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. How can it enhance teaching without diminishing faculty agency? What are its merits and limitations? Spitale et al.

Faculty Development 91

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 91

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 24, 2023

Here’s an inconvenient truth about inclusive teaching: there are no quick fixes. It’s inconvenient because faculty are stressed. A new way to write their course policy on academic integrity or late assignments. A big part of my job of coaching faculty is to ask them to pause for a second and explore the problem.

Teaching 122

Teaching Syllabus Instructors Disabilities 122

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. The physical act of teaching the subject can feel debilitating. There may be apprehension of meeting teaching expectations. There is effort in recalling your subject knowledge.

Teaching 115

Teaching Lecturing Faculty Development Knowledge 115

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. How can it enhance teaching without diminishing faculty agency? What are its merits and limitations? Spitale et al.

Faculty Development 86

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 86

Faculty Focus

APRIL 24, 2025

Therefore, Schon has designed reflection-during-action in which we learn to frame and reframe unexpected outcomes, talking-back and back-talking to ourselves while teaching simultaneously. Thus, I paid attention and reflected during the action in order to construct adjustments, while doing hybrid-teaching at the same time.

Lecturing 57

Lecturing Faculty Development Laboratory Knowledge 57

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. The physical act of teaching the subject can feel debilitating. There may be apprehension of meeting teaching expectations. There is effort in recalling your subject knowledge.

Teaching 98

Teaching Lecturing Faculty Development Knowledge 98

Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2018

Since I can never seem to avoid changing my classes each time I teach them, I’m anticipating how the new semester will bring me new learning as a teacher. Since the Fall of 2014, I have been having weekly conversations on the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast with people I consider to be magnificent educators.

Art 113

Art Science Teaching Mobile Devices 113

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 24, 2023

Here’s an inconvenient truth about inclusive teaching: there are no quick fixes. It’s inconvenient because faculty are stressed. A new way to write their course policy on academic integrity or late assignments. A big part of my job of coaching faculty is to ask them to pause for a second and explore the problem.

Teaching 98

Teaching Syllabus Instructors Disabilities 98

Edsurge

JULY 21, 2022

Dear Bonni, I'll be teaching a course on the history of Ireland later this year. Do I grade a student lower if she/he isn't able to write a song or create some kind of representative artistic element? I've been having trouble coming up with a good project for the students to work on.

Assignments 187

Assignments Grades History Ethics 187

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. Can a Classic Board Game Teach Writing Skills? When four professors from the.

Game-Based Learning 166

Game-Based Learning STEM Math English 166

Faculty Focus

MARCH 16, 2023

Copy of Copy of Copy of Writing Process Pastel Images Educational Infographic by Tierney King The post We Invite You to Join Us at the Teaching Professor Annual Conference appeared first on Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning.

Teaching 105

Teaching Writing Faculty Development Education 105

Faculty Focus

MARCH 16, 2023

Copy of Copy of Copy of Writing Process Pastel Images Educational Infographic by Tierney King The post We Invite You to Join Us at the Teaching Professor Annual Conference appeared first on Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning.

Teaching 96

Teaching Writing Faculty Development Education 96

Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

Lumen Learning, a company that sells low-cost OER textbooks and courseware, plans to start offering professional development services for faculty that can be bundled with its titles. In other words, some of its textbooks are now sold with coaching on how to teach with OER more effectively.

Coaching 129

Coaching Textbooks Instructors Faculty Development 129

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

That became clear a few years ago, when a particularly bright student in a calculus class Talbert was teaching bombed the first exam. So many, in fact, that he ended up co-writing an entire book about them with a colleague at his university, David Clark. And the way the grading system in education works has long bothered him.

Grades 194

Grades Exams Feedback Testing 194

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

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on November 30, 2015 © Magna Publications. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! Our research found that perceived instructor support, driven by an instructor’s commitment to teaching, influences both student satisfaction and student commitment. Robinson, E.

Teachers 105

Teachers Instructors Faculty Development Feedback 105

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. Faculty were paid a small stipend for their participation. What can be done?

Learning 116

Learning Ethics Writing Critical Thinking 116

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. Faculty were paid a small stipend for their participation. What can be done?

Learning 111

Learning Ethics Writing Critical Thinking 111

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on November 30, 2015 © Magna Publications. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! Our research found that perceived instructor support, driven by an instructor’s commitment to teaching, influences both student satisfaction and student commitment. Robinson, E.

Teachers 97

Teachers Instructors Faculty Development Feedback 97

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Although faculty development programs and curriculum designers have been calling for such (assessment practice) forms of assessment, today, we are more in need of it than ever before. Teaching : Students might be required to teach something they learned in a specific course to peers, other classes, or groups of students.

Authentic Assessment 133

Authentic Assessment Counselling Learning Outcomes Faculty Development 133

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 97

Faculty Development Coaching Essay Ethics 97

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

There's nothing wrong with the actual teaching by an adjunct. I was literally handed a syllabus the week before I taught, and no one in five years ever saw me teach a class. No one ever gives $100 million for writing 101. No one ever gives $100 million for writing 101. Many of my friends are adjuncts.

Education 163

Education Syllabus Faculty Development Communication 163

Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2023

So my big concern for what's happening to the teaching of literature has to do with the people that I call my ‘thinking partners’ all over the country — secondary teachers, middle school teachers, even elementary school teachers, who are really under threat. To me, that's a problem from a pedagogical perspective.”

History 170

History Culture Discussions High School 170

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Although faculty development programs and curriculum designers have been calling for such (assessment practice) forms of assessment, today, we are more in need of it than ever before. Teaching : Students might be required to teach something they learned in a specific course to peers, other classes, or groups of students.

Authentic Assessment 111

Authentic Assessment Counselling Learning Outcomes Faculty Development 111

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 4, 2024

A lightboard is a large glass panel coupled with technology that allows an instructor to write or draw on a large surface (McCorkle & Whitener, 2020). Instructors who use a Lightboard to create instruction for asynchronous online learning can replicate what they would do in a traditional classroom when they draw or write on a whiteboard.

Online Learning 111

Online Learning Learning Tools Instructors Learning 111

Faculty Focus

MARCH 18, 2025

AI offers many potential applications for faculty work. While faculty should continue to prioritize the importance of maintaining human connection, empathy, and support in our teaching practice , we need to consider other ways AI can augment our work. The basic approach works like this.

Assignments 80

Assignments Testing Course Design Writing 80

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

a reflection, quiz, writing exercise, or note taking activity). 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.

Instructors 131

Instructors Lecturing Faculty Development Activities 131

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 4, 2024

A lightboard is a large glass panel coupled with technology that allows an instructor to write or draw on a large surface (McCorkle & Whitener, 2020). Instructors who use a Lightboard to create instruction for asynchronous online learning can replicate what they would do in a traditional classroom when they draw or write on a whiteboard.

Online Learning 98

Online Learning Learning Tools Instructors Learning 98

Faculty Focus

MARCH 18, 2025

AI offers many potential applications for faculty work. While faculty should continue to prioritize the importance of maintaining human connection, empathy, and support in our teaching practice , we need to consider other ways AI can augment our work. The basic approach works like this.

Assignments 69

Assignments Testing Course Design Writing 69

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 22, 2024

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on August 8, 2022 © Magna Publications. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! I probably shouldn’t admit this, but when I was just beginning my teaching career, I had one clear goal on the first day of class: scare the living crap out of my students.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Discussions Beliefs Questions 111

Faculty Focus

APRIL 24, 2025

Therefore, Schon has designed reflection-during-action in which we learn to frame and reframe unexpected outcomes, talking-back and back-talking to ourselves while teaching simultaneously. Thus, I paid attention and reflected during the action in order to construct adjustments, while doing hybrid-teaching at the same time.

Lecturing 64

Lecturing Faculty Development Laboratory Knowledge 64

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 22, 2024

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on August 8, 2022 © Magna Publications. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! I probably shouldn’t admit this, but when I was just beginning my teaching career, I had one clear goal on the first day of class: scare the living crap out of my students.

Syllabus 105

Syllabus Discussions Beliefs Questions 105

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

a reflection, quiz, writing exercise, or note taking activity). 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.

Instructors 98

Instructors Lecturing Faculty Development Activities 98

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Here, then, are 10 very basic, practical strategies for new faculty to consider during their early exploratory quests in the profession, based upon my experience of faculty development over the past 40 years. However, institutions vary in their commitment to faculty development.

Faculty Development 61

Faculty Development Peer Review Achievement Lecturing 61

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

The simple act of inviting students to think about their learning process can deepen engagement while helping to nudge knowledge acquisition into retention, the goal of good teaching. The post Motivational Force: Building a Foundation for Student Success appeared first on Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning.

Motivation 64

Motivation Students Instructors Failure 64

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Here, then, are 10 very basic, practical strategies for new faculty to consider during their early exploratory quests in the profession, based upon my experience of faculty development over the past 40 years. However, institutions vary in their commitment to faculty development.

Faculty Development 54

Faculty Development Peer Review Achievement Lecturing 54

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

The simple act of inviting students to think about their learning process can deepen engagement while helping to nudge knowledge acquisition into retention, the goal of good teaching. The post Motivational Force: Building a Foundation for Student Success appeared first on Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning.

Motivation 54

Motivation Students Instructors Failure 54