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Beyond Evaluation: Using Peer Observation to Strengthen Teaching Practices

Faculty Focus

University faculty members are usually immersed in various tasks related to teaching, research, committees, and office hours. 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.

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Beyond Evaluation: Using Peer Observation to Strengthen Teaching Practices

Faculty Focus

University faculty members are usually immersed in various tasks related to teaching, research, committees, and office hours. 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.

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Using the LMS Effectively to Reduce Logistical Challenges for Students 

Faculty Focus

By applying some basic course design principles to our use of the LMS, we can create a learning space that is engaging and useful, and that reduces logistical rigor and cognitive load for students (and professors as well). She specializes in faculty development and training, distance education, and instructional design.

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Using the LMS Effectively to Reduce Logistical Challenges for Students 

Faculty Focus

By applying some basic course design principles to our use of the LMS, we can create a learning space that is engaging and useful, and that reduces logistical rigor and cognitive load for students (and professors as well). She specializes in faculty development and training, distance education, and instructional design.

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Microlectures 101: What, Why, & How?

Faculty Focus

The planning template includes the following sections: Pre-planning : Here, faculty select a course, identify the specific topic the microlecture will address, develop student learning objectives, and determine an appropriate assessment. Do you always articulate every word perfectly when teaching in the classroom?

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Why Students Living on Campus Take Online Courses

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After all, the original promise of teaching on the internet was to reach remote students who couldn’t easily get to a campus. He’s currently leading another evolution in online teaching, as the institution moves into adaptive learning. They’re in our libraries, in our learning spaces and they’re working together in many cases.

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Microlectures 101: What, Why, & How?

Faculty Focus

The planning template includes the following sections: Pre-planning : Here, faculty select a course, identify the specific topic the microlecture will address, develop student learning objectives, and determine an appropriate assessment. Do you always articulate every word perfectly when teaching in the classroom?