Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Students now expect the use of this tool by their professors for more than simply providing lecture slides or links to readings. Many faculty don’t include due dates, which can lead to missed deadlines. One instructor might include clear instructions and due dates, while another might not have either of those in the LMS.

Syllabus 122

Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 122

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 87

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 87

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 15, 2024

Anyone reading this article probably bases their teaching on learner-centeredness and may even aspire to create a transformative learning environment in their classroom. In the spirit of that acknowledgment, I’ve started developing my own list of instructor learning outcomes. We need them. New York, NY: Dutton. 2012, October 3).

Learning Outcomes 59

Learning Outcomes Instructors Learning Students 59

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Students now expect the use of this tool by their professors for more than simply providing lecture slides or links to readings. Many faculty don’t include due dates, which can lead to missed deadlines. One instructor might include clear instructions and due dates, while another might not have either of those in the LMS.

Syllabus 105

Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 105

Edsurge

MAY 18, 2020

This role also has me reading around 20 articles a day and attempting to synthesize what I learned in some meaningful way. Additionally, I am responsible for leading our faculty development team and teaching classes of my own. Once you finish your 30-minutes of iReady Reading, then you can take a break for a bit.”

Teaching 198

Teaching Assignments Ethics Grades 198

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Our guests were Michelle Pacansky-Brock, faculty mentor for the California Community Colleges Online Education Initiative and @ONE (Online Network of Educators), and Di Xu an assistant professor at UC Irvine School of Education. Or read highlights from the conversation (which have been edited and condensed for clarity).

Instructors 128

Instructors Distance Learning Students Online Learning 128

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 178

Instructors Beliefs Confidentiality Discussions 178

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

John Warner Shannon Riggs, executive director for the division of Extended Campus at Oregon State University, stresses the importance of reading the kinds of writing styles we wish to emulate. There are several well-crafted books on the approach, including Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum , by Laurence Behrens and Leonard J.

Writing 154

Writing Skills Teaching Essay 154

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 175

History Culture Discussions High School 175

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Instead of snapping selfies, a student makes a BookSnap by taking a photo of a passage from a book, article, or other source and adding images and text to interpret and reflect on what they read (Figure 1). These can be emotions, thoughts, or feelings provoked by their reading. For one, learning retention.

Learning 111

Learning Students Textbooks Instructors 111

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

Or read a partial transcript below, lightly edited for clarity. It just had levels on it — the instructor would circle the level that he had completed and use some highlighters to show what skills he's good at doing, what skills he needs to continue to work on. And it had no points on it. It had no grades on it.

Grades 201

Grades Exams Feedback Testing 201

Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2018

You can read more about my background and university role here.) Provide guidance from my experience as a teacher and faculty developer and reach out to others when my expertise is lacking. I’m regularly being reshaped by these conversations. Focus on the joy and the pain that can come from the pursuit of good teaching.

Art 113

Art Science Teaching Mobile Devices 113

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 Language 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 Language 98

Faculty Focus

APRIL 2, 2024

You can read about them on the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science website (see the section, Teaching with Cases ). In teams of four, students read the background scenario. Then, they split into teams of two and each read a bullet point list of evidence that could be used to support one side of the controversy (i.e.,

Study 124

Study Writing Evaluation Instructors 124

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2024

By incorporating various content formats such as videos, readings, and interactive activities, educators can cater to different learning styles. Personalized feedback demonstrates the instructors investment in each students success. Instructors should strive to present balanced viewpoints and avoid reinforcing negative stereotypes.

Accessibility 105

Accessibility Disabilities Education Culture 105

Faculty Focus

APRIL 2, 2024

You can read about them on the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science website (see the section, Teaching with Cases ). In teams of four, students read the background scenario. Then, they split into teams of two and each read a bullet point list of evidence that could be used to support one side of the controversy (i.e.,

Study 114

Study Writing Evaluation Instructors 114

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2024

By incorporating various content formats such as videos, readings, and interactive activities, educators can cater to different learning styles. Personalized feedback demonstrates the instructors investment in each students success. Instructors should strive to present balanced viewpoints and avoid reinforcing negative stereotypes.

Accessibility 98

Accessibility Disabilities Education Culture 98

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Instead of snapping selfies, a student makes a BookSnap by taking a photo of a passage from a book, article, or other source and adding images and text to interpret and reflect on what they read (Figure 1). These can be emotions, thoughts, or feelings provoked by their reading. For one, learning retention.

Learning 59

Learning Students Textbooks Instructors 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 65

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 65

EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Utilization and modeling of these effective, participatory learning activities among faculty groups are also a way to build community among faculty as they are “trained” to be effective trauma-informed instructors. They often tell me that although they have always hated group work, they really enjoyed teamwork.

Education 52

Education STEM Active Learning Peer Review 52

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 62

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 62

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.

Discussions 204

Discussions Art Instructors Participation 204