Faculty Focus

AUGUST 29, 2024

This requires the seamless integration of knowledge and skills across various disciplines to address Mars’s multifaceted challenges. It facilitates the comprehension of complex issues and equips students with the skills needed for complex jobs in STEM and the humanities (Spelt et al., 2009; Kezar & Elrod, 2012).

Interdisciplinary 98

Interdisciplinary Study Multidisciplinary Metacognitive Skills 98

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Collaborative learning allows students to be engaged and active participants in their own learning by sharing ideas, analyzing problems, and finding solutions to them. Together, they create knowledge and achieve learning outcomes (Downing, 2017; Ramos, Cattaneo, de Jong, Espadeiro, 2022).

Collaborative Learning 105

Collaborative Learning Education Learning Students 105

Faculty Focus

MARCH 18, 2025

While many of our conversations have focused on what generative AI means for student assignments and learning outcomes, there’s another question faculty are askingoften individually and quietly: How can we leverage AI in our own academic and administrative work? And more importantly, should we?

Assignments 79

Assignments Testing Course Design Writing 79

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. When students co-create mind maps in pairs or small groups, they negotiate meaning and apply higher order thinking skills.

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. When students co-create mind maps in pairs or small groups, they negotiate meaning and apply higher order thinking skills.

Group work 98

Group work Culture Instructors Language 98

Faculty Focus

APRIL 2, 2024

A case study is a short story followed by (or interspersed with) guiding questions that put students in the shoes of a key player in the narrative so they can practice the skills of thinking in that discipline. I am a scientist, so for me, cases are tools to help learners practice the skill of thinking like a scientist. Crawford, S.,

Study 124

Study Writing Evaluation Instructors 124

Faculty Focus

MARCH 18, 2025

While many of our conversations have focused on what generative AI means for student assignments and learning outcomes, there’s another question faculty are askingoften individually and quietly: How can we leverage AI in our own academic and administrative work? And more importantly, should we?

Assignments 62

Assignments Testing Course Design Writing 62

Faculty Focus

APRIL 2, 2024

A case study is a short story followed by (or interspersed with) guiding questions that put students in the shoes of a key player in the narrative so they can practice the skills of thinking in that discipline. I am a scientist, so for me, cases are tools to help learners practice the skill of thinking like a scientist. Crawford, S.,

Study 111

Study Writing Evaluation Instructors 111