Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

This article explores AI’s historical evolution, critically assesses its benefits and challenges for teaching, and provides evidence-based strategies for faculty to integrate AI effectively. A century later, AI is no longer fiction but a dynamic force in community college education, reshaping how faculty teach, and students learn.

Faculty Development 88

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 88

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 4, 2024

Relevance for Learning, Instruction, and Assessment Adult learners have unique needs that require consideration when designing instruction. Planning a lightboard video is critical to ensure maximum learning can take place to not overwhelm the learner.

Online Learning 111

Online Learning Learning Tools Instructors Learning 111

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

“Some students were concerned about pressure to engage with tools — if all of their peers were doing it that they should be doing it even if they felt it was getting in the way of their authentically learning,” she says. From a teaching, learning standpoint, that's pretty concerning to me,” he says.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

To fill immediate gaps, smaller academic programs, such as Critical Thinking Initiatives and Centers for Teaching and Learning, can help campus communities begin engaging with generative AI thoughtfully while fostering student success and workplace readiness. It’s time to get in the water.

Learning 115

Learning Ethics Writing Critical Thinking 115

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Collaborative learning is an educational environment where students work together in smaller groups to achieve a common goal. Collaborative learning is analogous to the traditional learning model, in which teachers impact knowledge on students. Group processing also allows the group to identify and examine areas of improvement.

Collaborative Learning 115

Collaborative Learning Education Learning Students 115

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 24, 2024

While this playful interaction between users may seem like the antithesis of serious learning, Tara Martin (2017) found a way to channel student interest in sharing annotated images toward an educational purpose by creating what she calls a BookSnap. For one, learning retention. Making learning visible: Doodling helps memories stick.

Learning 109

Learning Students Textbooks Instructors 109

Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2020

Today, if your title includes instructional designer or learning designer, you likely feel like a Swiss Army knife. On top of all that, instructional designers are also expected to have in-depth knowledge of the learning sciences, instructional-design theories and faculty development.

Education 218

Education Hybrid Courses Motivation Faculty Development 218

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

This article explores AI’s historical evolution, critically assesses its benefits and challenges for teaching, and provides evidence-based strategies for faculty to integrate AI effectively. A century later, AI is no longer fiction but a dynamic force in community college education, reshaping how faculty teach, and students learn.

Faculty Development 78

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 78

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

To fill immediate gaps, smaller academic programs, such as Critical Thinking Initiatives and Centers for Teaching and Learning, can help campus communities begin engaging with generative AI thoughtfully while fostering student success and workplace readiness. It’s time to get in the water.

Learning 111

Learning Ethics Writing Critical Thinking 111

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 4, 2024

Relevance for Learning, Instruction, and Assessment Adult learners have unique needs that require consideration when designing instruction. Planning a lightboard video is critical to ensure maximum learning can take place to not overwhelm the learner.

Online Learning 98

Online Learning Learning Tools Instructors Learning 98

Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2023

Universities are increasingly concerned about student success during this era of the Great Disengagement, and faculty success (more specifically, providing care to faculty so they can succeed and in turn support the needs of students) should be an equal priority.

Faculty Development 111

Faculty Development Coaching Essay Ethics 111

Faculty Focus

APRIL 24, 2025

As scholar-teachers, we know that the habit of reflectioncan be a powerful tool for workplace learning and performance, which can separate high-performance professionals from mediocre ones. During the Covid-19 pandemic, I set a before-action directive in my international business for students to engage in a virtual consulting-based learning.

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Lecturing Faculty Development Laboratory Knowledge 54

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Collaborative learning is an educational environment where students work together in smaller groups to achieve a common goal. Collaborative learning is analogous to the traditional learning model, in which teachers impact knowledge on students. Group processing also allows the group to identify and examine areas of improvement.

Collaborative Learning 105

Collaborative Learning Education Learning Students 105

Faculty Focus

JULY 2, 2023

Distance learning in colleges and universities is now recognized as more than an alternative to the traditional face-to-face classroom (Higher Ed Partners, 2021), which is how distance learning was largely viewed at the time that institutions turned entirely to virtual teaching and learning during COVID-19 (Suruchi & Dutt, 2021).

Online Learning 111

Online Learning Distance Learning Education Learning 111

Edsurge

JULY 12, 2016

Open, personalized and adaptive—the latest trends in digital learning promise to help more students get to and through college. At EdSurge we’ve heard inspiring stories of faculty developing digital learning environments that take students to virtual medical labs and outer space and into the inner workings of cells.

Learning 77

Learning Beliefs Faculty Development Feedback 77

Edsurge

JULY 21, 2022

When I talked with Josh Eyler, director of faculty development and director of the think forward quality enhancement plan at the University of Mississippi, about the problem with grades on the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast, he urged us to recognize that: “The more we focus on grades, the less we focus on learning.”

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Assignments Grades History Ethics 196

Edsurge

JULY 4, 2019

And once you’re recharged, get set—there’s a world of learning opportunities on the horizon. The higher education landscape is dotted with opportunities to connect with and learn from fellow colleagues, faculty, developers and entrepreneurs, all working on new ideas and tools to support teaching and learning.

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Instructors Faculty Development Feedback Study 142

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Since the pandemic, which necessitated the use of Learning Management Systems (LMS) such as Canvas or Blackboard, there is now an additional component to consider in developing our courses. consider how it might be used as a tool for enhancing student learning and engagement. So how do we begin to address these concerns?

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Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 122

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) started collaborating on game-based learning (GBL) in developmental math and writing instruction in the mid-2000s, they had no idea what they were setting in motion. The Levelfly game-based learning platform includes a profile page that enables users to view and share information about themselves.

Game-Based Learning 164

Game-Based Learning STEM Math English 164

Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2023

Universities are increasingly concerned about student success during this era of the Great Disengagement, and faculty success (more specifically, providing care to faculty so they can succeed and in turn support the needs of students) should be an equal priority.

Faculty Development 94

Faculty Development Coaching Essay Ethics 94

Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2017

When students interact with digital learning environments, they leave behind trails of data. The desire to understand and improve learning has led many educators to consider the value and utility of this information. Embedded learning analytics are not like rotisserie ovens: you can’t set them and forget them. percentage points.

Ethics 146

Ethics Faculty Development Students Instructors 146

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Two recent studies, both asking different research questions and using different methodologies, offer still more evidence that the relationship between teachers and students is an integral part of the learning experience. These relationships have strong impacts on student learning experiences. References Grantham, A., Robinson, E.

Teachers 105

Teachers Instructors Faculty Development Feedback 105

Faculty Focus

JULY 2, 2023

Distance learning in colleges and universities is now recognized as more than an alternative to the traditional face-to-face classroom (Higher Ed Partners, 2021), which is how distance learning was largely viewed at the time that institutions turned entirely to virtual teaching and learning during COVID-19 (Suruchi & Dutt, 2021).

Online Learning 97

Online Learning Distance Learning Education Learning 97

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Assessment has traditionally been viewed as an action conducted after the learning experience has taken place, resulting in it being a separate task from instruction. Moreover, assessment should be incorporated as an integral component of the student learning experience. This is especially true for higher education.

Authentic Assessment 133

Authentic Assessment Counselling Learning Outcomes Faculty Development 133

Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2020

Stachowiak is host of a long-running podcast called “Teaching in Higher Ed,” and she’s the dean of teaching and learning at Vanguard University of Southern California. I love what many of the universal design for learning people say. But you're saying that this is not a time to say, “go away from online learning.”

Instructors 207

Instructors Teaching Multiple Choice Questions Ethics 207

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Since the pandemic, which necessitated the use of Learning Management Systems (LMS) such as Canvas or Blackboard, there is now an additional component to consider in developing our courses. consider how it might be used as a tool for enhancing student learning and engagement. So how do we begin to address these concerns?

Syllabus 105

Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 105

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

You are assuming that students are trying to cheat—rather than assuming students are trying to learn and help them learn.” 2) how many faculty or staff have been furloughed or fired? “Our job as teachers and professors is not to surveil and police our students, but it’s to educate them,” he says.

Plagiarism 218

Plagiarism Exams Confidentiality Testing 218

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. The kids were always able to focus more once we returned inside for more of the formal learning.

Teaching 199

Teaching Assignments Ethics Grades 199

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

Sharing data, best practices, learning maps, and survey results has moved the needle on adaptive learning forward at our schools. Colorado Technical University (CTU), University of Maryland University College (UMUC) and University of Central Florida (UCF) have been collaborating on issues around adaptive learning since early 2015.

Learning 75

Learning Curriculum Design Faculty Development Discussions 75

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Unlike the end-of-semester feedback, when gathering formative feedback on what’s helping or hindering student learning might be too late, mid-term analysis of our teaching and student learning may help motivate students and enhance their learning. as an example, let’s look at teaching with case studies.

Student Engagement 131

Student Engagement Lecturing Students Feedback 131

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Two recent studies, both asking different research questions and using different methodologies, offer still more evidence that the relationship between teachers and students is an integral part of the learning experience. These relationships have strong impacts on student learning experiences. References Grantham, A., Robinson, E.

Teachers 95

Teachers Instructors Faculty Development Feedback 95

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. Education Reform, 2014): Provide visual, verbal/audio, and cognitive cues (i.e.,

Syllabus 131

Syllabus Exams Instructors Assignments 131

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

While the authors of the 2017 National Educational Technology Plan recommended that, “every new teacher should be prepared to model how to select and use the most appropriate apps and tools to support learning and evaluate these tools against basic privacy and security standards,” this has not come to fruition.

Teaching 218

Teaching Disabilities Evaluation Internet 218

Faculty Focus

APRIL 13, 2023

An interesting exercise we do during our faculty development program is reminisce about the very first day we taught as a teacher. Dr. Jayanti Dutta is faculty in the Human Resource Development Centre, Panjab University (PU), Chandigarh, India.

Teaching 115

Teaching Lecturing Faculty Development Knowledge 115

Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2020

Colleges have long had offices designed to support students who have learning disabilities and to encourage broader accessibility in the classroom and beyond. EdSurge: In terms of accessibility during this time, what have you learned? I feel like that's what I've really learned in this situation. Is it going pretty smoothly?

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Accessibility Disabilities Universal Design Syllabus 218

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

The book, which is due out this summer, is called “ Grading for Growth: A Guide to Alternative Grading Practices that Promote Authentic Learning and Student Engagement in Higher Education.” All human learning that's significant is based on feedback loops, except in school. I was tired of getting crappy data about student learning.

Grades 201

Grades Exams Feedback Testing 201

Faculty Focus

APRIL 1, 2025

This isolation can hinder their professional development and growth, especially if they do not take the time to reflect on their own teaching methods and practices. Ultimately, student learning is impacted. To this end, the observer must keep in mind the golden rule: Learning to see, unlearning to judge.

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Evaluation Teaching Teaching Methods Faculty Development 98