Faculty Focus

MARCH 14, 2023

“ According to the latest research on college students and mental health, three out of 10 students have struggled with depression in the last two weeks, and over one in four have expressed issues with anxiety. Described below are three ways that instructors support student well-being and mental health.

Syllabus 131

Syllabus Exams Instructors Assignments 131

Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2021

In the wake of this decision, the University of Florida also made explicit its new goal of high-quality pedagogy and individual advising to produce a better student experience. Once we stop allowing higher enrollment to be the driving force behind online programs, what do we let drive development?

Online Learning 192

Online Learning Faculty Development Learning Instructors 192

Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2017

When students interact with digital learning environments, they leave behind trails of data. But what can these data traces actually tell us about the students who left them, and how do we translate them into meaningful action? At the same time, GSU also invested in more computer monitors.

Ethics 150

Ethics Faculty Development Students Instructors 150

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

consider how it might be used as a tool for enhancing student learning and engagement. Most of today’s college students grew up with computers in their homes, laptops in their classrooms, and cell phones in their pockets. A key theme here is the organization and consistent use of the LMS by faculty.

Syllabus 105

Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 105

Faculty Focus

APRIL 29, 2025

When educators feel unsupported, their ability to mentor students and contribute to nursing scholarship declines, diminishing the overall quality of nursing education. This loss of faculty members is particularly concerning, given the ongoing nursing faculty shortage. Work organization and mental health problems in PhD students.

Education 98

Education Culture Counselling Ethics 98

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 92

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 92

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

How can I best support students with very poor writing skills when the class is not one specifically focused on writing? We professors sometimes misjudge the skill level students will start from on the first day of class on a variety of fronts. He shared: “I always like to remember and remind students that writing is thinking.

Writing 158

Writing Skills Teaching Essay 158

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 89

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 89

Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2017

Students at the University of Central Florida are busy, and it’s not always with classes. They have sports to play, student organizations to run, even parties to go to. It has always seemed strange to me that students living on campus would choose to take courses online. But these students are also using our rec center.

Lecturing 132

Lecturing Students Faculty Development Collaborative Learning 132

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Around the semester midpoint you may be noticing that some of your students are becoming overwhelmed, may lack motivation, or feel disconnected from the class. Below, let me share instructional strategies that I use in my courses (virtual, asynchronous, and in-person) to recover student engagement. Sound familiar?

Student Engagement 98

Student Engagement Lecturing Students Feedback 98

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. These skills are required for these students to be successful.

Collaborative Learning 116

Collaborative Learning Education Learning Students 116

Faculty Focus

MARCH 14, 2023

“ According to the latest research on college students and mental health, three out of 10 students have struggled with depression in the last two weeks, and over one in four have expressed issues with anxiety. Described below are three ways that instructors support student well-being and mental health.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Exams Instructors Assignments 98

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. Expressing a passage as an image will thus help students retain its meaning.

Learning 111

Learning Students Textbooks Reading 111

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 29, 2024

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., Interdisciplinary studies prepare students for the challenges of a globalized world, where interconnected problems demand multidisciplinary solutions. 2009; Kezar & Elrod, 2012).

Interdisciplinary 111

Interdisciplinary Study Multidisciplinary Metacognitive Skills 111

Faculty Focus

APRIL 24, 2025

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. Ideally, faculty development programs could promote and illustrate that reflection during the action can be learned. Interestingly, Schon would probably agree with the above.

Lecturing 58

Lecturing Faculty Development Laboratory Knowledge 58

Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2023

We believe many faculty have not had the time, space, or support to process feelings of grief and loss. For faculty developers and faculty seeking support, what does care look like during these desperate times?

Faculty Development 111

Faculty Development Coaching Essay Ethics 111

Edsurge

APRIL 6, 2020

Experience Online Learning The biggest ways that I have been able to develop my skills in online teaching is to experience it myself. Sometimes that takes the form of becoming a student. Pacansky-Brock emphasizes that taking an online course is the “…best way to gain empathy for students and an outcome no book can provide.”

Online Learning 215

Online Learning Reading Teaching Philosophy Learning 215

Faculty Focus

MAY 30, 2023

Traditionally, the one-size-fits-all approach to assessment has been dominant, with all students completing the same activities throughout the course. This method, however, often leads to a lack of student engagement and, consequently, less effective learning.

Student Engagement 98

Student Engagement Assignments Instructors Students 98

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

But it’s increasingly unclear if online learning is living up to its promise for students, even as digital learning makes its way into more institutions’ offerings. EdSurge: Di, I'd love to start off with referencing some of the research that you've done in this space around how distance learning students need additional support.

Instructors 134

Instructors Distance Learning Students Online Learning 134

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. These skills are required for these students to be successful.

Collaborative Learning 105

Collaborative Learning Education Learning Students 105

Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2020

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. This results in working long hours, lacking time for professional development and constantly trying to just keep up.

Education 218

Education Hybrid Courses Motivation Faculty Development 218

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. The research team used 157 comments written to professors by students who chose to use the program to offer their thanks.

Teachers 105

Teachers Instructors Faculty Development Feedback 105

Edsurge

JULY 4, 2019

Many college students travel to study and grow. 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. So why shouldn’t you?

Instructors 146

Instructors Faculty Development Feedback Study 146

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 29, 2024

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., Interdisciplinary studies prepare students for the challenges of a globalized world, where interconnected problems demand multidisciplinary solutions. 2009; Kezar & Elrod, 2012).

Interdisciplinary 98

Interdisciplinary Study Multidisciplinary Metacognitive Skills 98

Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2023

We believe many faculty have not had the time, space, or support to process feelings of grief and loss. For faculty developers and faculty seeking support, what does care look like during these desperate times?

Faculty Development 97

Faculty Development Coaching Essay Ethics 97

Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

Faculty Guild had about 40 college customers for its online faculty development service, which centered around placing faculty members in small virtual communities to guide them through improving their teaching techniques. But its pricing structure “did not scale well,” said Kim Thanos, CEO of Lumen Learning.

Coaching 137

Coaching Textbooks Instructors Faculty Development 137

Edsurge

JULY 21, 2022

I've been having trouble coming up with a good project for the students to work on. I want the students to do something historical, obviously—depict an event or person, perhaps—but I understand that not everyone is equally creative in the arts. What do I do? I feel weird about testing them on genocide.”

Assignments 195

Assignments Grades History Ethics 195

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. The research team used 157 comments written to professors by students who chose to use the program to offer their thanks.

Teachers 98

Teachers Instructors Faculty Development Feedback 98

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Today, more than 160 GBL researchers and practitioners contribute to the dynamic CUNY Games Network (CGN), housed within the City University of New York (CUNY), with its more than 540,000 students on 24 campuses. These results may have particular impact on non-traditional students.

Game-Based Learning 166

Game-Based Learning STEM Math English 166

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2023

As educators, in order to advance our assessment methods so that it serves the learning of our students, it’s important to prioritize aligning the intended learning outcomes with assessment tasks. Moreover, assessment should be incorporated as an integral component of the student learning experience.

Authentic Assessment 133

Authentic Assessment Counselling Learning Outcomes Faculty Development 133

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. It might be about a time when you were a research student and were replacing a teacher on leave or your start as a new teacher on a temporary position.

Teaching 115

Teaching Lecturing Faculty Development Knowledge 115

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The pandemic is changing the way tests and quizzes are conducted at colleges across the country, with the rapid adoption of new tools that proponents say catch cheating, but in ways that many students say amount to an unacceptable invasion of their privacy. More than 60,000 students across the U.S. Students on other campuses agree.

Plagiarism 218

Plagiarism Exams Confidentiality Testing 218

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. Do they respect you?

Teaching 122

Teaching Syllabus Instructors Disabilities 122

Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2020

I'd rather that you do that for your students, for yourself than to cancel all the classes,” she argues. Think Shorter If it’s hard to hold students’ attention in person, it’s even harder online, says Stachowiak: “You'll want to think about shortening that experience. Under the circumstances, it is better than nothing.

Instructors 207

Instructors Teaching Multiple Choice Questions Ethics 207

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Eighteen students crammed themselves into a stuffy classroom assigned for my first-year seminar course on a sunny day in September. These students appeared motivated to learna direct contrast to the disengagement narrative that permeates todays education circles.

Motivation 64

Motivation Students Instructors Failure 64

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. One effective practice that can break this cycle is peer observation.

Evaluation 104

Evaluation Teaching Teaching Methods Faculty Development 104

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

Privacy and Student Data During these pressing circumstances, many educators are curating and sharing digital tools, strategies, and tips for remote teaching with their networks. They may not be aware that their use of these technologies might violate students’ privacy rights and put them in unsafe situations.

Teaching 218

Teaching Disabilities Evaluation Internet 218