While students tend to think of papers as merely a means of regurgitating what they read and “giving the instructor what they want,” asking students to create BookSnaps recasts the entire exercise as an opportunity for personal expression. In history courses, students can take a picture of a timeline and identify turning points or key events.

Learning 59

Learning Students Textbooks Reading 59

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Support is sometimes available from veteran professors, faculty development offices and workshops or training to assist professors in the challenging work of course and curriculum development and implementation. Not all curriculum developers or instructors know how to create new and effective learning activities.

Course Design 64

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 64

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Support is sometimes available from veteran professors, faculty development offices and workshops or training to assist professors in the challenging work of course and curriculum development and implementation. Not all curriculum developers or instructors know how to create new and effective learning activities.

Course Design 61

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 61

Faculty Focus

APRIL 6, 2025

Unfortunately, the most common form of feedback that instructors receive, the mandatory end-of-semester evaluation, is primarily intended to assess faculty rather than the teaching and learning experience. It rarely asks questions focused on student learning. Is there anything you would like the instructor to change?

Instructors 93

Instructors Feedback Evaluation Students 93

Faculty Focus

APRIL 6, 2025

Unfortunately, the most common form of feedback that instructors receive, the mandatory end-of-semester evaluation, is primarily intended to assess faculty rather than the teaching and learning experience. It rarely asks questions focused on student learning. Is there anything you would like the instructor to change?

Instructors 87

Instructors Feedback Evaluation Students 87

Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2025

Inspired by complete-the-story games in which players each write a line of a tale that builds off a previous persons idea, Gannon, director of the Center for the Advancement of Faculty Excellence at Queens University of Charlotte, North Carolina, uses a similar concept to facilitate silent discussions. They become living documents, he says.

Discussions 203

Discussions Art Instructors Participation 203